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Typographical errors corrected by the etext transcriber:
makes everbody walk=> makes everybody walk {pg 12}
she maried Serrano=> she married Serrano {pg 22}
Whatever chance leads your steps=> Wherever chance leads your steps {pg
27}
a Nothern mother=> a Northern mother {pg 35}
acceped our invitation=> accepted our invitation {pg 38}
for his amibility=> for his amiability {pg 47}
she purshased her freedom=> she purchased her freedom {pg 57}
when an appreciative señor find a pretty=> when an appreciative señor
finds a pretty {pg 57}
with permissien from the major domo=> with permission from the major
domo {pg 61}
trees of the the country=> trees of the country {pg 61}
the sweetnes of their welcome=> the sweetness of their welcome {pg 62}
have occured on this plantation=> have occurred on this plantation {pg
63}
tremor is forgetten=> tremor is forgotten {pg 65}
not to dissappoint=> not to disappoint {pg 75}
under ones eyelids=> under one’s eyelids {pg 68}
jolly priest posesses=> jolly priest possesses {pg 74}
image some mothers’s soul=> image some mother’s soul {pg 77}
our enthusiam=> our enthusiasm {pg 77}
and several overseeers=> and several overseers {pg 80}
carressed by the soft=> caressed by the soft {pg 83}
vertigo or apolexy=> vertigo or apoplexy {pg 91}
the major dome=> the major domo {pg 94}
To Matanazs=> To Matanazas {pg 97}
entirely a feminine accomplisment=> entirely a feminine accomplishment
{pg 102}
lady aquaintance=> lady acquaintance {pg 103}
occurence in Cuban families=> occurrence in Cuban families {pg 116}
measuring, as it does, only fourteen feet in length and eight in width=>
measuring, as it does, only fourteen miles in length and eight in width
{pg 120}
sincerly honor her=> sincerely honor her {pg 122}
an ameteur affair=> an amateur affair {pg 134}