# A gentle pioneer

Author: Blanchard, Amy Ella, 1856-1926; Waugh, Ida, 1846-1919 [Illustrator]

Genre: Category: Historical Novels

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/74896

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=A+gentle+pioneer+Blanchard&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

It was a grave little company which sat around the big fireplace of the Kennedy farm-house one night in March. Outside the wind howled and blustered, and even though a huge log fire shot its flames in fine fashion up the wide chimney, there was necessity for sand-bags at the door, and for heavy homespun curtains at the windows to keep out the insistent draughts which would make their way through every chink and cranny. The younger children cuddled close together on the hearth, their mother from time to time looking up from her work to watch them thoughtfully; their father, silent and moody, gazed into the snapping fire, while Agnes herself, old enough to understand better than her brother...

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-gentle-pioneer-74896/chapters/2/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-gentle-pioneer-74896/chapters/14/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-gentle-pioneer-74896/chapters/12/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-gentle-pioneer-74896/chapters/8/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-gentle-pioneer-74896/chapters/13/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-gentle-pioneer-74896/chapters/18/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-gentle-pioneer-74896/chapters/17/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-gentle-pioneer-74896/chapters/9/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-gentle-pioneer-74896/chapters/11/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-gentle-pioneer-74896/chapters/19/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-gentle-pioneer-74896/chapters/20/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-gentle-pioneer-74896/chapters/7/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-gentle-pioneer-74896/chapters/6/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-gentle-pioneer-74896/chapters/5/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-gentle-pioneer-74896/chapters/16/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-gentle-pioneer-74896/chapters/15/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-gentle-pioneer-74896/chapters/1/index.md)
- [CHAPTER X](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-gentle-pioneer-74896/chapters/10/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-gentle-pioneer-74896/chapters/4/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-gentle-pioneer-74896/chapters/3/index.md)