HF+Ch+25,26,27,28

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HF Ch. 25,26,27,28

1. Briefly outline the key events from these chapters. Include names, key events, places, important quotes, and any humorous scenes.

the kind and duke meet a man who tells them about a wealthy dead man with long lost brother. they gather thier info and begin their scam. they steal the inhertince of hte wilks daughters and sell all their property includeing a family of slaves. huck begins to get tired of hte scamming and tryes to hide the money but ends up lossing it and makes things better but ends up complicating the situtation even more. the local doctor makes the statement that they are not the real borthers and the duke and king try to cover themselves. the two brothers end up showing up and its a challenge to A. find the stolen money and B. who are the real brothers are. (Elisabeth)

d the king arrive at Peter Wilk's house and pretend to be his faraway brothers from England. The main purpose is to collect everything from his will to be given to his real brothers. The two men put on a great show for everyone involved at Peter Wilk's. They easily make the girls fall for their act by distributing some of their share of the will to his daughters to illustrate their generosity towards the girls. Huck is intensely questioned by one of the daughters about his life in England. The duke and king begin to sell everything they can find to make money, even the slaves of the Wilk's family. Huck soon feels quilty for knowing of the plan and reacts by stealing the money from the king and duke and hiding it Mr. Wilk's coffin. Huck convinces Mary Jane to go to the Lothrop's house to hide for a few days by telling her the truth about the situation. Chapter 28 ends with the arrival of the two real brothers at the auction held by the king and the duke. (Taryn Miller)

The King and the Duke attempt to impersonate Peter Wilks' brother in order to gain his inheritance. Everyone in town believes they are the brothers except for the doctor. They fool the family into giving them the money which they hide in their mattress. Huck feels bad for the daughters and steals they money and hides it in the coffin of Mr. Wilks. Then the king and duke sell the slaves, and Huck musters up the courage to tell Mary Jane the truth about the King and the Duke and makes her agree to stay out of town for a short time. The chapter ends with the arrival of the real brothers in town and the chaos that ensues. (((Parker)))

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The duke and the king arrive in a town and find out from a townsperson that the wealthy Peter Wilks has recently died. He apparently is leaving a large inheritance. The duke and the king decide to go to the Wilks’ house and pretend to be the brothers who get the majority of the inheritance. This scam ticks Huck off, so he decides to take the money and hide it. Huck puts the money in the dead man’s coffin! Huck plans to retrive the money but the next day the coffin was sealed. The king eventually asked Huck if he knew where the money was. Huck said that he thought that the slaves had stolen it. Later on the real heirs of Peter show up, this is a very ironic twist. (Laura)=====

The King and the Duke decide that they are going to act as Peter Wilks' brothers so they can collect off of his will. Everybody in the town believes them except for Dr. Robinson. After reading the will, the Duke and King find out that there is $7,000 in land and houses and $3,000 in gold that goes to them. But they develop a plan to give the everything to the daughter's. When they daughters decided to give everything to the King and the Duke for being so nice. Huck feels so bad that he steals the money and hids it in the coffin but the money dissapears. Huck then tells Mary Jane the truth and ask her to hide for a day so they can catch the King and the Duke. So Mary Jane goes to the Lothrop's house the hide. At the end of this section we learn that the real brothers have arrived in town.(Taylor)

The King and Duke try to impersonate Peter Wilks' brother so he could get his inheritance. The doctor is the only one that thinks they are frauds, and he's right! The King and Duke end up fooling the family into giving them the money. Huck feels bad and steels the money and puts it in Peter Wilks' coffin. Then Huck tells Mary Jane the truth about the King and the Duke and agrees to stay out of town for a couple of days. Then the real brothers come to town, and the craziness begins once again. (Haley)

