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Chapter 14

           Thestillness,thesolemnitythatbroodedinthewoods,andthesenseofloneliness,begantotelluponthespiritsoftheboys. Theyfelltothinking. Asortofundefinedlongingcreptuponthem. Thistookdimshape,presentlyitwasbuddinghomesickness. EvenFinntheRed-Handedwasdreamingofhisdoorstepsandemptyhogsheads. Buttheywereallashamedoftheirweakness,andnonewasbraveenoughtospeakhisthought. 

           Forsometime,now,theboyshadbeendullyconsciousofapeculiarsoundinthedistance,justasonesometimesisofthetickingofaclockwhichhetakesnodistinctnoteof. Butnowthismysterioussoundbecamemorepronounced,andforcedarecognition. Theboysstarted,glancedateachother,andtheneachassumedalisteningattitude. Therewasalongsilence,profoundandunbroken;thenadeep,sullenboomcamefloatingdownoutofthedistance. 

           "Whatisit!"exclaimedJoe,underhisbreath. 

           "Iwonder,"saidTominawhisper. 

           "’Tain’tthunder,"saidHuckleberry,inanawedtone,"becuzthunder" 

           "Hark!"saidTom."Listendon’ttalk." 

           Theywaitedatimethatseemedanage,andthenthesamemuffledboomtroubledthesolemnhush. 

           "Let’sgoandsee." 

           Theysprangtotheirfeetandhurriedtotheshoretowardthetown. Theypartedthebushesonthebankandpeeredoutoverthewater. Thelittlesteamferryboatwasaboutamilebelowthevillage,driftingwiththecurrent. Herbroaddeckseemedcrowdedwithpeople. 

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