Transcriber's Notes

  1. Punctuation has been normalized to contemporary standards.
  2. Corrections to typographic errors in original:
    1. Table of Contents listed Chapter VIII on page 17, corrected to 71.
    2. p. 11 "samee" to "same" ("But all the same, I want")
    3. p. 26 "sup-up" to "sun-up" ("since sun-up")
    4. p. 29 "fresk" to "fresh" ("hankering after fresh milk")
    5. p. 41 "superflous" to "superfluous" ("superfluous burdens")
    6. p. 48 "promises" to "promised" ("promised to be a most fortunate thing")
    7. p. 73 "mortagge" to "mortgage" ("meant to pay off my mortgage")
    8. p. 79 "befel" to "befell" ("seldom if ever befell ordinary lads")
    9. p. 81 "alway" to "always" ("as the papers always make out")
    10. p. 85 "trememduous" to "tremendous" ("tremendous cheer")
    11. p. 101 "or" to "of" ("habit of relying")
    12. p. 112 "susprised" to "surprised" ("not very much surprised")
    13. p. 143 "commisseration" to "commiseration" ("glance of commiseration")
    14. p. 146 "Jersualem" to "Jerusalem" ("well-known Jerusalem pike")
    15. p. 149 "price" to "pride" ("with pardonable pride in his voice")
    16. First advertising page: "Tayne" to "Jayne" ("Lieut. R. H. Jayne.")
    17. Fourth advertising page: "eveything" to "everything" ("everything that is fresh")