CUPPLES & LEON Co., PUBLISHERS, NEW YORK.
COPYRIGHT, 1913, BY
CUPPLES & LEON COMPANY
RUTH FIELDING AT BRIARWOOD HALL
CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | |
| I. | [THE EXODUS] |
| II. | [THE MAN WITH THE HARP] |
| III. | [APPROACHING THE PROMISED LAND] |
| IV. | [THE RIVALRY OF THE UPEDES AND THE FUSSY CURLS] |
| V. | [THE DUET] |
| VI. | [THE ENTERING WEDGE] |
| VII. | [THE UPEDES] |
| VIII. | [THE MARBLE HARP] |
| IX. | [THE GHOSTLY TRIBUNAL] |
| X. | [SOMETHING MORE THAN GHOSTS] |
| XI. | [THE VOICE OF THE HARP] |
| XII. | [THE MYSTERY DEEPENS] |
| XIII. | [BEGINNINGS] |
| XIV. | [THE SWEETBRIARS] |
| XV. | [THE NIGHT OF HARPOCRATES] |
| XVI. | [THE HAWK AMONG THE CHICKENS] |
| XVII. | [GOODY TWO-STICKS] |
| XVIII. | [THE MYSTERY AGAIN] |
| XIX. | [THE TRIUMVIRATE] |
| XX. | [AT TRITON LAKE] |
| XXI. | [ON THE ICE] |
| XXII. | [THE HARPIST ONCE MORE] |
| XXIII. | [THE SECRET] |
| XXIV. | [WHO IS THE "TATTLE-TALE?"] |
| XXV. | [GETTING ON] |
RUTH FIELDING AT BRIARWOOD HALL
CHAPTER I
THE EXODUS
The sun was a regular lie-abed on this Autumn morning, banked about by soft clouds and draperies of mist; but they glowed pink along the horizon—perhaps blushing for Old Sol's delinquency. The mist hung tenderly over the river, too—indeed, it masked the entire Valley of the Lumano—lying thick and dank upon the marshes and the low meadows, but wreathed more lightly about the farmhouses and their outbuildings, and the fodder and haystacks upon the higher ground.
But suddenly the sun flung off the bedclothes and leaped right into the sky. That long, low bank of cloud that had been masking him, melted away and the shreds of mist were burned up in a hurry as his warm rays spread abroad, taking the entire valley in their arms.