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Chapter 32

           Tomlayuponasofawithaneagerauditoryabouthimandtoldthehistoryofthewonderfuladventure,puttinginmanystrikingadditionstoadornitwithal; andclosedwithadescriptionofhowheleftBeckyandwentonanexploringexpedition; howhefollowedtwoavenuesasfarashiskite-linewouldreach; howhefollowedathirdtothefulleststretchofthekite-line,andwasabouttoturnbackwhenheglimpsedafar-offspeckthatlookedlikedaylight; droppedthelineandgropedtowardit,pushedhisheadandshouldersthroughasmallhole,andsawthebroadMississippirollingby! Andifithadonlyhappenedtobenighthewouldnothaveseenthatspeckofdaylightandwouldnothaveexploredthatpassageanymore! HetoldhowhewentbackforBeckyandbrokethegoodnewsandshetoldhimnottofretherwithsuchstuff,forshewastired,andknewshewasgoingtodie,andwantedto. Hedescribedhowhelaboredwithherandconvincedher;andhowshealmostdiedforjoywhenshehadgropedtowheresheactuallysawthebluespeckofdaylight; howhepushedhiswayoutattheholeandthenhelpedherout; howtheysatthereandcriedforgladness; howsomemencamealonginaskiffandTomhailedthemandtoldthemtheirsituationandtheirfamishedcondition; howthemendidn’tbelievethewildtaleatfirst,"because,"saidthey,"youarefivemilesdowntheriverbelowthevalleythecaveisin"thentookthemaboard,rowedtoahouse,gavethemsupper,madethemresttilltwoorthreehoursafterdarkandthenbroughtthemhome. 

           Beforeday-dawn,JudgeThatcherandthehandfulofsearcherswithhimweretrackedout,inthecave,bythetwineclewstheyhadstrungbehindthem,andinformedofthegreatnews. 

           Threedaysandnightsoftoilandhungerinthecavewerenottobeshakenoffatonce,asTomandBeckysoondiscovered. TheywerebedriddenallofWednesdayandThursday,andseemedtogrowmoreandmoretiredandworn,allthetime. 

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