Chapter1: Huck begins his narration, explaining that this story takes up where the previous one, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, left off: he owns six thousand dollars from the money he found in the cave, and this money he has given to Judge Thatcher, who is keeping the money and paying him interest. He lives with the Widow Douglas (who is trying to civilize him) because Tom won’t let him join his “gang” otherwise. …showed first 75 words of 4357 total…

…showed last 75 words of 4357 total…he was going to tell Jim that he was free, and then all three of them would take a steamship up the Mississippi back home. Here also, Jim tells Huck that the dead man in the houseboat was actually his father, so he doesn’t have to worry about his pap bothering him anymore, and he can now take his six thousand dollars from Judge Thatcher. Thus, it’s a very happy ending for everyone.