The novel begins with Huck writing the story. He describes what has happened to him since The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Huck and Tom had discovered twelve thousand dollars in treasure, Judge Thatcher holds the money for them. Huck was adopted by the Widow Douglas and Miss Watson. They both try to civilize the boy with not much success.

Annoyed with his life, Huck runs away. Tom Sawyer sways Huck back by promising to start a gang of robbers. All the boys in town join Tom's band, and they use a cave as their hideout. The boys become tired of the Gang due to its lack of adventure.

Months later Huck sees footprints in the snow which he recognizes as his Pa's. Huck realizes that Pa has returned to claim his money, and so he quickly runs to Judge Thatcher and sells his share of the money for a dollar. Pa catches Huck and makes him hand over the dollar, and threatens to beat Huck if he ever goes to school again. He stated that it would be wrong to be the only family member who was literate.

When Tom arrives, he pretends to be his younger brother Sid Sawyer. Together he and Huck contrive how to help Jim escape.

The doctor returns with Tom on a stretcher and Jim in chains. Jim is treated badly until the doctor describes how Jim helped him take care of the boy. When Tom awakens, he demands that they let Jim go free.

Huck comes across Mary Jane Wilks, the eldest of the girls, and sees her crying. He decides to tell her the entire story about the two cons. She is infuriated by the story but agrees to leave the house for a few days so that Huck can escape.

The river starts flooding, and at one point an entire house floats past the island. Huck and Jim climb inside to see what they can salvage. They find a dead man lying in the corner of the house. They take what they can and return to camp.

Right after Mary Jane leave, the real two uncles of the girls arrive in the town. However, because they lost their baggage they are unable to prove their identity. The town lawyer takes all four men aside and tries to find out who is lying. The King and the Duke fake their roles so well that there is no way to determine who is telling the truth. Finally one of the real uncles says that his brother Peter had a tattoo on his chest and challenges the King to identify it. In order to figure out who is telling the truth, the townspeople decide to exhume the body.

The two men come up with a scam called the Royal Nonesuch which earns them over four hundred dollars. The scam involves getting all the men in the town to come to the show, and then having the King walk around naked for a few minutes. Then the Duke and King escape with all the money.

later on two thieves, the Duke and the King, are rescued by Huck. They immediately take over the raft and start to travel downstream, making money by cheating people in the various towns along the river.

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Approximate Word count = 1481
Approximate Pages = 6 (250 words per page double spaced)