TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES
Reading edition
This story was published as The Gunner in the UK. The John Long, Ltd. (London, 1928) edition of The Gunner was consulted for some of the changes listed below.
Minor spelling inconsistencies (e.g. motor-car/motor car, tea table/tea-table, etc.) have been preserved.
Alterations to the text:
Add ToC.
Fix a few quotation mark pairings.
[Chapter I]
Change (“He’s got a room here, mumber 986) to number.
[Chapter II]
“That was her bother who was talkin’ to another gentleman” to brother.
[Chapter III]
“for once Mr. Stiles’s father interest in the business irritated him” to fatherly.
[Chapter XIII]
“Mark hadn’t read the newspaper” to Luke.
[Chapter XXI]
“effort lifted the unconsious Luke onto the chair” to unconscious.
“a look of alarm come into the imperturable face” to imperturbable.
[Chapter XXII]
“the police know what I know re robbery at Taffany’s” to Taffanny’s.
[Chapter XXIV]
“It is a pity the Sparow arrived when he did” to Sparrow.
[Chapter XXIX]
“who carried a notebook obstensibly in his hand” to ostensibly.
“It was not a monent to snap fingers in the face of fate” to moment.
[Chapter XXXI]
“You don’t imagine I would communicate with that felow” to fellow.
“make final preparations for their jorney” to journey.
[End of text]