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WOODVILLE STORIES
BY
OLIVER OPTIC
WATCH AND WAIT.
BOSTON.
LEE & SHEPARD.
WATCH AND WAIT;
OR,
THE YOUNG FUGITIVES.
A Story for Young People.
BY
OLIVER OPTIC,
AUTHOR OF "THE BOAT CLUB," "ALL ABOARD," "NOW OR NEVER," "TRY
AGAIN," "POOR AND PROUD," "LITTLE BY LITTLE," "RICH AND
HUMBLE," "IN SCHOOL AND OUT," "THE SOLDIER BOY,"
"THE RIVERDALE STORY BOOKS," ETC.
BOSTON:
LEE AND SHEPARD,
(SUCCESSORS TO PHILLIPS, SAMPSON & CO.)
1868.
Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1864, by
WILLIAM T. ADAMS,
In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts.
ELECTROTYPED AT THE
BOSTON STEREOTYPE FOUNDRY,
4 Spring Lane.
TO
WALTER F. POPE
This Book
IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED
BY HIS UNCLE.
THE WOODVILLE STORIES.[Pg 4]
IN SIX VOLUMES.
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.
However much the author of "Watch and Wait" may sympathize withthat portion of the population of our country to which the principalcharacters of the story belong, he is forced to acknowledge that hisbook was not written in the interests of the anti-slavery cause. Hisyoung friends require stirring incidents of him, and the inviting fieldof adventure presented by the topic he has chosen was the moving springwhich brought the work into existence; and if the story shall kindle anynew emotion of sympathy for the oppressed and enslaved, it will havemore than answered the purpose for which it was intended, and the writerwill be all the more thankful for this happy influence.
As a story of exciting adventure, the writer hopes it will satisfy allhis young readers; that they will love the gentle Lily, respect themanly independence of Dan, and smile at the oddities of Cyd; and thatthe book will confirm and [Pg 6]increase their love of liberty and theirhatred of tyranny. If the young fugitives were resolute, even toshedding the blood of the slave-hunter, they had forgiving and Christianhearts,