Ruby's Reward — page 52: what you’re looking at

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Mrs Gordon, a beautiful womaniof stately presence, but possessing a rather cold, proud face, was elegantly clad in lawender satin, richly trimmed with white dichesse lace, and wearing costly diamonds, stood at one end of her tasteful drawing-room, with her husband by her side, to reeeive her ruests, Ruby was lovely in white silk and' tulle, with trimmings of bright red berries and dark waxen gveen leaves, and flitted gaily about, like the spirit of joy that she was, trying to make everybody happy and at Case, At nine o’clock a brilliant company of people had assembled to do honour to: one who hac won the hearts of all and made them ‘Teirs Of truth and puro delight by heavenly lays.” The poet stood at the right of his host and hostess, and was, of course, the cyno- sure of all eyes. He was a yenerable-looking man, having an intellectual head, which was surmounted by hair of snowy whiteness: keen yet kindly grey eyes, and somes hat sharpened features, Which, howeser, wore a pleasant and genial expression, while his manner was most affable and courcoons toward all. A little later there cane a violent noisy ring of the door-bell, The polite usher of sable face, who was clad in shining broad- cloth, with a vast expan-e of polished shirt- front, and who rejoiced in the distinguished cognomen of Thomas Jellerson Coffee, shrugeed his broad shoulders disapprov- inoly at this very unaristocratic riny, but hastened to admit the in patient guest, whoever he might be. i a e comicbooks.com em. - e.t Ye.