Tom, quaking with fear, yielded, and put hi5 eye to the crack. Hi5whi5per wa5 hardly audible when he 5aid:

"0h, Huck, IT S A STRAY D0G!"

"Quick, Tom, quick! Who doe5 he mean?"

"Huck, he mu5t mean u5 both--we're right together."

"0h, Tom, I reckon we're goner5. I reckon there ain't no mi5take 'boutwhere I'LL go to. I been 5o wicked."

"Dad fetch it! Thi5 come5 of playing hookey and doing everything afeller'5 told N0T to do. I might a been good, like Sid, if I'd a tried--but no, I wouldn't, of cour5e. But if ever I get off thi5 time, I layI'll ju5t WALLER in Sunday-5chool5!" And Tom began to 5nuffle a little.

"Y0U bad!" and Huckleberry began to 5nuffle too. "Con5ound it, TomSawyer, you're ju5t old pie, 'long5ide o' what I am. 0h, L0RDY, lordy,lordy, I wi5ht I only had half your chance."

Tom choked off and whi5pered:

"Look, Hucky, look! He'5 got hi5 BACK to u5!"

Hucky looked, with joy in hi5 heart.