原文 (英语)

TO MY READERS A true story of a life I give you; not in its completion, for it is still unfinished. The romance of youth has lingered through all the later years and the tragedy of these years could not destroy it. In the manuscript tears have fallen on some pages, smiles on others, and still others have been scorched with the fire of indignation. Why is it written? To bear testimony to the love and devotion of a noble woman; to set straight before the world certain matters now misu