 Chapter 41: Huck goes back into town and finds a doctor for Tom. The doctor goes alone on a canoe to find the raft that Tom and Jim are on while Huck stays back and falls asleep. When he wakes up, he finds that the doctor has not yet returned. Huck soon sees Silas. Silas expresses his relief that Huck is ok, but asks where Sid is (Tom). Huck makes up a story about Sid's whereabouts in reply so as to not worry Silas or Aunt Sally. Aunt Sally, however, cannot be consoled by Huck and stresses over Sid's whereabouts. Every time Huck goes to sneak out during the night, he sees Aunt Sally in the porch with a lit candle waiting for the return of Sid.
Chapter 42: The doctor returns from the raft, carrying Tom/Sid on a stretcher and Jim in chains. A day after he is brought back into the care of Aunt Sally, Tom is almost completely better from his bullet wound. Both Huck and Aunt Sally sit by Tom's bed, and Tom wakes up. He proceeds to tell both of them the real story of him and Huck- that includes everything they have done and how they have managed to help Jim escape. Aunt Sally is in disbelief and cannot even imagine that it was them causing all the trouble around the house all along. Tom also explains why Jim cannot be chained up anymore because ever since Miss Watson died, Jim has been free- she included in her will that Jim is to be a free slave because she believed that that would be what is best. Aunt Polly, Aunt Sally's sister, also shows up in this chapter and explains that Tom and Sid are actually Huck and Tom. She gets angry upon hearing that Tom has been stealing and hiding all of her letters but explains that Tom is right about Miss Watson's will.
Chapter 43: Jim is seen in a nicer light after they all saw how well he cared for Tom after he got shot. Jim receives forty dollars from Tom in return for all that he has done for him and for putting up with all of the boys' shenanigans. Jim explains to Huck that indeed he was right about him getting rich one day. Huck wonders about his six thousand dollars that his pap was so interested in getting. He presumes that pap managed to get it all, but it surprised when Tom explains that pap had never been seen again since Huck disappeared. Jim finally reveals that the dead man in the house that Huck and he saw earlier was actually the dead body of pap and how at the time he didn't want Huck to see his face. The book ends with Huck telling how Aunt Sally wants to adopt him and civilize him just he had experienced before. Huck also says that he doesn't really want to write another book, as it was very consuming and was tough.
 Chapter 39: Tom and Huck infest the house with rats and snakes. Uncle Silas plans on advertising Jim in the newspaper because he hasn't heard back from the plantation with the leaflet advertising for Jim's capture. To avoid having Miss Watson see the ad for Jim, Tom writes letters to Silas saying that there will be trouble. Tom also send a letter stating that a gang will come and steal Jim away. It succeeds in scaring the Phelpses.
Chapter 40: Instead of running away, the Phelpses call in "reinforcements" and the townspeople come to support the Phelpes and to protect them from any danger. The boys and Jim make their over to the hole in the wall. As they try to climb over the fence, they attract the attention of the group. They shoot at the boys and Jim, and Jim ends up getting a bullet shot in his leg. They are able to make it back to the canoe, and Huck and Jim are concerned about the medical condition in which Tom is in. Tom exclaims that his mighty fine and explains that he is excited that he got shot because he now has a battle souvenir.
 Chapter 35: Tom and Huck think of a plan to free Jim from the Phelps' farm. They describes the different, rediculous things that they will have to do to save him, such as have him keep a journal and write things down in blood. Tom even says that they will have to cut Jim's leg off to free him from his chains. Tom and Huck feel that it is necessary to come up with such an elaborate plan because the Silas Phelps has not provided Jim with a good guard. By creating such a plan, they are creating their obstacles to make up for a lack thereof. Huck also pays a dime to the slaves for stealing and eating a watermelon from the garden.
Chapter 36: The boys finally dig their way to Jim after giving up using knives. Huck and Tom find some pens, six tallow candles, and steal three tin plates to pass over to Jim. Huck and Tom dug their way in and got the job finished in two and a half hours. Jim, delighted to see them, tells the boys of how Sally and Silas have visited him and prayed with him. Tom is able to come up with another plan to help Jim try to escape- he convinces Nat, Jim's keeper who believes in witches, that the only way to cure himself is to make a witch pie and give it to Jim. Tom plans to bake a rope into the pie for Jim to use.
