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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Chapter X

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After breakfast I wanted to talk about the dead man and guess out how he come to be killed, but Jim didn’t want to.

Jim and the Snake
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After breakfast I wanted to talk about the dead man and guess out how he come to be killed, but Jim didn’t want to.
He said it would fetch bad luck; and besides, he said, he might come and ha’nt us; he said a man that warn’t buried was more likely to go a-ha’nting around than one that was planted and comfortable.
That sounded pretty reasonable, so I didn’t say no more; but I couldn’t keep from studying over it and wishing I knowed who shot the man, and what they done it for.
We rummaged the clothes we’d got, and found eight dollars in silver sewed up in the lining of an old blanket overcoat.
Jim said he reckoned the people in that house stole the coat, because if they’d a knowed the money was there they wouldn’t a left it.
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LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Chapter X

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Reading 1/14 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
After breakfast I wanted to talk about the dead man and guess out how he come to be killed, but Jim didn’t want to.
Line 2
He said it would fetch bad luck; and besides, he said, he might come and ha’nt us; he said a man that warn’t buried was more likely to go a-ha’nting around than one that was planted and comfortable.
Line 3
That sounded pretty reasonable, so I didn’t say no more; but I couldn’t keep from studying over it and wishing I knowed who shot the man, and what they done it for.
Line 4
We rummaged the clothes we’d got, and found eight dollars in silver sewed up in the lining of an old blanket overcoat.
Line 5
Jim said he reckoned the people in that house stole the coat, because if they’d a knowed the money was there they wouldn’t a left it.

Learner Dictionary

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around adjective US /əˈɹaʊnd/

(with the verb "to be") Present in the vicinity.

From this reading “He said it would fetch bad luck; and besides, he said, he might come and ha’nt us; he said a man that warn’t buried was more likely to go a-ha’nting around than one that was planted and comfortable.”

besides adverb US /biˈsaɪdz/

Also; in addition.

From this reading “He said it would fetch bad luck; and besides, he said, he might come and ha’nt us; he said a man that warn’t buried was more likely to go a-ha’nting around than one that was planted and comfortable.”

people noun US /ˈpiːpəl/

Used as plural of person; a body of human beings considered generally or collectively; a group of two or more persons.

From this reading “Jim said he reckoned the people in that house stole the coat, because if they’d a knowed the money was there they wouldn’t a left it.”

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a

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From this reading He said it would fetch bad luck; and besides, he said, he might come and ha’nt us; he said a man that warn’t buried was more likely to go a-ha’nting around than one that was planted and comfortable.

a-ha'nting

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From this reading He said it would fetch bad luck; and besides, he said, he might come and ha’nt us; he said a man that warn’t buried was more likely to go a-ha’nting around than one that was planted and comfortable.

about

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From this reading After breakfast I wanted to talk about the dead man and guess out how he come to be killed, but Jim didn’t want to.

After

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an

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From this reading We rummaged the clothes we’d got, and found eight dollars in silver sewed up in the lining of an old blanket overcoat.

and

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From this reading After breakfast I wanted to talk about the dead man and guess out how he come to be killed, but Jim didn’t want to.

aroundadjectiveUS /əˈɹaʊnd/

(with the verb "to be") Present in the vicinity.

From this reading He said it would fetch bad luck; and besides, he said, he might come and ha’nt us; he said a man that warn’t buried was more likely to go a-ha’nting around than one that was planted and comfortable.

bad

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From this reading He said it would fetch bad luck; and besides, he said, he might come and ha’nt us; he said a man that warn’t buried was more likely to go a-ha’nting around than one that was planted and comfortable.

be

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From this reading After breakfast I wanted to talk about the dead man and guess out how he come to be killed, but Jim didn’t want to.

because

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From this reading Jim said he reckoned the people in that house stole the coat, because if they’d a knowed the money was there they wouldn’t a left it.

besidesadverbUS /biˈsaɪdz/

Also; in addition.

