alone on the island.. ...or is he?? Huck finds Jimafter discovering the ashes to his fire and together they put together all theirsupplies and decide to stick by each other. One day they set off on their newlybuilt raft and came across a house just floating by. They both climb a board tosee if there are any useful supplies, some are found, but they also discover adead man. He had been shot in the back. Jim quickly covers the man up so asnot to let Huck see. After a few days, Huck becomes restless on the island anddecides to go back in the beginning of the next chapter. He is curious as to howpeople are reacting to the news of his death. So late one night he paddles toshore dressed as a girl and goes to a home where he knew newcomers lived. The lady that lives there informs Huck that their are two murder suspects : Jimand Pap. Some think Pap did it for the money that Huck has, but others believeJim did it since he ran away the same night as the murder occurred. She alsomentions that she has seen smoke over on Jackson Island and that her husbandwas on his way over to check and see if Jim was hiding out there. This frightensHuck and by his behavior, she realizes Huck is not the Sarah Williams he triedto convince her that he was after all. After making up a wild story of exactly whyhe dressed up as a girl, he rushes back to the island to grab Jim and get out ofthere. The next chapter Huck and Jim experience their first significantadventure during their journey down the Mississippi. This adventure began onenight during a terrible storm. Huck and Jim passed by a wrecked steamboatand climbed aboard. On the boat they overhear a conversation between tworobbers, Jack Packard and Bill who are plotting to kill their accomplice JimTurner. Hearing this, Huck and Jim want to leave, but discover their raft hadbroken loose in the storm. Luckily they are able to board the strangers skiffwhile the bad guys remained inside the steam...
