TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE:
Illustrations have been moved to the nearest appropriate paragraph break. As a result of moving full page illustrations, there are 12 missing page numbers.
Obvious typographical and printer errors have been corrected without comment.
In addition to obvious errors, the following changes have been made:
Page 8: "head" changed to "heard" in the phrase, "... I heard the young lady exclaim...."
Page 41: "thing" changed to "think" in the phrase, "... I should think...."
Page 219: "car-worn" changed to "care-worn" in the phrase, "... a care-worn sort of smile...."
Page 310: "their" changed to "there" in the phrase, "... seeing that there might be...."
Other than the above, no effort has been made to standardize internal inconsistencies in spelling, capitalization, punctuation, grammar, etc. The author's usage is preserved as found in the original publication.