Chapter I: Front Matter

Ruth Fielding In Moving Pictures

OR

HELPING THE DORMITORY FUND

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 Baby 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.

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CUPPLES & LEON CO., PUBLISHERS. NEW YORK.

COPYRIGHT, 1916, BY CUPPLES & LEON COMPANY

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RUTH FIELDING IN MOVING PICTURES

Printed in U.S.A.

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CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. NOT IN THE SCENARIO 1
II. THE FILM HEROINE 9
III. AT THE RED MILL 18
IV. A TIME OF CHANGE 28
V. "THAT'S A PROMISE" 36
VI. WHAT IS AHEAD? 46
VII. "SWEETBRIARS ALL" 52
VIII. A NEW STAR 60
IX. THE DEVOURING ELEMENT 67
X. GAUNT RUINS 76
XI. ONE THING THE OLD DOCTOR DID 84
XII. "GREAT OAKS FROM LITTLE ACORNS GROW" 90
XIII. THE IDEA IS BORN 100
XIV. AT MRS. SADOC SMITH'S 108
XV. A DAWNING POSSIBILITY 117
XVI. THE CAT OUT OF THE BAG 125
XVII. ANOTHER OF CURLY'S TRICKS 134
XVIII. THE FIVE-REEL DRAMA 141
XIX. GREAT TIMES 153
XX. A CLOUD ARISES 161
XXI. HUNTING FOR AMY 168
XXII. DISASTER THREATENS 176
XXIII. PUTTING ONE'S BEST FOOT FORWARD 183
XXIV. "SEEING OURSELVES AS OTHERS SEE US" 190
XXV. AUNT ALVIRAH AT BRIARWOOD HALL 201

RUTH FIELDING IN MOVING PICTURES