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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

CHAPTERXXIX

17/21

I tell you again, as I've told you before, I don't care for her swag--you may have it.

But her husband was rough on me--many times he was rough on me--and mainly he was the justice of the peace that jugged me for a vagrant.

And that ain't all.
It ain't a millionth part of it! He had me HORSEWHIPPED!--horsewhipped in front of the jail, like a nigger!--with all the town looking on! HORSEWHIPPED!--do you understand?
He took advantage of me and died.

But I'll take it out of HER." "Oh, don't kill her! Don't do that!" "Kill?
Who said anything about killing?
I would kill HIM if he was here; but not her.

When you want to get revenge on a woman you don't kill her--bosh! you go for her looks.


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