By and by Ⓐhistorical collation,Ⓐalteration in the MS when we got up, we turned over the truck the gang had stole off of the wreck, and found boots, and blankets, and clothes, and all sorts of other things, and a lot of books, and a spyglassⒶhistorical collation and three boxes of seegarsⒶalteration in the MS. We hadn’t ever been this rich before, in neither of our lives. The seegars was prime. We laid off all the afternoonⒶhistorical collation in the woods,Ⓐhistorical collation talking, and meⒶemendation readingⒶalteration in the MS the books, and having a general good time. I told Jim all about what happened inside the wreck, and at the ferryboatⒶhistorical collation; and I said these kinds of things was adventures; but he said he didn’t want no more adventures. He said that when I went in the texas and he crawled back to get on the raft and found her gone, he nearly died; because he judged it was all up with him, anyway it could be fixed; for if he didn’t get saved he would get drownded;Ⓐalteration in the MS and if heⒶemendation did get saved, whoever saved him would send him back home so as to get the reward, and then Miss Watson would sell him southⒶhistorical collation, sure. Well, he was right;Ⓐalteration in the MS he was most always right; he had an uncommon level head, for a nigger.
I read considerable to Jim about kings, and dukes, and earlsⒶalteration in the MS Ⓐhistorical collation and such, and how gaudy they dressedⒶhistorical collation and how much style they put on, and calledⒶalteration in the MS each other your majesty, and your grace, and your lordship, and so on, ’stead of misterⒶemendation; and Jim’s eyes bugged out, and he was interested. He says:
“I didn’Ⓐemendation know dey was so many un um. I hain’tⒶhistorical collation hearn ’bout none [begin page 94] un um, skaselyⒶemendation, but ole kingⒶhistorical collation Sollermun, onless you counts dem kings dat’s in a pack er k’yards. How much do a king git?”
“Get?” I says; “why, they get a thousand dollars a monthⒶhistorical collation if they want it; they can have just as much as they want; everything belongs to them.”
“ Ain’ Ⓐemendation dat gay? En what dey got to do, Huck?”
“They don’t do nothing! Why,Ⓐhistorical collation how you talk.Ⓐhistorical collation They just set around.”
“No—is dat so?”
“Of courseⒶalteration in the MS it is. They just set around. ExceptⒶhistorical collation maybe when there’sⒶhistorical collation a war; then they go to the war. But other times they just lazy around; or go hawking—just hawking and sp— Sh!—Ⓐemendation Ⓔexplanatory note Ⓐalteration in the MS d’ youⒶhistorical collation hear a noise?”
We skippedⒶemendation outⒶtextual note and looked; but it warn’t nothing but the flutter of a steamboat’sⒶhistorical collation wheelⒶhistorical collation away down coming around the point; so we come back.
“Yes,” says I, “and other times, when things is dull, they fuss with the parlyment; and if everybodyⒶalteration in the MS don’t go just so,Ⓐhistorical collation he whacks their headsⒶemendation off. But mostly they hangⒶemendation round the harem.”
“Roun’ de which?”
“Harem.”
“What’s de harem?”
“The place where he keepⒶemendation his wives. Don’t you know about the harem? Solomon had one; he had about a million wives.”
“Why, yes, dat’s so; I—ⒶemendationI’d done forgot it. A harem’s a bo’d’n houseⒶhistorical collation, I reck’n.Ⓐemendation Mos’ likely dey has rackety times in de nussery. En I reck’n deⒶemendation wives quarrels considableⒶemendation; en dat ’crease de racket. Yit dey say Sollermun de wises’ man dat ever live’. I doan’ take no stock in dat. Bekase why: wouldⒶhistorical collation a wise man want to live in de mids’ er sichⒶhistorical collation a blimblammin’Ⓐemendation all de time? No—’deed he wouldn’t. A wise man ’udⒶemendation take en buil’ a biler-factry; en den he could shet down Ⓐemendation de biler-factry when he want to res’.”
“Well, but he was the wisest man, anyway; because the widow she told me so, her own self.”
“I doanⒶalteration in the MS k’yer what de widder say, he warn’t Ⓐemendation no wise man, nuther. He had some er de dad-fetchedes’Ⓐalteration in the MS ways I ever see. Does you know ’bout dat chile dat he ’uzⒶemendation gwyneⒶhistorical collation to chop in twoⒺexplanatory note?”
“Yes;Ⓐhistorical collation the widow told me all about it.”
“Well, den! Warn’Ⓐemendation dat de beatenes’Ⓐalteration in the MS notion in de worl’? You jis’Ⓐhistorical collation Ⓐalteration in the MS Ⓐtextual note take [begin page 95] en look at it a minute. Dah’s de stump, dah—dat’s one er de women; heah’s you—dat’s de yuther oneⒶalteration in the MS; I’s Sollermun; en dish-yer dollar bill’s de chile. Bofe un you claims it. WhatⒶalteration in the MS does I do? Does I shin aroun’ mongs’Ⓐhistorical collation de neighbors en fine outⒶalteration in the MS which un you de bill do b’long to, en han’ it over to de right one, all safe en soun’, de way dat anybody dat had any gumption would? No—I take en whack de bill in two Ⓐemendation, en giveⒶalteration in the MS half unⒶhistorical collation it to you, en de yuther half to de yuther woman. Dat’sⒶalteration in the MS de way Sollermun was gwyneⒶhistorical collation to do wid de chile.Ⓐalteration in the MS NowⒶhistorical collation I want to ast you: what’s de use erⒶalteration in the MS dat half a bill?Ⓐalteration in the MS—can’tⒶemendation buy noth’nⒶhistorical collation Ⓐalteration in the MS wid it. En what use is a half a chile? I wouldn’Ⓐemendation give a dernⒶalteration in the MS for a million un um.”
