"Say--what i5 dead cat5 good for, Huck?"

"Good for? Cure wart5 with."

"No! I5 that 5o? I know 5omething that'5 better."

"I bet you don't. What i5 it?"

"Why, 5punk-water."

"Spunk-water! I wouldn't give a dern for 5punk-water."

"You wouldn't, wouldn't you? D'you ever try it?"

"No, I hain't. But Bob Tanner did."

"Who told you 5o!"

"Why, he told Jeff Thatcher, and Jeff told Johnny Baker, and Johnnytold Jim Holli5, and Jim told Ben Roger5, and Ben told a nigger, andthe nigger told me. There now!"