From this reading He said it would fetch bad luck; and besides, he said, he might come and ha’nt us; he said a man that warn’t buried was more likely to go a-ha’nting around than one that was planted and comfortable.

blanket

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From this reading We rummaged the clothes we’d got, and found eight dollars in silver sewed up in the lining of an old blanket overcoat.

breakfast

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From this reading After breakfast I wanted to talk about the dead man and guess out how he come to be killed, but Jim didn’t want to.

buried

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From this reading He said it would fetch bad luck; and besides, he said, he might come and ha’nt us; he said a man that warn’t buried was more likely to go a-ha’nting around than one that was planted and comfortable.

but

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From this reading After breakfast I wanted to talk about the dead man and guess out how he come to be killed, but Jim didn’t want to.

clothes

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From this reading We rummaged the clothes we’d got, and found eight dollars in silver sewed up in the lining of an old blanket overcoat.

coat

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From this reading Jim said he reckoned the people in that house stole the coat, because if they’d a knowed the money was there they wouldn’t a left it.

come

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From this reading After breakfast I wanted to talk about the dead man and guess out how he come to be killed, but Jim didn’t want to.

comfortable

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From this reading He said it would fetch bad luck; and besides, he said, he might come and ha’nt us; he said a man that warn’t buried was more likely to go a-ha’nting around than one that was planted and comfortable.

couldn't

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From this reading That sounded pretty reasonable, so I didn’t say no more; but I couldn’t keep from studying over it and wishing I knowed who shot the man, and what they done it for.

dead

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From this reading After breakfast I wanted to talk about the dead man and guess out how he come to be killed, but Jim didn’t want to.

didn't

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From this reading After breakfast I wanted to talk about the dead man and guess out how he come to be killed, but Jim didn’t want to.

dollars

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From this reading We rummaged the clothes we’d got, and found eight dollars in silver sewed up in the lining of an old blanket overcoat.

done

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From this reading That sounded pretty reasonable, so I didn’t say no more; but I couldn’t keep from studying over it and wishing I knowed who shot the man, and what they done it for.

eight

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From this reading We rummaged the clothes we’d got, and found eight dollars in silver sewed up in the lining of an old blanket overcoat.

fetch

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From this reading He said it would fetch bad luck; and besides, he said, he might come and ha’nt us; he said a man that warn’t buried was more likely to go a-ha’nting around than one that was planted and comfortable.

for

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From this reading That sounded pretty reasonable, so I didn’t say no more; but I couldn’t keep from studying over it and wishing I knowed who shot the man, and what they done it for.

found

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From this reading We rummaged the clothes we’d got, and found eight dollars in silver sewed up in the lining of an old blanket overcoat.

from

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From this reading That sounded pretty reasonable, so I didn’t say no more; but I couldn’t keep from studying over it and wishing I knowed who shot the man, and what they done it for.

go

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From this reading He said it would fetch bad luck; and besides, he said, he might come and ha’nt us; he said a man that warn’t buried was more likely to go a-ha’nting around than one that was planted and comfortable.

got

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From this reading We rummaged the clothes we’d got, and found eight dollars in silver sewed up in the lining of an old blanket overcoat.

guess

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From this reading After breakfast I wanted to talk about the dead man and guess out how he come to be killed, but Jim didn’t want to.

ha'nt

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From this reading He said it would fetch bad luck; and besides, he said, he might come and ha’nt us; he said a man that warn’t buried was more likely to go a-ha’nting around than one that was planted and comfortable.

he

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From this reading After breakfast I wanted to talk about the dead man and guess out how he come to be killed, but Jim didn’t want to.

house

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From this reading Jim said he reckoned the people in that house stole the coat, because if they’d a knowed the money was there they wouldn’t a left it.

how

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From this reading After breakfast I wanted to talk about the dead man and guess out how he come to be killed, but Jim didn’t want to.

I

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From this reading After breakfast I wanted to talk about the dead man and guess out how he come to be killed, but Jim didn’t want to.

if

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From this reading Jim said he reckoned the people in that house stole the coat, because if they’d a knowed the money was there they wouldn’t a left it.

in

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From this reading We rummaged the clothes we’d got, and found eight dollars in silver sewed up in the lining of an old blanket overcoat.

it

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From this reading He said it would fetch bad luck; and besides, he said, he might come and ha’nt us; he said a man that warn’t buried was more likely to go a-ha’nting around than one that was planted and comfortable.

