Ruth Fielding Down East; Or, The Hermit of Beach Plum Point

by Alice B. Emerson

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TOM CAST ASIDE HIS SWEATER
AND PLUNGED INTO THE TIDE.
Ruth Fielding Down East [Page 113]

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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.