Tom Sawyer Mystery Cache

This cache has been archived.

Iscandar: Time to let this one go. The GZ has seen lots of changes over the years, and finally, they totally removed it.

I may resurrect this in a new spot.

Thanks to all who found this one over the years.

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Hidden : 12/16/2010
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: small (small)

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Geocache Description:

* * * THE CACHE IS NOT AT THE POSTED COORDINATES
(in fact Tom would never be found there)* * *



“Say, Tom, let me whitewash aclittle.”

Tom considered, was about to consent; but he altered his mind:

“No – no – I reckoniit wouldn’t hardly do, Ben. You see, Aunt Polly’s awful particular about thisjfence – right here on the street, you know – but if it was the back fence I wouldn’t mind and she wouldn’t. Yes, she’s awful particular about this fence; it’s got to be done very careful; I reckon there ain’t oneeboy in a thousand, maybe two thousand, that can do it the way it’s got to be done.”

“No – is that so? Oh come, nowf– lemme, just try. Only just a little – I’d let you, if you was me, Tom.”

“Ben, I’d like to, honest; but Aunt Polly – well, Jim wanted to do it, but she wouldn’t let him; Sid wanted to do it, and she wouldn’t letiSid. Now don’t you see how I’m fixed? If you was to tackle this fence and anything was to happen to it – ”

“Oh, shucks, I’ll be just as careful. Now lemme try. Say – I’ll give you the core of myaapple.”

“Well, here – No, Ben, now don’t. I’m afeard – ”

“I’ll give you all of it!”

Tom gave up the brush withjreluctance in his face, but alacrity in his heart. And while the late steamer Big Missouri worked and sweated in the sun, the retired artist sat on a barrel in the shade close by, dangled his legs,hmunched his apple, and planned the slaughter of more innocents. There was no lack of material; boys happened along every little while; they came todjeer, but remained to whitewash. By the time Ben was played out, Tom had traded the next chance to Billy Fisher for a kite, in good repair; and when he played out, Johnny Miller bought inbfor a dead rat and a string to swing it with – and so on, and so on, hour after hour. And when the middle of the afternoon came, from being a poor poverty-stricken boy in the morning, Tom was literally rolling in wealth. Hechad besides the things before mentioned, twelve marbles, part of a jews-harp, a piece of blue bottle-glass to look through, a spool cannon, a key that wouldn’taunlock anything, a fragment of chalk, a glass stopper of a decanter, a tin soldier, a couple of tadpoles, six fire-crackers, a kitten with only oneieye, a brass door-knob, a dog-collar – but no dog – the handle of a knife, four pieces of orange-peel, and a dilapidated old window sash.

He had had a nice, good, idle time all the while – plenty of company – and the fence had three coats of whitewashdon it! If he hadn’t run out of whitewash he would have bankrupted every boy in the village.

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Congratulations to Grandfolks for their FTF on 12/17/10

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