Chapter 37: Aunt Sally notices all of the missing materials that Huck and Tom had used for Jim, but only tells herself that it was the rats and not the boys. Upon hearing this, Huck and Tom secrety plug up the ratholes in the house. It is funny that although the boys are probable answers to her problem, Aunt Sally takes out all of her anger and blame on everyone and everything but the boys. Huck and Tom are able to confuse Aunt Sally and lose track of how many spoons and sheets she had before. They manage to bake the witch pie.
Chapter 38: Tom thinks that Jim should scratch his "coat of arms" into the wall with the pens they have created. Tom is pulling out the ideas for his whole plan from fictional books that he knows/has read, and keeps referring to them as he tells Jim what to do. Tom also insists that Jim write on stone, rather than the wood wall, so they try to steal some millstone. As Huck and Jim carry out what Tom tells them to do while Tom just watches and comes up with more things for them to do. Jim does not comply with directions Tom gives him to grow a flower through water in his tears or to bring a snake or rat to tame. Tom believes that his directions are for the betterment of Jim.
 Chapter 32: Huck is able to find and reach the Phelps' house. He sneaks around as quiet as possible. He does not succeed in doing so, however, because the dogs on the farm spot/hear him and start to bark. A slave women shoos them off of Huck and a white women known as Aunt Sally comes outside and sees what is going on. She mistakes Huck for being Tom Sawyer, the childrens' cousin. Upon hearing this, Huck is relieved and is easily able to carry on a conversation about Tom's life and family. All is well until Huck hears a steamboat approaching and thinks that there is a possibility that the real Tom Sawyer is on it. In order to prevent Tom from getting to the Phelps' house and blowing his cover, he tells the Phelpses that he going to fetch his luggage. Huck makes off to find Tom.
Chapter 33: Huck spots Tom's wagon down the road. As it comes along, Huck calls out "Hold on!" Tom recognizes the identity of Huck, but is in disbelief. He believes that it is Huck's ghost coming back to haunt him. Huck explains how he never died and his plan to save Jim and help him escape slavery. At first, he doesn't think Tom will want to, but is surprised by Tom's answer- Tom says that he wants to help him save Jim. Huck and Tom eventually get back to the Phelps' house. Tom introduces himself as William Thompson from Ohio. There is no mention of Jim being held on their property, although Silas mentions that the "runaway" explained that the duke and the dauphin's show was a con after one of the boys asked to go.
Chapter 34: Huck resumes his role as a follower to Tom and is impressed with Tom's ability to find the shed where Jim is being held. Tom develops an elaborate plan to help Jim escape after he states that Huck's plan is "as mild as goosemilk". Huck and Tom are able to see Jim, but Jim's keeper grows suspicious when he hears Jim call out after them. Tom gets the slave/keeper to believe that the cry was just work of the witches. Both Huck and Tom plan to dig Jim out
 Chapter 29: The real Harvey and William Wilks who were found among the mob explain how their luggage had gotten misplace and how William had broken his arm. Suspicion, once again, arises about the duke and the dauphin claiming to be Harvey and William. All four (the duke, dauphin, and the "real" Harvey and William) are asked to sign a piece of paper to help them discover who they all claim to be. Although the duke and the dauphin are found to be frauds by some, people believe that the Wilkses cannot be distinguished from the frauds due to William's broken arm. Harvey, however, explains how he knows of a tattoo that William has on his chest and can use this to prove who they really are. The person who is responsible for dressing William claims that he has not seen any tattoo. This, of course, creates more chaos, and the people call for the blood of all four men. The lawyer will not stop at this, and wants the people to see for themselves if there is a tattoo or not. Huck manages to escape from the whole situation, but not before the 6,000 dollars is found in the coffin. He finally thinks he is free as he reaches the raft and starts off once again with Jim, but much to his dismay, the duke and the dauphin are seen approaching in another boat.
