Huck Finn Quotes Scripture--Tom becomes ill during the summer. A tent revival comes to town amd when Tom gets well he is astonished to find that everyone, including Huck, has become religious. He's so upset he relapses; it doesn't help that that very night there is a huge storm--Tom is certain God is trying to kill him with thunderbolts. Tom spends several more weeks in bed (people recuperated very slowly back then). When he was once more able to get about, he finds everyone, including Huck, have lost their religion and become what they were before.
Trembling on the Trail--Huck and Tom have been watching Injun Joe, hoping to locate the treasure. While Tom is gone (lost in the cave) Huck follows Injun Joe towards Widow Douglas' home. Injun Joe is disguised as a Spaniard. Huck learns Joe intends to mutilate the Widow, who is a pretty woman, by slitting her nose and cutting notches in her ears because of something her dead husband did to Joe years before. Huck knows he must help the woman.
Tom and Becky in the Cave-Becky's mother allows Becky to have a party at the cave. A boat carries the children there for exploring and a picnic. Tom and Becky explore the cave, going deeper and deeper until they are chased by bats. They then realize they don't know the way out. Becky falls to pieces; Tom, on the other hand, takes charge of the situation, the candles, the food, and even manages to find a way out.
Huck Save the Widow--Huck, learning of the danger the Widow is in from Injun Joe, hurries to the home of Mr. Jones, waking him and his two sons. Mr. Jones and his sons chase Injun Joe and an accomplice from the area, the accomplice drowning in the process. Huck accidentally lets slip that Injun Joe and the deaf and dumb Spaniard are one and the same. Mr. Jones promises to keep the secret of who actually saved the Widow--Huck doesn't want Injun Joe coming after him--poor Huck has no home.
Tom Reveals His Dream--after returning from Jackson's Island to see his own funeral, Tom tells Aunt Polly exactly what happened a few nights before the funeral. In actuality, he had slipped into the room and hidden under the bed while Aunt Polly and Sereny Harper had sat in the same room crying over their lost boys. The women didn't know Tom had been there as he slipped out again after his aunt went to bed. On his return, he tells his aunt about his wonderful dream, that she and Mrs. Harper had been together in that very room crying, that the candle had been blown out by the wind, that Sid said Tom should have been a better boy. Aunt Polly believes Tom is psychic and joyfully runs over to the Harpers' home to tell Sereny. Of course her bubble is burst when she finds Tom was hiding under the bed.
Oh, and in Eloquence and the Master's Gilded Dome--Mr. Dobbins is horrible to the students as school nears an end. The boys decide to get revenge. Dobbins likes to drink when an important shool date approaches. He also lives with the signpainter and tattles to the painter when the man's son misbehaves in school. The boy, knowing of the teacher's drinking problem, waits until the evening of the last night, when the parents will come to school. While the teacher is passed out, the boy paints his bald head bright gold and puts the man's wig on. The teacher hurries to school and while trying to draw a map on the board has his wig grabbed by a cat which is lowered from the scuttle by boys on the roof. Of course the parents see this.