Ruby's Reward — page 114: what you’re looking at

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* May Lecall you by your first name just for cence, Miss Gordon?” Walter anked, a peculiar gentleness in his tones. “1 have a de~ire to know how it will soand repeated among these grand old rocks.” Oh! is there an echo 7” exclaimed Ruby, inarelighted tone, as she comprehended his meaning. we Yps there in a very fine one; tt will repeat U-elf at ley fifteen times when the conditions are favourable.” “Phat is charming! Yes, use my name if you hike 3”) and the gil bent her pretty lead in a listening attitude to catch the echo, but there was no lack of colour in her fuce now. Walte: tilled his lung> and called out the name that he had learned to love so well, and the echoes, catching up the sound, calied, «Ruby, Ruby,” with a stiange, tende. ea lence, thas brought a deeper flush | to the owner's cheeks; and an unusual | Antter to her hem; while it seemed to the your, man as if numberless elves and Sprites, invisible inhabitants of the place, yo.e -honting it back and foth with a peculiar significance, as if in mockery of the secvet they had discovered and were bound to betray. Isnt i wonderful 7? Ruby cried ; ‘* you can hardly believe that people are not con- ccaled all abont you, wilfully mocking you, hie a boy of whom [used to reud in my first reader, when Lwas a little gil. Icould almo-t believe in the existence of ghosts if JT were alone. Now ] am going to call yor “a comichooks.com