“But hang it, Jim, you’ve clean missed the point—blame it, you’ve missed it a thousand mile.”
“Who? meⒶhistorical collation? Go ’long. DoanⒶhistorical collation Ⓐalteration in the MS talk to me ’bout yo’ pints. I reck’nⒶemendation I knows sense when I sees it; en dey ain’Ⓐemendation no sense in sich doin’sⒶemendation Ⓐalteration in the MS Ⓐtextual note as dat. De ’spute warn’t ’bout a halfⒶhistorical collation a chile, de ’spute was ’bout a whole chile; en de man dat think he kin settle a ’spute ’bout a whole chile wid a half a chile, doanⒶhistorical collation know enough to come in out’n de rain. DoanⒶhistorical collation talk to me ’bout Sollermun, Huck, I knows him by de back.”
[begin page 96] “But I tell you youⒶhistorical collation don’t get the point.”
“Blame de pint! I reck’nⒶemendation I knows what I knows. En mine you, de real pint is down furder—it’s down deeper. It lays in de way Sollermun was raised. You take a man dat’sⒶemendation got on’y one erⒶalteration in the MS two chillen:Ⓐhistorical collation is dat man gwyne to be waseful o’ chillen? No, he ain’tⒶhistorical collation; he can’tⒶemendation ’ford it. He knowⒶhistorical collation how to value ’em. But you take a man dat’s got ’bout five million chillen runnin’ roun’ de house, en it’s diffunt. He asⒶalteration in the MS soon chop a chile in two as a cat. Dey’s plenty mo’. A chile er two, mo’ er less, warn’t no consekensⒶalteration in the MS to Sollermun, dad fetch him!”
I never see suchⒶalteration in the MS a nigger. If he got a notion in his head once, there warn’t no getting it out again. He was the most down on Solomon of any nigger I ever see. SoⒶalteration in the MS I went to talking about other kings, and let Solomon slide. I told about Louis Sixteenth that got his head cut off in France long time agoⒶhistorical collation; and about his little boy the dolphin, that would a been aⒶemendation king, but they took and shut him up in jail, and some sayⒶemendation he died there.
“Po’ little chap.”
“But some says he got out and got away, and come to AmericaⒺexplanatory note.”
“Dat’s good!Ⓐemendation But he’ll be pooty lonesome—dey ain’Ⓐemendation no kings here, is dey, Huck?”
[begin page 97] “No.”
“Den he cain’t git no situation. What he gwyne to do?”Ⓐalteration in the MS
“Well, I don’t know. Some of them gets on the policeⒺexplanatory note, and some of them learns people how to talk FrenchⒺexplanatory note.”
“WhyⒶalteration in the MS, Huck, doanⒶhistorical collation Ⓐalteration in the MS de French people talk de same way we does?”
“No,Ⓐemendation Jim;Ⓐhistorical collation Ⓐalteration in the MS you couldn’t understand a word they said—not a single word.”
“Well, now, I be ding-busted! How do dat come?”
“I don’t know; but it’s so. I got some of their jabber out of a book. Spose a man was to come to you and say Polly-voo-franzy Ⓐemendation—what would you think?”
“I wouldn’Ⓐemendation think nuff’n;Ⓐemendation I’d take en bust him over deⒶemendation head. Dat is, efⒶhistorical collation he warn’t white. I wouldn’t ’low no niggerⒶemendation to call me dat.”
“Shucks, it ain’t callingⒶemendation you anything. It’sⒶemendation only saying,Ⓐhistorical collation do you know how to talk French.”
“Well, den, why couldn’t he say it?”
“Why, he is a-saying it. That’s a Frenchman’s way of saying it.”
“Well, it’s a blame’ ridicklousⒶalteration in the MS way, en I doanⒶhistorical collation want to hearⒶalteration in the MS no mo’ ’bout it. Dey ain’Ⓐemendation no sense in it.”
“Looky here, Jim,Ⓐhistorical collation does a cat talk likeⒶalteration in the MS we do?”
“No, a cat don’t.”
“Well, does a cow?”
“No, a cow don’t, nuther.”
“DoesⒶalteration in the MS a cat talk like a cow, or a cow talk like a cat?Ⓐalteration in the MS”
“No, dey don’t.”
“It’s natural and right for ’emⒶemendation to talk different from each other, ain’t it?”
“ ’Course.”Ⓐalteration in the MS
“And ain’tⒶalteration in the MS it natural and right for a cat and a cow to talk different from us?”
“Why, mos’ sholy it is.”
“Well, then, why ain’t it natural and rightⒶalteration in the MS for a Frenchman to talk different from us?—youⒶemendation answer me that.”
“Is a cat a man, Huck?”
“No.”
“WellⒶalteration in the MS, den, dey ain’t no sense in a cat talkin’ like a man. Is a cow a man?—erⒶemendation is a cow a cat?”
“No, she ain’t either of them.”
[begin page 98] “Well, den, she ain’Ⓐemendation got no business to talk like either one er the yuther of ’em. Is a Frenchman a man?”
“Yes.”
“Well, den! Dad blame it, why doanⒶhistorical collation he talk like a man?—youⒶhistorical collation answer me dat!”
I see it warn’t no use wasting words—you can’t learn a nigger to argue. So I quit.Ⓐalteration in the MS Ⓐtextual note Ⓔexplanatory note Ⓐalteration in the MS
So I quit.] possibly added.
