Transcriber's Notes:
Obvious punctuation errors have been repaired.
The changes made in the text are indicated by dotted lines under the corrections. Scroll the mouse over the word and the original text will appear. Other than those, printer's inconsistencies in spelling, hyphenation, and ligature usage have been retained.
The printed book contains many images that are purely decorative flourishes. Where these have been reproduced in this electronic version, the alternative text for these images is set to * * * * *. Readers who see this alternative text please be assured that the images are not illustrating the story.