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From: Monarch Notes
Date: 19630101
Author:Twain, Mark
Twain, Mark
Monarch Notes
01-01-1963
Huckleberry Finn: Chapters 10 - 18
Chapter 10. What Comes Of Handlin' Snakeskin
Huck and Jim have breakfast and then settle down to inspect their haul.
Huck wants to know something about the dead man, but Jim says it's bad luck to
talk about the dead, especially since they might come to haunt. They find $8
sewed in the lining of a coat they took from the house, and Huck begins to
boast of their good luck. Two days earlier Huck had handled a snakeskin. Jim
told him it was bad luck. Huck now says he wishes he could have more bad luck
like that. Jim replies ...
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