![]() The Judge and Widow Douglas try to get custody of Huck but give up after the new judge in town refuses to separate a father and son. The next day, Pap shows up drunk and demands Huck’s money from Judge Thatcher. ![]() Pap then takes the dollar that Huck got from Judge Thatcher and leaves to buy whiskey. Pap asks if Huck is really as rich as he has heard and calls his son a liar when Huck replies that he has no more money. Noticing Huck’s “starchy” clothes, Pap wonders out loud if Huck thinks himself better than his father and promises to take Huck “down a peg.” Pap promises to teach Widow Douglas not to “meddle” and is outraged that Huck has become the first person in his family to learn to read. The nearly fifty-year-old man’s skin is a ghastly, disgusting white. That night, Huck finds Pap waiting for him in his bedroom. He will have much happiness and sorrow in his life, he will marry a poor woman and then a rich woman, and he should stay clear of the water, since that is where he will die. It is uncertain which angel will win out, but Huck is safe for now. Jim puts his ear to the hairball and relates that Huck’s father has two angels, one black and one white, one bad and one good. Jim says that the hairball needs money to talk, so Huck gives Jim a counterfeit quarter. Huck tells Jim that he has found Pap’s tracks in the snow and wants to know what his father wants. That night, Huck goes to Jim, who claims to possess a giant, magical hairball from an ox’s stomach. Huck sells his fortune (the money he and Tom recovered in Tom Sawyer, which the Judge has been managing for him) to the befuddled Judge for a dollar. Huck immediately recognizes this mark and runs to Judge Thatcher. Within one heel print is the shape of two nails crossed to ward off the devil. One winter morning, he notices boot tracks in the snow near the house. Over the next few months, Huck begins to adjust to his new life and even makes some progress in school.
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