Yess...ol' P.G.W. could write 'em. Have you ever noticed how some other British authors write American accents? "Aw shucks, Miss Lucy, I guess I ain't fit ter regulate the lacin's of your little shoes. Annyhoo, how's about us'ns hitchin' up an' trottin' on down that thar road in double harness?" The character must also use "I guess" in each of his speeches, and cry "What the Sam Hill?" when shocked. I call it Quincy Morris Disorder. Doyle and Stoker did it an awful lot.