As the carriage rolled from under the old stone gateway, a little bird, startled from out its leafy nest, trilled forth a song as sweet and clear as the lark's at heaven's own blessed gate. "Accept the omen, dear Ruth," said Mr. Walter. "Life has much of harmony yet in store for you." THE END. Transcriber's Note In this txt-version italics have been surrounded by _underscores_ and small capitals changed to all capitals. Obvious errors in punctuation have been corrected silently. Also the following corrections have been made, on page 15 "her's" changed to "hers" (Had that craving heart of hers at length found) 79 "its" changed to "it's" (it's an awful cold night to) 93 "rouès" changed to "roués" (whister-dyed roués) 93 "batchelor" changed to "bachelor" (bachelors, anxious to give their) 148 double "him" removed (and seating himself at what he) 199 "christain" changed to "christian" (resignedly as a little christian) 247 "stifly" changed to "stiffly" (peering out from behind a very stiffly-starched cap border) 306 "gullability" changed to "gullibility" (only equalled by the gullibility of the dear public) 377 "sudlight" changed to "sunlight" (quenching the sunlight in many a happy home.) 381 'Floy' changed to "Floy" (saying that '"Floy" lost her self-respect before she lost her friends.') 395 "opiuion" changed to "opinion" (In my opinion, nothing). Otherwise the original has been preserved, including anomalies and inconsistencies. End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Ruth Hall, by Fanny Fern