Transcriber Notes:
Throughout the dialogues, there were words used to mimic accents of the speakers. Those words were retained as-is.
Errors in punctuations and inconsistent hyphenation were not corrected unless otherwise noted.
On page 4, "ond" was replaced with "and".
On page 4, "smille" was replaced with "smile".
On page 4, "Governer" was replaced with "Governor".
On page 6, "partiotic" was replaced with "patriotic".
On page 7, "departue" was replaced with "departure".
On page 7, "and and" was replaced with "and".
On page 8, "threshhold" was replaced with "threshold".
On page 8, "winodw" was replaced with "window".
On page 10, "had" was replaced with "hand".
On page 11, "over wrought" was replaced with "overwrought".
On page 13, "depresstd" was replaced with "depressed".
On page 15, "wierd" was replaced with "weird".
On page 17, quotation mark was added before "Better'n I 'spected".
On page 18, "wierd" was replaced with "weird".
On page 19, a closing quotation mark was added after "they called,".
On page 19, "of a of a" was replaced with "of a".
On page 27, a period was added after "MAY 19".
On page 30, a quotation mark was added before "Damn your bit".
On page 33, "windrow" was replaced with "window".
On page 36, a quotation mark was added after "With pleasure, madam,".
On page 36, "road" was replaced with "rode".
On page 37, "centtury" was replaced with "century".
On page 46, a period was added after "RIFLE PITS".
On page 48, "putrifaction" was replaced with "putrefaction".
On page 49, "parrotts" was replaced with "parrots".
On page 50, On page 50, a quotation mark was added after "of your old town.".
On page 53, a period was added after "THE CLOSING SCENES".
On page 54, "watter" was replaced with "water".
On page 60, a question mark was added after "What you doing up there".
On page 60, a question mark was added before "What have I done?".
On page 60, "dont" was replaced with "don't".
On page 60, a comma and a question mark was added after "I will apologize".