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Title: Betty Gordon in the Land of Oil
The Farm That Was Worth a Fortune

Author: Alice B. Emerson

Release Date: November 14, 2009 [EBook #30471]

Language: English

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Betty Gordon in
the Land of Oil

OR

The Farm That Was Worth a
Fortune

BY

ALICE B. EMERSON

AUTHOR OF "BETTY GORDON AT BRAMBLE FARM," "BETTY GORDON IN
WASHINGTON," "THE RUTH FIELDING SERIES," ETC.

_ILLUSTRATED_

NEW YORK
CUPPLES & LEON COMPANY
PUBLISHERS

Books for Girls

BY ALICE B. EMERSON

12mo. Cloth. Illustrated.

BETTY GORDON SERIES

BETTY GORDON AT BRAMBLE FARM
BETTY GORDON IN WASHINGTON
BETTY GORDON IN THE LAND OF OIL

RUTH FIELDING SERIES

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

CUPPLES & LEON CO., PUBLISHERS, NEW YORK.

COPYRIGHT, 1920, BY
CUPPLES & LEON COMPANY

BETTY GORDON IN THE LAND OF OIL

Printed in U. S. A.

[Illustration: CLOVER TOOK THE BIT BETWEEN HER TEETH AND BEGAN TO
RUN. "Betty Gordon in the Land of Oil." Page 100]

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I BREAKFAST EN ROUTE 1

II THINKING BACKWARD 9

III WHAT BOB HEARD 17

IV BLOCKED TRAFFIC 25

V BETWEEN TRAINS