Duke and King

From the very first second I met Duke and King, when they were running down the creek, being chased, I had a bad feeling about them. Once they started talking, this feeling grew even stronger. Obviously, these men are liars. What are the chances, that two men, running away from the same thing, even though they have never met, are both royalty of some sort. These chances are very slim. The fact that they would lie about something like this is puzzling to me. Did they really think that Huck and Jim would not think this coincidence was strange? With everything they do, I think there is something more than what they say involved. I was worried when they were talking about the flier for the run away slave Jim, because at first, I thought he was going to turn Jim in. This had me very worried. I think that Jim and Huck should not be traveling with them. First off, the more people they have on their raft, the harder everything becomes for them. They are trying to be inconspicuous, but with 4 people on the raft, instead of two that is much harder. Secondly, both of these men are liars, and Huck and Jim do not know if they would help them if they needed to be helped. If put in a difficult situation, Huck has no idea whether they would help them or go against them because it is helpful for the Royalty. Lastly, these men have bad habits, that could get them in trouble. Once the King found the Whiskey, he continued to get drunk, which could be very dangerous to them in the future.