Chapter+29+Summary

Chapter 29 starts with Tom finding out Becky's picnic is the next day, so he doesn't care as much about Injun's situation. At the picnic, the kids there decide to go down the river to a well-known cavern, but Becky's told by her mom to stay at a friend's house near the ferry. Tom tries to convince Becky to not listen to her mother so they can go to Widow Douglas' house for ice cream and to sleep there. While going down the river, Tom wonders if Joe may go out, and he begins to worry, but the fun with Becky destroys these worries. At evening, they arrived in town after a day of fun. Huck sees the ferry arrive and soon sees two men carrying boxes. Huck thinks it's Injun Joe and a companion stealing the gold. Huck decides to follow them, thinking theres no time to find Tom. He overhears Injun talking to the companion about killing Widow Douglas because her husband horsewhipped Joe for vagrancy. Joe and his friend wait for Douglas' lights to go out and Huck runs for Welshman's house. He tells them what's about to happen, they grab their guns and run to Douglas' house. He follows them for a while, but hears a gunshot and runs.


 * Prompt:**

Do you think Huck should have followed Welshman and co to Douglas' house or should he have just ran away like he did to see what happened.