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- # Dialogue between Injun Joe and his comrade
## Overview
This entity is a textual scene extracted from [CHAPTER XXVI](arke:01KG176GP4F0CB9EKDD7GP8249) of the novel [The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Complete](arke:01KG17620ND2Q83R02B18E9MJZ). It captures a dialogue between the character Injun Joe and his unnamed companion, occurring within a haunted house in the fictional town of St. Petersburg. The passage spans lines 6626 to 6659 of the source text file [tom_sawyer.txt](arke:01KG0K71QZ8KK7RGEGSNTB5534), and was extracted as part of the [More Classics](arke:01KFXT0KM64XT6K8W52TDEE0YS) collection.
## Context
The scene follows immediately after Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn, hiding in the upstairs loft of the haunted house, recognize Injun Joe—disguised as a deaf and dumb Spaniard—entering with an accomplice. This moment is preceded by the scene titled [Encounter with Injun Joe](arke:01KG1772XN1EYEDJWJQ2ACTNYA), in which the boys overhear the beginning of the men’s conversation about a dangerous job. The current scene continues their dialogue, revealing Injun Joe’s plans to return to town one final time to carry out a mysterious, revenge-driven task. It sets the stage for the subsequent scene, [Boys' reaction and plan](arke:01KG1772XGF7C8HWN4M36STZ33), in which Tom and Huck react to the danger and begin formulating their own response.
## Contents
The dialogue centers on Injun Joe’s decision to send his comrade back upriver while he remains behind to scout the town for an opportunity to complete a “dangerous” job tied to personal revenge rather than mere robbery. He dismisses the risk of returning to town, arguing that their previous failed attempt far up the river posed greater danger. After sharing a meal, both men grow drowsy. Injun Joe declares he is “dead for sleep” and assigns the watch to his companion, who soon nods off as well. The two fall into a deep sleep, snoring loudly, leaving Tom and Huck trembling but momentarily safe in their hiding place above. The passage underscores the tension and peril of the boys’ situation while advancing the plot toward Injun Joe’s vengeful scheme.
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- Dialogue between Injun Joe and his comrade
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- “That’s different. Away up the river so, and not another house about.
’Twon’t ever be known that we tried, anyway, long as we didn’t succeed.”
“Well, what’s more dangerous than coming here in the daytime!—anybody
would suspicion us that saw us.”
“I know that. But there warn’t any other place as handy after that fool
of a job. I want to quit this shanty. I wanted to yesterday, only it
warn’t any use trying to stir out of here, with those infernal boys
playing over there on the hill right in full view.”
“Those infernal boys” quaked again under the inspiration of this remark,
and thought how lucky it was that they had remembered it was Friday and
concluded to wait a day. They wished in their hearts they had waited a
year.
The two men got out some food and made a luncheon. After a long and
thoughtful silence, Injun Joe said:
“Look here, lad—you go back up the river where you belong. Wait there
till you hear from me. I’ll take the chances on dropping into this town
just once more, for a look. We’ll do that ‘dangerous’ job after I’ve
spied around a little and think things look well for it. Then for Texas!
We’ll leg it together!”
This was satisfactory. Both men presently fell to yawning, and Injun Joe
said:
“I’m dead for sleep! It’s your turn to watch.”
He curled down in the weeds and soon began to snore. His comrade stirred
him once or twice and he became quiet. Presently the watcher began to
nod; his head drooped lower and lower, both men began to snore now.
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- Dialogue between Injun Joe and his comrade