{"product_id":"2940012769664","title":"Ruth Fielding Down In Dixie","description":"CHAPTER                                        PAGE\u003cbr\u003e                 I. A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing                1\u003cbr\u003e                II. The Worm Turns                           12\u003cbr\u003e               III. The Boy in the Moonlight                 25\u003cbr\u003e                IV. The Capes of Virginia                    33\u003cbr\u003e                 V. The Newspaper Account                    45\u003cbr\u003e                VI. All in the Rain                          56\u003cbr\u003e               VII. Miss Catalpa                             66\u003cbr\u003e              VIII. Under the Umbrella                       73\u003cbr\u003e                IX. Sunshine at the Gatehouse                78\u003cbr\u003e                 X. An Adventure in Norfolk                  86\u003cbr\u003e                XI. At the Merredith Plantation              94\u003cbr\u003e               XII. The Boy at the Warehouse                103\u003cbr\u003e              XIII. Ruth Is Troubled                        111\u003cbr\u003e               XIV. Ruth Finds a Helper                     118\u003cbr\u003e                XV. The Ride to Holloways                   123\u003cbr\u003e               XVI. The “Hop”                               135\u003cbr\u003e              XVII. The Flood Rises                         139\u003cbr\u003e             XVIII. Across the River                        145\u003cbr\u003e               XIX. “If Aunt Rachel Were Only Here”         151\u003cbr\u003e                XX. Curly Plays an Heroic Part              159\u003cbr\u003e               XXI. The Next Morning                        166\u003cbr\u003e              XXII. Something for Curly                     174\u003cbr\u003e             XXIII. “Here’s a State of Things!”             182\u003cbr\u003e              XXIV. The Chamber Concert                     189\u003cbr\u003e               XXV. Back Home                               202\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRUTH FIELDING DOWN IN DIXIE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I—A WOLF IN SHEEP’S CLOTHING\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Isn’t that the oddest acting girl you ever saw, Ruth?”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Goodness! what a gawky thing!” agreed Ruth Fielding, who was just\u003cbr\u003egetting out of the taxicab, following her chum, Helen Cameron.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“And those white-stitched shoes!” gasped Helen. “Much too small for her,\u003cbr\u003eI do believe!”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“How that skirt does hang!” exclaimed Ruth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“She looks just as though she had slept in all her clothes,” said Helen,\u003cbr\u003egiggling. “What do you suppose is the matter with her, Ruth?”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“I’m sure I don’t know,” Ruth Fielding said. “She’s going on this boat\u003cbr\u003ewith us, I guess. Maybe we can get acquainted with her,” and she\u003cbr\u003elaughed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Excuse _me_!” returned Helen. “I don’t think I care to. Oh, look!”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe girl in question—who was odd looking, indeed—had been paying the\u003cbr\u003ecabman who had brought her to the head of the dock. The dock was on West\u003cbr\u003eStreet, New York City, and the chums from Cheslow and the Red Mill had\u003cbr\u003enever been in the metropolis before. So they were naturally observant of\u003cbr\u003eeverything and everybody about them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe strange girl, after paying her fare, started to thrust her purse\u003cbr\u003einto the shabby handbag she carried. Just then one of the colored\u003cbr\u003eporters hurried forward and took up the suitcase that the girl had set\u003cbr\u003edown on the ground at her feet when she stepped from the cab.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Right dis way, miss,” said the porter politely, and started off with\u003cbr\u003ethe suitcase.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Hey! what are you doing?” demanded the girl in a sharp and shrill\u003cbr\u003evoice; and she seized the handle of the bag before the porter had taken\u003cbr\u003emore than a step.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShe grabbed it so savagely and gave it such a determined jerk, that the\u003cbr\u003eporter was swung about and almost thrown to the ground before he could\u003cbr\u003elet go of the handle.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“I’ll ‘tend to my own bag,” said this vigorous young person, and strode\u003cbr\u003eaway down the dock, leaving the porter amazed and the bystanders much\u003cbr\u003eamused.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“My goodness!” gasped the negro, when he got his breath. “Dat gal is as\u003cbr\u003estrong as a ox—sho’ is! I nebber seed her like. _She_ don’t need no\u003cbr\u003ehe’p, _she_ don’t.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Let him take our bags—poor fellow,” said Helen, turning around after\u003cbr\u003epaying their own driver. “Wasn’t that girl rude?”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Here,” said Ruth, laughing and extending her light traveling bag to the\u003cbr\u003edisturbed porter, “you may carry _our_ bags to the boat. We’re not as\u003cbr\u003estrong as that girl.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“She sho’ was a strong one,” said the negro, grinning. “I declar’ for’t,\u003cbr\u003emissy!","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47121010852080,"sku":"2940012769664","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940012769664_p0.jpg?v=1763572126","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940012769664","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}