Jim

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From this reading After breakfast I wanted to talk about the dead man and guess out how he come to be killed, but Jim didn’t want to.

keep

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From this reading That sounded pretty reasonable, so I didn’t say no more; but I couldn’t keep from studying over it and wishing I knowed who shot the man, and what they done it for.

killed

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From this reading After breakfast I wanted to talk about the dead man and guess out how he come to be killed, but Jim didn’t want to.

knowed

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From this reading That sounded pretty reasonable, so I didn’t say no more; but I couldn’t keep from studying over it and wishing I knowed who shot the man, and what they done it for.

left

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From this reading Jim said he reckoned the people in that house stole the coat, because if they’d a knowed the money was there they wouldn’t a left it.

likely

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From this reading He said it would fetch bad luck; and besides, he said, he might come and ha’nt us; he said a man that warn’t buried was more likely to go a-ha’nting around than one that was planted and comfortable.

lining

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From this reading We rummaged the clothes we’d got, and found eight dollars in silver sewed up in the lining of an old blanket overcoat.

luck

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From this reading He said it would fetch bad luck; and besides, he said, he might come and ha’nt us; he said a man that warn’t buried was more likely to go a-ha’nting around than one that was planted and comfortable.

man

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From this reading After breakfast I wanted to talk about the dead man and guess out how he come to be killed, but Jim didn’t want to.

might

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From this reading He said it would fetch bad luck; and besides, he said, he might come and ha’nt us; he said a man that warn’t buried was more likely to go a-ha’nting around than one that was planted and comfortable.

money

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From this reading Jim said he reckoned the people in that house stole the coat, because if they’d a knowed the money was there they wouldn’t a left it.

more

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From this reading He said it would fetch bad luck; and besides, he said, he might come and ha’nt us; he said a man that warn’t buried was more likely to go a-ha’nting around than one that was planted and comfortable.

no

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From this reading That sounded pretty reasonable, so I didn’t say no more; but I couldn’t keep from studying over it and wishing I knowed who shot the man, and what they done it for.

of

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From this reading We rummaged the clothes we’d got, and found eight dollars in silver sewed up in the lining of an old blanket overcoat.

old

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From this reading We rummaged the clothes we’d got, and found eight dollars in silver sewed up in the lining of an old blanket overcoat.

one

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From this reading He said it would fetch bad luck; and besides, he said, he might come and ha’nt us; he said a man that warn’t buried was more likely to go a-ha’nting around than one that was planted and comfortable.

out

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From this reading After breakfast I wanted to talk about the dead man and guess out how he come to be killed, but Jim didn’t want to.

over

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From this reading That sounded pretty reasonable, so I didn’t say no more; but I couldn’t keep from studying over it and wishing I knowed who shot the man, and what they done it for.

overcoat

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From this reading We rummaged the clothes we’d got, and found eight dollars in silver sewed up in the lining of an old blanket overcoat.

peoplenounUS /ˈpiːpəl/

Used as plural of person; a body of human beings considered generally or collectively; a group of two or more persons.

From this reading Jim said he reckoned the people in that house stole the coat, because if they’d a knowed the money was there they wouldn’t a left it.

planted

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From this reading He said it would fetch bad luck; and besides, he said, he might come and ha’nt us; he said a man that warn’t buried was more likely to go a-ha’nting around than one that was planted and comfortable.

pretty

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From this reading That sounded pretty reasonable, so I didn’t say no more; but I couldn’t keep from studying over it and wishing I knowed who shot the man, and what they done it for.

reasonable

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From this reading That sounded pretty reasonable, so I didn’t say no more; but I couldn’t keep from studying over it and wishing I knowed who shot the man, and what they done it for.

reckoned

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From this reading Jim said he reckoned the people in that house stole the coat, because if they’d a knowed the money was there they wouldn’t a left it.

rummaged

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From this reading We rummaged the clothes we’d got, and found eight dollars in silver sewed up in the lining of an old blanket overcoat.

said

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From this reading He said it would fetch bad luck; and besides, he said, he might come and ha’nt us; he said a man that warn’t buried was more likely to go a-ha’nting around than one that was planted and comfortable.

say

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From this reading That sounded pretty reasonable, so I didn’t say no more; but I couldn’t keep from studying over it and wishing I knowed who shot the man, and what they done it for.