While helping a man with his bags the King and Duke learn that a wealthy man, with two long lost brithers, has died. The King and the Duke then hatch a plan (we knew they would) to pretend to be the brothers and swindle the family out of their money. One the King and the Duke, now known as William and Harvey, arrive they put on a great act. It convinces everyone, except the skeptical doctor, that they are in fact Peter's brothers. "William" and "Harvey" discover that Peter has left his brothers around $7,000 in cash and other assets. In the spirit of the act, and to settle the townspeople of the doctor's remarks, the "brothers" give Peter's three daughters a small slice of the fortune. The Duke and the King begin to sell everything they can get their hands on, including the slaves. Huck, overcome by guilt, steals the money and is forced to hide it in the coffin. He tells Mary-Jane what the King and Duke have been up to and ask her to leave. She leaves for the Lothrop's house and Huck covers for her. In the last paragraph we are told that the actual brothers have shown up and the town is buzzing. (Shelby K)

The Duke and the King go to the laid Peter Wilk's House and impersonate the brothers from England. The act as the brothers in order to collect money of of Mr. Wilk's will. Everyone including the daughters, although warned, believe they are the true relatives. However, Dr Robinson starts to doubt the sincerity of the men. After reading of the will the Duke and King receive 7,000 in land and home and 3,000 in gold. Huck begins to feel bad since the daughters give them everything. Huck then steals the money and hides it it in the coffin. Huck then explains to Mary Jane the truthe and tells her to go hide for at least a day so the truth can be revealed about the men. So Mary Jane goes to the Lothrop's. At the end the true brothers come into the picture.(Sarah)

The King and the Duke arrive at Peter Wilks' house and pose as his brothers from England. Huck has a crush on Mary Jane, and to gain Peter's daughters trust, the Duke and the King give a portion of the brother's inheritance from Peter Wilks to his daughters and everyone believes them except Dr. Robinson. They put on a show for the people of the town and Mary Jane questions Huck about life in England, then Huck feels bad about stealing the money from the girls so he steals the money and hides it in Peter's coffin and confesses to Mary Jane and she flees to the Lothrop's house until the real brothers of Peter Wilks come to town. (Elizabeth) During a river-side landing, the main characters discover that a very wealthy man has recently died. So, the group of rafts-men head over to the town of Peter Wilks. They arrive to see the coffin and all the mourners. In a very convincing scene, the Duke and the King make people believe that they are the two British brothers. They head to the cellar and find the money that was hidden. The will said that the dwelling-house and three thousand dollars of gold went to the girls, and it gave the tanyard and some other houses and land ($7000 worth), and three thousand dollars in gold to Harvey and William. The doctor, an old friend of Mr. Wilks's, tried to show everyone that they were frauds, but noone believed him. To sort of apologize for the doctor's behavior and so that "William" and "Harvey" could invest it for them, the orphaned girls gave their money to them in addition to the already stolen $3000. That night, Huck decides to steal the money and give it back to Mary-Jane. He feels bad about stealing from these poor folks. He eavesdrops on the King and the Duke, finds out where the money is hidden, and stowes it away in Mr. Wilks's coffin. Huck becomes overwhelmed with grief when he sees the slaves being sold. When the King asks him if he had done anything with the money, he blames it on the just-sold slaves. Huck tells Mary-Jane to go to Mr. Lothrop's house and gave her a letter, telling her where to find the money. The other two girls believe she is going to sell the house and to help a sick neighbor. Thankfully, the non-fraud William and Harvey arrive to set things right! (Caron )

When the group lands in a town they find out a weathy man, Peter Wilks has died and is leaving behind his estate to his brothers from England. They devise a plan to pretend to be those brothers and get the estate. When they arrive the neices, Mary Jane and another with a hairlip, jump on them and kiss them. The King and the Dauphin find out that they have $3000 and real estate left to them and they devise a way to get the rest of the estate. While charming the town Dr. Robinson comes in and declares the men to be frauds. The girls ignore him and go on adoring the "uncles". Huck then eats dinner with Joanna while she asks him about England. He mixes up many of the answers and she asks if he just made it all up. Her sisters, Mary Jane and Susan, get mad at her for doing so. Huck realizes that he doesn't want to steal from these girls. While hiding in the robbers' room he finds out where the money is and takes it. He then hides it in the coffin with Peter Wilks. During the funeral the coffin is sealed and Huck does not know whether the money is still in there or not. The "uncles" sell off the estate and separate a slave family in the process which makes the sisters very sad. When Huck is later questioned about the whereabouts of the money he answers that the slaves kept on entering the room and they probably took it. He later finds Mary Jane crying in her room. She is distressed about the separation of the slaves. To comfort her, Huck tells her the real story and to go stay at somebody else's house for the night and to come back tomorrow and tell everybody. After she leaves her sisters question Huck about her whereabouts. Huck tricks them into keeping quiet. Later in the day a mob comes to the family auction with two men claiming to be the real Wilk's brothers. (Stuart)

