Chapter 33

           Withinafewminutesthenewshadspread,andadozenskiff-loadsofmenwereontheirwaytoMcDougal’scave,andtheferryboat,wellfilledwithpassengers,soonfollowed. TomSawyerwasintheskiffthatboreJudgeThatcher. 

           Whenthecavedoorwasunlocked,asorrowfulsightpresenteditselfinthedimtwilightoftheplace. InjunJoelaystretchedupontheground,dead,withhisfaceclosetothecrackofthedoor,asifhislongingeyeshadbeenfixed,tothelatestmoment,uponthelightandthecheerofthefreeworldoutside. Tomwastouched,forheknewbyhisownexperiencehowthiswretchhadsuffered. Hispitywasmoved,butneverthelesshefeltanaboundingsenseofreliefandsecurity,now,whichrevealedtohiminadegreewhichhehadnotfullyappreciatedbeforehowvastaweightofdreadhadbeenlyinguponhimsincethedayheliftedhisvoiceagainstthisbloody-mindedoutcast. 

           InjunJoe’sbowie-knifelaycloseby,itsbladebrokenintwo. Thegreatfoundation-beamofthedoorhadbeenchippedandhackedthrough,withtediouslabor; uselesslabor,too,itwas,forthenativerockformedasilloutsideit,anduponthatstubbornmaterialtheknifehadwroughtnoeffect; theonlydamagedonewastotheknifeitself. Butiftherehadbeennostonyobstructiontherethelaborwouldhavebeenuselessstill,forifthebeamhadbeenwhollycutawayInjunJoecouldnothavesqueezedhisbodyunderthedoor,andheknewit. Sohehadonlyhackedthatplaceinordertobedoingsomethinginordertopassthewearytimeinordertoemployhistorturedfaculties. Ordinarilyonecouldfindhalfadozenbitsofcandlestuckaroundinthecrevicesofthisvestibule,lefttherebytourists; buttherewerenonenow. Theprisonerhadsearchedthemoutandeatenthem. Hehadalsocontrivedtocatchafewbats,andthese,also,hehadeaten,leavingonlytheirclaws. 

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