Transcriber's Note:
A number of words in this book have both hyphenated and non-hyphenated variants. All have been retained. This book also contains dialect and vernacular comversation.
Obvious punctuation errors were fixed.
Other printing errors, which were not detected during the revision of the printing process of the original book, have been corrected.
These corrections are indicated by dotted lines under the corrections.
The following provides the detail of those corrections:
The expression by curiosity was changed to [my curiosity].
In the expression sauntered out out[ out] was removed once from the text.
In his attempt to obtained was changed to [In his attempt to obtain].
The expression was an expect was changed to [was an expert].
The expression for work as a seamtress was changed to [for work as a seamstress].
I shall insist in was changed to [I shall insist on].
The expression had prevented was changed to [had prevented him].
The expression to have strong affections was changed to [to have as strong affections].
The expression was dumfounded by receiving was changed to [was dumbfounded by receiving].
The expression but he dosen't was changed to [but he doesn't].
In behalf of my young ward was changed to [On behalf of my young ward].