Transcriber's Notes
Minor punctuation errors were silently corrected.
Twenty-nine instances of "wont" were retained as dialect or the author's preference; "won't" was used 13 times.
Six instances of "aint" were retained as dialect or the author's preference; "ain't" was used 2 times.
Page [26]: "Mary" and "Mamie" are used interchangeably for the same girl.
Page [216]: "affghan" may be a typo for "afghan."
(Orig: lay neatly folded, a tiny affghan.)