TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE

Contemporary spellings have been retained evenwhen inconsistent. A small number of obvious typographical errors have beencorrected, and missing punctuation has been silently added.
The following additional changes have been made; they can be identifiedin the body of the text by a grey dotted underline:

re-inter the innre-enter the inn
borne at Altenahrborn at Altenahr
hofft auf Ihmhofft auf Ihn
Libbie fell very shyLibbie felt very shy
shut the door in Mr. Jenkins's faceshut the door in Mrs. Jenkins's face
his eyes was openhis eyes were open
count-out and throwing down her moneycounting out and throwing down her money
altered breathingsaltered breathing