TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES
Reading edition
Minor spelling inconsistencies (e.g. bargemaster/barge-master, drawing-room/drawing room, tool-shed/tool shed, etc.) have been preserved.
Alterations to the text:
Punctuation: fix a few quotation mark pairings, missing periods, etc.
[Red Aces/Chapter IV]
Change (“I seldom read magazine stories,” said Mr. Reader) to Reeder.
[Red Aces/Chapter VI]
“that all the money he paid in was in French bank notes” delete the first in.
(“He owed him money. I know no more that that.) to than.
[Red Aces/Chapter X]
“he addresssed the company again without taking his eyes” to addressed.
[Red Aces/Chapter XI]
“It were no accident: it was a deliberate double-cross.” to was.
“endeavouring to open the safe behind the bookcase, The telephone” change the comma to a period.
“was sent anonymously to the younger Mackay by Machfield” to McKay.
[Kennedy The Con. Man/Chapter IV]
(“What’s biting you,” demanded blue trench coat.) change the comma to a question mark.
[Kennedy The Con. Man/Chapter V]
(“F.S.” frowned the inspector. “That’s a pretty common initial.”) add a comma after F.S.
(“Why should it be Seafield. That’s wildly improbable, Reeder.”) change the first period to a question mark.
[The Case Of Joe Attymar/Chapter IV]
“Gaylor opened an attache case and took out a battered” to attaché.
[The Case Of Joe Attymar/Chapter VIII]
(“By jove!” said Desboyne suddenly. “I left it outside) to Jove.
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