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

								


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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

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                        1

     II.  THE MYSTERY OF IT                     7

    III.  THE DERELICT                         14

     IV.  THE CRYING NEED                      22

      V.  OFF AT LAST                          29

     VI.  "THE NEVERGETOVERS"                  35

    VII.  MOVIE STUNTS                         43

   VIII.  THE AUCTION BLOCK                    52

     IX.  A DISMAYING DISCOVERY                67

      X.  A WILD AFTERNOON                     77

     XI.  MR. PETERBY PAUL--AND "WHOSIS"       86

    XII.  ALONGSHORE                           95

   XIII.  THE HERMIT                          104

    XIV.  A QUOTATION                         113

     XV.  AN AMAZING SITUATION                122

    XVI.  RUTH SOLVES ONE PROBLEM             129

   XVII.  JOHN, THE HERMIT'S, CONTRIBUTION    136
XVIII.  UNCERTAINTIES                       144

    XIX.  COUNTERCLAIMS                       152

     XX.  THE GRILL                           159

    XXI.  A HERMIT FOR REVENUE ONLY           171

   XXII.  AN ARRIVAL                          180
XXIII.  TROUBLE--PLENTY                     186

   XXIV.  ABOUT "PLAIN MARY"                  193