How do the people in the village of St. Petersburg react to Tom and Huck’s wealth?

Both Huck and Tom are celebrities. The town generally considers the boys deserving of the reward money. At the end of the previous novel, Huck and Tom find a treasure of twelve thousand dollars, which they divide. Judge Thatcher takes their money and invests it in the bank at six percent interest, so that each boy earns a dollar a day on their money. Huck Finn moves in with the Widow Douglas, who has agreed to care for him.