Transcriber’s Notes:
“A Young Widow” is a pen name of Irene W. Hartt.
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 change was made:
[p. 7]: illegible first letter assumed to be y (with yearning only,)
[p. 63]: her inserted (as her parents)
[Ad for “FORTUNE-TELLING BY CARDS, DICE, and CRYSTAL”]: The address is missing at the end of the ad after the “Address” label.