  The cover the source copy of this book was badly damaged, with missing pieces and a scrawled message from a previous owner. The image has been hand-restored by the transcriber using a clone tool and textual elements from other volumes in the series. The modified image is placed into the public domain. This should be a reasonably accurate representation of the original image, but it is not 100% authentic. This story was originally serialized in Street & Smith's New York Weekly from July 4, 1881 to September 26, 1881. Added table of contents. Some inconsistent hyphenation (e.g. "chambermaid" vs. "chamber-maid") has been retained from the original. Archaic spellings ("vail", "staid", etc.) retained from the original. Several missing periods and a letter 'y' (probably attributable to light printing) have been added to the "Catalogue" on the inside front cover. Page 14, corrected comma to period after "husband, Senator Winans." Page 16, inserted "as" into "cold as death." Page 17, corrected "you" to "your" in "your wishes are always mine, Paul." Page 18, added missing close single quote after "I told you so?" Page 22, corrected typographical errorg "peaae" in "domestic peace and love." Page 24, corrected comma to period after "I think I am mad to-night." Page 31, added missing close single quote after "when I was a little child?" Page 32, corrected "ole miss'" to "ole mis'" for consistency in 'from the said "ole mis'."' Corrected Mars to Marse in "Glad to see you, Marse Bruce." Corrected typographical error "commennted" in "commented the merry little darkey." Page 35, corrected "Gray" to "Grey" in "passionate love for Grace Grey." Corrected typographical error "worldy" in "scruple of worldly pride." Removed unnecessary comma after "splendid" in "dreary, splendid home." Page 42, corrected typographical error "tesolve" in "resolve was taken." Page 43, corrected "Gray" to "Grey" in "when Grace Grey had." Page 46, added missing close quote after "Miss Story!" Changed "you" to "your" in "your contemptible innuendoes." Page 50, grammatical mismatch between "consequences" and "has" retained from original. Page 51, corrected "had have" to "have had" in "ought to have had more manliness." Page 54, added missing quote before "or his servants would not." Removed unnecessary comma after "honest black face." Page 56, added missing quote after "Waiting!" Corrected "William" to "Willard" in "Willard Clendenon could not withhold." Page 57, corrected typographical error "conjucture" in "the scandal, the conjecture." Page 61, removed duplicate "and" from "and try, do." Page 62, corrected "Child Harold" to "Childe Harold" at head of chapter VIII. Page 64, changed "wrong" to "wronged" in "poor wronged and injured girl." Page 65, retained unusual contraction "musn't" from original. Page 67, corrected typographical error "your" in "the man you're talking of." Page 68, changed ! to ? after "that new song I sent you yesterday?" Page 70, removed stray period and space before question mark in "her husband again?" Page 72, corrected typographical error "privilged" in "privileged domestic." Page 73, corrected typographical error "embarassing" in "momentary embarrassing silence." Page 79, changed ? to ! after "What a long speech this is!" Page 80, retained unusual spelling "skillfuly" from original. Page 81, corrected comma to period after "first saw Grace." Page 84, corrected double "whom" in "whom he had left talking." Page 87, corrected "pean" to "pÆan." Removed unnecessary quote before "That other!" Page 90, corrected comma to period after "alien from your heart." Page 93, removed unnecessary quote before "Well" in "that affair. Well." Page 100, moved quote from after "Ah!" to before it in "Ah! Fontenay." Page 101, changed single to double quote after "No—yes." Page 112, corrected typographical error "brused" in "her brused heart." Page 120, corrected single to double quote before "a single stream of all her soft brown hair." Page 123, corrected typographical error "Gethsemene" in "Garden of Gethsemane." Added missing close single quote after "seek and ye shall find." Page 125, added missing close quote after ""And, indeed, Grace." Page 128, corrected comma to period after "you—have not seen you." Page 130, corrected typographical error "alway" in "They always remind me." Page 136, corrected typographical error "dimunitive" in "a diminutive silver comb." Page 138, corrected comma to period after "keep it from breaking." Page 144, removed unnecessary period between ad infinitum and question mark. Page 147, corrected "Mr." to "Mrs." in "Mrs. Conway, who was very well pleased." Page 149, added missing quote before "this is——" Page 154, removed duplicate "and often" from "and often society was scandalized." Page 156, retained unusual spelling "detatched" from original. Added missing quote before "And this was about the time." Page 157, corrected "Pure as due" to "Pure as dew" and "Winan's" to "Winans'" in "Paul Winans' pictured face." Page 158, added missing close quote after "It is all rue!" Page 159, corrected "thing" to "things" in "how evanescent are all things." Page 162, added missing quote before "It is rather a nice little jaunt." Page 164, corrected typographical error "Bt" in "But no, I shall not die." Page 165, corrected comma to period after "indomitable young spirit." Page 168, added missing quote before "Down with the fever—died this evening." Page 173, corrected "it" to "its" in "fever in its worst." Corrected typographical error "indefatigible." Page 175, corrected typographical error "restrospections" in "half-bitter retrospections." Page 176, corrected typographical error "belive" in "I believe I wrote you." Page 178, corrected "passes-by" to "passers-by". Corrected comma to period after "pinned across the left breast." Page 180, added missing quote before "Your father told me two months." Corrected "dusk" to "dusky" in "her dusky eyes." Page 181, added space to "DeVere" in "Miss De Vere, cannot you suppose." Page 189, corrected typographical error "heaver" in "The heavier cross the easier dying." Page 193, added missing quote after "Why? ah, why?" Page 194, capitalized sentence beginning "Many gentle conversations." Page 196, corrected "left for France" to "left for London." Page 201, removed unnecessary quote after "Little sister, be strong." Added missing comma in "Gracie, say 'I promise.'" Page 203, removed unnecessary quote before "It was enough." Page 205, corrected typographical error "retutning" in "her returning smile." Changed "father care" to "father's care." Page 209, corrected comma to period after "as long as life lasts." Page 210, added missing close single quote after "have turned out." Maine Central Railroad ad, retained incorrect spelling "wierd" from original. 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