They learn that a wealthy man, Peter Wilks, has just passed away leaving behind an estate to his brothers from England. The Kind and the Duke scam Mr. Wilks' daughters by prentending that they are their uncles here to settle the will. Huck, disguisted with their behavior takes the money and hids it in Mr. Wilks' coffin. When the King confronts him about the money, Huck implies the slaves stole it. Huck tells Mary Jane, Mr. Wilks' oldest, what has transpired and has asked her to stay away for a day with a letter that tells where they money is. Later the real Harvey and William Wilks show up to straighten everything out (hopefully). (alex j)

The King, the Duke, and Huck go to the girls' house, and look into the coffin and start crying. One of the girls tells them where the money is and they go and get it. They bring it upstairs and say that they are going to give it all to the girls. A friend of the girls' late father arrives and declares them frauds. The girls don't believe him and give the money back to the King and the Duke to invest for them any way that they see fit. The three stay at the girls' house. Huck is questioned by one of the girls and makes things up about England. Huck decides to help the girls by stealing the money back from the King and the Duke. He hides it in the coffin, which is sealed and buried the next day. Huck tells one of the girls to go to Mr. Lothrop's house. He gives her a note that explains where the money is. He tells the other two sisters that the girl has gone to find a buyer for their house. The real heirs and brothers of Peter Wilks arrive by steamboat at the end of chapter 28. (Jennifer )

Who could have seen it coming? The duke and king trick new people again and again, and this time it's serious. old man Wilks has died and left 6 thousand dollars to his daughters or nieces or something. The duke and king claim to be family and take the money. A doctor comes along to disprove them and he nearly does it. But the ladies give the money right back to the kniving duo. They then decide that they probably ought to leave the scene before they get a chance to mess things up. they hid the mney underneath the bed and pick 3 am as their time of departure. Huck, listneing in, takes it and sticks it in Peter's coffin. He then blames it on the Skittles. Huck has made the decision that he is going to give the money back to the girls somehow. He and mary jane, the sandiest girl in the world, make a plan that really pleases huck. He thinks he's done a pretty good job placing things where they belong. As things are getting auctioned of, the reallll Harvery and william arrive on the scene. (Kyle)

The king and the duke decide to impersonate Peter Wilk's brothers from England so that they can collect the inheritance. Everyone believes that the king and the duke are the real relatives, but the doctors comes in and begs Mary Jane to kick the imposters out. Mary Jane doesn't believe the doctor and gives the money to the duke and the king. The king and the duke  stay in the Wilk's house. Huck begins to feel bad that he's allowing the duke and the king to steal from these sweet people. When everyone is asleep, Huck sneaks out of his cubby and gets the money and hides it in the coffin. He makes a plan that after they leave the town, he will write back to Mary Jane and tell her to dig the coffin back up and get the money out. Huck tells Mary Jane everything that's going on and that she should go stay with Mr. Lothrop. Later on in the same day, the real Harvey and William show up. (LISA)

