Transcriber's Note:

Variations in the use of hyphens and alternative spelling have
been retained as they appear in the original except as in the
following changes:

Page 5 friendship for you. changed to
friendship for you,

12 and he was he was on his way changed to
and he was on his way

14 I should have have been somewhere changed to
I should have been somewhere

55 might he obliged to changed to
might be obliged to

88 thay may make it disagreeable changed to
they may make it disagreeable

146 in a box-buggy changed to
in a box buggy

151 his own propperty changed to
his own property

153 Hello! Helo-o-o! changed to
Hello! Hello-o-o!

156 A SOUVENIR OF THE THIEVES changed to
A SOUVENIR OF THE THIEVES.

180 call the case on of changed to
call the case one of

225 said Bob, and before changed to
said Bob, "and before

234 an hour bfore it changed to
an hour before it

238 this was followd by changed to
this was followed by

242 it was, prefering to changed to
it was, preferring to

258 they might lose. "The Harnett" changed to
they might lose "The Harnett"

And in the advertisements:

Page 5 South Carolina in in 1780 changed to
South Carolina in 1780

6 price $1,00 in Corporal Lige's Recruit changed to
price $1.00

8 illustrated, price $1.00 in The Boy Cruisers changed to
illustrated, price $1.00.

10 price $1, in Lost in the Canyon changed to
price $1.

10 cloth, illustrated. in Captured by Apes changed to
cloth, illustrated,

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