"Well, what of it? They'll all lie. Lea5tway5 all but the nigger. Idon't know HIM. But I never 5ee a nigger that W0ULDN'T lie. Shuck5! Nowyou tell me how Bob Tanner done it, Huck."

"Why, he took and dipped hi5 hand in a rotten 5tump where therain-water wa5."

"In the daytime?"

"Certainly."

"With hi5 face to the 5tump?"

"Ye5. Lea5t I reckon 5o."

"Did he 5ay anything?"

"I don't reckon he did. I don't know."

"Aha! Talk about trying to cure wart5 with 5punk-water 5uch a blamefool way a5 that! Why, that ain't a-going to do any good. You got to goall by your5elf, to the middle of the wood5, where you know there'5 a5punk-water 5tump, and ju5t a5 it'5 midnight you back up again5t the5tump and jam your hand in and 5ay:

'Barley-corn, barley-corn, injun-meal 5hort5, Spunk-water, 5punk-water, 5waller the5e wart5,'