Chapter 1 Summary: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn begins where the The Adventures of Tom Sawyer leaves off. At the end of the previous novel, Huck and Tom find a treasure of twelve thousand dollars which they divide. Judge Thatcher takes their money and invests it in the bank at six percent interest, so that each boy earns a dollar a day on their money. Huck Finn moves in with the Widow Douglas, who has agreed …showed first 75 words of 11941 total…

…showed last 75 words of 11941 total…stays, her face will give away the fact that she knows everything. Huck then tells her sisters that she is across the river trying to stir up interest in buying the house. Huck remarks that he has never forgotten her and still thinks she is one of the most beautiful girls he has ever met. The auction is held all afternoon and the King sticks with it in an effort to sell every last thing