Huck Finn

In the book, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Huckleberry Finn is a "hill-billy" boy that is loves to be on adventures. He is the narrator of the book, but that is now known until later in the beginning of the book. He says that we know him from a different book by the name of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Tom and Huck are best friends in the book. In the duration of this book, Huck and Tom are always causing trouble around the widow's yard. They were sneaking through her garden and clumsily, Huck tripped on a root and one of her slaves comes out and tries to find them but they are hiding somewhere around the yard. He doesn't find them and they go away.

numskull- idiot
saltcellar- salt shaker
starchy- pertaining to starch

vial- small container

seedy- a suspicious character