Words in italics were surrounded with _underscores_ and small capitals
changed to all capitals.
The original has been preserved, except for the following corrections,
on page
11 "contion" changed to "condition" (in an extremely dishevelled
condition.)
99 , changed to . (parables rather. Do you mean)
221 . added (but it hit _him_. Yes, ma'am)
257 " removed (was his silly name for me.)
259 beginning double quotes added and nested double quotes changed to
single quotes ("'Have you read it?' ... 'The bravest and the best,'
said I again).
Additional: the book mentioned on page 216 "Smiles' Elp Yourself"
is an existing book "Self help; with illustrations of conduct and
perseverance" by Samuel Smiles, to be found on Project Gutenberg as
Ebook number 935.