Ruby's Reward — page 278: what you’re looking at

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“Hearts don’t break so easily,” her companion re- torted; ‘‘but I hope she does not play the faithful heroine—wait until he serves his sentence out and then marry him.” | “She will not. She would never marry any one whom she believed dishonorable.” “Then you begin to fear my cause is rather un- promising?" said Mr. Carpenter, moodily. “Tam—atraid so. She believes the very worst of you, evidently.” | “We shall see,"’ retorted the man, between his) teeth; and Ruby caught her breath at his tone, though she never atirred, but listened with all her | powers, hoping to learn more ofthe plot that had been contrived to ruin her lover. She had already learned enough, she believed, to saye him; but, oh! if she could only gain something more tangible to help her to bring the author of it to justice ! “You will hold on to that bill,” he continued, after a pause, “Of course it will not do to use it at present, since you gave the number of it'to the de- tective. Ididn’t suspect you were clever enough to do that.” “T always take the number of large bills like that, unless lam going to use them immediately. ButTI shall never dare to spend this one now. I wish you had never given it back to me,” said Mrs. Gordon, in a troubled tone. “Oh, that will be allright; keep it until you go out of the State some time, and then it will be easy enough to getrid of it. I’m only sorry I couldn't tuck it on to him somewhere that night, but it was yery late before I got around, and there was no time to make aneat job of it,sol had to keepit. But they will take it for granted, when they find the dia- monds, that he stole the money too.” “T hope nothiug will happen to the stones. My husband gave them to me on my birthday, and they poss a anes besides,’ remarked Airs. Gordon.