this-a-ways

Updated: May 11, 2025

"Yours is a clear case of felonious assault." "No, it ain't, sir I look at it this-a-ways; it's a clear case of my giving him the damnedest sort of a body beating!" "Sir," said the judge, "I'll hold your hat while you are about it!" Hicks had taken his time in responding to the judge's summons, but now his step sounded in the hall and throwing open the door he entered the room.

Vaughan Kester - The Prodigal Judge