Ruth Fielding Down in Dixie

Front matter

Reading edition

RUTH SECURED A GRIP ON THE BLACK MAN’S SLEEVE.

Ruth Fielding

Down In Dixie

GREAT TIMES IN THE LAND OF COTTON

ALICE B. EMERSON

Author of “Ruth Fielding of the Red Mill,” “Ruth

Fielding and the Gypsies,” Etc.

ILLUSTRATED

Illustration from Ruth Fielding Down in Dixie; Or, Great Times in the Land of Cotton

NEW YORK

CUPPLES & LEON COMPANY

PUBLISHERS

Books for Girls

BY ALICE B. EMERSON

RUTH FIELDING SERIES

12mo. Cloth. Illustrated.

RUTH FIELDING OF THE RED MILL Or, Jasper Parloe’s Secret. RUTH FIELDING AT BRIARWOOD HALL Or, Solving the Campus Mystery. RUTH FIELDING AT SNOW CAMP Or, Lost in the Backwoods. RUTH FIELDING AT LIGHTHOUSE POINT Or, Nita, the Girl Castaway. RUTH FIELDING AT SILVER RANCH Or, Schoolgirls Among the Cowboys. RUTH FIELDING ON CLIFF ISLAND Or, The Old Hunter’s Treasure Box. RUTH FIELDING AT SUNRISE FARM Or, What Became of the Raby Orphans. RUTH FIELDING AND THE GYPSIES Or, The Missing Pearl Necklace. RUTH FIELDING IN MOVING PICTURES Or, Helping the Dormitory Fund. RUTH FIELDING DOWN IN DIXIE Or, Great Times in the Land of Cotton.

Cupples & Leon Co., Publishers, New York.

Cupples & Leon Company

Ruth Fielding Homeward Bound

Printed in U. S. A.

CONTENTS

CHAPTERPAGE

I.A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing1

II.The Worm Turns12

III.The Boy in the Moonlight25

IV.The Capes of Virginia33

V.The Newspaper Account45

VI.All in the Rain56

VII.Miss Catalpa66

VIII.Under the Umbrella73

IX.Sunshine at the Gatehouse78

X.An Adventure in Norfolk86

XI.At the Merredith Plantation94

XII.The Boy at the Warehouse103

XIII.Ruth Is Troubled111

XIV.Ruth Finds a Helper118

XV.The Ride to Holloways123

XVI.The “Hop”135

XVII.The Flood Rises139

XVIII.Across the River145

XIX.“If Aunt Rachel Were Only Here”151

XX.Curly Plays an Heroic Part159

XXI.The Next Morning166

XXII.Something for Curly174

XXIII.“Here’s a State of Things!”182

XXIV.The Chamber Concert189

XXV.Back Home202