Ruth Fielding at Lighthouse Point; or, Nita, the Girl Castaway

								


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RUTH FIELDING AT LIGHTHOUSE POINT
OR
NITA, THE GIRL CASTAWAY
BY
ALICE B. EMERSON
Author of Ruth Fielding of The Red Mill,
Ruth Fielding at Briarwood Hall 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.
Cupples & Leon Co., Publishers, New York.
Copyright, 1913, by
Cupples & Leon Company
Ruth Fielding at Lighthouse Point
Printed in U.S.A.

CONTENTS


Chapter                                                     Page

        I AN INITIATION                                          1

       II THE FOX AT WORK                                        9

      III ON LAKE OSAGO                                         16

       IV TROUBLE AT THE RED MILL                               24

        V THE TINTACKER MINE                                    32

       VI UNCLE JABEZ AT HIS WORST                              42

      VII THE SIGNAL GUN                                        49

     VIII THE LIFEBOAT IS LAUNCHED                              57

       IX THE GIRL IN THE RIGGING                               64

        X THE DOUBLE CHARGE                                     72

       XI THE STORY OF THE CASTAWAY                             80

      XII BUSY IZZY IN A NEW ASPECT                             90

     XIII CRAB PROVES TO BE OF THE HARDSHELL VARIETY            97

      XIV THE TRAGIC INCIDENT IN A FISHING EXCURSION           103

       XV TOM CAMERON TO THE RESCUE                            114

      XVI RUTH'S SECRET                                        120

     XVII WHAT WAS IN THE NEWSPAPER                            128

    XVIII ANOTHER NIGHT ADVENTURE                              137

      XIX THE GOBLINS' GAMBOL                                  145

       XX "WHAR'S MY JANE ANN?"                                153

      XXI CRAB MAKES HIS DEMAND                                162

     XXII THIMBLE ISLAND                                       171

    XXIII MAROONED                                             179

     XXIV PLUCKY MOTHER PURLING                                187

      XXV WHAT JANE ANN WANTED                                 196

RUTH FIELDING AT LIGHTHOUSE POINT

CHAPTER I
AN INITIATION

A brown dusk filled the long room, for although the windows were shrouded