In the Sunk Lands — page 132: what you’re looking at

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- IN THE SUNK LANDS. 119 © ‘*Mebby y'all won't b’heve hit: but jess’s shore as y’all hear me talkin’, there was four men a choppin’ on tother side an’ [I never knowed hit!” ‘That was pretty close to the coon tree, wasnt it ?”’ asked Joe, sarcastically. Sandy ‘‘disremembered ”’ whether it was or not. ‘‘Speakin’ o’ coons,”’ said Mr. Jimmerson, abruptly, ‘‘ givesme an ‘igee. Ef you-uns’ll stay till day after to-morrow, we'll have a rousin’, old-fashioned coon hunt to-morrow night! What d’y’ say ?”’ “We'll stay !” cried the X. T. C. Quar- tette with one voice. (ECOANIKE LOOKS (G(@)