Chapter I: Front Matter

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Ruth Fielding
in Alaska

OR

THE GIRL MINERS OF SNOW
MOUNTAIN

BY
ALICE B. EMERSON

AUTHOR OF “RUTH FIELDING OF THE RED MILL,” “RUTH
FIELDING AT GOLDEN PASS,” “BETTY GORDON
SERIES,” ETC.

_ILLUSTRATED_

NEW YORK
CUPPLES & LEON COMPANY
PUBLISHERS

Books for Girls

BY ALICE B. EMERSON

12mo. Cloth. Illustrated.

RUTH FIELDING SERIES

RUTH FIELDING OF THE RED MILL
RUTH FIELDING AT BRIARWOOD HALL
RUTH FIELDING AT SNOW CAMP
RUTH FIELDING AT LIGHTHOUSE POINT
RUTH FIELDING AT SILVER RANCH
RUTH FIELDING ON CLIFF ISLAND
RUTH FIELDING AT SUNRISE FARM
RUTH FIELDING AMONG THE GYPSIES
RUTH FIELDING IN MOVING PICTURES
RUTH FIELDING DOWN IN DIXIE
RUTH FIELDING AT COLLEGE
RUTH FIELDING IN THE SADDLE
RUTH FIELDING IN THE RED CROSS
RUTH FIELDING AT THE WAR FRONT
RUTH FIELDING HOMEWARD BOUND
RUTH FIELDING DOWN EAST
RUTH FIELDING IN THE GREAT NORTHWEST
RUTH FIELDING ON THE ST. LAWRENCE
RUTH FIELDING TREASURE HUNTING
RUTH FIELDING IN THE FAR NORTH
RUTH FIELDING AT GOLDEN PASS
RUTH FIELDING IN ALASKA

BETTY GORDON SERIES

BETTY GORDON AT BRAMBLE FARM
BETTY GORDON IN WASHINGTON
BETTY GORDON IN THE LAND OF OIL
BETTY GORDON AT BOARDING SCHOOL
BETTY GORDON AT MOUNTAIN CAMP
BETTY GORDON AT OCEAN PARK
BETTY GORDON AND HER SCHOOL CHUMS
BETTY GORDON AT RAINBOW RANCH
BETTY GORDON IN MEXICAN WILDS

CUPPLES & LEON CO., PUBLISHERS, NEW YORK

Copyright, 1926, by
CUPPLES & LEON COMPANY

RUTH FIELDING IN ALASKA

Printed in U. S. A.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. THE THREAT 1

II. ALL BUSINESS 9

III. BREAKERS AHEAD 16

IV. THE SPY 24

V. AN OLD ENEMY 32

VI. PREMONITIONS 40

VII. CHESS GOES ALONG 49

VIII. A MAGIC TRIP 56

IX. CHARLIE AGAIN? 62

X. A TANTALIZING GLIMPSE 70

XI. A CHANCE REVELATION 78

XII. DISHEARTENING NEWS 87

XIII. MAN OVERBOARD 94

XIV. KNOCKOUT INN 101

XV. A BOTTOMLESS PIT 110

XVI. TRAPPED 118

XVII. A NIGHTMARE JOURNEY 124

XVIII. COINCIDENCE 130

XIX. THE DWARF 135

XX. A VICIOUS ENEMY 144

XXI. DRAMA 158

XXII. BLOOMBERG STRIKES 172

XXIII. RUTH GOES TO THE RESCUE 181

XXIV. BOARDMAN WAKES UP 188

XXV. THE RECKONING 197

RUTH FIELDING IN ALASKA