Transcriber’s Note
This transcription is based on a set of images digitized by Google from a copy made available by the New York Public Library and posted by Google at:
[ books.google.com/books?id=MqUiAAAAMAAJ]
The same set of images are also posted by the HathiTrust Digital Library at:
[ catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/008665603]
The cover image is courtesy of the National Library of Scotland.
The following changes were made to the printed text:
- p. 26: speaking to the newly baptzied persons—Changed “baptzied” to “baptized”.
- p. 30: as the sense of justice in in the weak so often is—Deleted the second “in”.
- p. 83: and maybe I’ll give it you for nothin.’—Moved the apostrophe before the period.
- p. 86: on the pavement towards the western entrance to the town—Added a period at the end of the sentence.
- p. 88: The night afore the wedding Heber brought her to our house ’an knocked me out o’ my bed—Changed “’an” (for “and”) to “an’”.
- p. 114: an’ Mrs. Jones oldin’ ’im so as ’e couldn’t be sprawlin’ over the ’orse’s tail.—Added an apostrophe at the beginning of “oldin’”.
- p. 160: she knew that he went on Thursdays to Langarth—Changed “Langarth” to “Llangarth”.
- p. 172: “I live wi’ Mrs. Cockshow,” she faltered. She’s at the market.”—Added an opening double quotation mark before “She’s”.
- p. 172: he held her back, He took no notice of the outburst—Changed the comma after “back” to a period.
Alternate spellings within the text, such as “by-lane”/“bylane” and “toll-house”/“tollhouse,” have been preserved.