Peter Wilks died and no one had heard or seen of his long lost brothers. When word got out that $6,000 dollars was the fortune he left behind, the Duke and king obviously came up with a devious plan to get that money. Pretending to be the brothers, they kept the majority of the money, only giving a small fraction to Peter Wilks’ daughters. Towards the end of the chapter, Huck tells Mary Jane that somebody is pretending to be Peters long lost brothers, and tells her to leave town. Huck covers for her (“almost as good as Tom Sawyer”) and then word gets around that the real William and Harvey are in town. (Caroline R.) The Duke and the King pretend to be the brothers of Peter Wilks. Everyone believes they are, but the doctor comes and tells the people that they are impostors, but no one listens to him. Peter Wilks has left 6000 dollars for his two brothers and three daughters. The Duke and the King take 3000 dollars of it, and hid it so no one will steal it. They also plan to leave the next morning so no one figures out that they are not the real brothers. However Huck hears them discussing this and steals the money and hides it in Peter Wilks' coffin. Huck then tells Mary Jane where the money is and that the Duke and King are not really the brothers. Later on that day the real brothers of Peter Wilks show up. (Kristin)

The king and the duke learn of the death of Peter Wilks and pretend to be his brothers from England. The king learns about Peter Wilks, his family, and friends from a young boy. The king pretends to be Peter's brother Harvey and the duke pretends to be his deaf and mute brother William. The king and the duke keep the majority of Peter's remaining $6000, hide in a straw bed and plan to leave before anyone notices. Huck discovers where the money is hidden and steals it, planning to return it to Mary Jane and her sisters, the rightful heirs. Huck hears someone coming as he is stealing the money and has to hide it in the dead Peter Wilks' coffin. Huck laters tells Mary Jane the entire story and tells her where the money is hidden. They then go about trying to fix the mess. To make matters worse, later that day Peter Wilks' real brothers arrive in the town. (Niki H)

The Duke and The King decide they are going to impersinate the brothers of the late, wealthy Peter Wilks. They learn from a local all about the mans death and the story of his long lost family. After arriving at the town, the majority beleive them that they are really the family of Mr. Wilks except for the town doctor that calls him out on it, but is silenced by money given to him. The 'brothers' hid the $6000 and plan to sell off the inherited property before heading out of town. Jim overhears their plan and decide to try to help them. He tells one of Peters daughters, Mary Jane, about everything and he thinks he has a plan to rat them out. (Matt)

The Duke and Dauphin continue to pretend to be the brothers from Sheffield, England. Althought the eldest daughter is warned that the two are imposters, she continues to believe them. This whole scene makes Huck sick and he is determined to give back the $6000 in gold the two were given. He searches their room but hides when they enter. The two discuss leaving that night but the Dauphin wants to stay one extra night and try to get all they can get from the Wilk's family. When they leave Huck finds the money and leaves it in the coffin of Peter Wilks. Unfortunately the coffin is burried without being checked so the girls do not find the money. Later that day, Huck finds Mary Jane crying becasue she is sad that one of the slave families will be separated when sold. Huck is so upset that he blurts out the whole story and tells her how to go about fixing the mess that the duke and the dauphin have caused. (Rachael)

The King and the Duke learn that Peter Wilks, a wealthy man with a large estate, has died. In his will, he left money and property to his 3 nieces and to his 2 brothers. The con artists decide to impersinate the brothers from England. However, their fake identities are almost revealed to the nieces. First, Dr. Roberson claims that the two people were frauds because they didnt have a English accent. However, Mary Jane (the oldest one) dismisses him and gives the Dauphin the $6000 to invest as they see fit. Also, while they were eating supper, Joanna (the youngest sister) starts to question Huck, but he is saved because the other sisters interrupt her and tell her to be more polite to their guests. Huck steals the money while the 2 "brothers" werent paying attention and eventually hides it in the coffin of Peter Wilks. Afterwards, he sees Mary Jane crying over the separation of the slave family. He feels horrible and ends up telling her the truth about the 2 frauds. She leaves to a friends house and Huck hands her a note stating where the money was located. Later, a mob interrupts a auction and among the crowd of people are the real Wliks brothers. (Tony)