Chapter 30: As the duke and the dauphin return to Huck and Jim's raft, they are furious for Huck trying to escape without them. The dauphin even tries to strangle him. They explain how they were able to escape after the 6,000 dollars in gold was found in the coffin. During this chapter, instead of taking out all of their rage on Huck, the duke and the dauphin display action and behavior towards one another that hasn't been seen thus far in the book. Instead of getting along and working together as a team, they argue with one another because they both believe that the other had hid the gold in the coffin and had planned on retrieving it later without the other knowing.
Chapter 31: As the four continue to travel, the duke and the dauphin display suspicious behavior and seem to be coming up with some sort of scheme. Both Huck and Jim agree that they will leave the duke and the dauphin as soon as they can or when the opportunity presents itself. The duke, the dauphin, and Huck finally go to shore. Huck certainly finds his chance to escape when both the duke and the dauphin get into a fight at a tavern. When Huck gets back to the raft, though, Jim is nowhere to be seen. Huck quickly discovers from a boy that Jim was recognized from the poster that the duke had made earlier in a different town. Huck also learns that the man who found him sold him in haste for 40 dollars to a man by the name of Silas Phelps is actually the dauphin. Huck becomes ashamed of what he has done for Jim after he contemplates writing a letter to Miss Watson about Jim, but remembers Jim as his good friend and looks back on all of the memories that they have made. He decides that he is fine of he "goes to hell" and will find Jim and bail him out of slavery. Huck comes across the duke later and tells him of how he couldn't find the raft or Jim. The duke, knowing the real whereabouts of Jim, tries to persuade Huck to go to a place 40 miles where Jim is when in reality, both Huck and the duke know that Jim is on the farm of Silas Phelps.
 Chapter 25: A huge, blubbering scene is made of the death of Wilk and the return of his "brothers". The duke and the dauphin, being in it for the money, count how much money they are supposed to inherit. To their dismay, they find that the amount promised is short. An old friend of Wilk, Doctor Robinson, declares the duke and the dauphins frauds. After listening to Doctor Robinson, Mary Jane, the eldest sister, gives the dauphin 6,000 dollars to take and invest in anything he wants.Chapter 26: In this chapter, Huck begins to feel bad for tricking the three girls. He is about to apologize after being asked questions on England by Joanna and failing miserably. He wants to tell them who they really are,, but before he can Mary Jane and Susan interrupt Joanna and tell her to be kind to their guest. Huck decides that he will do what he can to try and get the money back to them, so he sneaks into the duke and the dauphin's room. He hides and overhears them talking about leaving that night, but the dauphin wants to stay until they've stolen all of the family's property. After Huck is safe, he comes out of hiding, finds the 6,000 dollars and takes it to his sleeping cubby. He sneaks out late at night.
Chapter 27: Huck hides the money that he found from the duke and the dauphin in Peter Wilk's coffin. The next day, after the funeral hears a ruckus in the cellar of a dog barking (he caught a rat) Huck watches in horror as the coffin is sealed. No one but he knows that there is money in it. He doesn't know if the duke or the dauphin ever found the money once again. The dauphin manages to sell off the estate and the slaves, but seperates the family of slaves in the process. Although Huck is sad, he knows they will be meet each other again after the duke and dauphin are found out. Angry with the disappearance of the money, the duke and the dauphin ask Huck about it. Huck is able to persuade them that it was the slaves to blame for the lost money and their troubles.
Chapter 28: Huck finds himself in a bit of a predicament and a lie. As he comes across Mary Jane crying, he feels bad and abruptly makes up a lie- he consoles her grief regarding the slave family by saying that they will be reunited in less than two weeks. This interests Mary Jane and she asks Huck to elaborate. Huck tells the truth but tells Mary Jane to wait and not to leave to see her uncles. He also leaves Mary Jane a note to the whereabouts of the money. Huck doesn't ever see her again, but misses her and thinks of her often. When he comes across Mary Jane's other two sisters, Huck tells them that Mary Jane has gone to see a sick friend. Huck also comes across a huge group of people of the town who are auctioning off the posessions of the family. Among them are two men that claim to the real Harvey and William Wilks.
