Mrs. Alex. McVeigh Miller was the pen name for Mittie Frances Clark Point.

This novel was first serialized in the Fireside Companion story paper from July 27, 1895 to October 12, 1895 under the title “Fly-Away Floy, the Saucy Little Darling; or, the Mystery of Suicide Place.”

Punctuation has been made consistent.

Variations in spelling and hyphenation were retained as they appear in the original publication, except that obvious typographical errors have been corrected.

The following changes were made:

p. 97: “and” was assumed for unclear word in original text (save and except)

p. 110: “foes” was assumed for unclear word in original text (from her foes.)

p. 198: “I” was assumed for missing word in original text (perhaps I have)