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Las aventuras de Tom Sawyer
Capítulo 30, Página 9
"When
did
you
see
him
last?"
Joe
tried
to
remember
but
wasn't
sure.
People
stopped
leaving
the
church.
Whispers
spread,
and
worry
appeared
on
everyone's
faces.
Children
and
young
teachers
were
asked
anxiously.
They
all
said
they
hadn't
noticed
if
Tom
and
Becky
were
on
the
ferryboat
on
the
way
back;
it
was
dark,
and
no
one
thought
to
ask
if
anyone
was
missing.
One
young
man
finally
said
he
feared
they
were
still
in
the
cave!
Mrs.
Thatcher
fainted.
Aunt
Polly
started
crying
and
wringing
her
hands.
The
alarm
spread
quickly
from
person
to
person,
group
to
group,
street
to
street,
and
within
five
minutes,
the
bells
were
ringing
wildly,
and
the
whole
town
was
up!
The
Cardiff
Hill
incident
became
unimportant,
the
burglars
were
forgotten,
horses
were
saddled,
boats
were
manned,
the
ferryboat
was
ordered
out,
and
before
half
an
hour
had
passed,
two
hundred
men
were
heading
down
the
road
and
river
toward
the
cave.
All
afternoon,
the
village
seemed
empty
and
quiet.
Many
women
visited
Aunt
Polly
and
Mrs.
Thatcher
and
tried
to
comfort
them.
They
cried
with
them,
too,
which
was
even
better
than
words.
All
night,
the
town
waited
for
news,
but
when
morning
came,
all
they
heard
was,
"Send
more
candles—and
send
food."
Mrs.
Thatcher
was
almost
out
of
her
mind,
and
Aunt
Polly
was
too.
Judge
Thatcher
sent
messages
of
hope
and
encouragement
from
the
cave,
but
they
didn't
really
cheer
anyone
up.
The
old
Welshman
came
home
around
daylight,
covered
in
candle
wax,
smeared
with
clay,
and
almost
exhausted.
He
found
Huck
still
in
the
bed
prepared
for
him,
and
he
was
delirious
with
fever.
The
doctors
were
all
at
the
cave,
so
Widow
Douglas
came
to
take
care
of
Huck.
She
said
she
would
do
her
best
for
him
because,
whether
he
was
good,
bad,
or
indifferent,
he
was
the
Lord's,
and
nothing
that
belonged
to
the
Lord
should
be
neglected.
The
Welshman
said
Huck
had
good
qualities,
and
the
widow
said:
"You
can
count
on
it.
That's
the
Lord's
mark.
He
never
leaves
it
off.
He
always
puts
it
somewhere
on
every
creature
that
comes
from
his
hands."
Early
in
the
morning,
tired
men
began
to
return
to
the
village,
but
the
strongest
citizens
kept
searching.
All
the
news
they
had
was
that
they
were
searching
parts
of
the
cave
that
had
never
been
visited
before,
that
every
corner
and
crevice
would
be
thoroughly
searched,
and
that
wherever
one
wandered
through
the
maze
of
passages,
lights
were
seen
moving
in
the
distance,
and
shouts
and
gunshots
echoed
through
the
dark
aisles.
In
one
place,
far
from
where
tourists
usually
went,
the
names
"BECKY
&
TOM"
were
found
written
on
the
rocky
wall
with
candle
smoke,
and
nearby
was
a
grease-stained
piece
of
ribbon.
Mrs.
Thatcher
recognized
the
ribbon
and
cried
over
it.
She
said
it
was
the
last
thing
she
would
have
of
her
child,
and
no
other
memory
could
be
so
precious
because
it
was
the
last
thing
that
left
her
body
before
the
terrible
death
came.
Some
said
that
sometimes,
in
the
cave,
a
distant
speck
of
light
would
appear,
and
then
a
joyful
shout
would
break
out,
and
a
group
of
men
would
rush
down
the
echoing
aisle—but
then
a
disappointing
letdown
always
followed;
the
children
weren't
there;
it
was
just
a
searcher's
light.
Three
dreadful
days
and
nights
passed
slowly,
and
the
village
fell
into
a
hopeless
stupor.
No
one
had
the
heart
for
anything.
The
accidental
discovery
that
the
owner
of
the
Temperance
Tavern
kept
liquor
on
his
premises
barely
caused
a
stir,
even
though
it
was
big
news.
During
a
clear
moment,
Huck
weakly
brought
up
the
topic
of
taverns
and
finally
asked—fearing
the
worst—if
anything
had
been
discovered
at
the
Temperance
Tavern
since
he
had
been
sick.
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