Ruby's Reward — page 209: what you’re looking at

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and thither she and Ruby removed as soon as prac- ticable. Ruby felt that she would have been happier to re- main in the quiet little home, where, for a short time, she had really enjoyed being useful and trying to de- velop her powers of self-reliunce, and where she and her beloved brother had seemed to come into closer sympathy than ever before. But her resolute sister—resolute now that all- powerful gold was at her command—swept every- thing before her, and, insisting upon the change, Ruby yielded her own wishes in the matter. She would nof, however, consent to give up her position as vu teacher, although Mrs. Gordon used every arguinent to persuade her to do so, still feel- ing that such menial toil “was a disgrace to the fam- ily name.” But she had to yield finally to Ruby’s obstinacy, as she termed it, though she waa for a time highly indignant over it. | So the young teacher went on the even tenor of her way, and, with the spirit of independence which she had grown to enjoy so much, resolutely refusing to allow her sister to do anything for her, save bear the expense of her living. She would have been glad not to have incurred even this obligation, but ‘her limited income would not admit of her paying the high price dernanded for board and their expensive lodgings, and she waa forced to accept that much; for h stelle would not be separated from her, and she herself would have felt very desolate to go elsewhere. - But Mrs. Gordon had a secret motive in keeping her beautiful young sister with*her. Edmund Carpeater bad suddenly resumed his in- timacy with them.” For « time, after Ruby's refusal of his suit, he had ceased his visits, though he had by no means relin- —quished the hope that he should eventually win her, He knew that Mrs. Gordon strongly favored his union with me he bet that her a rouge 20 0 never allow any undue influence to be brought to b regarding the matter. | Sons, co)