In the Sunk Lands — page 267: what you’re looking at

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~~ 290 IN THE SUNK LANDS. CHAPTER XXIII. WE REGAIN THE $1400. It seemed rather a forward way of doing —throwing ourselves on Jim Lacy’s hospi- tality without even a hint from the latter ; but Treve eased our consciences by saying: ‘‘He brought us down here whether we liked it or not, and I guess now we'll stay whether he likes it or not.” Mrs. Lacy gazed on us sourly. She had been visiting a neighbor’s when court was held, and had remained there during the exciting scene that followed. ‘‘Didn’t one 0’ you-uns say that Simpson “ lifted fourteen hundred outen you ? ” asked Mr. Lacy, with a poor assumption of care- lessness, ‘*T believe Steve did say something about ‘* But as that,” replied Joe, guardedly. Eboo! cS co m