Transcriber’s Notes:
Punctuation has been made consistent.
Variations in spelling and hyphenation were retained as they appear in the original publication, except that obvious typographical errors have been corrected.
The following changes were made:
[p. 17]: when assumed for unintelligible word (volunteer when you were)
[p. 34:] means assumed for unintelligible word (wonderful means of)
[p. 69:] wise scout assumed for unintelligible words (the wise scout had)
[p. 77:] to assumed for unintelligible word (blow to Oak)
[p. 120:] done assumed for unintelligible word (was done. It)
[p. 120:] officer assumed for unintelligible word (the officer descried)
[p. 226:] flung assumed for unintelligible word (mother flung him)
[p. 228:] unintelligible word(s) deleted (he feared and)
[p. 292:] a assumed for unintelligible word (seemed a frail)
[p. 306:] can assumed for unintelligible word (man can die)
[p. 314:] Dick assumed for unintelligible word (And Dick wonderfully)