TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES
Pages 14, 16, and 18 are blank in the original.
Variations in spelling and hyphenation remain as in the original.
Ellipses match the original.
The following corrections have been made to the original text:
Page 7: by the ruffians who ruled the roost[original has "roast">[
Page 40: which was thought of some time ago."[quotation mark missing in original]
Page 67: was asked if she would coöperate[original has "co/operate" split across a line break]
Page 140: women, according[original has "acording">[ to another eyewitness