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1Tuesday afternoon came, and waned to the twilight. The village of St. Petersburg still mourned. The lost children had
2not been found. Public prayers had been offered up for them, and many and many a private prayer that had the
3petitioner's whole heart in it; but still no good news came from the cave. The majority of the searchers had given up
4the quest and gone back to their daily avocations, saying that it was plain the children could never be found. Mrs.
5Thatcher was very ill, and a great part of the time delirious. People said it was heartbreaking to hear her call her
6child, and raise her head and listen a whole minute at a time, then lay it wearily down again with a moan. Aunt Polly
7had drooped into a settled melancholy, and her gray hair had grown almost white. The village went to its rest on Tuesday
8night, sad and forlorn. Away in the middle of the night a wild peal burst from the village bells, and in a moment the
9streets were swarming with frantic half-clad people, who shouted, "Turn out! turn out! they're found! they're found!"
10Tin pans and horns were added to the din, the population massed itself and moved toward the river, met the children
11coming in an open carriage drawn by shouting citizens, thronged around it, joined its homeward march, and swept
12magnificently up the main street roaring huzzah after huzzah! The village was illuminated; nobody went to bed again; it
13was the greatest night the little town had ever seen. During the first half-hour a procession of villagers filed through
14Judge Thatcher's house, seized the saved ones and kissed them, squeezed Mrs. Thatcher's hand, tried to speak but
15couldn't--and drifted out raining tears all over the place. Aunt Polly's happiness was complete, and Mrs. Thatcher's
16nearly so. It would be complete, however, as soon as the messenger dispatched with the great news to the cave should get
17the word to her husband. Tom lay upon a sofa with an eager auditory about him and told the history of the wonderful
18adventure, putting in many striking additions to adorn it withal; and closed with a description of how he left Becky and
19went on an exploring expedition; how he followed two avenues as far as his kite-line would reach; how he followed a
20third to the fullest stretch of the kite-line, and was about to turn back when he glimpsed a far-off speck that looked
21like daylight; dropped the line and groped toward it, pushed his head and shoulders through a small hole, and saw the
22broad Mississippi rolling by! And if it had only happened to be night he would not have seen that speck of daylight and
23would not have explored that passage any more! He told how he went back for Becky and broke the good news and she told
24him not to fret her with such stuff, for she was tired, and knew she was going to die, and wanted to. He described how
25he labored with her and convinced her; and how she almost died for joy when she had groped to where she actually saw the
26blue speck of daylight; how he pushed his way out at the hole and then helped her out; how they sat there and cried for
27gladness; how some men came along in a skiff and Tom hailed them and told them their situation and their famished
28condition; how the men didn't believe the wild tale at first, "because," said they, "you are five miles down the river
29below the valley the cave is in"--then took them aboard, rowed to a house, gave them supper, made them rest till two or
30three hours after dark and then brought them home. Before day-dawn, Judge Thatcher and the handful of searchers with him
31were tracked out, in the cave, by the twine clews they had strung behind them, and informed of the great news. Three
32days and nights of toil and hunger in the cave were not to be shaken off at once, as Tom and Becky soon discovered. They
33were bedridden all of Wednesday and Thursday, and seemed to grow more and more tired and worn, all the time. Tom got
34about, a little, on Thursday, was downtown Friday, and nearly as whole as ever Saturday; but Becky did not leave her
35room until Sunday, and then she looked as if she had passed through a wasting illness. Tom learned of Huck's sickness
36and went to see him on Friday, but could not be admitted to the bedroom; neither could he on Saturday or Sunday. He was
37admitted daily after that, but was warned to keep still about his adventure and introduce no exciting topic. The Widow
38Douglas stayed by to see that he obeyed. At home Tom learned of the Cardiff Hill event; also that the "ragged man's"
39body had eventually been found in the river near the ferry-landing; he had been drowned while trying to escape, perhaps.
40About a fortnight after Tom's rescue from the cave, he started off to visit Huck, who had grown plenty strong enough,
41now, to hear exciting talk, and Tom had some that would interest him, he thought. Judge Thatcher's house was on Tom's
42way, and he stopped to see Becky. The Judge and some friends set Tom to talking, and some one asked him ironically if he
43wouldn't like to go to the cave again. Tom said he thought he wouldn't mind it. The Judge said: "Well, there are others
44just like you, Tom, I've not the least doubt. But we have taken care of that. Nobody will get lost in that cave any
45more." "Why?" "Because I had its big door sheathed with boiler iron two weeks ago, and triple-locked--and I've got the
46keys." Tom turned as white as a sheet. "What's the matter, boy! Here, run, somebody! Fetch a glass of water!" The water
47was brought and thrown into Tom's face. "Ah, now you're all right. What was the matter with you, Tom?" "Oh, Judge, Injun
48Joe's in the cave!"
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