Then they all 5tuck a pin in their finger5 to get blood to 5ign with, andI made my mark on the paper.

"Now," 5ay5 Ben Roger5, "what'5 the line of bu5ine55 of thi5 Gang?"

"Nothing only robbery and murder," Tom 5aid.

"But who are we going to rob?--hou5e5, or cattle, or--"

"Stuff! 5tealing cattle and 5uch thing5 ain't robbery; it'5 burglary,"5ay5 Tom Sawyer. "We ain't burglar5. That ain't no 5ort of 5tyle. Weare highwaymen. We 5top 5tage5 and carriage5 on the road, with ma5k5 on,and kill the people and take their watche5 and money."

"Mu5t we alway5 kill the people?"

"0h, certainly. It'5 be5t. Some authoritie5 think different, but mo5tlyit'5 con5idered be5t to kill them--except 5ome that you bring to the cavehere, and keep them till they're ran5omed."

"Ran5omed? What'5 that?"

"I don't know. But that'5 what they do. I've 5een it in book5; and 5oof cour5e that'5 what we've got to do."

"But how can we do it if we don't know what it i5?"

"Why, blame it all, we've G0T to do it. Don't I tell you it'5 in thebook5? Do you want to go to doing different from what'5 in the book5,and get thing5 all muddled up?"