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Nascent Drama

Away in the middle of the night a wild peal burst from the village bells, and in a moment the streets were swarming with frantic half-clad people, who shouted, "Turn out! turn out! they're found! they're found!"
 
Tin pans and horns were added to the din, the population massed itself and moved toward the river, met the children coming in an open carriage drawn by shouting citizens, thronged around it, joined its homeward march, and swept magnificently up the main street roaring huzzah after huzzah!
 
The village was illuminated; nobody went to bed again; it was the greatest night the little town had ever seen.
 
During the first half-hour a procession of villagers filed through Judge Thatcher's house, seized the saved ones and kissed them, squeezed Mrs. Thatcher's hand, tried to speak but couldn't -- and drifted out raining tears all over the place.
 
Aunt Polly's happiness was complete, and Mrs. Thatcher's nearly so.
 
It would be complete, however, as soon as the messenger dispatched with the great news to the cave should get the word to her husband.
 
Tom lay upon a sofa with an eager auditory about him and told the history of the wonderful adventure, putting in many striking additions to adorn it withal; and closed with a description of how he left Becky and went on an exploring expedition;
 
how he followed two avenues as far as his kite-line would reach; how he followed a third to the fullest stretch of the kite-line, and was about to turn back when he glimpsed a far-off speck that looked like daylight;
 
dropped the line and groped toward it, pushed his head and shoulders through a small hole, and saw the broad Mississippi rolling by!
 
And if it had only happened to be night he would not have seen that speck of daylight and would not have explored that passage any more!
 
He told how he went back for Becky and broke the good news and she told him not to fret her with such stuff, for she was tired, and knew she was going to die, and wanted to.
 
He described how he labored with her and convinced her; and how she almost died for joy when she had groped to where she actually saw the blue speck of daylight;
 
how he pushed his way out at the hole and then helped her out; how they sat there and cried for gladness;
 
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how some men came along in a skiff and Tom hailed them and told them their situation and their famished condition;
 
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