Category: Historical Novels

Hope and Have; or, Fanny Grant Among the Indians: A Story for Young People

"Now you will be a good girl, Fanny Jane, while I am gone--won't you?" said Fanny Grant, who has several times before appeared in these stories, to Fanny Jane Grant, her namesake, who has not before been presented to our readers.

Chapters

20. CHAPTER XX.

The remaining Indians in the water had discovered their mistake, and were making towards the opposite shore with all possible haste. They had not expected such a reception, and...

11. CHAPTER XI.

Fanny arrived at the station near Woodville by the early train from the city. On the way, she had been thinking of her own guilt, and considering what she should do and say when...

9. CHAPTER IX.

Fanny got out of the horse car at the Park. She was in the midst of the great city, but she felt no interest in the moving, driving scene around her, for the thought of poor Jen...

12. CHAPTER XII.

When Fanny had finished her breakfast, she put on her best clothes, and started for New York with Mr. Grant, who, perhaps, was more desirous of assisting the mother of Jenny tha...

1. CHAPTER I.

"Now you will be a good girl, Fanny Jane, while I am gone--won't you?" said Fanny Grant, who has several times before appeared in these stories, to Fanny Jane Grant, her namesak...

7. CHAPTER VII.

Fanny stood on the platform in front of the station-house, waiting for the return of Kate. She had no suspicion that her friend had deserted her, and was at that moment running...

4. CHAPTER IV.

"What did he want of you, Fan?" asked Kate Magner, with a curiosity not unmixed with anxiety, as her leader in mischief joined her at the foot of the pier.

14. CHAPTER XIV.

Above the voices of the other savages, the harsh and heavy tones of Lean Bear were prominent. He spoke in the Indian dialect, and of course the anxious fugitives could not under...

8. CHAPTER VIII.

The last part of the interview between Fanny and Mr. O'Shane had been witnessed by Mrs. Kent, who came out of the house when she had attended to the wants of her sick child. The...

6. CHAPTER VI.

It was no discovery at all. She had been reasonably confident that the five dollars, which Fanny acknowledged to be in her possession, had been stolen, or, if not actually stole...

16. CHAPTER XVI.

Wahena, with his hands still tied behind him, was led by Fanny, while Ethan trundled the wheelbarrow, across the handles of which lay the two guns, ready for use if occasion sho...

2. CHAPTER II.

Fanny--as we shall call her when she is not in the company of her namesake--revelled in the possession of the key, and congratulated herself on her own shrewdness in obtaining i...

10. CHAPTER X.

Peacefully, on what had been her couch of pain, lay the silent form of Jenny. The room resounded with the sobs of the mother and the brother, and hardly less with the wailings o...

17. CHAPTER XVII.

Fanny sang "Sweet Home" to the young Indian, with the feeling that there was no longer a spot on earth which she could call by that endearing name. By this time, Mr. Grant, with...

3. CHAPTER III.

"Yes; I know how to manage a boat as well as any of them. I have sailed enough to understand the whole thing," added Fanny, as she led the way to the pier, off which the sail-bo...

19. CHAPTER XIX.

Fanny was the originator of the scheme by which it was expected to save the party from the ferocity of the Indians, and enable the trapper to keep his plighted faith with them....

13. CHAPTER XIII.

Though there were no Indians residing very near the Lake Settlement, they frequently visited the place, and the settlers were on familiar terms with them. At the house of John G...

15. CHAPTER XV.

Mr. Grant, like all settlers and backwoodsmen, had a profound respect and veneration for his weapons. They were absolutely necessary for purposes of defence in a new country, an...

5. CHAPTER V.

Putting a boat about, as Fanny had turned the Greyhound, is nautically termed _gybing_ her. It is a dangerous manoeuvre when the wind is fresh, and should never be attempted by...

18. CHAPTER XVIII.

Ethan saw one of their number fall, and the commotion in the group indicated that the savages had been thrown into confusion by Ethan's well-directed shot. They ceased paddling,...