.

Robert Mazell, as is the Gypsy boy's Americanized name, promises to be
all that he told Ruth he hoped to be--in time. He must begin at the
bottom of the educational ladder, but he is so quick to learn that his
patron, Mr. Cameron, tells Tom, laughingly, that _he_, Tom, will have to
look to his laurels, or the boy from Bohemia will outstrip him.

Having carried out the trailing of the Gypsy Queen at his own expense,
and recovered the necklace privately, Mr. Cameron did not have to divide
the reward offered by Mrs. Rachel Parsons with anybody.

The entire five thousand dollars was deposited in Ruth's name in the
Cheslow Savings Bank. And this happened in time so that Ruth could draw
enough of her fortune to get a new gymnasium costume for the mid-winter
exhibition!

She did not have to use the money Uncle Jabez grudgingly gave her. Her
tuition fees were paid in advance for this year at Briarwood Hall, but
she determined thereafter to pay all her own expenses, at school and
elsewhere.

At last she felt herself to be independent. By going to Mr. Cameron, she
could get money when she wished, without annoying the miller, and for
this situation she was very very thankful.

Her life stretched before her over a much pleasanter path than ever
before. There were kind friends whom she could help in the future, as
they needed help--and that delighted Ruth Fielding.

Her own future seemed secure. She could prepare herself for college and
could gain the education she craved. It seemed that nothing could balk
her ambition in that direction. And so--this seems to be a very good
place indeed in which to bid good-bye for a time to Ruth Fielding of the
Red Mill.

THE END

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THE RUTH FIELDING SERIES

By ALICE B. EMERSON

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Ruth Fielding was an orphan and came to live with her miserly uncle. By
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