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Title: Ruth Fielding at Cameron Hall
Date of first publication: 1928
Author: Mildred A. Wirt Benson (as Alice B. Emerson)
Date first posted: June 30, 2018
Date last updated: June 30, 2018
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[Illustration: THE DRIVER’S SEAT WAS EMPTY. Page 120]

Ruth Fielding at
Cameron Hall

OR
A MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE

BY
ALICE B. EMERSON
Author of “Ruth Fielding of the Red Mill,” “Ruth Fielding at College,”
“Ruth Fielding and Her Great Scenario,” etc.

_ILLUSTRATED_

[Illustration: Publisher logo]

NEW YORK
CUPPLES & LEON COMPANY
PUBLISHERS

_Books for Girls_

BY ALICE B. EMERSON
12mo. Cloth. Illustrated.

RUTH FIELDING SERIES

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
RUTH FIELDING IN THE GREAT NORTHWEST
RUTH FIELDING ON THE ST. LAWRENCE
RUTH FIELDING TREASURE HUNTING
RUTH FIELDING IN THE FAR NORTH
RUTH FIELDING AT GOLDEN PASS
RUTH FIELDING IN ALASKA
RUTH FIELDING AND HER GREAT SCENARIO
RUTH FIELDING AT CAMERON HALL

BETTY GORDON SERIES

BETTY GORDON AT BRAMBLE FARM
BETTY GORDON IN WASHINGTON
BETTY GORDON IN THE LAND OF OIL
BETTY GORDON AT BOARDING SCHOOL
BETTY GORDON AT MOUNTAIN CAMP
BETTY GORDON AT OCEAN PARK
BETTY GORDON AND HER SCHOOL CHUMS
BETTY GORDON AT RAINBOW RANCH
BETTY GORDON IN MEXICAN WILDS
BETTY GORDON AND THE LOST PEARLS
BETTY GORDON ON THE CAMPUS

Cupples & Leon Co., Publishers, New York

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I. Ready, Shoot! 1
II. Homeward Bound 10
III. Winding Up Business 18
IV. A Surprise 23
V. Disheartening News 30
VI. More Trouble 36
VII. Tom’s Disappearance 43
VIII. The Flood 56
IX. Clews 70
X. Incriminating Evidence 82
XI. A Turn for the Worse 88
XII. The Crisis 95
XIII. Ruth Takes Action 102
XIV. The Farmer’s Story 111
XV. Strange Happenings 118
XVI. Ruth Sends for Help 126
XVII. Out of the Sky 134
XVIII. Markham Investigates 143
XIX. What Markham Saw 152
XX. The Battle 159
XXI. Ruth to the Rescue 169
XXII. What Happened to Tom 175
XXIII. Explanations 182
XXIV. Ruth’s Promise 193
XXV. The Sky Writer 201