{"product_id":"2940013321816","title":"THE FRONTIER ANGEL","description":"CONTENTS.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  CHAPTER                                                    PAGE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     I. The Night before the Departure                          9\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    II. The Fate of the Flat-Boat                              21\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   III. The Two Scouts                                         46\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    IV. The Faint Hope                                         59\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     V. The Mysterious Warning                                 70\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    VI. The Frontier Angel--The Shawnees                       83\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   VII. The Pursuit of Knowledge Under Difficulties            90\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  VIII. A Man in Trouble                                      105\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    IX. Peter Jenkins--A Couple of Speeches                   127\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     X. In which there is a Future Account of the Shawnees,\u003cbr\u003e          the Speakers, and Jenkins                           139\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    XI. A Prize Gained and Lost                               151\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   XII. A Mingling of Fear, Doubt, and Hope                   174\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XIII. Dark                                                  189\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   XIV. The Attack in the Wood                                201\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    XV. \"All's Well that Ends Well.\"                          225\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE NIGHT BEFORE THE DEPARTURE.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIN the western part of Pennsylvania, near the commencement of the Ohio\u003cbr\u003eriver, stands a small town, which, at the close of the last century,\u003cbr\u003enumbered about thirty dwellings. Although properly a border settlement\u003cbr\u003eat the time mentioned, there were so many others beyond, that it was\u003cbr\u003ehardly regarded as being in the \"Mighty West.\" The inhabitants were\u003cbr\u003emostly farmers, possessed of large and beautiful farms, who commenced\u003cbr\u003etheir labors in the morning, and retired to rest in the evening, without\u003cbr\u003emuch fear of the molestation of their savage brethren. True, a few years\u003cbr\u003eprevious, the latter had committed murders and depredations even farther\u003cbr\u003eeast than this, and the settlers never allowed themselves fully to give\u003cbr\u003eway to an undue sense of security. But, unless a most unexpected triumph\u003cbr\u003eshould crown the struggles of the Indians, there was little occasion for\u003cbr\u003eapprehension upon the part of the whites.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe time on which we visit this village, is an evening in the spring,\u003cbr\u003etoward the close of the last century. The night is dark and cloudy, and\u003cbr\u003ethe houses are invisible in the deep gloom; but there are numerous\u003cbr\u003etwinkling lights in the different dwellings, which give it the\u003cbr\u003eappearance of a constellation set in the vast sky of darkness around.\u003cbr\u003eBroad fields of cleared land stretch for a long distance into the\u003cbr\u003ebackground, while there are numerous other dwellings further eastward,\u003cbr\u003etoward Pittsburg, and many cabins further westward in Ohio and Virginia;\u003cbr\u003eso that they are not without neighbors, and may properly be said still\u003cbr\u003eto be in the land of civilization.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNear the western end of the village, stood a large frame house, in the\u003cbr\u003elower story of which a bright light was burning. Within, and seated\u003cbr\u003earound a large, crackling fire, were four individuals engaged in\u003cbr\u003econversation. The first was a pleasant, middle-aged man, rather portly\u003cbr\u003eand good-natured; the second was his wife, a few years younger, with an\u003cbr\u003eequally pleasant face, and a cheerful, musical voice. Upon the opposite\u003cbr\u003eside of the fire sat a young man, of a hardy, muscular frame, and a\u003cbr\u003erather handsome appearance. Beside him was a maiden of eighteen or\u003cbr\u003etwenty years, who, without the least exaggeration on our part, might be\u003cbr\u003epronounced beautiful.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe first couple, as said, were man and wife. The second two intended to\u003cbr\u003ebe at some future time--that is, they were lovers.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47073719222512,"sku":"2940013321816","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013321816_p0.jpg?v=1763579756","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013321816","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}