 Chapter 21: On the raft, the Duke and the Dauphin perform a scene from Romeo and Juliet. The Dauphin tries to recite the soliloquy from Hamlet but can't seem to remember certain parts of it. Huck, Jim, the duke, and the dauphin stop at a muddy, run-down village. The inhabitants they see are mostly lazy boys chewing tobacco under awnings. As the duke posts playbills around for their future performance, Huck hears the people of the village talking about a man by the name of Boggs who is coming for his monthly drink. Huck witnesses a man named Sherbern shoot Boggs for insulting him. The village people are angered by this and go off to find Sherbern and lynch him.
Chapter 22: The mob of people swarm the Sherbern's house but can't seem to find him. Sherbern begins to speak from the roof of the house, taking the mob by surprise. He exclaims that these men are not real men, but cowards. He tells them that even if their intentions are to lynch him, they never will because they are too afraid of lynching people who commit crimes, let alone in the daytime. The mob disperses upon hearing this. Huck decides to view the circus going on in the town. He is delighted to see the performance and is most surprised at the circus performer who, at first, was dressed up as a drunk man. He took everyone by surprise after requesting to ride the circus horse. As he rode around, he shed his clothing to bear his real circus outfit and even stood up on the horse. The crowd went wild with excitement, and was entertained by the performance. That same night, much to the dismay of the duke and the dauphin, only 12 people came to their performance. They realize that it will take more to get a real, successful performance and decide to advertise yet another presentation. This time, the sign reads that no women or children will be admitted.
Chapter 23: The performance of the Royal Nonesuch is a success. The duke and the dauphin had the audience hooting and howling with laughter. The dauphin came onstage wearing nothing but some wild body paint. The crowd, expecting more, becomes disappointed after being told that this is all the performance will show. Upon realizing that they've been ripped off, they tell the rest of the town so that, they, too, can be ripped off. The next two nights, the performance continues, but on the last day, Huck, Jim, the duke, and the dauphin make off again on the raft before they can get caught. They see how much money they have made in those three nights, Jim is amazed and exclaims that royalty can be such "rapscallions".
Chapter 24: Jim complains about how he has to always wait on the raft while Huck, the duke, and the dauphin go into different towns because he is an escaped slave. The duke realizes that they can sneak Jim into towns by disguising him. He dresses Jim up in a robe with blue face paint and calls him the "Sick Arab" on a sign posted to his body. Huck and the dauphin board a steamboat and the dauphin meets a man who knows a Wilk Harvey and tells of how his brothers were sent for by Wilk. They are from England. After the duke and the dauphin hear this information, they take advantage and pretend that they are Harvey's brothers upon meeting him. While in the hometown of Wilk, they pretend to be very upset after hearing that Wilk has died. The duke, pretending to be William, the deaf and mute brother, tries to act like he is responding to the dauphin's sign language.
 Chapter 19: As Huck and Jim continue on their journey on the raft, Huck jumps off and gets in their canoe. He continues on, just without Jim. Soon he comes across two men running from a town, both exclaiming that they need Huck's help. Huck takes them a mile downstream to safety and lets them join him and Jim on the raft. Huck and Jim hear the predicaments that both got into while in the town. The younger man sold a paste that supposedly removed tartar from people's teeth. Much to his dismay, it also took much of the enamel with it. The older man ran a temperance revival meeting, but had to flee after the people found out that he drank. These two men then decide to team up and both lie about their real identities to Huck and Jim. One exclaims that he is a duke and the other says he is a dauphin, the long lost son of Louis the XVI of France. Huck, however, figures out that these two are only lying and that none of this is true. He pretends that he believes them, though, to prevent and disputes or problems and to keep the peace on the raft between them.
