1. Page scan source: http://books.google.com/books?id=IG8PAAAAYAAJ&dq 2. The diphthong oe is represented by [oe]. The scene of our story is a town on the Mississippi, about midway in its course from Lake Itasca to the Gulf; the time is a cloudless January day of the year 1871. A score of years ago, this town consisted of only a dozen or so roughly built wooden houses; but emulating the marvellous growth of American cities, it has expanded into a populous, thriving business centre.…
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