Transcriber's Notes:
Punctuation and formatting markup have been normalized.
Apparent printer's errors have been retained, unless stated below.
Page 134, "this" changed to "his". (Horace tried to do his work, but he
couldn't remember when he had had such a poor day)
Page 195, "gaging" changed to "gauging". (Chester paused at the Greek
Candy Kitchen on Main Street to buy a box of candy, richly bedight with
purple silk, and by carefully gauging his saunter, contrived to arrive
at the Wrigley residence at fourteen minutes after eight.)
Page 247, "much" changed to "must". (At twenty paces they must each
discharge two horse-pistols;)