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  HOPE AND HAVE;

  OR,

  FANNY GRANT AMONG THE INDIANS.

  A Story for Young People.

  BY

  OLIVER OPTIC,

  AUTHOR OF "RICH AND HUMBLE," "IN SCHOOL AND OUT," "WATCH ANDWAIT," "WORK AND WIN," "THE RIVERDALE STORY BOOKS,""THE ARMY AND NAVY STORIES," "THE BOAT CLUB,""ALL ABOARD," "NOW OR NEVER," ETC.

  "For we are saved by hope."--ST. PAUL.

  BOSTON:LEE AND SHEPARD,(SUCCESSORS TO PHILLIPS, SAMPSON & CO.)

  Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1866, byWILLIAM T. ADAMS,In the Clerk's Office of the District Courtof the District of Massachusetts.

  ELECTROTYPED AT THEBOSTON STEREOTYPE FOUNDRY,4 _Spring Lane_.

  TO

  MY YOUNG FRIEND,

  RACHEL E. BAKER,

  This Book

  IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED.

  THE WOODVILLE STORIES.

  IN SIX VOLUMES.

  A LIBRARY FOR BOYS AND GIRLS.

  BY OLIVER OPTIC.

  1. RICH AND HUMBLE.2. IN SCHOOL AND OUT.3. WATCH AND WAIT.4. WORK AND WIN.5. HOPE AND HAVE.6. HASTE AND WASTE.

  PREFACE.

  The fifth volume of the Woodville stories contains the experience ofFanny Grant, who from a very naughty girl became a very good one, bythe influence of a pure and beautiful example, exhibited to the erringchild in the hour of her greatest wandering from the path of rectitude.The story is not an illustration of the "pleasures of hope;" but anattempt to show the young reader that what we most desire, in moral andspiritual, as well as worldly things, we labor the hardest to obtain--atruism adopted by the heroine in the form of the principal title of thevolume, Hope and Have.

  The terrible Indian massacre which occurred in Minnesota, in 1862, isthe foundation of the latter half of the story; and the incidents, sofar as they have been used, were drawn from authentic sources. FannyGrant's experience is tame compared with that of hundreds who sufferedby this deplorable event; and her adventures, in company with EthanFrench, are far less romantic than many which are sufficiently attestedby the principal actors in them.

  Once more, and with increased pleasure, the author tenders to hisjuvenile friends his thanks for their continued kindness to him and hisbooks; and he hopes his present offering will both please and benefitthem.

  WILLIAM T. ADAMS.

  HARRISON SQUARE, MASS.,July 16, 1866.

  CONTENTS.

  PAGE

  CHAP. I. The Naughty Girl. 11

  CHAP. II. Thou shalt not steal. 25

  CHAP. III. Letting the Cat out. 39

  CHAP. IV. Fanny the Skipper. 52

  CHAP. V. Down the River. 66

  CHAP. VI. Kate's Defection. 79

  CHAP. VII. The Soldier's Family. 93

  CHAP. VIII. The Sick Girl. 107

  CHAP. IX. Hope and Have. 120

  CHAP. X. Good out of Evil. 135

  CHAP. XI. Penitence and Pardon. 148

  CHAP. XII. The New Home. 162

  CHAP. XIII. The Indian Massacre. 176

  CHAP. XIV. The Indian Boy. 190

  CHAP. XV. The Conference. 204

  CHAP. XVI. The Young Exiles. 218

  CHAP. XVII. The Night Attack. 231

  CHAP. XVIII. The Visitor at the Island. 244

  CHAP. XIX. The Indian Ambush. 257

  CHAP. XX. Conclusion. 270

  HOPE AND HAVE;

  OR,

  FANNY GRANT AMONG THE INDIANS.