In the Sunk Lands — page 16: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

IN THE SUNK LANDS: OR, THE ADVENTURES OF THE X, T. 0, QUARTETTE, eS = Se et Se erect CHAPTER I. THE PROPOSITION. ‘‘ STEVE !” sYe@s, Sir.” ‘Expect Jimmerson this morning. Keep him till I get back—important—Johnson’s.”’ And crusty Mr. Roberts, sole proprietor - of the establishment of I. J. Roberts, hide and fur dealer, caught up his faded um- brella and darted through the door bound on his business errand. Hardly had he disappeared, when the wareroom door was burst open with a sud- denness that caused me to spring six inches off my high stool, and a young gentleman NDOOKS (Ee)