Needless to say, I forthwith informed Anderson it was "all right," and our careers since then have proved that our mutual disappointment was for the best. * * * * * Transcriber's note: Minor punctuation errors have been corrected silently. Page 7: "Barbersville" may be typographical error for present day "Barberville." Page 9: Removed duplicate "they." (Orig: Boys are always hungry, and justly so when they they haven't) Pages 16, 17: Standardized "Kissimme" to "Kissimmee." Page 52: Possible typographical error "rois" for "reis." (Orig: three hundred rois, thirty cents in Uncle Sam's coin) Page 54: Possible typographical error "metal" for "mettle." (Orig: test to the utmost the metal of your companion) Page 54: Changed "vilage" to "village." (Orig: safely settled in the little vilage of Blanto) Page 56: Changed "whch" to "which." (Orig: Three days later we received a letter, whch read,) Page 60: Changed "attenton" to "attention." (Orig: turned their attenton toward me.) Page 61: Removed duplicate "in." (Orig: without a blooming sou in in our pockets) Page 69: Changed "that" to "than." (Orig: while I made a better showing that he,) Page 73: Changed "leared" to "learned." (Orig: We leared that Brown had been wanting a couple of men) Page 82: Changed "approachng" to "approaching." (Orig: if ever any of them saw a book agent approachng) Page 92: Changed "halycon" to "halcyon." (Orig: Now, in the good old halycon days at the Academy) Page 93: Changed "acount" to "account." (Orig: When I took an acount of my coin) Page 96: Changed "firmanent" to "firmament." (Orig: heavenly satellites and other decorations of the firmanent) Page 96: Changed "condem" to "condemn." (Orig: "Don't condem me, Jack, until you hear my story.") Page 98: Changed "unforseen" to "unforeseen." (Orig: that something unforseen should turn up)