Ruby's Reward — page 79: what you’re looking at

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He could readily imagine the whole af- fair—that brilliant assemblage of guests who had come to pay honour to one of the country’s sweetest of poets: the appear- ance of the uninvited stranger, with his peenliar dress and manner. and the shock which Edmund Carpenter's fasticiousness inst have reeeived upon beholding him seated in that elegant drawing-room among the best society of the city. But his heart was thrilled with ad- miration and tenderness for the lovely girl who had conducted herself with such true hospitality and kindness toward him ; who had done her utmost to make him feel welcome and at ease, and to shield him from any unpleasantness and clisippoint- ment. All the evening, as he watched the per- formance of America’s great trazedian, he ‘seemed to see that slight, graceful figure ‘flitting in and out among her guests and showermg her divine charity upon one whom othas would have slighted and neglected ;_ and in his heart he blessed her for her goodness, and almost felt as if it was a link to bind her closer to him than he had eyer dared to hope far. comicbooks.com