Ruth Fielding on Cliff Island; Or, The Old Hunter's Treasure Box

								


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Ruth Fielding
On Cliff Island
OR
THE OLD HUNTER'S TREASURE BOX
BY
ALICE B. EMERSON
AUTHOR OF "RUTH FIELDING OF THE RED MILL," "RUTH
FIELDING AT SILVER RANCH," ETC.
ILLUSTRATED
NEW YORK
CUPPLES & LEON COMPANY
PUBLISHERS
=Books for Girls=
BY ALICE B. EMERSON

RUTH FIELDING SERIES
12mo. Cloth. Illustrated.
Price per volume, 40 cents, postpaid.



    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.
CUPPLES & LEON CO., PUBLISHERS, NEW YORK.
COPYRIGHT, 1915, BY
CUPPLES & LEON COMPANY
RUTH FIELDING ON CLIFF ISLAND
CONTENTS

CHAPTER



    I. THE WRECK AT APPLEGATE CROSSING      1



   II. THE PANTHER AT LARGE                 9


III. UNCLE JABEZ HAS TWO OPINIONS        17



   IV. ON THE WAY TO BRIARWOOD             26



    V. A LONG LOOK AHEAD                   35



   VI. PICKING UP THE THREADS              42


VII. "A HARD ROW TO HOE"                 49


VIII. JERRY SHEMING AGAIN                 57



   IX. RUTH'S LITTLE PLOT                  66



    X. AN EXCITING FINISH                  73



   XI. A NUMBER OF THINGS                  82


XII. RUFUS BLENT'S LITTLE WAYS           90


XIII. FIGHTING FIRE WITH FIRE             98


XIV. THE HUE AND CRY                    106



   XV. OVER THE PRECIPICE                 115


XVI. HIDE AND SEEK                      124


XVII. CHRISTMAS MORNING                  133
XVIII. FUN ON THE ICE                     143


XIX. BLENT IS MASTER                    150



   XX. THE FISHING PARTY                  157


XXI. JERRY'S CAVE                       166


XXII. SNOWED IN                          173
XXIII. "A BLOW FOR LIBERTY"               181


XXIV. A MIDNIGHT MARAUDER                189


XXV. THE TREASURE BOX                   197

RUTH FIELDING ON CLIFF ISLAND

CHAPTER I
THE WRECK AT APPLEGATE CROSSING

A September morning has dawned, with only a vague tang of autumn in the
air. In the green old dooryard at the Red Mill, under the spreading shade
trees, two girls are shelling a great basket of dried lima beans for the
winter's store.
The smaller, black-haired girl begins the conversation.
"Suppose Jane Ann doesn't come, Ruth?"