Don't you think if Holker spoke to the artist that Mr.Iscariot, or perhaps the estimable Mr.Ananias, or Mr.
Pecksniff, or Uriah Heep might also be tucked away in the background ?" And with this the old fellow, in spite of his sympathy for Jack and the solemnity of the occasion, threw back his head and laughed so long and so heartily that Mrs.McGuffey made excuse to enter the room to find out what it was all about.
With the subletting of Garry's house and the shipping of his furniture--that which was not sold--to her step-father's house, Jack's efforts on behalf of his dead friend and his family came to a close.
Ruth helped Corinne pack her personal belongings, and Jack found a tenant who moved in the following week.

Willing hands are oftenest called upon, and so it happened that the two lovers bore all the brunt of the domestic upheaval.
Their own packing had long since been completed; not a difficult matter in a furnished house; easy always to Ruth and her father, whose nomadic life was marked by constant changes.

Indeed, the various boxes, cases, crates, and barrels containing much of the linen, china, and glass, to say nothing of the portieres, rugs and small tables, and the whole of Ruth's bedroom furniture, had already been loaded aboard a box car and sent on its way to Morfordsburg, there to await the arrival of the joyous young girl, whose clear brain and competent hands would bring order out of chaos, no matter how desolate the interior and the environment.
For these dainty white hands with their pink nails and soft palms, so wonderfully graceful over teapot or fan, could wield a broom or even a dust-pan did necessity require.

Ruth in a ball gown, all frills and ruffles and lace, was a sight to charm the eye of any man, but Ruth in calico and white apron, her beautiful hair piled on top of her still more beautiful head; her skirts pinned up and her dear little feet pattering about, was a sight not only for men but for gods as well.

Jack loved her in this costume, and so would you had you known her.