Chapter I: Front Matter

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Ruth Fielding
Down In Dixie

OR

GREAT TIMES IN THE LAND OF COTTON

BY

ALICE B. EMERSON

Author of "Ruth Fielding of the Red Mill," "Ruth
Fielding and the Gypsies," 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.

Cupples & Leon Co., Publishers, New York.

Copyright, 1916, by
Cupples & Leon Company

Ruth Fielding Homeward Bound

Printed in U. S. A.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I. A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing 1
II. The Worm Turns 12
III. The Boy in the Moonlight 25
IV. The Capes of Virginia 33
V. The Newspaper Account 45
VI. All in the Rain 56
VII. Miss Catalpa 66
VIII. Under the Umbrella 73
IX. Sunshine at the Gatehouse 78
X. An Adventure in Norfolk 86
XI. At the Merredith Plantation 94
XII. The Boy at the Warehouse 103
XIII. Ruth Is Troubled 111
XIV. Ruth Finds a Helper 118
XV. The Ride to Holloways 123
XVI. The "Hop" 135
XVII. The Flood Rises 139
XVIII. Across the River 145
XIX. "If Aunt Rachel Were Only Here" 151
XX. Curly Plays an Heroic Part 159
XXI. The Next Morning 166
XXII. Something for Curly 174
XXIII. "Here's a State of Things!" 182
XXIV. The Chamber Concert 189
XXV. Back Home 202

RUTH FIELDING DOWN IN DIXIE