Punctuation errors have been corrected silently. Also the following corrections have been made, on page
49 “a a” changed to “a” (You’re a good girl)
56 “appproaching” changed to “approaching” (She was approaching the tragedy.)
82 “riv r” changed to “river” (by a dark river, lighted up by lightning)
104 “works” changed to “words” (the exact words spoken by)
125 “marriagable” changed to “marriageable” (marriageable young ladies)
134 “gentlemen” changed to “gentleman” (Sydney is a gentleman.)
139 “Their” changed to “There” (There lives not on earth)
197 “that” changed to “than” (less than a thousand a year)
218 “comfirmation” changed to “confirmation” (enlisted in confirmation of the news.).
Otherwise the original has been preserved, including inconsistent spelling and hyphenation, and possible errors in accentuation.