Annabel: A Novel for Young Folks

by L. Frank Baum

Transcriber’s Note

Punctuation has been standardised. Hyphenation and spelling have been retained as they appear in the original publication. Changes have been made as follows:

• • Page 21
    “I don’t want to” wailed Gladys changed to
    “I don’t want [to,]” wailed Gladys
• • Page 69
    care for the fire in the “of- changed to
    care for the fire in the “[office.”]
• • Page 70
    when he heared a sound changed to
    when he [heard] a sound
• • Page 106
    headaches that lay changed to
    headaches that [day]
• • Page 108
    in and broug’t her top changed to
    in and [brought] her top
• • came every morning crosslots changed to
    came every morning [across lots]
• • Page 117
    eyes had been fixed calmy upon changed to
    eyes had been fixed [calmly] upon
• • a the work we can changed to
    [all] the work we can
• • Page 125
    and geting the secret changed to
    and [getting] the secret
• • Page 134
    present at all these gaities changed to
    present at all these [gaieties]
• • Page 140
    who was shrewed enough changed to
    who was [shrewd] enough
• • Page 144
    you sold the the secret changed to
    you sold [the] secret
• • Page 157
    shoulders and an erect bearng changed to
    shoulders and an erect [bearing]
• • Page 164
    delight sight-seeing wth the good changed to
    delight sight-seeing [with] the good
• • Page 170
    infomation that was now very useful changed to
    [information] that was now very useful