THE TREASURE AND THE LAW
Now it was the third week in November, and the woods rang with the noiseof pheasant-shooting. No one hunted that steep, cramped country except thevillage beagles, who, as often as not, escaped from their kennels and madea day of their own. Dan and Una found a couple of them towling round thekitchen-garden after the laundry cat. The little brutes were only toopleased to go rabbiting, so the children ran them all along the brookpastures and into Little Lindens farm-yard, where the old sow vanquishedthem--and up to the quarry-hole, where they started a fox. He headed forFar Wood, and there they frightened out all the pheasants who weresheltering from a big beat across the valley. Then the cruel guns beganagain, and they grabbed the beagles lest they should stray and get hurt.
'I wouldn't be a pheasant--in November--for a lot,' Dan panted, as he caught_Folly_ by the neck. 'Why did you laugh that horrid way?'
'I didn't,' said Una, sitting on _Flora_, the fat lady-dog. 'Oh, look! Thesilly birds are going back to their own woods instead of ours, where theywould be safe.'
'Safe till it pleased you to kill them.' An old man, so tall he was almosta giant, stepped from behind the clump of hollies by 'Volaterrae.' Thechildren jumped, and the dogs dropped like setters. He wore a sweepinggown of dark thick stuff, lined and edged with yellowish fur, and he boweda bent-down bow that made them feel both proud and ashamed. Then he lookedat them steadily, and they stared back without doubt or fear.
'You are not afraid?' he said, running his hands through his splendid greybeard. 'Not afraid that those men yonder'--he jerked his head towards theincessant pop-pop of the guns from the lower woods--'will do you hurt?'
'We-ell'--Dan liked to be accurate, especially when he was shy--'old Hobd--afriend of mine told me that one of the beaters got peppered last week--hitin the leg, I mean. You see, Mr. Meyer _will_ fire at rabbits. But he gaveWaxy Garnett a quid--sovereign, I mean--and Waxy told Hobden he'd have stoodboth barrels for half the money.'
'He doesn't understand,' Una cried, watching the pale, troubled face. 'Oh,I wish----'
She had scarcely said it when Puck rustled out of the hollies and spoke tothe man quickly in foreign words. Puck wore a long cloak too--the afternoonwas just frosting down--and it changed his appearance altogether.
'Nay, nay!' he said at last. 'You did not understand the boy. A freemanwas a little hurt, by pure mischance, at the hunting.'
'I know that mischance! What did his Lord do? Laugh and ride over him?'the old man sneered.
'It was one of your own people did the hurt, Kadmiel.' Puck's eyestwinkled maliciously. 'So he gave the freeman a piece of gold, and no morewas said.'
'A Jew drew blood from a Christian and no more was said?' Kadmiel cried.'Never! When did they torture him?'
'No man may be bound, or fined, or slain till he has been judged by hispeers,' Puck insisted. 'There is but one Law in Old England for Jew orChristian--the Law that was signed at Runnymede.'
'Why, that's Magna Charta!' Dan whispered. It was one of the few historydates that he could remember. Kadmiel turned on him with a sweep and awhirr of his spicy-scented gown.
'Dost _thou_ know of that, babe?' he cried, and lifted his hands inwonder.
'Yes,' said Dan, firmly.
'Magna Charta was signed by John, That Henry the Third put his heel upon.
And old Hobden says that if it hadn't been for her (he calls everything"her," you know), the keepers would have him clapped in Lewes Gaol all theyear round.'
Again Puck translated to Kadmiel in the strange, solemn-sounding language,and at last Kadmiel laughed.
'Out of the mouths of babes do we learn,' said he. 'But tell me now, and Iwill not call you a babe but a Rabbi, _why_ did the King sign the roll ofthe New Law at Runnymede? For he was a King.'
Dan looked sideways at his sister. It was her turn.
'Because he jolly well had to,' said Una, softly. 'The Barons made him.'
'Nay,' Kadmiel answered, shaking his head. 'You Christians always forgetthat gold does more than the sword. Our good King signed because he couldnot borrow more money from us bad Jews.' He curved his shoulders as hespoke. 'A King without gold is a snake with a broken back, and'--his nosesneered up and his eyebrows frowned down--'it is a good deed to break asnake's back. That was _my_ work,' he cried, triumphantly, to Puck.'Spirit of Earth, bear witness that that was my work!' He shot up to hisfull towering height, and his words rang like a trumpet. He had a voicethat changed its tone almost as an opal changes colour--sometimes deep andthundery, sometimes thin and waily, but always it made you listen.
