Transcriber's Note: These comments are not part of the original printedtext of the book; they are excerpted from notes hand-written by theauthor in Villanova University's copy.
"This book will tell you how my children were carefully trained in theirreligion--It is true to life. I kept a diary of all my children'ssaying and doings and from this wrote the book."
"The odd name comes from the boy's father calling him bow-legs becauseas a baby he walked crooked. The boy caught the sound as 'Bolax' and wasso called until quite a big boy."