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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