Chapter 6 The Trial

Summer vacation started, and Becky went away with her family. Tom was unhappy.

Then Muff Potter's trial started. Tom and Huck remembered the night in the graveyard. They were afraid of Injun Joe again.

“Did you talk about the night in the graveyard?” Tom asked Huck.

“No, I didn't,” Huck answered. “Did you?”

“No,” Tom answered. “But I'm sorry about Muff Potter. He's always friendly to us. He didn't kill the doctor. I want to help him.”

“Let's take some food to him,” Huck said.

The boys visited Muff Potter.“Here's some food,” they said.

Muff Potter said, “Thank you. You're good boys.”

Tom and Huck went to the trial and listened for two days. Tom didn't sleep well at night because he wanted to help Muff Potter.

On the third day of the trial Tom talked.

A man asked him, “Where were you on the night of June 17th?”

“I was in the graveyard,” Tom answered.

“Did you see any people there?” the man asked.

“Yes. Injun Joe, the doctor, and Muff Potter were there. They didn't see me because I was behind some big trees.”

“What did you see?” the man asked.

“Injun Joe and the doctor talked angrily,” Tom answered. “Then Injun Joe killed the doctor with his knife. Muff Potter didn't do it.”

The people at the trial were surprised. Injun Joe quickly went out of the building.

Tom and Huck were very afraid. Tom said, “Now Injun Joe knows about us. He can kill us, too.”

Many people wanted to hear about the boys' adventure in the graveyard. Tom liked talking about it. He was happy, too, because he helped Muff Potter.But he didn't sleep well because he was afraid of Injun Joe.