Transcriber's Notes
1. Punctuation has been normalized to contemporary standards.
2. Frontispiece illustration relocated to after title page.
3. Typographic errors corrected in original:
p. 46 "the the" to "the" ("the very beginning")
p. 52 "Gpysy" to "Gypsy" ("rushed over Gypsy's face")
p. 85 "Gpysy" to "Gypsy" ("Gypsy leaned back")
p. 99 "the the" to "the" ("the only school")
p. 127 "Jemina" to "Jemima" ("call her Jemima")
p. 203 "buscuit" to "biscuit" ("biscuit and cold tongue")
p. 289 "were were" to "were" ("There were tarts")