Transcriber's Note:
Reading edition
This story was originally serialized in the New York Weekly from January 26, 1895, to May 4, 1895.
A table of contents was added.
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Punctuation in series lists was standardized.
Retained questionable spelling in dialogue (e.g. "wern't").
Retained some inconsistent spelling (e.g. "halooed" vs. "hallooed").
Retained consistent use of "staid" where "stayed" would be expected.
Retained some inconsistent punctuation (e.g. "love-story" vs. "love story").
Page 2, corrected "Flemming" to "Fleming" in "May Agnes Fleming."
Page 17, adjusted/removed quotes on second and third lines of poem.
Page 44, corrected '?' to ?" after "At what theatre."
Page 45, changed "shabbibly" to "shabbily."
Page 46, moved apostrophe before question mark in "perfectly magnif'?"
Page 51, added missing quote after "being an actress."
Page 54, added missing quote after "right before folks."
Page 57, changed "cold an unsocial" to "cold and unsocial."
Page 58, removed unnecessary comma after "ask her to the dance" and added missing period after "accept an invitation."
Page 61, changed "herslf" to "herself."
Page 63, changed "cruely" to "cruelly."
Page 64, changed "throught he" to "through the."
Page 72, added missing question mark to "post them yourself?"
Page 74, changed "it's" to "its" in "its never-to-be-forgotten bliss!"
Page 77, changed "beautful" to "beautiful."
Page 82, changed "runaway" to "run away."
Page 94, changed double to single quote at end of first line of poem.
Page 95, fixed punctuation for "Oh, Robert, is it you?"
Page 96, changed "beforeheand" to "beforehand."
Page 102, changed "faleshoods" to "falsehoods."
Page 110, changed "vailed" to "veiled."
Page 112, changed "deterrmined" to "determined" and "formery" to "formerly."
Page 114, added missing semi-colon after "She's only human."
Page 118, changed "on longer" to "no longer."
Page 121, added missing end quote to poem.
Page 126, changed "petutantly" to "petulantly."
Page 149, changed "charimng" to "charming."
Page 156, changed "me may meet" to "we may meet."
Page 157, adjusted nested quotes in last line of poem.
Page 169, added missing close quote to poem.
Page 198, changed "puprose" to "purpose."
Page 203, added missing quote after "all that time."
Page 205, added missing close single quote to end of poem and changed "indured" to "inured."
Maine Central Railroad ad, changed "wierd" to "weird."