When Superstition Saves Lives — The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Tom and Huck head to the haunted house with their tools, but Huck remembers it is Friday and bad luck. Tom agrees they should wait. They play Robin Hood all afternoon instead and feel lucky they did not go inside on the unlucky day.

On Saturday they enter the creepy old house and hide upstairs. The place is silent and rotten, with cobwebs, broken stairs, and dusty windows. Two men arrive below, and the deaf Spaniard suddenly speaks. The boys gasp because it is Injun Joe.

Joe and his partner dig up buried silver, then find a chest of gold coins worth thousands of dollars. Tom and Huck watch through the floor, thrilled and terrified, barely daring to breathe.

Joe spots fresh dirt on their pick and shovel and almost climbs the stairs to search. The rotten steps collapse under him, and the boys escape with their lives. They shake with fear long after they reach the woods.

The men decide to move the treasure to a hideout called Number Two under the cross. Tom and Huck slip away quietly, sorry they left the tools behind. They fear Joe's revenge talk might mean Tom, since Tom testified at the trial.