Mrs. Pendleton's Four-in-hand

Mrs. Pendleton's Four-in-hand' is an amusing little story of Mrs. Pendleton, who flirts while being married, becomes a widow at twenty-four, and receives marriage offers from four suitors. She assumes that it is a joke to teach her a lesson, and to avenge the insult, she takes a drastic step. But was it a joke? The question gets answered later in the humorous story.