'Many people can bear witness to that,' Puck answered. 'Tell these babeshow it was done. Remember, Master, they do not know Doubt or Fear.'
'So I saw in their faces when we met,' said Kadmiel. 'Yet surely, surelythey are taught to spit upon Jews?'
'Are they?' said Dan, much interested. 'Where at?'
Puck fell back a pace, laughing. 'Kadmiel is thinking of King John'sreign,' he explained. 'His people were badly treated then.'
'Oh, we know _that_,' they answered, and (it was very rude of them, butthey could not help it) they stared straight at Kadmiel's mouth to see ifhis teeth were all there. It stuck in their lesson-memory that King Johnused to pull out Jews' teeth to make them lend him money.
Kadmiel understood the look and smiled bitterly.
'No. Your King never drew my teeth: I think, perhaps, I drew his. Listen!I was not born among Christians, but among Moors--in Spain--in a littlewhite town under the mountains. Yes, the Moors are cruel, but at leasttheir learned men dare to think. It was prophesied of me at my birth thatI should be a Lawgiver to a People of a strange speech and a hardlanguage. We Jews are always looking for the Prince and the Lawgiver tocome. Why not? My people in the town (we were very few) set me apart as achild of the prophecy--the Chosen of the Chosen. We Jews dream so manydreams. You would never guess it to see us slink about the rubbish-heapsin our quarter; but at the day's end--doors shut, candles lit--aha! _then_we become the Chosen again.'
He paced back and forth through the wood as he talked. The rattle of theshot-guns never ceased, and the dogs whimpered a little and lay flat onthe leaves.
'I was a Prince. Yes! Think of a little Prince who had never known roughwords in his own house handed over to shouting, bearded Rabbis, who pulledhis ears and filliped his nose, all that he might learn--learn--learn to beKing when his time came. He! Such a little Prince it was! One eye he kepton the stone-throwing Moorish boys, and the other it roved about thestreets looking for his Kingdom. Yes, and he learned to cry softly when hewas hunted up and down those streets. He learned to do all things withoutnoise. He played beneath his father's table when the Great Candle was lit,and he listened as children listen to the talk of his father's friendsabove the table. They came across the mountains, from out of all theworld; for my Prince's father was their councillor. They came from behindthe armies of Sala-ud-Din: from Rome: from Venice: from England. Theystole down our alley, they tapped secretly at our door, they took offtheir rags, they arrayed themselves, and they talked to my father at thewine. All over the world the heathen fought each other. They brought newsof these wars, and while he played beneath the table, my Prince heardthese meanly-dressed ones decide between themselves how, and when, and forhow long King should draw sword against King, and People rise up againstPeople. Why not? There can be no war without gold, and we Jews know howthe earth's gold moves with the seasons, and the crops, and the winds;circling and looping and rising and sinking away like a river--a wonderfulunderground river. How should the foolish Kings know _that_ while theyfight and steal and kill?'
The children's faces showed that they knew nothing at all as, with openeyes, they trotted and turned beside the long-striding old man. Hetwitched his gown over his shoulders, and a square plate of gold, studdedwith jewels, gleamed for an instant through the fur, like a star throughflying snow.
'No matter,' he said. 'But, credit me, my Prince saw peace or war decidednot once, but many time
s, by the fall of a coin spun between a Jew fromBury and a Jewess from Alexandria, in his father's house, when the GreatCandle was lit. Such power had we Jews among the Gentiles. Ah, my littlePrince! Do you wonder that he learned quickly? Why not?' He muttered tohimself and went on:--
'My trade was that of a physician. When I had learned it in Spain I wentto the East to find my Kingdom. Why not? A Jew is as free as a sparrow--ora dog. He goes where he is hunted. In the East I found libraries where mendared to think--schools of medicine where they dared to learn. I wasdiligent in my business. Therefore I stood before Kings. I have been abrother to Princes and a companion to beggars, and I have walked betweenthe living and the dead. There was no profit in it. I did not find myKingdom. So, in the tenth year of my travels, when I had reached theUttermost Eastern Sea, I returned to my father's house. God hadwonderfully preserved my people. None had been slain, none even wounded,and only a few scourged. I became once more a son in my father's house.Again the Great Candle was lit; again the meanly-apparelled ones tapped onour door after dusk; and again I heard them weigh out peace and war, asthey weighed out the gold on the table. But I was not rich--not very rich.Therefore, when those that had power and knowledge and wealth talkedtogether, I sat in the shadow. Why not?