The King and the Duke show up at Peter Wilks's house to pretend to be his brother. Peter Wilks has recently died and they are going to claim what was left to the brothers. They meet the 3 girls, Mary Jane, Susan, and Joanne. The king tells them everything he learned from the boy they gave a ride to the steamboat so that there would be no suspicion as to who they were. They come up with a huge intricate story about how they are from England and how the king is a preacher back in England. They have everyone fooled, except the doctor. They even go so far as to give the girls their share of the money to make it seem sincere. The girls give that $6000 to the doctor to invest as he thinks best. Once the king and duke have everyone fooled, they decide to sell all the slaves and take the money and run. Huck can't bear to hurt the girls, especially Mary Jane, so he steals the king's treasure and hides it in Peter Wilks's coffin. Then, he tells Mary Jane the truth and comes up with a plan to make everything right. At the end of chapter 28, a mob appears with the real Wilks brothers. (Amy A.)

The King and the Duke are go out looking for more ways to scam people and get money. The king learns that Peter Wilks, a very wealthy man with land, has died and never got to see his two brothers. The King immediatly decides to pretend to be his long lost brother, Harvey, from Europe, and makes the Duke be his other brother, William, who is "deaf and dumb." They live with three sisters, Mary Jane, Susana, and the hare-lip girl, who are Peter's nieces and pretend to be their uncles. They fool the whole town except for the doctor who believes they are frauds. The Duke and King recieve a large sum of money, and hide it in their room in a bed. Joanna, the hare-lip, questions Huck, but he comes up with lies to make her believe they are who they say they are. Huck steals the money and puts it in Peter's casket. Mostly because Huck has a crush on Mary Jane, he tells her of who the Duke and King really are. He tells her to go away and stay at a friends house because he is afraid she will give away that Huck told her. Chapter 28 ends with a mob interupting their auction with the real William and Harvey. (Caroline Lassiter)

The king speaks with a traveler and receives some information about Peter Wilks and his family. Peter Wilks is a recently deceased man with two brothers that he never got to see before he died. So the King rushes this information to the rest of the gang and him and the duke decide that it would be a good idea to become impostors of the two brothers coming into town. With a very detailed scheme the two get very far into the family of the deceased. The girls begin to like the Duke and the King a lot, and at some point begin to hug and kiss them overwhelmingly. One person in the town that isn't completely buying what they are selling is the doctor. He knows their secret but doesn't know how to prove it to others. Once Huck realizes how great and down to earth the girls were he decided that he was going to steal the money and give it back to the rightful owners. He gets very close but then ends up having to drop the bag in the coffin. So eventually Huck devises his own plan to get everything back to the right people. He tells Mary Jane his plan and how it will work step by step, she is so shocked but so grateful that he is helping her. A very uncomfortable confrontation ends the chapter. (A.J.)

The King and the Duke go to Peter Wilks house and act like his brother because he died recently. The meet the 3 sisters, Mary Jane, Susanne, and Joanna, and they live with them. Everyone believes their little scam except for the doctor who thinks they are just frauds. Then they receive a large amount of money in which they give to the girls who still believe them. Huck takes the money and hides it in Peter Wilks’ coffin. Huck tells Mary Jane who the King and Duke really are and tells Mary Jane to go away and stay with a friend. The Wilks’ brothers are interrupted by a mob. (Caroline T.)

The King and the Duke go the the Wilkeses and continue to act like the dead man's relatives. Its humorous that the Duke is made to be William Wilkes, who is deaf, dumb, and cannot sign. They also meet the three sisters: Johanna, Mary Jane, and Susan (one of which Huck call hare-lip because of her masculine mustache). Huck takes a liking to Mary Jane, and says that she has the most sand. The only person who does not believe them is Doctor Robinson, who calls them frauds but convinces no one. Huck decides to steal the money and give it back to the rightful owners but ends up resorting to putting the money in the coffin with the dead Wilkes relative. Another funny scene is when Huck accidentally calls one of the sisters hare-lip to her face. The slaves are sold and the sisters are deeply saddened by this. Huck tells Mary Jane everything and she thanks him. Then, a mob interrupts the auction at the end of the chapter. (Danny Sale)