Transcriber's Notes:

This novel was originally serialized in Frank Leslie's Boys & Girls Weekly from July 5-19, 1879. This text is derived from the original serialization.

Added table of contents.

Obvious punctuation errors have been corrected.

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Added missing "to" ("giving it to him").

Changed "day day" to "day" ("find a fool like you every day").

Changed "eat" to "ate" ("ate a little salad").

Changed "pursuade" to "persuade."

Changed "carrried" to "carried" ("carried the knife between").

Changed "wan't" to "want" ("want to know").

Corrected speaker from Pedro to Alfonso after "Look here!"

Changed "too" to "to" ("And I to see you, sis.").