'Yet all my wanderings had shown me one sure thing, which is, that a Kingwithout money is like a spear without a head. He cannot do much harm. Isaid, therefore, to Elias of Bury, a great one among our people: "Why doour people lend any more to the Kings that oppress us?" "Because," saidElias, "if we refuse they stir up their people against us, and the Peopleare tenfold more cruel than Kings. If thou doubtest, come with me to Buryin England and live as I live."
'I saw my mother's face across the candle-flame, and I said, "I will comewith thee to Bury. Maybe my Kingdom shall be there."
'So I sailed with Elias to the darkness and the cruelty of Bury inEngland, where there are no learned men. How can a man be wise if he hate?At Bury I kept his accounts for Elias, and I saw men kill Jews there bythe tower. No--none laid hands on Elias. He lent money to the King, and theKing's favour was about him. A King will not take the life so long asthere is any gold. This King--yes, John--oppressed his people bitterlybecause they would not give him money. Yet his land was a good land. If hehad only given it rest he might have cropped it as a Christian crops hisbeard. But even _that_ little he did not know; for God had deprived him ofall understanding, and had multiplied pestilence, and famine, and despairupon the people. Therefore his people turned against us Jews, who are allpeople's dogs. Why not? Lastly the Barons and the people rose togetheragainst the King because of his cruelties. Nay--nay--the Barons did not lovethe people, but they saw that if the King eat up and destroyed the commonpeople, he would presently destroy the Barons. They joined then, as catsand pigs will join to slay a snake. I kept the accounts, and I watched allthese things, for I remembered the Prophecy.
'A great gathering of Barons (to most of whom we had lent money) came toBury, and there, after much talk and a thousand runnings-about, they madea roll of the New Laws that they would force on the King. If he swore tokeep those Laws, they would allow him a little money. That was the King'sGod--Money--to waste. They showed us the roll of the New Laws. Why not? Wehad lent them money. We knew all their counsels--we Jews shivering behindour doors in Bury.' He threw out his hands suddenly. 'We did not seek tobe paid _all_ in money. We sought Power--Power--Power! That is _our_ God inour captivity. Power to use!
'I said to Elias: "These New Laws are good. Lend no more money to theKing: so long as he has money he will lie and slay the people."
'"Nay," said Elias. "I know this people. They are madly cruel. Better oneKing than a thousand butchers. I have lent a little money to the Barons,or they would torture us, but my most I will lend to the King. He hathpromised me a place near him at Court, where my wife and I shall be safe."
'"But if the King be made to keep these New Laws," I said, "the land willhave peace, and our trade will grow. If we lend he will fight again."
'"Who made thee a Lawgiver in England?" said Elias. "I know this people.Let the dogs tear one another! I will lend the King ten thousand pieces ofgold, and he can fight the Barons at his pleasure."
'"There are not two thousand pieces of gold in all England this summer," Isaid, for I kept the accounts, and I knew how the earth's gold moved--thatwonderful underground river! Elias barred home the windows, and, his handsabout his mouth, he told me how, when he was trading with small wares in aFrench ship, he had come to the Castle of Pevensey.'
'Oh!' said Dan. 'Pevensey again!' and looked at Una, who nodded andskipped.
'There, after they had scattered his pack up and down the Great Hall, someyoung knights carried him to an upper room, and dropped him into a well ina wall, that rose and fell with the tide. They called him Joseph, andthrew torches at his wet head. Why not?'
'Why, of course,' cried Dan. 'Didn't you know it was----' Puck held up hishand to stop him, and Kadmiel, who never noticed, went on.
'When the tide dropped he thought he stood on old armour, but feeling withhis toes, he raked up bar on bar of soft gold. Some wicked treasure of theold days put away, and the secret cut off by the sword. I have heard thelike before.'
'So have we,' Una whispered. 'But it wasn't wicked a bit.'
