TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES:
This book uses dialect. To retain the intended flavor of the book, spelling and punctuation in dialect text have not been altered.
Spelling of non-dialect wording in the text was made consistent when a predominant preference was found in this book; if no predominant preference was found, or if there is only one occurrence of the word, spelling was not changed.
Hyphenation irregularities in non-dialect text were retained as found. Occasional spaces following dashes were retained as found.
Ambiguous hyphens at the ends of lines were retained. If other occurrences of the word were found, end-of-line broken words were hyphenated to match the most prevalent.
Punctuation has been standardized to modern usage for better readability.
Punctuation in chapter titles and illustration captions was made consistent.
Page 287—The name "[Alvavado]" was used. Elsewhere the name "Alvarado" was used. With no definitive evidence that all referred to the same character, both spellings were retained as found.