Transcriber Notes:
Throughout the dialogues, there were words used to mimic accents of the speakers. Those words were retained as-is.
Errors in punctuations and inconsistent hyphenation were not corrected unless otherwise noted.
On page 13, "firmanent" was replaced with "firmament".
On page 16, "pantomine" was replaced with "pantomime".
On page 40, "avaricous" was replaced with "avaricious".
On page 48, "Sutherlond" was replaced with "Sutherland".
On page 52, "firmanent" was replaced with "firmament".
On page 61, "parent's" was replaced with "parents'".
On page 109, a quotation mark was added after "I am personally situated."
On page 121, a quotation mark was removed after "J. ADDISON HAMMOND"
On page 123, "asumed" was replaced with "assumed".
On page 123, "imcredible" was replaced with "incredible".
On page 137, "asured" was replaced with "assured".
On page 138, "archietects" was replaced with "architects".
On page 156, the comma after "'ooking" was replaced with a period.
On page 173, "ensconsed" was replaced with "ensconced".
On page 184, "reeciver" was replaced with "receiver".
On page 194, "repellant" was replaced with "repellent".
On page 197, "belligerant" was replaced with "belligerent".