Harriet T. Comstock 
Mam’selle Jo [EPUB ebook] 

This is a story of a woman who having no beauty of face or form was deprived for a time of the beautiful things of life.
Then she prayed to the God of men and He gave her material success. Having this she raised her eyes from the earth which had been her battlefield and made a vow that she would take what was possible from the odds and ends of happiness and weave what she could into love and service.