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CHAPTER IX. OWEN RUUGLES PAYS WALTER A VISIT. “Tian fg a queer specimen of humanity who has just left us, Miss Ruby,” remarked Edmund Carpenter, as he followed her into the drawing-room. “ Queer? well, perhaps he may be some- what peculiar, but Iam sure he is a noble man at heart,” she replied, thoughtfully. “What is your idea of a ‘noble man,’ Miss Gordon’ asked Edmund, with a sar- castic smile. Ruby turned and looked him straight in the eycs. “Gne who would never be guilty of a mean or ernel act: one who possesses a kind and generous heart, and is courteous toward every one, whether he is rich or poor, high or iow.” Her companion winced. “ Your standard is a high one,” he re- marked, with a somewhat crestfallen air. “Ibis not my ‘standard,’ Mr Carpenter 5 it is the standard of One who ever taught lessons of nobility and of charity; who commanded us to love our neighbours as ourselves, and to do unto others as we would wish to be done by,” the lovely girl rephed, with a gentle gravity that was very impressive. Bdmund Carpenter regarded her with a feeling of uneasiness. He would have given a good deai to know if she had overheard much of his con- versation with Owen Ruggles, He was sure, froin her manner, that she had heard something he would have preferred she had not, for her bearing was reserved and cold toward him. | comlcbockss.com Pa See ee eee. Cc er. See