Chapter 20: Huck explains to the duke and dauphin of how Jim was an "orphaned child" and how they travel by night because of all the people that they'd pass who would ask him if he was a runaway slave. Huck an Jim keep watch that night for a storm. The next morning, the duke and dauphin, looking for money, decide to put on a performance for the town that they come across. When they get to the town, they realize that everyone has gone and that they are holding a religious revival meeting. The dauphin see this as an opportunity to lie once again and believes that it will get him money. After telling the people of how he was a pirate and will return to the Indian ocean as a missionary. Upon hearing this the townspeople give him eighty dollars. Meanwhile, the duke makes some money by selling print jobs, subscriptions, and advertisements in the local newspaper in the deserted printing press. The duke prints a handbill promising a reward if anyone can find Jim and capture him.
 Chapter 17: Huck hears a voice from a house asking who he is. Huck responds by saying his name is George Jackson and approaches the house. After Huck makes it into the house, he meets the Grangerford family. They realize that Huck (or "George") isn't part of the Shepherdson family like they thought he was. The Shepherdson family is the long-standing rival/enemy of the Grangerfords. The family welcomes Huck and gives him food, clothing, and place to sleep. Huck also admires the furniture in the house and reads the many poems and artwork around about people who have died.
Chapter 18: Buck explains to Huck of how their family and the Shepherdsons have been in a long-standing feud after Buck tries to shoot one of the Shepherdsons named Harney. One things that is peculiar about these two families is that they attend the same church. While in church, they seem to get along fine and pretend that there is nothing wrong between them. They learn from the minister about brotherly love. One day at church, Sophia Grangerford has Huck retrieve a bible from a pew. As she looks inside, she reads a note that say "half past two". Huck later finds out that she is running off with a Shepherdson boy, Harney. This is after Huck's slave valet leads him into a swamp and shows him some water mocassins. Here, Huck finds Jim once again. The next day, Huck finds two Grangerfords (one of which is Buck) and two Shepherdsons in a gunfight. Both of the Grangerfords are killed. Huck and Jim then set off once again on their raft.
 Chapter 15: Huck and Jim are not far from their ultimate destination, which is the Ohio River, where they will sell their raft, get on a steamboat, and travel the rest of the way to the free states on the steamboat. The second night on their way, however, thick fog inhibited them from getting any further. As Huck searched for a towhead to tie to, he got separated fromm Jim and the raft while he was in the canoe. Because the fog was so thick, Huck lost the direction in which Jim and raft had gone and tried to paddle back. After a long series of call and response between Huck and Jim used for Huck to find his way back, Huck fell asleep. When he woke up, the sky was dark and filled with the stars. The fog had dissappeared. Huck finally was able to find his way back to the raft, which was only a black speck from far away. As Huck climbed back onto the raft, he saw that Jim was asleep and decided to make it seem like nothing had happened at all and that the whole situation was a dream. Jim believes Huck at first and tells Huck of the thick layers of fog and how they were seperated. Jim figures out that Huck is lying about it all being a dream, though, after he notices the debris and branches on the raft. He gets very angry at Huck for making a fool out of him, but Huck is sure to apologize for what he has done.
Chapter 16: During this chapter, Huck struggles with his conscience- on one side, he feels guilty for carrying Jim with him as an escaped slave from his rightful owner, but on the other hand, he feels that if he were to turn Jim in he would feel just as bad. As the two make their way to the town of Cairo, Jim tells Huck of how he plans on his wife and children gaining independence and coming to the free states with him, too. He says that if their owners won't let them go, he'll have abolitionists kidnap them. Huck also comes across two men that want their raft to be searched for any escaped slaves. At first, Huck wants to give Jim away, but he knows not to after Jim tells him that he is grateful for Huck keeping his promises. Huck drives the men away by explaining how his family is on the raft and is suffering from smallpox. The men are afraid of the spread of the disease and leave after giving Huck forty dollars in gold out of pity. Huck and Jim continue to float along and plan to take the canoe upriver after believing that they may have passed the town of Cairo. In the morning they discover that the canoe has been stolen (more bad luck) and are seperated once again after a steamboat collides with and breaks apart their raft. Huck makes it ashore, but is surrounded by dogs and cornered.
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