Chapter I: Front Matter

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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_

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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

CHAPTER PAGE
I. What Is Coming 1
II. Eavesdropping 9
III. The Letter from Yucca 18
IV. A Week at Home 26
V. The Girl in Lower Five 35
VI. Somebody Ahead of Them 44
VII. A Mysterious Affair 52
VIII. Min 58
IX. In the Saddle at Last 67
X. The Stampede 75
XI. At Handy Gulch 82
XII. Min Shows Her Mettle 94
XIII. An Ursine Holdup 100
XIV. At Freezeout Camp 109
XV. More Discoveries 117
XVI. New Arrivals 124
XVII. The Man in the Cabin 134
XVIII. Ruth Really Has a Secret 142
XIX. Something Unexpected 151
XX. The Mad Stallion 159
XXI. A Peril of the Saddle 167
XXII. Ruth Hears Something 177
XXIII. More of It 185
XXIV. The Real Thing 192
XXV. Uncle Jabez Is Converted 199

RUTH FIELDING IN THE SADDLE