Transcriber's Notes:
Reading edition
The copy used as the basis for this digital edition was missing its back cover, so some advertising is omitted.
Some questionable spelling (e.g. merangue, assult) has been retained from the original where other contemporary uses of the same spelling have been found.
Some inconsistent hyphenation retained (working-man vs. workingman).
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Some image alignments have been changed from the original to better accommodate free-flowing text.
Page 3, changed "Shakesperian" to "Shakespearian."
Page 9, added missing comma after "then" in "Have some pancakes, then," and fixed punctuation in: "I'm going to have some pancakes," says he.
Page 11, changed "it's way" to "its way."
Page 13, changed "it's shirt-sleeves" to "its shirt-sleeves" and "vituals" to "victuals."
Page 15, changed "it's own way" to "its own way."
Page 47, changed "decendant" to "descendant."
Page 48, changed comma to question mark after "left him" and changed "so healthy. know why" to "so healthy, know why?"
Page 61, changed "Mame" to "Mamie" and period at end of page to question mark.
Page 65, added missing period after "whiskey."