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Title: Ruth Fielding Down East
Or, The Hermit of Beach Plum Point

Author: Alice B. Emerson

Release Date: October 20, 2007 [eBook #23116]

Language: English

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RUTH FIELDING DOWN EAST

Or

The Hermit of Beach Plum Point

by

ALICE B. EMERSON

Author of "Ruth Fielding of the Red Mill," "Ruth
Fielding at Sunrise Farm," "Ruth Fielding
Homeward Bound," Etc.

Illustrated

[Illustration: TOM CAST ASIDE HIS SWEATER AND PLUNGED INTO THE TIDE.
_Ruth Fielding Down East Page 113_]

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
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 AND 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

CUPPLES & LEON CO., PUBLISHERS, NEW YORK.

Copyright, 1920, by
Cupples & Leon Company

Ruth Fielding Down East

Printed in U. S. A.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I. THE WIND STORM