Transcriber's Notes:

Obvious punctuation errors repaired.

Varied hyphenation was retained in the following:
horsebackhorse-back
bedroombed-room
bedclothesbed-clothes
buckboardbuck-board
cowbellscow-bells
oilclothoil-cloth
outdoorsout-doors
sunbonnetsun-bonnet
We are Seven We-are-Seven

Varied spelling of bandana/bandanna was retained.

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