for perhaps, is much used at the West in familiar language when additional force is to be given to the word. It originated in a jocose mispronunciation, which appears to be becoming a fixed corruption.
Prehaps Parson Hyme didn't put it into Pokerville for two mortal hours and prehaps Pokerville didn't mizzle, wince, and finally flummix right beneath him!--Field, Drama in Pokerville.