Transcriber's Note:

Variations in the use of hyphens and alternative spelling have been retained as they appear in the original except as in the following changes:

Page5friendship for [you.] changed to
friendship for you,
Page12 and [he was he was] on his way changed to
and he was on his way
Page14 I should [have have] been somewhere changed to
I should have been somewhere
Page55might [he] obliged to changed to
might be obliged to
Page88[thay] may make it disagreeable changed to
they may make it disagreeable
Page146in a [box-buggy] changed to
in a box buggy
Page151his own [propperty] changed to
his own property
Page153Hello! [Helo]-o-o! changed to
Hello! Hello-o-o!
Page156 A SOUVENIR OF THE [THIEVES] changed to
A SOUVENIR OF THE THIEVES.
Page180 call the case [on] of changed to
call the case one of
Page 225 said Bob, [and] before changed to
said Bob, "and before
Page 234 an hour [bfore] it changed to
an hour before it
Page 238 this was [followd] by changed to
this was followed by
Page 242 it was, [prefering] to changed to
it was, preferring to
Page 258 they might [lose.] "The Harnett" changed to
they might lose "The Harnett"
And in the advertisements:
Page5 South Carolina [in in] 1780 changed to
South Carolina in 1780
Page6 price [$1,00] in Corporal Lige's Recruit changed to
price $1.00
Page8 illustrated, price $1.00 in The Boy Cruisers changed to
illustrated, price [$1.00.]
Page10 price [$1,] in Lost in the Canyon changed to
price $1.
Page10 cloth, [illustrated.] in Captured by Apes changed to
cloth, illustrated,

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