Transcriber's Notes:
Inconsistencies in hyphenation were not corrected.
In the original book, sometimes the first words of each chapter were in small caps and sometimes they were not. That inconsistency was preserved in this version.
On page 8, the quotation mark was deleted after "on this side of the road."
On page 68, the word "looee" was replaced with "cooee".
On page 92, a quotation mark was placed after "deducted from your allowance this evening."
On page 158, "not this young follow" was replaced with "not this young fellow".
On page 168, "bunshrangers" was replaced with "bushrangers".
On page 184, a quotation mark was added after "and the older suitor."