Ruby's Reward — page 253: what you’re looking at

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CHAPTER XXXII, AN ARREST. Madam Howland, as she was known in the sub- urban city where she resided, was a very proud and wealthy woman—orso considered by people who only knew her in a general way. She had belonged to one of the oldest families of Baltimore; had been regarded as a beauty and a belle in her early life; had been married twice, each time to a rich and cultivated gentleman, and had naturally held herself with all the pride which usually attends such unexceptional birth and posi- tion. She had no children—though report said that she had lost, years ago, one idolized sou—and lived alone in her grandeur, with only her servants about her; was considered exceedingly exclusive and ecold- | hearted by society, though it was whispered among | the poor that her purse and heart were always open to their needs and supplications. Walter called at her door every morning during the week after her accident, to inquire for her, and was zlad to learn that she was doing very well, although er injuries had been of avery serious nature. Her right wrist and arm had been broken in two places, besides being badly bruised, while the left hand had been shockingly lacerated, though no bones were broken in it. At the end of a week Walter was invi 0 being told that madam desired to see Tipps