Chapter I: Front Matter

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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
XXV. LIFTING THE CURTAIN 199

RUTH FIELDING DOWN EAST