Produced by Roger Frank, David Edwards and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) [Illustration: RUTH SECURED A GRIP ON THE BLACK MAN’S SLEEVE.] Ruth Fielding Down In Dixie OR GREAT TIMES IN THE LAND OF COTTON BY ALICE B. EMERSON Author of “Ruth Fielding of the Red Mill,” “Ruth Fielding and the Gypsies,” Etc. _ILLUSTRATED_ 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 Or, Jasper Parloe’s Secret. RUTH FIELDING AT BRIARWOOD HALL Or, Solving the Campus Mystery. RUTH FIELDING AT SNOW CAMP Or, Lost in the Backwoods. RUTH FIELDING AT LIGHTHOUSE POINT Or, Nita, the Girl Castaway. RUTH FIELDING AT SILVER RANCH Or, Schoolgirls Among the Cowboys. RUTH FIELDING ON CLIFF ISLAND Or, The Old Hunter’s Treasure Box. RUTH FIELDING AT SUNRISE FARM Or, What Became of the Raby Orphans. RUTH FIELDING AND THE GYPSIES Or, The Missing Pearl Necklace. RUTH FIELDING IN MOVING PICTURES Or, Helping the Dormitory Fund. RUTH FIELDING DOWN IN DIXIE Or, Great Times in the Land of Cotton. Cupples & Leon Co., Publishers, New York. Copyright, 1916, by Cupples & Leon Company Ruth Fielding Homeward Bound Printed in U. S. A. CONTENTS