egularities, were silently corrected. However, punctuation has not
been changed to comply with modern conventions.

A List of Illustrations was added and illustrations have been moved,
when necessary, so that they are not in the middle of a paragraph.

The following changes were made to the text:

Page 33: Was "insignficant" in the original text (keep me
informed of everything that occurs, no matter how
=insignificant= or irrelevant it may seem to you to be.)

Page 48: Was "rococco" in the original text (where the
mushroom growth of the new city sprang up in rows of
=rococo= brick and stone houses)

Page 96: Was "Dechausee" in the original text (When the
young stenographer had departed, Fifine =Dechaussee=
appeared.)

Page 96: Was "Dechausee" in the original text (If he makes
any further attempt to talk with you, Mademoiselle
=Dechaussee=, encourage him, draw him out.)

Page 171: Was "d' you" in the original text (What =d'you=
s'pose brought him back?)

Page 205: Was "Lawnot" in the original text (he took the
telephone receiver from its hook and called up Anita
=Lawton= at her home)

Page 233: Was "offce" in the original text (three men came
back to the house with me, and entered my =office=, where
the burly one turned over to me ten five-hundred-dollar
bills.)

Page 261: Was "busines" in the original text (There is no
blackmail about this--it is an ordinary =business=
proposition.)

Page 279: Was "_in loco parentis_" in the original text
(Do not I and my friends stand =in _loco parentis_= to
her?)

Page 314: Was "MacAlarney's" in the original text (and got
you out of the building as a drunkard, conveying you to
=Mac Alarney's= retreat in his own machine.)

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