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Chapter 14

           Huckfoundaspringofclearcoldwatercloseby,andtheboysmadecupsofbroadoakorhickoryleaves,andfeltthatwater,sweetenedwithsuchawildwoodcharmasthat,wouldbeagoodenoughsubstituteforcoffee. WhileJoewasslicingbaconforbreakfast,TomandHuckaskedhimtoholdonaminute; theysteppedtoapromisingnookintheriver-bankandthrewintheirlines;almostimmediatelytheyhadreward. Joehadnothadtimetogetimpatientbeforetheywerebackagainwithsomehandsomebass,acoupleofsun-perchandasmallcatfishprovisionsenoughforquiteafamily. Theyfriedthefishwiththebacon,andwereastonished;fornofishhadeverseemedsodeliciousbefore. Theydidnotknowthatthequickerafresh-waterfishisonthefireafterheiscaughtthebetterheis; andtheyreflectedlittleuponwhatasauceopen-airsleeping,open-airexercise,bathing,andalargeingredientofhungermake,too. 

           Theylayaroundintheshade,afterbreakfast,whileHuckhadasmoke,andthenwentoffthroughthewoodsonanexploringexpedition. Theytrampedgaylyalong,overdecayinglogs,throughtangledunderbrush,amongsolemnmonarchsoftheforest,hungfromtheircrownstothegroundwithadroopingregaliaofgrape-vines. Nowandthentheycameuponsnugnookscarpetedwithgrassandjeweledwithflowers. 

           Theyfoundplentyofthingstobedelightedwith,butnothingtobeastonishedat. Theydiscoveredthattheislandwasaboutthreemileslongandaquarterofamilewide,andthattheshoreitlayclosesttowasonlyseparatedfromitbyanarrowchannelhardlytwohundredyardswide. Theytookaswimabouteveryhour,soitwascloseuponthemiddleoftheafternoonwhentheygotbacktocamp. Theyweretoohungrytostoptofish,buttheyfaredsumptuouslyuponcoldham,andthenthrewthemselvesdownintheshadetotalk. Butthetalksoonbegantodrag,andthendied. 

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