Well folks, i haven't quite heard of a family feud as great as the Grangerford's and Shepardson's since the Hatfield's and the McCoy's. It's uncanny that they're almost exactly the same. Anyways, as you know the famous Huckleberry Finn has released his new new book today, Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn. Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn sheds some light on the feud between the Grangerford's and the Shepardson's, and today i plan to discuss it.
Huck mentions the Grangerford's as comforting and wealthy. The Grangerford's have a son named Buck who is close in age to Huck, they both become good friends. Once Buck took Huck out huntin. When they were out huntin, young Harney Shephardson was riding by casually on his horse. Buck simply takes out his gun and shoots at him, but Buck misses( i reckon Harney was a holy boy). Harney came back around and had a chance to shoot Buck, but he just rides off instead. Huck reckons he was just going back for his hat. It's funny how in the book Huck mentions that Buck said that the feud has been going on for so long that nobody remembers what they're are fighting for. Well what is the point of shedding blood if you don't have a cause!? Later Sophia Grangerford asks Huck to retrieve her Bible from the church. When Huck went to pick up the Bible a piece of paper fell out, and it read " half past two". Huck knew somethin was up but didn't mention nothin to nobody. One of the Grangerford's slaves takes Buck to where Jim was hidin later in the day, and boy was Huck happy. Later Huck returns the Grangerford's house and goes to bed. When Huck woke up, there was not even a mouse in the house. Huck finds a slave and he tells Huck that Sophia left in the night, they reckon she's tryin to get across the border with that Shephardson boy. The Grangerford's were up in flash, tryin to reach them before they reached the border. Everything past here was bloodshed and sorrow. Huck still wonders if he could have made a difference if he had told somebody about the suspicious note.
Pages cited: Chapters 17-18
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