Transcriber's Notes:
Reading edition
Punctuation and formatting markup have been normalized.
Apparent printer's errors have been retained, unless stated below.
Missing page numbers are a result of removing blank pages and redundant title pages.
Page 134, "this" changed to "his". (Horace tried to do his work, but he couldn't remember when he had had such a poor day)
Page 195, "gaging" changed to "gauging". (Chester paused at the Greek Candy Kitchen on Main Street to buy a box of candy, richly bedight with purple silk, and by carefully gauging his saunter, contrived to arrive at the Wrigley residence at fourteen minutes after eight.)
Page 247, "much" changed to "must". (At twenty paces they must each discharge two horse-pistols;)