{"product_id":"2940012769671","title":"Ruth Fielding Homeward Bound","description":"CHAPTER                                  PAGE\u003cbr\u003e                    I. Tea and a Toast                     1\u003cbr\u003e                   II. Such a Dream!                      10\u003cbr\u003e                  III. It’s All Over!                     20\u003cbr\u003e                   IV. Two Exciting Things                29\u003cbr\u003e                    V. The Secret                         38\u003cbr\u003e                   VI. A New Experience                   45\u003cbr\u003e                  VII. The Zeppelin                       52\u003cbr\u003e                 VIII. Afloat                             60\u003cbr\u003e                   IX. Queer Folks                        68\u003cbr\u003e                    X. What Will Happen?                  76\u003cbr\u003e                   XI. Developments                       84\u003cbr\u003e                  XII. The Man in the Motor Boat          93\u003cbr\u003e                 XIII. It Comes to a Head                101\u003cbr\u003e                  XIV. A Battle in the Air               111\u003cbr\u003e                   XV. Abandoned                         121\u003cbr\u003e                  XVI. On the Edge of Tragedy            131\u003cbr\u003e                 XVII. Boarded                           140\u003cbr\u003e                XVIII. The Conspiracy Laid Bare          149\u003cbr\u003e                  XIX. Tom Cameron Takes a Hand          159\u003cbr\u003e                   XX. The Storm Breaks                  166\u003cbr\u003e                  XXI. The Wreck                         172\u003cbr\u003e                 XXII. Adrift                            180\u003cbr\u003e                XXIII. At the Moment of Need             186\u003cbr\u003e                 XXIV. Counterplot                       196\u003cbr\u003e                  XXV. Home as Found                     205\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRUTH FIELDING HOMEWARD BOUND\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I—TEA AND A TOAST\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“And you once said, Heavy Stone, that you did not believe a poilu\u003cbr\u003e_could_ love a fat girl!”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHelen said it in something like awe. While Ruth’s tea-urn bubbled cozily\u003cbr\u003ethree pair of very bright eyes were bent above a tiny, iridescent spark\u003cbr\u003ewhich adorned the “heart finger” of the plumper girl’s left hand.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere is something about an engagement diamond that makes it sparkle and\u003cbr\u003etwinkle more than any other diamond. You do not believe that? Wait until\u003cbr\u003eyou wear one on the third finger of your left hand yourself!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese three girls, who owned all the rings and other jewelry that was\u003cbr\u003egood for them, continued to adore this newest of Jennie Stone’s\u003cbr\u003epossessions until the tea water boiled over. Ruth Fielding arose with an\u003cbr\u003eexclamation of vexation, and corrected the height of the alcohol blaze\u003cbr\u003eand dropped in the “pinch” of tea.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt was mid-afternoon, the hour when a cup of tea comforts the fagged\u003cbr\u003enerves and inspires the waning spirit of womankind almost the world\u003cbr\u003eover. These three girls crowded into Ruth Fielding’s little cell, even\u003cbr\u003egave up the worship of the ring, to sip the tea which the hostess soon\u003cbr\u003epoured into the cups.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The cups are nicked; no wonder,” sighed Ruth. “They have traveled many\u003cbr\u003ehundreds of miles with me, girls. Think! I got them at Briarwood——”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Dear old Briarwood Hall,” murmured Jennie Stone.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“You’re in a dreadfully sentimental mood, Jennie,” declared Helen\u003cbr\u003eCameron with some scorn. “Is that the way a diamond ring affects all\u003cbr\u003eengaged girls?”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Oh, how fat I was in those days, girls! And how I did eat!” groaned the\u003cbr\u003egirl who had been known at boarding school as “Heavy Stone,” and seldom\u003cbr\u003eby any other name among her mates.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“And you still continue to eat!” ejaculated Helen, the slimmest of the\u003cbr\u003ethree, and a very black-eyed girl with blue-black hair and a perfect\u003cbr\u003ecomplexion. She removed the tin wafer box from Jennie’s reach.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Those are not real eats,” complained the girl with the diamond ring. “A\u003cbr\u003emillion would not add a thousandth part of an ounce to my pounds.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Listen to her!” gasped Helen. “If Major Henri Marchand could hear her\u003cbr\u003enow!”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“He is a full colonel, I’d have you know,” declared Jennie Stone. “And\u003cbr\u003ein charge of his section. In _our_ army it is the Intelligence\u003cbr\u003eDepartment—Secret Service.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“That is what Tom calls the ‘Camouflage Bureau.’ _Colonel_ Marchand has\u003cbr\u003ea nice, sitting-down job,” scoffed Helen.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47120998367472,"sku":"2940012769671","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940012769671_p0.jpg?v=1763572184","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940012769671","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}