sewed

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From this reading We rummaged the clothes we’d got, and found eight dollars in silver sewed up in the lining of an old blanket overcoat.

shot

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From this reading That sounded pretty reasonable, so I didn’t say no more; but I couldn’t keep from studying over it and wishing I knowed who shot the man, and what they done it for.

silver

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From this reading We rummaged the clothes we’d got, and found eight dollars in silver sewed up in the lining of an old blanket overcoat.

so

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From this reading That sounded pretty reasonable, so I didn’t say no more; but I couldn’t keep from studying over it and wishing I knowed who shot the man, and what they done it for.

sounded

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From this reading That sounded pretty reasonable, so I didn’t say no more; but I couldn’t keep from studying over it and wishing I knowed who shot the man, and what they done it for.

stole

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From this reading Jim said he reckoned the people in that house stole the coat, because if they’d a knowed the money was there they wouldn’t a left it.

studying

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From this reading That sounded pretty reasonable, so I didn’t say no more; but I couldn’t keep from studying over it and wishing I knowed who shot the man, and what they done it for.

talk

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From this reading After breakfast I wanted to talk about the dead man and guess out how he come to be killed, but Jim didn’t want to.

than

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From this reading He said it would fetch bad luck; and besides, he said, he might come and ha’nt us; he said a man that warn’t buried was more likely to go a-ha’nting around than one that was planted and comfortable.

that

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From this reading He said it would fetch bad luck; and besides, he said, he might come and ha’nt us; he said a man that warn’t buried was more likely to go a-ha’nting around than one that was planted and comfortable.

the

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From this reading After breakfast I wanted to talk about the dead man and guess out how he come to be killed, but Jim didn’t want to.

there

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From this reading Jim said he reckoned the people in that house stole the coat, because if they’d a knowed the money was there they wouldn’t a left it.

they

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From this reading That sounded pretty reasonable, so I didn’t say no more; but I couldn’t keep from studying over it and wishing I knowed who shot the man, and what they done it for.

they'd

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From this reading Jim said he reckoned the people in that house stole the coat, because if they’d a knowed the money was there they wouldn’t a left it.

to

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From this reading After breakfast I wanted to talk about the dead man and guess out how he come to be killed, but Jim didn’t want to.

up

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From this reading We rummaged the clothes we’d got, and found eight dollars in silver sewed up in the lining of an old blanket overcoat.

us

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From this reading He said it would fetch bad luck; and besides, he said, he might come and ha’nt us; he said a man that warn’t buried was more likely to go a-ha’nting around than one that was planted and comfortable.

want

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From this reading After breakfast I wanted to talk about the dead man and guess out how he come to be killed, but Jim didn’t want to.

wanted

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From this reading After breakfast I wanted to talk about the dead man and guess out how he come to be killed, but Jim didn’t want to.

warn't

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From this reading He said it would fetch bad luck; and besides, he said, he might come and ha’nt us; he said a man that warn’t buried was more likely to go a-ha’nting around than one that was planted and comfortable.

was

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From this reading He said it would fetch bad luck; and besides, he said, he might come and ha’nt us; he said a man that warn’t buried was more likely to go a-ha’nting around than one that was planted and comfortable.

We

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From this reading We rummaged the clothes we’d got, and found eight dollars in silver sewed up in the lining of an old blanket overcoat.

we'd

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From this reading We rummaged the clothes we’d got, and found eight dollars in silver sewed up in the lining of an old blanket overcoat.

what

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From this reading That sounded pretty reasonable, so I didn’t say no more; but I couldn’t keep from studying over it and wishing I knowed who shot the man, and what they done it for.

who

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From this reading That sounded pretty reasonable, so I didn’t say no more; but I couldn’t keep from studying over it and wishing I knowed who shot the man, and what they done it for.

wishing

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From this reading That sounded pretty reasonable, so I didn’t say no more; but I couldn’t keep from studying over it and wishing I knowed who shot the man, and what they done it for.

would

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From this reading He said it would fetch bad luck; and besides, he said, he might come and ha’nt us; he said a man that warn’t buried was more likely to go a-ha’nting around than one that was planted and comfortable.

wouldn't

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From this reading Jim said he reckoned the people in that house stole the coat, because if they’d a knowed the money was there they wouldn’t a left it.