Ruby's Reward — page 115: what you’re looking at

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And opening her red lips she shouted out his name with all the strength of her ivu-ieal voice, and those tones and the accompanying echoes rangin his ears for month~ afterward. They tricd many words after that. Ruby sans sweet bird-like notes and clapped her hands. Walter whistled, and, gathering a handful of stones, they threw them Into the chasm and listened to the reverberations which they produced as they went bound- ing from rock to rock in the depths below. At last, wearicd with the sport, they re- joined theiy companions, and Walter pro- posed they have their lunch before ascend- ing to the bridge. | This they all ariecd to, for even our young | friends were very unpoetically hungry, and caer to inspect the contents of Mrs Ruegles’s well-filled basket. Walter brought the carriage robes and spread them upon the grass, where they spent a social half-hour refreshing them- selves and chatting upon various interest- ine Lopies. comichooks.com