When the widow tells Pap to stop loitering around her house, Pap kidnaps Huck and takes him upriver to the Illinois shore. Instead of avoiding school, Huck attends just to spite Pap. The new judge finally realizes he has been taken for a fool, however, when Pap sneaks out and breaks his arm after getting "drunk as a fiddler." The new judge decides that "he'd druther not take a child away from its father" and grants custody to Pap. Although the widow wants to raise Huck, Pap convinces a new judge that he has changed and will start a life free from alcohol and sin. Pap is unable to get any money, except when he takes a dollar or two directly from Huck. Over the next few days, Pap tries to get Huck's money from Judge Thatcher and gain custody of Huck. Pap immediately notices how clean Huck is in comparison and then begins a tirade about Huck attending school and trying to be more of a man than his father. Pap's hair is "long and tangled and greasy," his face is extremely pale, and his clothes are in rags. After the initial shock, Huck decides Pap is too disheveled to be a threat. That evening, Huck discovers Pap in his room.
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