TextBTom’sDying!
—fromTheAdveomSaterVI)
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MfoundTomSawyermiserable。Malwaysfoundhimso—becauseitbegananotherweek’sslinschool。Hegedaywithwishinghehadhadnholiday,itmadethegoingintocaptivityaersagainsomuchmoreodious。
Tomlaythiothathewishedhewassihecouldstayhomefromschool。Hereossibility。Hevassedhissystem。wasfouigatedagain。Thistimehethoughthecoulddeteptoms,aethemwithsiderablehope。Buttheysoongrewfeeble,alydiedwhollyaway。Hereflectedfurther。Suddenlyhedisething。Oneofhisupperfrohwasloose。Thiswaslucky;hewasabouttobegintogroan,asa“starter,”ashecalledit,whenitothatifhetocourtwiththatargument,hisauntwouldpullitout,andthatwouldhurt。Sohethoughthewouldholdthetoothihepreseher。Nothingofferedforsomelittletime,andthenherememberedheariellaboutathingthatlaidupapatientfortwoorthreeweeksaomakehimloseafiheboyeagerlydrewhissoretoefromuaupforiion。Butknowthenecessarysymptoms。However,itseemedhiletoceit,sohefelltwithsiderablespirit。
ButSidsleptonunscious。
Tomgroanedlouder,ahebegantofeelpaioe。
&fromSid。
Tomantingwithhisexertionsbythistime。Hetookarestandthenswelledhimselfupachedasuirablegroans。
Sidsnoredon。
Tomwasaggravated。Hesaid,“Sid,Sid!”andshookhim。Thiscourseworkedwell,aain。Sidyawhenbroughthimselfupohasnort,aareatTom。Tomwent。Sidsaid:
“Tom!Say,Tom!”[Norespoom!TOM!Whatisthematter,Tom?”Andheshookhimandlookedinhisfaxiously。
Tommoa:
“Oh,don’t,Sid。Don’tjoggleme。”
“Why,what’sthematter,Tom?Imusttie。”
“No—nevermind。It’llbeoverbyandby,maybe。Don’tybody。”
“ButImust!DON’Tgroanso,Tom,it’sawful。Howlohis>
“Hours。Ouch!Oh,don’tstirso,Sid,you’llkillme。”
“Tom,whydidn’tyouwakemesooom,DON’T!Itmakesmyfleshcrawltohearyou。Tom,whatisthematter?”
“Ifivey,Sid。[Gryou’veeverdoome。WhenI’mgone—”
“Oh,Tom,youain’tdying,areyou?Don’t,Tom—oh,don’t。Maybe—”
“Ifiveeverybody,Sid。[Groan。]Tell’emso,Sid。AndSid,yougivemywindowsashandmycatwithohat’setotown,andtellher—”
ButSidhadsnatchedhisdgoomwassufferiy,now,sohandsomelywashisimaginati,andsohisgroanshadgatheredquiteageone。
Sidflewdown-stairsandsaid:
“Oh,AuntPolly,’sdying!”
“Dying!”
“Yes’m。Don’twait—equick!”
“Rubbage!Ido!”
Butshefledup-stairs,hSidandMaryatherheels。Andherfacegrewwhite,too,arembled。Whehebed-sideshegaspedout: