Leather-Clad Tales of Adventure and Romance, No. 38 — page 139: what you’re looking at

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= IN THE SUNK LANDS. 133 and wrapped it around Joe, and then the homeward march was begun. We had strayed farther away than we thought, and it was over an hour afterward before we came out in the clearing. Mr. Jimmerson, true to his word, made some preparation from herbs which was applied to Joe’s back with such good effect that that young gentleman declared himself perfectly able to startfor Muddy Run the next morning. But the remaining members of the Quar- tette refused to see it in that light, so we postponed the departure until another day. ‘* Two coats clawed up,” said Joe rather ruefully. ‘‘If we run against any more such animals we won’t have any clothes to take home. As the damaged party in this transaction, [ put in a petition for his hide.” ‘‘ Granted,” agreed the rest. ‘You're luckier than I am,’ said I. ‘‘The panther that clawed up my coat we forgot to skin.”’ ‘“ A person would be excusable if he for- got he had a head after passing such a night as we did,” put in Treve. “T’ll run over your grub an’ fixin’s with EORNIE OOO; KS, (E00)