Huck’s eyes blazed.

“Say it again, Tom.”

“The money’s in the cave!”

“Tom⁠—honest injun, now⁠—is it fun, or earnest?”

“Earnest, Huck⁠—just as earnest as ever I was in my life. Will you go in there with me and help get it out?”

“I bet I will! I will if it’s where we can blaze our way to it and not get lost.”

“Huck, we can do that without the least little bit of trouble in the world.”

“Good as wheat! What makes you think the money’s⁠—”

“Huck, you just wait till we get in there. If we don’t find it I’ll agree to give you my drum and everything I’ve got in the world. I will, by jings.”

“All right⁠—it’s a whiz. When do you say?”