Chapter+26+Summary


 * Chapter Summery**

On Friday, around noon, Tom and Huck were at the dead tree. They wanted their tools so they could go to the haunted house. Suddenly they remember something. It was Friday! They couldn’t do their treasure-hunting business on Friday! They decided to play and wait for tomorrow to do their business. They played Robin Hood all afternoon and eventually went home.

On Saturday, shortly after noon, the boys were at the dead tree again; ready to go to the haunted tree. When they reached the haunted house, they were afraid to go in. They entered though, quietly ready to retreat at any moment. Then they wanted to go upstairs. They threw their tools down and made the ascent. In a corner of one room there was a closet that promised a mystery, but there was nothing in it. They were ready to go down stairs when Tom heard footsteps. Huck wanted to run, but Tom kept him still. Two men entered the room. Both boys recognized the old deaf and dumb Spaniard that they saw in town. They never saw the other man before. Then they realized the Spaniard was Injun Joe. The two men were talking about a dangerous job they were doing in the haunted house. The men both ate lunch and shortly after fell asleep. Tom and Huck knew this was their chance to get out of there. Huck won’t move he was too scared. Tom got up, but as soon as he got up the floor creak loudly and sank back down. He didn’t try to get up again. Eventually the men woke up. This time they were talking about money. They said what they would do with the six hundred fifty dollars they have. Tom and Huck instantly forgot their fears. That could make anyone rich. The men were going to bury the money deep in the ground. When the men were digging a hole out of the ground they hit something. It was a box! They dug it out and it was filled with gold! The men said they should bring it to the den to number two with the cross under it. One man said the tools they found had fresh earth on it. Tom and Huck got scared again. Maybe the person who left the tools was upstairs. The man started up the stairs, and then all of a sudden the stairs cracked and broke. The man went crashing to the floor. The men decided to leave because it was getting late. Tom had such bitter luck for leaving the tools there, he thought.

Prompt- If you were Tom or Huck, would you run when you saw Injun Joe, or stay in the house and wait until they left?