The full-page illustrations from the original text have been placed into
the text. The page numbers in the list of illustrations are those in the
original text and may not reflect where the illustrations are placed in
this version. This file uses _underscores_ to indicate italic text.
Itemized changes from the original text:
• Frontispiece: Added hyphen in “HE CAME DOWN SPREAD-LEGS” to match
Table of Illustrations and reference in text.
• Dedication: Added missing period after “R” in “R. G. G.”
• p. 19: Supplied missing closing quotation mark after “…that is in
that wood.”
• p. 21: Supplied missing word “do” in “…all he had to do was to…”
• p. 48: Changed “neek” to “neck” and supplied missing apostrophe in
“hound’s” in “…that was around the hound’s neck…”
• p. 48: Supplied missing closing quotation mark after “…till I know
what is happening to Shawneen.”
• p. 56: Changed “ocmmands” to “commands” in “And she laid commands on
the King.”
• p. 60: Changed comma to period at end of paragraph after “…she went
home to her mother.”
• p. 65: Changed “be” to “he” in “…he cut off as he was bade…”
• p. 66: Changed “its” to “it’s” in “…it’s lonesome to be housekeeping
alone.”
• p. 96: Changed “a young” to “as young” in “…he got young again, a
young as his own son.”