Ruby's Reward — page 80: what you’re looking at

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CHAPTER NX. RURY'S VISIT TO REDVILLE. Wixter passed, spring and summer like- wise, and nothing of importance had occurred in the lives of the characters men- tioned in our story. Ruby Gordon had spent a week or two at Cape May, Saratoga, and one or two other fashionable summer resorts, where she had been greatly admired, and whither she had been followed like a shadow by Edmund Carpenter, who was growing every day more and more fond of her. Rut the young man did not make much headway in her favour. Without appear- ing to do so, or overstepping the bounds of courtesy, she had avoided him whenever she could, while her bearing toward him was far more reserved than of old. Sho had mot Walter but two or three times since that evening when ho came to bring her brother the plans of the new houso, and then only for a fow moments at a timo; but each meeting had served to deenen the favourable impression he had made upon her. The now house was well under way when siunmer opened, and Ruby often longed to go out ta sco it; but knowing that the young architect was there almort daily, to superintend somo portions of the work, a feeling of delicacy and shyness kept her away, She went away about the middle of June, and the season was ono continual round of gaycty and pleasure until the first of Soptember, when sho returned. comicbooks.conn