Huck's Trick

 When Huck arrives to jackson Island there isn't a person in sight. He inhabits the island for three peaceful days in which he does not much of anything. On his fourth day he runs into Jim. Jim believing Huck to have been murdered, thinks that he is a ghost. Huck never denies that he is in fact a ghost but instead goes along with the idea. He goes along with the story of him being a ghost because he wants to see what Jim is all about. I think that Huck just wants to know if he can trust him and have a little fun while doing it. He has been by himself for the past 3 days and a young man of his age needs entertainment. He is meanly doing it to see if Jim is trustworthy or not, to see if Jim was sent to look for him and trying to enjoy him self all at the same time. He is insuring his own safety from Pap. Plus he can do it, Jim strongly believes that he is dead so why not have a little fun with it. He chooses to play a trick on Jim now because he isn't back home with the widow and he can't get in trouble. Huck is just acting his age knowing that the consequences of playing a trick on Jim this time are less harsh then they would have been when he was with Tom Sawyer.