Chapter+25+Summary

Chapter 25 starts out with Tom having the sudden urge to find buried treasure. He persuades Huck to come along in the adventure. Huck asks Tom where most treasure is buried, and Tom replies saying they're usually in islands, under a limb of a dead tree, and in haunted houses. Huck asked Tom if he knew where the treasure was buried, but Tom was sure it was in a haunted house. The only house Tom could think of was Still-House. Huck became reluctant when he pointed it would take all summer to find treasure when digging under every tree and in the house, but Tom quickly responded with what they might find.

They picked up their shovels and began hiking for 3 miles to the house they were sure would strike them rich. Tom asked Huck what he'd save the money for, but Huck wanted to use the money for soda, pie, and circuses. Tom would use it on drums, red necktie, a sword, and to get married with.

They dug for an hour with no luck, Huck was becoming discouraged, and Tom chose a new spot to dig, again, fruitlessly, and decided to try the old tree on Cardiff Hill. The hill belonged to a widow, who Tom called a which, and she might try to steal the treasure if they find it. They decided to meet back at their digging holes to start digging again. Tom said the place where midnight shadow falls is where the treasure lies, so they waited in the dark until midnight, and marked where the shadows fell, digging away working vigorously to find the riches. Still, they found nothing, convinced they were too early or too late to see where midnight shadows fell. The two boys agreed to try digging in the old haunted house. Huck was scared to enter, as he thought the ghosts there would follow them while working. They decided to return in the morning, when less chances of being haunted would occur.


 * Prompt**

If you were Huck, would you tag along with Tom, and spend a day digging to only find nothing, and then going to a haunted house?