Produced by Roger Frank, David Edwards and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) [Illustration: AS THE MAD HORSE CIRCLED HER, THE GIRL STRUCK AGAIN AND AGAIN. Page 171] Ruth Fielding In the Saddle OR COLLEGE GIRLS IN THE LAND OF GOLD BY ALICE B. EMERSON Author of “Ruth Fielding of the Red Mill,” “Ruth Fielding on Cliff Island,” Etc. _ILLUSTRATED_ [Image] 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. RUTH FIELDING AT COLLEGE Or, The Missing Examination Papers. RUTH FIELDING IN THE SADDLE Or, College Girls in the Land of Gold. Cupples & Leon Co., Publishers, New York. Copyright, 1917, by Cupples & Leon Company Ruth Fielding in the Saddle Printed in U. S. A. CONTENTS