"The very same."
"Does he ever try cases?"
"Try cases!" and Jake rubbed his unshaven chin, while a smile lurked about the corners of his mouth. "I guess the only cases he tries are the boxes which come into his store."
"But isn't he called upon to decide questions, such as disputes, and other matters which arise in almost every parish?"
"Never heard of him doin' sich things. Si Stubbles does all that."
"Is he a Justice of the Peace?"
"Oh, no, but he looks after sich affairs fer all that, an' settles 'em in his own way."
"And Squire Hawkins is only a J.P. in name, then?"
"That's about it."
"Well, then, it is about time he was getting to work. I shall give him a case this very afternoon. I am going to lay a complaint before him about last night's affair."