In the Sunk Lands — page 246: what you’re looking at

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‘ 7 as IN THE SUNK LANDS. 229 \ \ \ CHAPTER XXI. TRIED—WARNED OFF—SIMPSON. THe door was unbarred and opened, and the grim visage of Mr. Jim Lacy, ksq., peered in, ‘ Well, we got the hull boodle o’ you-uns, didn't we?” he chuckled. ‘I told Smoky ‘Bill that ef we got halfo’ you-uns’ the other half would kim down lamb-like.” ‘What do you intend to do with us?” I asked. ‘‘ Whatever the court says!” _“ What court ?” demanded Bob. ‘Our court. You-uns needn’t think we _haint civilized ’cause we live out yere in the timber. We kin hold as good a court as any onein the state, we kin. Y’ hearme?” ‘“Yes,sir! May Iask who has the honor Gomichbooks.c