Chapter 7 Injun Joe's Treasure

One Saturday afternoon, Tom wanted to have an adventure because he didn't want to think about Injun Joe. He went to Huck and said, “I'm going to look for treasure. Do you want to come with me?”

Huck always liked an adventure. “Oh, yes,” he said. “Where can we look?”

“Let's start looking in the old house near Mrs. Douglas's house. Old houses are good places for treasure,” Tom answered.

The boys went to the old house. They wanted to look at every room. First they went into the kitchen, and then they went into the bedroom.

Suddenly, two men came into the kitchen—Injun Joe and his friend. The boys were afraid and stayed in the bedroom very quietly.

Injun Joe walked across the kitchen. “We can put our money here,” he said to his friend.

He started to dig under the floor with his knife.

“What's this?” Injun Joe said. “I'm going to get it out.”

There was a big box under the floor. He opened it with his knife. There was a lot of money in the box.

“Look at that money!” his friend said. “Let's go now. We can come back and get it tomorrow.”

“No,” Injun Joe said. “We're going to take it with us now. We can take it to that place.You know—the place under the cross.”

Then the men went out of the house. Injun Joe talked quietly to his friend. The boys listened and were afraid.

Tom said, “Did you hear that? He wants to kill us.”

They went out of the house quietly and went home.

The boys were afraid of Injun Joe, but they wanted to find his treasure. They watched his house every night, but they didn't see Injun Joe or his treasure.