Ruby's Reward — page 19: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

She turned back as she reached tho side- walk and said, with pretty imperiousnoss : *‘ Now, mind, Estelle, do not go driving antil I get home ; V’ll make madam shorten my lesson, and come back just as soon as I can,” and kissing the tips of the fingers to the invisible personage within, the beautiful girl ran forward to the curl just as the car, in obcdience to Walter’s signal, came toa stop. Walter could not control the admiring Took that sprang to his fine eycs as he ical one side to allow her to entor first. Sho flashect him a swift glunce and amile of thanks while the colour decpened in her cheeks as she met his eyes, But her little foot slipped as she stepped upon the platform, and she would have fallen had not the young man sprung for- ward and apsisted her to recover her balance. **T hope you are not hurt,” he said, as she gave astartled ery, while he pickal up and restored the music roll which she had dropped, Oh, no, thank you,” she returned, giving him e grateful look, ‘‘ though doubt- ess J should have been but for your kind- ness.” She passed on into the car and took a seat. There was roomienough femansthern