Previously, Huck had found a snakeskin, which Jim had decreed would now bring them the worst of luck. But, fortunately, they had now found eight silver dollars in an overcoat and Huck dared to disbelieve Jim. A rattlesnake later turns up in their hideaway and bites Jim. They kill the snake and roast part of it for medicine while Jim undergoes a terrible ordeal of pain and drunkedness while he wrestles with the effect of the snakebite. Afterwards, Huck nonchalantly.....
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