Transcriber's note:
Inconsistent hyphenation has been retained.
Duplicate title headings at the beginning of the book and before each story have been removed.
The following corrections were made to the text:
- [p. 267]: missing period added (danced merrily.)
- [p. 325]: single close quote to double close quote (“I hope you will not be bored,”)
- [p. 328]: healthly to healthy (fresh and healthy interest)
- [p. 331]: be to he (“A little more restrained,” he said.)
- [p. 349]: paragraph break removed after comma (and continued, “I doubt if any one)