erehand

Updated: July 18, 2026

And while Maria stands silent and hesitating, there enters the office abrubtly a man in the garb of a mechanic. "I have come," speaks the man, in a tone of no very good humor, "for the last time. I asks of you-you professes to be a gentleman-my honest rights. If the law don't give it to me, I mean to take it with this erehand."

F. Colburn (Francis Colburn) Adams - Justice in the By-Ways, a Tale of Life

And while Maria stands silent and hesitating, there enters the office abruptly a man in the garb of a mechanic. "I have come," speaks the man, in a tone of no very good humor, "for the last time. I asks of you you professes to be a gentleman my honest rights. If the law don't give it to me, I mean to take it with this erehand."

F. Colburn (Francis Colburn) Adams - An Outcast: or, Virtue and Faith