CONTENTS

CHAPTERPAGE
I.A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing[1]
II.The Worm Turns[12]
III.The Boy in the Moonlight[25]
IV.The Capes of Virginia[33]
V.The Newspaper Account[45]
VI.All in the Rain[56]
VII.Miss Catalpa[66]
VIII.Under the Umbrella[73]
IX.Sunshine at the Gatehouse[78]
X.An Adventure in Norfolk[86]
XI.At the Merredith Plantation[94]
XII.The Boy at the Warehouse[103]
XIII.Ruth Is Troubled[111]
XIV.Ruth Finds a Helper[118]
XV.The Ride to Holloways[123]
XVI.The “Hop”[135]
XVII.The Flood Rises[139]
XVIII.Across the River[145]
XIX.“If Aunt Rachel Were Only Here”[151]
XX.Curly Plays an Heroic Part[159]
XXI.The Next Morning[166]
XXII.Something for Curly[174]
XXIII.“Here’s a State of Things!”[182]
XXIV.The Chamber Concert[189]
XXV.Back Home[202]

Ruth Fielding Down in Dixie

CHAPTER I—A WOLF IN SHEEP’S CLOTHING

“Isn’t that the oddest acting girl you ever saw, Ruth?”

“Goodness! what a gawky thing!” agreed Ruth Fielding, who was just getting out of the taxicab, following her chum, Helen Cameron.

“And those white-stitched shoes!” gasped Helen. “Much too small for her, I do believe!”

“How that skirt does hang!” exclaimed Ruth.

“She looks just as though she had slept in all her clothes,” said Helen, giggling. “What do you suppose is the matter with her, Ruth?”