[Transcriber's Note: The original edition did not contain a Table of Contents. A Table of Contents has been prepared for this electronic edition. In addition, the following typographical errors present in the original book have been corrected.
In Chapter I, a comma has been added after "Now, Mr. Alvarez".
In Chapter II, "a hopeles case" was changed to "a hopeless case".
In Chapter V, a missing quote has been added after 'strange "appearance'.
In Chapter VII, "Benwick's mind" has been changed to "Berwick's mind", and "It it, I admit" has been changed to "It is, I admit".
In Chapter VIII, "TACK'S FORESIGHT" has been changed to "JACK'S FORESIGHT", "Old Benwick" has been changed to "Old Berwick", and a missing quotation mark has been added before "indeed, in that direction".
In Chapter X, "the orginal heir" has been changed to "the original heir", and "as as cute as" has been changed to "as cute as".]