TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES.
Minor spelling inconsistencies (e.g. drowzily/drowsily, schoolhouse/school-house, barn-door/barn door, etc.) have been preserved.
Alterations to the text:
Assorted punctuation corrections.
[Part I/Chapter I]
Change “mamma said we must restrench, and cried” to retrench.
[Part II/Chapter VIII]
“watch him fattening, and enjy him in anticipation” to enjoy.
[Part II/Chapter X]
“He stood before me, dropping wet, a most wretched” to dripping.
[Part II/Chapter XV]
“It was a brilliant moonlight night” to moonlit.
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