'Elias took a morsel of the stuff with him, and thrice yearly he wouldreturn to Pevensey as a chapman, selling at no price or profit, till theysuffered him to sleep in the empty room, where he would plumb and grope,and steal away a few bars. The great store of it still remained, and bylong brooding he had come to look on it as his own. Yet when we thoughthow we should lift and convey it, we saw no way. This was before the Wordof the Lord had come to me. A walled fortress possessed by Normans; in themidst a forty-foot tide-well out of which to remove secretly manyhorse-loads of gold! Hopeless! So Elias wept. Adah, his wife, wept too.She had hoped to stand beside the Queen's Christian tiring-maids at Court,when the King should give them that place at Court which he had promised.Why not? She was born in England--an odious woman.
'The present evil to us was that Elias, out of his strong folly, had, asit were, promised the King that he would arm him with more gold. Whereforethe King in his camp stopped his ears against the Barons and the people.Wherefore men died daily. Adah so desired her place at Court, she besoughtElias to tell the King where the treasure lay, that the King might take itby force, and--they would trust in his gratitude. Why not? This Eliasrefused to do, for he looked on the gold as his own. They quarrelled, andthey wept at the evening meal, and late in the night came one Langton--apriest, almost learned--to borrow more money for the Barons. Elias and Adahwent to their chamber.'
Kadmiel laughed scornfully in his beard. The shots across the valleystopped as the shooting-party changed their ground for the last beat.
'So it was I, not Elias,' he went on, quietly, 'that made terms withLangton touching the fortieth of the New Laws.'
'What terms?' said Puck, quickly. 'The Fortieth of the Great Charter say:"To none will we sell, refuse, or deny right or justice."'
'True, but the Barons had written first: _To no free man._ It cost me twohundred broad pieces of gold to change those narrow words. Langton, thepriest, understood. "Jew though thou art," said he, "the change is just,and if ever Christian and Jew come to be equal in England thy people maythank thee." Then he went out stealthily, as men do who deal with Israelby night. I think he spent my gift upon his altar. Why not? I have spokenwith Langton. He was such a man as I might have been if--if we Jews hadbeen a people. But yet, in many things, a child.
'I heard Elias and Adah abovestairs quarrel, and, knowing the woman wasthe stronger, I saw that Elias would tell the King of the gold and thatthe King would continue in his stubbornness. Therefore I saw that the goldmust be put away from the reach of any man. Of a sudden, the Word of theLord came to me saying, "The Morning is come, O thou that dwellest in theland."'
Kadmiel halted, all black against the pale green sky beyond the wood--ahug
e robed figure, like the Moses in the picture-Bible.
'I rose. I went out, and as I shut the door on that House of Foolishness,the woman looked from the window and whispered, "I have prevailed on myhusband to tell the King!" I answered, "There is no need. The Lord is withme."
'In that hour the Lord gave me full understanding of all that I must do;and His Hand covered me in my ways. First I went to London, to a physicianof our people, who sold me certain drugs that I needed. You shall see why.Thence I went swiftly to Pevensey. Men fought all around me, for therewere neither rulers nor judges in the abominable land. Yet when I walkedby them they cried out that I was one Ahasuerus, a Jew, condemned, as theybelieve, to live for ever, and they fled from me everyways. Thus the Lordsaved me for my work, and at Pevensey I bought me a little boat and mooredit on the mud beneath the Marsh-gate of the Castle. That also God showedme.'
He was as calm as though he were speaking of some stranger, and his voicefilled the little bare wood with rolling music.
'I cast'--his hand went to his breast, and again the strange jewelgleamed--'I cast the drugs which I had prepared into the common well of theCastle. Nay, I did no harm. The more we physicians know, the less do wedo. Only the fool says: "I dare." I caused a blotched and itching rash tobreak out upon their skins, but I knew it would fade in fifteen days. Idid not stretch out my hand against their life. They in the Castle thoughtit was the Plague, and they ran forth, taking with them their very dogs.
'A Christian physician, seeing that I was a Jew and a stranger, vowed thatI had brought the sickness from London. This is the one time I have everheard a Christian leech speak truth of any disease. Thereupon the peoplebeat me, but a merciful woman said: "Do not kill him now. Push him intoour Castle with his plague, and if, as he says, it will abate on thefifteenth day, we can kill him then." Why not? They drove me across thedrawbridge of the Castle, and fled back to their booths. Thus I came to bealone with the treasure.'
'But did you know this was all going to happen just right?' said Una.
