This story was originally serialized in the Family Story Paper, where it ran from June 5, 1882 to September 4, 1882. This e-text is derived from a later reprint as No. 218 in The Favorite Library published by The American News Company. The reprint edition also included two filler short stories: "A Mock Idyl" by Percy Ross and "Farewell" by W. H. Stacpoole. The filler stories are not included here.
A table of contents was added for the convenience of the reader.
Some inconsistent punctuation was retained (e.g. "Life Time" vs. "Life-Time" in title; "upturned" vs. "up-turned").
Some inconsistently italicized text was retained (e.g. "rencontre").
Some unusual spellings were retained (e.g. "exhult," "ballustrade").
Accent marks to match original were omitted (e.g. "protege").
Page 3, changed "herelf" to "herself."
Page 4, changed "to hasty" to "too hasty."
Page 6, added missing quote before "Oh, grandpa."
Page 13, changed "strangly" to "strangely."