Ruby's Reward — page 57: what you’re looking at

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“Come:this way, please, and!].wilishow you.” “Are you Mr Robert Gordon's sitter ?” he asked,.aw he turned to accompany her.. ‘““Yes; my name is Ruby Gordon” “They dibetter have called you a-pexrt ; you look more like one,” he returned,, his round, grey eyes expressing his delight. in her beauty, * We used to think our Annn was wondorfal good-looking,” he added, with a sorrowful curve of his lips and a quaver in:his.voice, as he spoke the name, “but she couldn’t hotd a candle to you.” Ruby smiled’ and flushed ; but she knew the compliment was sincere, if if was roughly expressed, and she could not resent it. “Then you. havo a daughter?’ she re- marked, as:she quickened her steps toward the library. ‘*No, not now. Anna died more’n a-year ago; butshe was a sweet, good girl, und we put one of /7s verses on her tombstone,” replied her companion, with a significant gesture toward the drawing-room, whence came the sound of many voices. ‘*Was she your only one?” Ruby asked, gently, while her fair face was full of sympathy for his loss. “Yes; we haven’t a chick nov a child left, and mother and Tare considerably put about to know what we shall do with the property when we get through with it,” he replied, with a sigh. “There,” said Kuby, whecling forward a comfortable chair, but feeling a trifle embarassed at the confidential turn the conversation was taking ; ‘* sit here, please, fora few minutes. And now, if you will kindly give me your naine, I will bring my brother and introduce him to yo@o@<tses.com