The next day, Tom met Huck.'We didn

The next day, Tom met Huck.
'We didn't find any buried treasure on Jackson's Island,' Tom said. 'I want to find some buried treasure. Will you come with me?'
'Where shall we look for it?' asked Huck.
'Let's look in the Haunted House,' said Tom.
They took two shovels, and they went to an old house near the town. All the boys in St Petersburg called it the Haunted House.
The house was empty. The windows were broken and there were holes in the walls. The garden was untidy and the fence was broken.
At first, the boys were afraid. They did not want to go into the house. But it was a bright sunny day.
'There are no ghosts in the daytime,' said Tom.
Tom and Huck went quietly through the broken door. They walked round the empty rooms.
'Let's go upstairs,' said Huck.
They put their shovels on the floor. Then they went up the broken stairs carefully. All the rooms upstairs were empty. The boys went back to the stairs. Suddenly, Tom heard a noise.
'Listen!' he said. 'There are ghosts downstairs!'
'Oh no!' said Huck. 'Let's run away!'
'We can't,' said Tom. 'The ghosts will see us! Come in here!'
The boys went into one of the upstairs rooms. There were many holes in the floor. Tom and Huck lay down on the floor. They looked through the holes. They could see the room below them.
Two men came into the downstairs room.
One was a stranger. The other man was Injun Joe!
The two men were talking.
'I won't do it, Joe!' said the Stranger. 'The job is too dangerous.'
'It isn't dangerous!' said Injun Joe. 'We'll do the job soon. Then we'll go to Texas.'
'I want some of the money now,' said the Stranger. 'How much money is there?'
'Six hundred and fifty dollars,' replied Joe.
Six hundred and fifty dollars! Huck and Tom looked
at each other. What a lot of money!
Injun Joe moved a stone in the floor and pulled out a bag. He took some dollars from the bag and he gave them to the Stranger.
'I'll bury the bag again,' Injun Joe said. 'I'll bury it in another place. Then nobody will find it.'
He started to dig in the floor with his knife. Suddenly, there was a noise. Injun Joe stopped digging. His knife had hit something.
Injun Joe saw the boy's shovels on the floor. 'Give me one of those shovels!' he said.
The Stranger gave Injun Joe one of the shovels. Injun Joe dug in the floor again. He used the shovel. Then he lifted an old box out of the hole. He opened the box and put his hand inside it. He took some gold coins from the box!
There was buried treasure in the Haunted House! Tom and Huck were very excited!
'There are thousands of dollars in this box,' said the Stranger. 'Somebody stole this money from a bank. They buried the money here. Now we don't have to do that job.'
'Oh yes, we do,' said Injun Joe. 'I don't want money. I want revenge. And I want your help. Go home. I'll come and find you soon.'
'What are we going to do with this money?' asked the Stranger. He pointed to the gold coins.
'I'll take the money to the other place,' replied Injun Joe. 'It isn't safe here. Those shovels are not ours. Somebody has been here. Let's go.'
The two men left the house.
'He's taken the treasure,' said Huck sadly. 'Where is he going to bury it now?'
'I don't know,' said Tom. 'But I don't want to follow them. I'm frightened.'
Tom was very worried. 'Huck,' he said. 'Revenge! Injun Joe wants revenge. He's going to get revenge on me! I spoke at the trial. Now he's going to punish me!'