Transcriber’s Notes
This transcription follows the text of the edition published by A. L. Burt Company in 1928. The following alterations have been made to correct what are believed to be unambiguous printing errors:
- Five occurrences of invalid quotation marks have been corrected;
- “Cooperdock” has been changed to “Copperdock” (Chapter IV);
- “pleny” has been changed to “plenty” (Chapter VI);
- “antangible” has been changed to “intangible” (Chapter IX);
- “his his” has been changed to “his” (Chapter IX);
- “might might” has been changed to “might” (Chapter XVII);
- “conemned” has been changed to “condemned” (Chapter XXIII).