'My Prophecy was that I should be a Lawgiver to a People of a strange landand a hard speech. I knew I should not die. I washed my cuts. I found thetide-well in the wall, and from Sabbath to Sabbath I dove and dug there inthat empty, Christian-smelling fortress. He! I spoiled the Egyptians! He!If they had only known! I drew up many good loads of gold, which I loadedby night into my boat. There had been gold-dust too, but that had beenwashed away by the tides.'
'Didn't you ever wonder who had put it there?' said Dan, stealing a glanceat Puck's calm, dark face under the hood of his gown. Puck shook his headand pursed his lips.
'Often; for the gold was new to me,' Kadmiel replied. 'I know the Golds. Ican judge them in the dark; but this was heavier and redder than any wedeal in. Perhaps it was the very gold of Parvaim. Eh, why not? It went tomy heart to heave it on to the mud, but I saw well that if the evil thingremained, or if even the hope of finding it remained, the King would notsign the New Laws, and the land would perish.'
'Oh, Marvel!' said Puck, beneath his breath, rustling in the dead leaves.
'When the boat was loaded I washed my hands seven times, and pared beneathmy nails, for I would not keep one grain. I went out by the little gatewhere the Castle's refuse is thrown. I dared not hoist sail lest menshould see me; but the Lord commanded the tide to bear me carefully, and Iwas far from land before the morning.'
'Weren't you afraid?' said Una.
'Why? There were no Christians in the boat. At sunrise I made my prayer,and cast the gold--all--all that gold into the deep sea! A King's ransom--no,the ransom of a People! When I had loosed hold of the last bars, the Lordcommanded the tide to return me to a haven at the mouth of a river, andthence I walked across a wilderness to Lewes, where I have brethren. Theyopened the door to me, and they say--I had not eaten for two days--they saythat I fell across the threshold, crying, "I have sunk an army withhorsemen in the sea!"'
'But you hadn't,' said Una. 'Oh, yes! I see! You meant that King Johnmight have spent it on that?'
'Even so,' said Kadmiel.
The firing broke out again close behind them. The pheasants poured overthe top of a belt of tall firs. They could see young Mr. Meyer, in his newyellow gaiters, very busy and excited at the end of the line, and theycould hear the thud of the falling birds.
'But what did Elias of Bury do?' Puck demanded. 'He had promised money tothe King.'
Kadmiel smiled grimly. 'I sent him word from London that the Lord was onmy side. When he heard that the Plague had broken out in Pevensey, andthat a Jew had been thrust into the Castle to cure it, he understood myword was true. He and Adah hurried to Lewes and asked me for anaccounting. He still looked on the gold as his own. I told them where Ihad laid it, and I gave them full leave to pick it up.... Eh, well! Thecurses of a fool and the dust of a journey are two things no wise man canescape.... But I pitied Elias! The King was wroth at him because he couldnot lend; the Barons were wroth at him because they heard that he wouldhave lent to the King; and Adah was wroth at him because she was an odiouswoman. They took ship from Lewes to Spain. That was wise!'
'And you? Did you see the signing of the Law at Runnymede?' said Puck, asKadmiel laughed noiselessly.
'Nay. Who am I to meddle with things too high for me? I returned to Bury,and lent money on the autumn crops. Why not?'
There was a crackle overhead. A cock-pheasant that had sheered aside afterbeing hit spattered down almost on top of them, driving up the dry leaveslike a shell. _Flora_ and _Folly_ threw themselves at it; the childrenrushed forward, and when they had beaten them off and smoothed down theplumage Kadmiel had disappeared.
'Well,' said Puck, calmly, 'what did you think of it? Weland gave theSword. The Sword gave the Treasure, and the Treasure gave the Law. It's asnatural as an oak growing.'
'I don't understand. Didn't he know it was Sir Richard's old treasure?'said Dan. 'And why did Sir Richard and Brother Hugh leave it lying about?And--and----'
'Never mind,' said Una, politely. 'He'll let us come and go, and look, andknow another time. Won't you, Puck?'
'Another time maybe,' Puck answered. 'Brr! It's cold--and late. I'll raceyou towards home!'
They hurried down into the sheltered valley. The sun had almost sunkbehind Cherry Clack, the trodden ground by the cattle-gates was freezingat the edges, and the new-waked north wind blew the night on them fromover the hills. They picked up their feet and flew across the brownedpastures, and when they halted, panting in the steam of their own breath,the dead leaves whirled up behind them. There was Oak and Ash and Thornenough in that year-end shower to magic away a thousand memories.
