Ruby's Reward — page 94: what you’re looking at

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Her eyes ¢leamed witk amusement over the mac corovation, her fice shone, fair as a pearl. in the dim light, though there was an exquisite color in her checks, called there by the admiring look of ker companion, while her scaylet lips were perted in a lu- minous simile. She had in her hand a biilligne spray of sumac leaves, which she had plucked on the way thither, and with this she gently touched her companion upon the shoulder, and, adopting the eeremonious tone that he had used, replied : “Sir Knight, your promise of loyalty is riaciously received, and I hercby invest you with the office of prime minister to the queen, But, jesting apart,” she added, “T shall consider this my own especial nook after this, and come here every day while I remain at the farm.” “Shall you be hero long?” Walter eagerly asked, his face lighting. “Yes, for a week ot so.” ‘<'Phen I shall have the pleasure of show- ing you other lovely places, for Iam to haye a vacation of tao weeks, and—Il was intr ud- Zay to spend it here.” Ruby’s heart quickened its pulsations. Jt would be very dclightful, she thought, to “pon a couple of weeks among those wonderful mountains with Walter Richard- son for a companion and gnide, But some- thing in fis last words and in the hesi- tation with which they were uttered made her glance at him searchingly. Ilis cyes were cdowneast, and he seemed to have grown suddenly thoughtful. “Tam sure it will be pleasunt to have an addition to our party. Jam glad you have come, Mr Richardson,” she said, with frank cordiality. comicbooks.com a 7 a a oe