There was a pause; the disappointed complainants seemed not to know what to do.
"I will tell you what to do. Bring the case into court and I will try it, regularly."
"Why, Mr. B.! I do not like to do any thing like that, about it; besides, I do not know how to write an indictment."
"Oh!" I replied, "they will like to have a good trial. It will make a new sort of case. All our cases thus far have been for offences, that is what they call criminal cases, and this will be only an examination of the conflicting claims of two individuals to the same property, and it will excite a good deal of interest. I think you had better bring it into court."
She went slowly and thoughtfully to her seat, and presently returned with an indictment.
"Mr. B. is this right?"
It was as follows:—
I accuse Miss A. B. of coming to take away my seat, the one Mr. B. gave me.
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"Why, —— —— yes,—that will do; and yet it is not exactly right. You see this is what they call a civil case."