TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE:
Obvious typos and printer errors have been corrected without comment.
With the exception of obvious printer errors, the following changes have been made in this text:
1. Page 321: "truck" changed to "struck" in the phrase, "hope it hasn't struck...."
2. Page 442: "We'll" changed to "He'll" in the phrase, "He'll get them tomorrow morning...."
Inconsistencies in the author's spelling, punctuation, and use of hyphens have been retained as in the original book.
Unconventional spelling has been retained in words such as (but not limited to) the following:
weazened
uproarously
flustrated
glabbed
aimiably
counciled