"As a girl I was considered attractive, and my father was a man of great wealth and social standing.

We lived in Baltimore.

Then I fell in love with a young man who, after obtaining my promise to marry him, found some one he loved better and carelessly discarded me.

As I have said, I have a sensitive nature.

In my girlhood I was especially susceptible to any slight, and this young man's heartless action made it impossible for me to remain at home and face the humiliation he had thrust upon me.