So Tom got out a sheet of paper that he had wrote the oath on, and read it. And if anybody that belonged to the band told the secrets, he must have his throat cut, and then have his carcass burnt up and the ashes scattered all around, and his name blotted off of the list with blood and never mentioned again by the gang, but have a curse put on it and be forgot forever.
The oath declared that every boy in the gang had to stick to the gang and never tell any of its secrets. If anyone else harmed a boy in the gang, then the gang would choose one of its members to kill that person and his family. Only gang members could use that sign. His name would be smeared off the roster with blood and cursed so that it would be forgotten forever. Everybody said it was a real beautiful oath, and asked Tom if he got it out of his own head.
He said, some of it, but the rest was out of pirate-books and robber-books, and every gang that was high-toned had it. He said that every proper, first class gang used it. Tom said it was a good idea, so he took a pencil and wrote it in. Tom liked the idea, so he took a pencil and added it in.
What are you going to do about him? He used to lay with the hogs in the tanyard when he was drunk, but no one has seen him around here for more than a year. Well, nobody could think of anything to do—everybody was stumped, and set still.
I was most ready to cry; but all at once I thought of a way, and so I offered them Miss Watson—they could kill her. He cares more about absurd stylistic ideals than he does about people. Tom also displays some of the hypocrisy of civilized society. Ace your assignments with our guide to The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn! SparkTeach Teacher's Handbook. Why does Jim run away? What trick does Huck play on Jim after they get separated in the fog?
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So Tom got out a sheet of paper that he had wrote the oath on, and read it. It swore every boy to stick to the band, and never tell any of the secrets; and if anybody done anything to any boy in the band, whichever boy was ordered to kill that person and his family must do it, and he mustn't eat and he mustn't sleep till he had killed them and hacked a cross in their breasts, which was the sign of the band.
And nobody that didn't belong to the band could use that mark, and if he did he must be sued; and if he done it again he must be killed. And if anybody that belonged to the band told the secrets, he must have his throat cut, and then have his carcass burnt up and the ashes scattered all around, and his name blotted off of the list with blood and never mentioned again by the gang, but have a curse put on it and be forgot forever. Everybody said it was a real beautiful oath, and asked Tom if he got it out of his own head.
He said, some of it, but the rest was out of pirate-books and robber-books, and every gang that was high-toned had it.
Tom said it was a good idea, so he took a pencil and wrote it in. Then Ben Rogers says:. He used to lay drunk with the hogs in the tanyard, but he hain't been seen in these parts for a year or more. They talked it over, and they was going to rule me out, because they said every boy must have a family or somebody to kill, or else it wouldn't be fair and square for the others. Well, nobody could think of anything to do — everybody was stumped, and set still. I was most ready to cry; but all at once I thought of a way, and so I offered them Miss Watson — they could kill her.
Everybody said:. Then they all stuck a pin in their fingers to get blood to sign with, and I made my mark on the paper. That ain't no sort of style. We are highwaymen.
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