Transcriber's Notes

  1. This book makes extensive use of dialect. Original spellings of words in dialect have been retained.
  2. Obvious typographical errors have been corrected.
  3. Table of Contents added in this text was not present in original edition.
  4. One word has been changed from the original to correctly identify the speaker, Agnes, replying to Connie's question on page 27:
    original: "Wot sort?" asked Connie
    replacement: "Wot sort?" asked Agnes.