Missing or incorrect punctuation repaired. Spelling errors fixed. Hyphenation variants changed to most frequently used version. P. 54 "Simpson lives" original reads "Simpson lived." P. 58 Thought break added for consistency. P. 89 "Douglass" changed to more frequently used "Douglas." P. 177 Code table: Original shows first number under q as "19." Corrected to "17." P. 198 "well dressed" changed to "well-dressed." P. 221 two occurrences of "blonde" changed to more frequently used "blond." Abbreviations "sub." and "ad." in original retained. "Charleston" and "Charlestown," "down town" and "downtown" (used equally), "everyone" and "every one [of]," "resume" (for summary) and "resume" (for assume anew), "loath" (for unwilling) and "loathe" (for abhor), "mix-up" and "mixup" (used equally), "anyone" and "any one" (a single, particular one) were used in this text and retained. Also retained "flivvered" (P. 104). End of Project Gutenberg's On Secret Service, by William Nelson Taft