The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

1 “Tom!” › 2 Saturday morning was come, and all the summer world was bright and › 3 Tom presented himself before Aunt Polly, who was sitting by an › 4 The sun rose upon a tranquil world, and beamed down upon the peaceful › 5 About half-past ten the cracked bell of the small church began to ring, › 6 Monday morning found Tom Sawyer miserable. Monday morning always found › 7 The harder Tom tried to fasten his mind on his book, the more his ideas › 8 Tom dodged hither and thither through lanes until he was well out of the › 9 At half-past nine, that night, Tom and Sid were sent to bed, as usual. › 10 The two boys flew on and on, toward the village, speechless with › 11 Close upon the hour of noon the whole village was suddenly electrified › 12 One of the reasons why Tom’s mind had drifted away from its secret › 13 Tom’s mind was made up now. He was gloomy and desperate. He was a › 14 When Tom awoke in the morning, he wondered where he was. He sat up and › 15 A few minutes later Tom was in the shoal water of the bar, wading toward › 16 After dinner all the gang turned out to hunt for turtle eggs on the bar. › 17 But there was no hilarity in the little town that same tranquil Saturday › 18 That was Tom’s great secret—the scheme to return home with his brother › 19 Tom arrived at home in a dreary mood, and the first thing his aunt said › 20 There was something about Aunt Polly’s manner, when she kissed Tom, that › 21 Vacation was approaching. The schoolmaster, always severe, grew severer › 22 Tom joined the new order of Cadets of Temperance, being attracted by the › 23 At last the sleepy atmosphere was stirred—and vigorously: the murder › 24 Tom was a glittering hero once more—the pet of the old, the envy of the › 25 There comes a time in every rightly-constructed boy’s life when he has › 26 About noon the next day the boys arrived at the dead tree; they had come › 27 The adventure of the day mightily tormented Tom’s dreams that night. › 28 That night Tom and Huck were ready for their adventure. They hung about › 29 The first thing Tom heard on Friday morning was a glad piece of › 30 As the earliest suspicion of dawn appeared on Sunday morning, Huck came › 31 Now to return to Tom and Becky’s share in the picnic. They tripped along › 32 Tuesday afternoon came, and waned to the twilight. The village of St. › 33 Within a few minutes the news had spread, and a dozen skiff-loads of › 34 Huck said: “Tom, we can slope, if we can find a rope. The window ain’t › 35 The reader may rest satisfied that Tom’s and Huck’s windfall made a ›