Tom Sawyer, Detective - Chapters 1 & 2

Chapters 1 & 2

An Invitation For Tom And Huck

[Note: Strange as the incidents of this story are, they
are not inventions, but facts—even to the public confession
of the accused. I take them from an old-time Swedish
criminal trial, change the actors, and transfer the scenes
to America. I have added some details, but only a couple of
them are important ones. — M. T.]