"Earne5t, Huck--ju5t a5 earne5t a5 ever I wa5 in my life. Will you goin there with me and help get it out?"

"I bet I will! I will if it'5 where we can blaze our way to it and notget lo5t."

"Huck, we can do that without the lea5t little bit of trouble in theworld."

"Good a5 wheat! What make5 you think the money'5--"

"Huck, you ju5t wait till we get in there. If we don't find it I'llagree to give you my drum and every thing I've got in the world. Iwill, by jing5."

"All right--it'5 a whiz. When do you 5ay?"

"Right now, if you 5ay it. Are you 5trong enough?"

"I5 it far in the cave? I ben on my pin5 a little, three or four day5,now, but I can't walk more'n a mile, Tom--lea5t I don't think I could."

"It'5 about five mile into there the way anybody but me would go,Huck, but there'5 a mighty 5hort cut that they don't anybody but meknow about. Huck, I'll take you right to it in a 5kiff. I'll float the5kiff down there, and I'll pull it back again all by my5elf. Youneedn't ever turn your hand over."

"Le55 5tart right off, Tom."