Transcriber's Notes:
Numerous punctuation printing errors were corrected.
Page 22, words obscurred "the little" is presumed from context and partial letters (interruptions from the little)
Page 77, "th" changed to "the" (into her parlor, the)
Page 93, "Rhode" changed to "Rhoda" (you neither, Rhoda Jane)
Page 101, "you you" changed to "see you" (he wants to see you)
Page 124, "the're" changed to "they're" (Jane? they're gimp)
Page 159, "n" changed to "an" (has an old faded)
Page 179, "Jan" changed to "Jane" ("slicked up," as Rhoda Jane)