Ruby's Reward — page 146: what you’re looking at

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Tb was brilliantly Hehtedt and draped in watm, bricht hues ; flowers gleamed in every carner and hung in festoons fram the ceilins, and the place was a_ perfect buwer ot beauty ; while at one end, behind afloralavicen. a fine orchestia was stationed | to disc utse entianciny stiains to bewitch fairy fuct Mie Gordon was hand-ome and starcly in Tavadler sciset, white lace, and divmonds 5 while he: hushand looked che whole-hearted aerial hoxt that he was im his evening-diess of nucst Preadeloth, Mai Rivgstcs Iuoh.d the gentteman in his new stat, aml Mis Ruggles was quietly ckaanen hu black satin, with collar and eufis or point lave, and a dainty little affair of the sume costly material perched above the winte hai, which Ruby thought was “so sett and pretty,” and which she had persoaned her to bave arranged in a more mower tashion than she was aecustomed to Ve Cab 21 She ArT ben ai ff ourprive” to Mrs Gondon. who, on going below hefore the arrival of any of ber quests, espiel her fron i} hall, at the farther end of the lone dt aving-t90m, and did nut recagnise her. She -oneht Ruby and said . 34.) one hae come at a very un- fashions’: hour, and unattended, too. She is cureety dicssed and Tooke exceutt- ingly eon eel, but Tilo not know her.” Rubs kyew, and her oye bwinkled. “Let ms go aud see,” she said, lmking her army in her sister’= 5 7 you know you are a fiifle qearatehtod, Estelle, and pechaps yenisay hive inct ber after all.” Bho tl her to Mis Rugeles and formally inooduced her, and both ladies bad a mei Linch over the incident. —comicdests.com cena =; i tT