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"I solem-ny sw'ar," Jim began, "s'welp me! that I will lick Sam Yates as is a lawyer with the privlidge of self-defense if he ever blows on Benedict as is not a pauper no more nor Jim Fenton is an' I solem-ny sw'ar, s'welp me! that I'll foller 'im till I find 'im, an' lick 'im with the privlidge of self-defense."
Now jine this on: 'An' I solem-ny sw'ar, s'welp me! that I won't blow on Benedict, as isn't a pauper no more nor Jim Fenton is an' if so be as I do blow on Benedict I give Jim Fenton free liberty, out and out to lick me without goin' to lor but takin' the privlidge of self-defense." Jim thought a moment. He had wrought out a large phrase. "I guess," said he, "that covers the thing.
Now begin agin, an' write jest as I give it to ye. 'I solem-ny sw'ar, s'welp me! that I hain't seen no pauper, in no woods, whose name was Benedict." "Done," said Yates, "but it isn't grammar." "Hang the grammar!" responded Jim; "what I want is sense.
I have pen and paper with me, and am ready to write. Whether I will sign the paper will depend upon its contents." "Be ye ready?" "Yes." "Here ye have it, then. 'I solem-ny sw'ar, s'welp me! that I hain't seen no pauper, in no woods, with his name as Benedict." Jim paused, and Yates, having completed the sentence, waited.
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