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The Table of Contents has been created by the transcriber.
The original spelling of “reconnoisance” has been retained wherever it occurs in the text.
Obvious typographical errors and punctuation errors have been corrected after careful comparison with other occurrences within the text and consultation of external sources.
On page 12, “eparture” has been changed to “departure”: “stay his forcible departure”
On page 16, “skillfu” has been changed to “skillful”: “as does the skillful dentist” and “his his” has been changed to “his”: “a few moments to explain his scheme”
On page 27, “Marion” has been changed to “Marian” for consistency: “get a glimpse or peep at Marian”
On page 28, “be” has been changed to “he”: “‘Dar!’ he said, as he flung it”
On page 42, “boquet” has been changed to “bouquet”: “it had the appearance of a bouquet”
On page 55, “despite, his ungainly manner of traveling” has been changed to “despite his ungainly manner of traveling”
On page 59, “unwieldly” has been changed to “unwieldy”: “plied the unwieldy craft”
On page 60, “some” has been changed to “same”: “with the same resolve as at first”
On page 63, “childrens’” has been changed to “children’s”: “daubed up like a lot of children’s toys”
On page 66, “beseiged” has been changed to “besieged”: “who had besieged them in the cave”
On page 75, “tatooed” has been changed to “tattooed”: “her chin all tattooed with India ink” and “their” has been changed to “there”: “there ain’t a more villainous set of dogs”
On page 77, “bandinage” has been changed to “badinage”: “was about uttering some more badinage”
On page 79, “promted” has been changed to “prompted”: “for he was prompted by the most powerful”
On page 99, the original text represented here by the word “office” is obscured: “seeing him put a letter in the office, addressed to you” and “thought strange” has been changed to “thought it strange”: “he must have thought it strange”