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AS THE MAD HORSE CIRCLED HER, THE GIRL STRUCK AGAIN AND AGAIN. Page 171
Ruth Fielding
In the Saddle
OR
COLLEGE GIRLS IN
THE LAND OF GOLD
BY
ALICE B. EMERSON
Author of “Ruth Fielding of the Red Mill,”
“Ruth Fielding on Cliff Island,” Etc.
ILLUSTRATED
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. RUTH FIELDING AT COLLEGE Or, The Missing Examination Papers. RUTH FIELDING IN THE SADDLE Or, College Girls in the Land of Gold.
Cupples & Leon Co., Publishers, New York.
Copyright, 1917, by
Cupples & Leon Company
Ruth Fielding in the Saddle
Printed in U. S. A.
CONTENTS
CHAPTERPAGE
I.What Is Coming1
II.Eavesdropping9
III.The Letter from Yucca18
IV.A Week at Home26
V.The Girl in Lower Five35
VI.Somebody Ahead of Them44
VII.A Mysterious Affair52
VIII.Min58
IX.In the Saddle at Last67
X.The Stampede75
XI.At Handy Gulch82
XII.Min Shows Her Mettle94
XIII.An Ursine Holdup100
XIV.At Freezeout Camp109
XV.More Discoveries117
XVI.New Arrivals124
XVII.The Man in the Cabin134
XVIII.Ruth Really Has a Secret142
XIX.Something Unexpected151
XX.The Mad Stallion159
XXI.A Peril of the Saddle167
XXII.Ruth Hears Something177
XXIII.More of It185
XXIV.The Real Thing192
XXV.Uncle Jabez Is Converted199