Now, whar's the good of kicking up a shindy about it?" "No good whatever, Mr. Lucas.

Ole Uncle S. sez he, "I guess, Ef't warn't for law," sez he, "There'd be one shindy from here to Indy; An' thet don't suit J.B. (When't ain't 'twixt you an' me!)

I was in a deuce of a stew about that for hours, as it seemed, until the shindy of the arrival began.

" "He ain't got the goods on you, has he?" "No, he ain't got the goods, but he is dead wise to some things, and he didn't get out of that shindy up stairs without getting hurt.