Yes heaps of times, said Huck.
Well, I have too, said Tom; oh, hundreds of times. Once down by the
slaughter-house. Don t you remember, Huck? Bob Tanner was there, and
Johnny Miller, and Jeff Thatcher, when I said it. Don t you remember,
Huck, bout me saying that?
Yes, that s so, said Huck. That was the day after I lost a white
alley. No, twas the day before.
There I told you so, said Tom. Huck recollects it.
I bleeve I could smoke this pipe all day, said Joe. I don t feel
sick.
Neither do I, said Tom. I could smoke it all day. But I bet you Jeff
Thatcher couldn t.
Jeff Thatcher! Why, he d keel over just with two draws. Just let him
try it once. _He d_ see!
I bet he would. And Johnny Miller I wish could see Johnny Miller tackle
it once.
Oh, don t I! said Joe. Why, I bet you Johnny Miller couldn t any more
do this than nothing. Just one little snifter would fetch _him_.
Deed it would, Joe. Say I wish the boys could see us now.
So do I.
Say boys, don t say anything about it, and some time when they re
around, I ll come up to you and say, Joe, got a pipe? I want a smoke.
And you ll say, kind of careless like, as if it warn t anything, you ll
say, Yes, I got my _old_ pipe, and another one, but my tobacker ain t
very good. And I ll say, Oh, that s all right, if it s _strong_
enough. And then you ll out with the pipes, and we ll light up just as
ca m, and then just see em look!
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