Chapter I: Front Matter

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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

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