Transcriber's Notes:
Obvious punctuation errors repaired. Varied hyphenation as in "head-dress" and "headdress" was retained.
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List of changes made
Page 11, word "an" removed from text. Original read (never be an any better)
Page 32, "a good" changed to "good a" (too good a man to)
Page 68, "persistance" changed to "persistence" (persistence with which the)
Page 68, "coin" changed to "coins" (small bag of coins)
Page 90, "acknowleged" changed to "acknowledged" (he acknowledged proudly)
Page 101, "That" changed to "that" (unto you that)
Page 114, "Was" changed to "was" (was Joel's constant)
Page 116, "kness" changed to "knees" (his knees in readiness)