So they trotted to the brook at the bottom of the lawn, wondering why_Flora_ and _Folly_ had missed the quarry-hole fox.
Old Hobden was just finishing some hedge-work. They saw his white smockglimmer in the twilight where he faggoted the rubbish.
'Winter, he's come, I rackon, Mus' Dan,' he called. 'Hard times now tillHeffle Cuckoo Fair. Yes, we'll all be glad to see the Old Woman let theCuckoo out o' the basket for to start lawful Spring in England.' Theyheard a crash, and a stamp and a splash of water as though a heavy old cowwere crossing almost under their noses.
Hobden ran forward angrily to the ford.
'Gleason's bull again, playin' Robin all over the Farm! Oh, look, Mus'Dan--his great footmark as big as a trencher. No bounds to his impidence!He might count himself to be a man--or Somebody.'
A voice the other side of the brook boomed:
'I marvel who his cloak would turn When Puck had led him round Or where those walking fires would burn----'
Then the children went in singing "Farewell Rewards and Fairies" at thetops of their voices. They had forgotten that they had not even saidgood-night to Puck.
THE CHILDREN'S SONG
_Land of our Birth, we pledge to thee_ _Our love and toil in the years to be,_ _When we are grown and take our place,_ _As men and women with our race._
Father in Heaven who lovest all, Oh
help Thy children when they call; That they may build from age to age, An undefiled heritage!
Teach us to bear the yoke in youth, With steadfastness and careful truth; That, in our time, Thy Grace may give The Truth whereby the Nations live.
Teach us to rule ourselves alway, Controlled and cleanly night and day; That we may bring, if need arise, No maimed or worthless sacrifice.
Teach us to look in all our ends, On Thee for judge, and not our friends; That we, with Thee, may walk uncowed By fear or favour of the crowd.
Teach us the Strength that cannot seek, By deed or thought, to hurt the weak; That, under Thee, we may possess Man's strength to comfort man's distress.
Teach us Delight in simple things, And Mirth that has no bitter springs; Forgiveness free of evil done, And Love to all men 'neath the sun!
_Land of our Birth, our Faith our Pride,_ _For whose dear sake our fathers died;_ _O Motherland, we pledge to thee,_ _Head, heart, and hand through the years to be!_
FOOTNOTE
1 Copyright, 1905, by Rudyard Kipling.
TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE
The following typographical errors were corrected:
page 7, "Pyramis" changed to "Pyramus" page 9, quotes added before "couldn't" and "I" page 13, "draggons" changed to "dragons" page 27, quote added before "Late" page 43, "summons" changed to "summon" page 51, "we" added before "do" page 62, double quote changed to single quote after "pirate-folk?" page 64, semicolon added after "Yes" page 68, double "said" removed, single quote changed to double quote after "kill!" page 69, comma added after "Kitai" page 76, double "where" removed page 85, quote added after "gold!" page 97, quote removed after "Aquila." page 99, "shouder" changed to "shoulder", single quote changed to double quote after "Look!" page 102, "learned" changed to "leaned" page 103, "a" added between "is" and "good" page 108, quote removed before "At" page 110, single quote changed to double quote before "But" page 127, quote added after "catapult,", quote removed after "Una.", "quicky" changed to "quickly" page 128, comma removed after "bigger" page 135, "hmself" changed to "himself" page 137, "did'nt" changed to "didn't" page 141, quote added before "But" page 142, single quote changed to double quote after "reason," page 143, "Cylops" changed to "Cyclops" page 152, "Caesar" changed to "Caesar" page 153, comma added after "children," page 156, quote added after "make." page 160, comma added after "No", period added after "up" page 166, quote added after "thoughts." page 170, double quote changed to single quote before "Sorry" page 184, single quote changed to double quote after "Man." page 188, single quote changed to double quote after "him,", "to-day?" and "finished!" page 193, quote added after "letter." page 205, parenthesis added after "complain" page 214, period added after "lime." page 218, "sepentines" changed to "serpentines" page 224, quote added after "voice." page 235, apostroph moved after "conjurin'." page 237, quote added before "Dymchurch" page 239, apostroph and comma changed after "nothin'," page 240, "shouder" changed to "shoulder" page 241, apostroph and periodchanged after "bein'." page 244, apostroph added after "an" page 248, comma removed after "Robin" page 260, "asid" changed to "said" page 269, "stubborness" changed to "stubbornness" page 275, quote added before "I", "burne" changed to "burn"
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