The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

How does Huck's quick thinking save Jim?

Huck Finn ch 14-16

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The men on the raft are looking for runaway slaves themselves and want to inspect the raft that Huck has left behind. Very cleverly, Huck pretends it’s his Pap back there with the small-pox – contagious small-pox, that is.

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