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Chapter 2

           Wewenttoaclumpofbushes,andTommadeeverybodysweartokeepthesecret,andthenshowedthemaholeinthehill,rightinthethickestpartofthebushes.Thenwelitthecandles,andcrawledinonourhandsandknees.Wewentabouttwohundredyards,andthenthecaveopenedup.Tompokedaboutamongstthepassages,andprettysoonduckedunderawallwhereyouwouldn’tanoticedthattherewasahole.Wewentalonganarrowplaceandgotintoakindofroom,alldampandsweatyandcold,andtherewestopped.Tomsays:

           "Now,we’llstartthisbandofrobbersandcallitTomSawyer’sGang.Everybodythatwantstojoinhasgottotakeanoath,andwritehisnameinblood."

           Everybodywaswilling.SoTomgotoutasheetofpaperthathehadwrotetheoathon,andreadit.Itsworeeveryboytosticktotheband,andnevertellanyofthesecrets;andifanybodydoneanythingtoanyboyintheband,whicheverboywasorderedtokillthatpersonandhisfamilymustdoit,andhemustn’teatandhemustn’tsleeptillhehadkilledthemandhackedacrossintheirbreasts,whichwasthesignoftheband.Andnobodythatdidn’tbelongtothebandcouldusethatmark,andifhedidhemustbesued;andifhedoneitagainhemustbekilled.Andifanybodythatbelongedtothebandtoldthesecrets,hemusthavehisthroatcut,andthenhavehiscarcassburntupandtheashesscatteredallaround,andhisnameblottedoffofthelistwithbloodandnevermentionedagainbythegang,buthaveacurseputonitandbeforgotforever.

           Everybodysaiditwasarealbeautifuloath,andaskedTomifhegotitoutofhisownhead.Hesaid,someofit,buttherestwasoutofpirate-booksandrobber-books,andeverygangthatwashigh-tonedhadit.

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