Manufactured in the United States of America
VAN REES PRESS, NEW YORK

Transcriber's Note:

Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.

The local dialog has been retained including the following:

page 54: "Take's more thinkin',"

-- possible typo for "Takes more thinkin',"

page 114: strong, stanch friend

-- possible typo for strong, staunch friend

The author's use of both addleheaded and addle-headed has been retained.

TO
GEORGE W. TRENDLE