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Title: Ruth Fielding Treasure Hunting
Date of first publication: 1923
Author: W. Bert Foster (as Alice B. Emerson)
Date first posted: Feb. 16, 2018
Date last updated: Feb. 16, 2018
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[Illustration: SHE WAS ALREADY DIGGING BESIDE THE METAL BOX. Page
201]

Ruth Fielding
Treasure Hunting

OR
A MOVING PICTURE THAT BECAME REAL

BY
ALICE B. EMERSON
Author of “Ruth Fielding of the Red Mill,” “Ruth Fielding on the St.
Lawrence,” etc.

_ILLUSTRATED_

[Illustration: Publisher logo]

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
RUTH FIELDING IN THE GREAT NORTHWEST
RUTH FIELDING ON THE ST. LAWRENCE
RUTH FIELDING TREASURE HUNTING

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

Cupples & Leon Co., Publishers, New York.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I. Uncle Jabez Is Stubborn 1
II. An Idle Day 12
III. A Tale of Treasure 22
IV. The Growth of an Idea 31
V. The Mysterious Summons 36
VI. Mr. Abraham Mole 43
VII. In Preparation 53
VIII. The Start 60
IX. A Ground Swell 70
X. Pitch and Toss 77
XI. At Work at Last 83
XII. Along the Coral Strand 95
XIII. Tom Makes a Decision 103
XIV. Tom Goes South 108
XV. The Direct Way of Doing It 114
XVI. Uncertainty 121
XVII. The Search for Treasure 131
XVIII. Tom’s Idea 144
XIX. The Fate of the Sloop 152
XX. The Tidal Wave 158
XXI. The Signal of Distress 168
XXII. The Desert Key 178
XXIII. The Secret 184
XXIV. What the Tidal Wave Cast Up 192
XXV. A New Partnership 198