# Watch and Wait; or, The Young Fugitives

Author: Optic, Oliver, 1822-1897

Genre: Category: Children & Young Adult Reading

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/28038

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Watch+and+Wait%3B+or%2C+The+Young+Fugitives+Optic&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

One soft summer evening, when Woodville was crowned with the glory and beauty of the joyous season, three strangers presented themselves before the Grant family, and asked for counsel and assistance. The party consisted of two boys and a girl, and they belonged to that people which the traditions of the past have made the "despised race;" but the girl was whiter and fairer than many a proud belle who would have scorned her in any other capacity than that of a servant; and one of the boys was very nearly white, while the other was as black as ebony undefiled. They were fugitives and wanderers from the far south-west; and the story which they told to Mr. Grant and his happy family will form...

## Chapters

- [Chapter 24](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/watch-and-wait-or-the-young-fugitives-28038/chapters/24/index.md)
- [Chapter 23](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/watch-and-wait-or-the-young-fugitives-28038/chapters/23/index.md)
- [Chapter 15](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/watch-and-wait-or-the-young-fugitives-28038/chapters/15/index.md)
- [Chapter 18](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/watch-and-wait-or-the-young-fugitives-28038/chapters/18/index.md)
- [Chapter 17](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/watch-and-wait-or-the-young-fugitives-28038/chapters/17/index.md)
- [Chapter 13](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/watch-and-wait-or-the-young-fugitives-28038/chapters/13/index.md)
- [Chapter 21](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/watch-and-wait-or-the-young-fugitives-28038/chapters/21/index.md)
- [Chapter 22](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/watch-and-wait-or-the-young-fugitives-28038/chapters/22/index.md)
- [Chapter 14](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/watch-and-wait-or-the-young-fugitives-28038/chapters/14/index.md)
- [Chapter 16](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/watch-and-wait-or-the-young-fugitives-28038/chapters/16/index.md)
- [Chapter 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/watch-and-wait-or-the-young-fugitives-28038/chapters/7/index.md)
- [Chapter 9](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/watch-and-wait-or-the-young-fugitives-28038/chapters/9/index.md)
- [Chapter 11](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/watch-and-wait-or-the-young-fugitives-28038/chapters/11/index.md)
- [Chapter 12](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/watch-and-wait-or-the-young-fugitives-28038/chapters/12/index.md)
- [Chapter 8](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/watch-and-wait-or-the-young-fugitives-28038/chapters/8/index.md)
- [Chapter 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/watch-and-wait-or-the-young-fugitives-28038/chapters/5/index.md)
- [Chapter 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/watch-and-wait-or-the-young-fugitives-28038/chapters/4/index.md)
- [Chapter 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/watch-and-wait-or-the-young-fugitives-28038/chapters/6/index.md)
- [Chapter 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/watch-and-wait-or-the-young-fugitives-28038/chapters/3/index.md)
- [Chapter 10](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/watch-and-wait-or-the-young-fugitives-28038/chapters/10/index.md)
- [Chapter 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/watch-and-wait-or-the-young-fugitives-28038/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Chapter 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/watch-and-wait-or-the-young-fugitives-28038/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Chapter 19](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/watch-and-wait-or-the-young-fugitives-28038/chapters/19/index.md)
- [Chapter 20](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/watch-and-wait-or-the-young-fugitives-28038/chapters/20/index.md)