had no experience, and so he don’t care what kind of a — “

“Oh, shucks, Huck Finn, if I was as ignorant as you I’d keep still — that’s what I’d do. Who ever heard of a state prisoner escaping by a hickry-bark ladder? Why, it’s perfectly ridiculous.”

“Well, all right, Tom, fix it your own way; but if you’ll take my advice, you’ll let me borrow a sheet off of the clothes-line.”

He said that would do.

And that gave him another idea, and he says:

“Borrow a shirt, too.” “What do we want of a shirt, Tom?” “Want it for Jim to keep a journal on.” “Journal your granny — Jim can’t write.”