Ruby's Reward — page 30: what you’re looking at

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He learned his whole history, and he- camo deeply interested in him, while a sus- yicion came into his mind that there had Best foul play or else culpable negligence on the part of some one, or he would hever have becn left to shift for himsclf after having been reared in Inxury and aftiluence. . He could not help believing, with Mr Fairbanks and good old Mrs Coxon that Ralph Carpenter must have made a will caring for the son of the woman whom he had so fondly loved; bub what had become of it was a sealed mystery, although it was possible that Mr Simons, one of the wit- nesses, might be able to throw some light upon it when he shoukl return from abroad, | Walter went directly home after leaving Av Conant’s office, and informer Mrs Coxon of the change that he was contemplating. The boy had always beon a favourite with her, and she had been preatly dis- turbed upon discovering there was no will, and he had been Ieft penniless, while she had stormed and raved inwardly over Edmund Carpenter’s treatment of hia since his father’s death, She threw up her hands with horror when Walter told her that he was going to de a carpenter. “What! and leave college, Master Walter ¢” she eried, arhast. “Yes, and ‘leave college.’ Ihave nothing to pay college bills with now,” he answered, ia trifle bitterly. “Mv Edmund ought to pay them,” said the woman, tartly, , ‘Edmund thinks I have received educa- tion cnoush, and that I ought to earn my wn living now.” comicbooks.com « ase = * -" -— 4