Original spelling and grammar have been generally retained, with
some exceptions noted below. Original printed page numbers have
been removed. Original small caps are now uppercase. Italics look
_like this_. Both of the original footnotes have been converted to
inline text surrounded by square brackets, and placed where the
original footnote anchors were placed. The transcriber produced the
cover image and hereby assigns it to the public domain. Scottish
or Irish proper names such as M^cGovan, M^cBain, M^cKendrick,
etc. were originally printed with a turned comma, similar to the
Unicode character [‹ʻ› U+02BB; MODIFIER LETTER TURNED COMMA] in place
of the superscripted _c_. This character is poorly supported in
current browsers, and so these names have been rendered herein
with superscript _c_. The author of this book is William Crawford
Honeyman (1845–1919), whose pen name is “James M^cGovan”, as
shown on the title page. Original page images are available from
archive.org—search for “tracedtrackedorm00mgovrich”.
Page 19. The phrase ‹and is the light onl at› was changed to ‹and is
the light only at›.
Page 41. Right double quotation mark was added after ‹something being
“hidden safely there,›.
Page 53. Full stop was added after ‹no Corny appeared›.
Page 57. The full stop in ‹common streets of Stockbridge, close by.
The Fin then decided› was changed to comma.
Page 69. Right double quotation mark was added after ‹Oh, what will
become of him when I’m away?›.
Page 85. The phrase ‹point at which he had broken of,› was changed to
‹point at which he had broken off,›.
Page 86. Comma in ‹as ordinary buyers with lots of money,› was
changed to full stop.
Page 91. The phrase ‹companion. I was there› was changed to
‹companion. “I was there›.
Page 96. The phrase ‹prepaid—“Sent by James Paterson, to Robert
Marshall, Linlithgow. To lie at station till called for.”› was
changed to ‹prepaid—‘Sent by James Paterson, to Robert Marshall,
Linlithgow. To lie at station till called for.’”›.
Page 111. The phrase ‹paid a visit to Mr Baninster› was changed to
‹paid a visit to Mr Bannister›.
Page 116. The phrase ‹but with your protrait always› was changed to
‹but with your portrait always›.
Page 122. The phrase ‹id ntifying our man› was changed to
‹identifying our man›.
Page 133. Changed ‹establishment in Princes Street,› to
‹establishment in Princes Street.›.
Page 155. Changed ‹when I’m in you’re hands› to ‹when I’m in your
hands›. Also changed ‹clumsy flatttery› to ‹clumsy flattery›.
Page 198. Changed ‹Greenside was reached There a› to ‹Greenside was
reached. There a›.
Page 225. Left double quotation mark was added to ‹Alfred Johnston,
I’ve›.
Page 233. The phrase ‹who asisted me› was changed to ‹who assisted
me›.
Page 262. The phrase ‹and that John and she were soon to be made
one.”› was printed with a right double quotation mark which has no
matching left mark in the text. This mark has been removed in this
edition. However, another possible interpretation might be ‹and that
John and she were “soon to be made one.”›.
Page 300. The phrase ‹with some biterness› was changed to ‹with some
bitterness›.
Page 315. The phrase ‹it’s a thing ane o⸲ the bairns› was printed
with what would now be represented by the Unicode codepoint [‹⸲›
U+2E32 TURNED COMMA] after ‹o›. The phrase has been changed herein to
‹it’s a thing ane o’ the bairns›.
Page 337. The phrase ‹that particular night. The› was changed to
‹that particular night.” The›.