Ruth Fielding in the Great Northwest

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Fielding in the Great Northwest, by Alice B. Emerson

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Title: Ruth Fielding in the Great Northwest Or, The Indian Girl Star of the Movies
Author: Alice B. Emerson
Release Date: April 27, 2005 [EBook #15720]
Language: English
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RUTH FIELDING IN THE GREAT NORTHWEST
OR
THE INDIAN GIRL STAR OF THE MOVIES
BY
ALICE B. EMERSON
AUTHOR OF "RUTH FIELDING OF THE RED MILL," "RUTH FIELDING IN THE SADDLE," "RUTH FIELDING DOWN EAST," ETC.
ILLUSTRATED
NEW YORK CUPPLES & LEON COMPANY PUBLISHERS
[Illustration: BEHIND HER THE TIMBERS POURED DOWN THE BLUFF. "Ruth Fielding in the Great Northwest." Page 159]

BOOKS FOR GIRLS
BY ALICE B. EMERSON
RUTH FIELDING SERIES
12mo. Cloth. Illustrated.
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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
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BETTY GORDON SERIES
BETTY GORDON AT BRAMBLE FARM
BETTY GORDON IN WASHINGTON
BETTY GORDON IN THE LAND OF OIL
BETTY GORDON AT BOARDING SCHOOL
CUPPLES & LEON CO., PUBLISHERS, NEW YORK.
COPYRIGHT, 1921, BY CUPPLES & LEON COMPANY
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RUTH FIELDING IN THE GREAT NORTHWEST
Printed in U.S.A.

CONTENTS
I. RUTH IN PERIL 1
II. A PERFECT SHOT 10
III. IN THE RING 18
IV. SMOKING THE PEACE PIPE 26
V. INSPIRATION 34
VI. EVERYBODY AGREES BUT DAKOTA JOE 43
VII. DAKOTA JOE'S WRATH 50
VIII. A WONDERFUL EVENT 59
IX. THE PLOT DEVELOPS 65
X. ONE NEW YORK DAY 75
XI. EVADING THE TRAFFIC POLICE 89
XII. BOUND FOR THE NORTHWEST 96
XIII. DAKOTA JOE MAKES A DEMAND 104
XIV. THE HUBBELL RANCH 112
XV. PURSUING DANGER 122
XVI. NEWS AND A THREAT 130
XVII. THE PROLOGUE IS FINISHED 138
XVIII. AN ACCIDENT THREATENING 146
XIX. IN DEADLY PERIL 154
XX. GOOD NEWS 160
XXI. A BULL AND A BEAR 168
XXII. IN THE CANYON 175
XXIII. REALITY 183
XXIV. WONOTA'S SURPRISE 192
XXV. OTHER SURPRISES 198

RUTH FIELDING IN THE GREAT NORTHWEST
CHAPTER I
RUTH IN PERIL
The gray dust, spurting from beneath the treads of the rapidly turning wheels, drifted across the country road to settle on the wayside hedges. The purring of the engine of Helen Cameron's car betrayed the fact that it was tuned to perfection. If there were any rough spots in the road being traveled, the shock absorbers took care of them.
"Dear me! I always do love to ride in Nell's car," said the plump and pretty girl who occupied more than her share of the rear seat. "Even if Tom isn't here to take care of it, it always is so comfy."
"Only one thing would suit you better, Heavy," declared the sharp-featured and sharp-tongued girl sitting next to Jennie Stone. "If only a motor could be connected to a rocking-chair--"
"Right-o!" agreed the cheerful plump girl. "And have it on a nice shady porch. I'd like to travel that way just as well. After our experience in France we ought to be allowed to travel in comfort for the rest of our lives. Isn't that so, Nell? And you agree, Ruthie?"
The girl at the wheel of the flying automobile nodded only, for she needed to keep her gaze fixed ahead. But the brown-haired, brown-eyed girl, whose quiet face seemed rather wistful, turned to smile upon the volatile--and voluble--Heavy Stone, so nicknamed during their early school days at Briarwood Hall.
"Don't let's talk about it, honey," she said. "I try not to think of what we all went through."
"And the soup I tasted!" groaned the plump one. "That diet kitchen in Paris! I'll never get over it--never!"
"I guess that's right," agreed Mercy Curtis, the sharp-featured girl. "How that really nice Frenchman can stand for such a fat girl--"
"Why," explained Heavy calmly, "the more there is of me the more there is for him to like." Then she giggled. "There were so few fat people left in Europe after four years of war that everybody liked to look at me."
"You certainly are a sight for sore eyes," Helen Cameron shot over her shoulder, but without losing sight of the road ahead. She was a careful, if rapid, driver. "And for any other eyes! One couldn't very well miss you, Heavy."
"Let's not talk any more about France--or the war--or anything like that," proposed Ruth Fielding, the shadow on her face deepening. "Both your Henri and Helen's Tom have had to go