Time and chance

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Author

Hubbard, Elbert, 1856-1915

Title

Time and chance : A romance and a history : being the story of the life of a man

Original Publication

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1899, copyright 1901.

Credits

Charlene Taylor and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries)

Language

English

LoC Class

PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature

Subject

Abolitionists -- Fiction

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 79783

Release Date

October 14, 2026

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.Untitled
3. 3.Time and Chance
4. 4.Untitled
5. 5.CONTENTS
6. 6.BOOK ONE
7. 7.CHAPTER I AN EARLY MORNING WEDDING
8. 8.CHAPTER II THE JOURNEY BEGINS
9. 9.CHAPTER III A DAY OF INCIDENTS
10. 10.CHAPTER IV LITTLE JOHN MAKES A CAPTURE
11. 11.CHAPTER V AS TO JEDEDIAH—A DIGRESSION
12. 12.CHAPTER VI AN EMERGENCY WELL MET
13. 13.CHAPTER VII JOY ABIDETH BUT A DAY
14. 14.CHAPTER VIII A VIGIL WITH DEATH
15. 15.CHAPTER IX SORROW’S RESPITE FOUND IN WORK
16. 16.CHAPTER X CONFORM OR FIGHT
17. 17.CHAPTER XI MAN PROPOSES, BUT WOMAN DISPOSES
18. 18.CHAPTER XII PIONEER DAYS AND A NIGHT ALONE IN THE WOODS
19. 19.BOOK TWO
20. 20.CHAPTER I A CATTLE SALE AT ZANESVILLE
21. 21.CHAPTER II JOHN BROWN FINDS FRIENDS AND FOES
22. 22.CHAPTER III OLD BLACKFOOT FOILS AN AMBUSCADE
23. 23.CHAPTER IV THE DEACON DOES A-WOOING GO
24. 24.CHAPTER V JOHN MEETS TROUBLE, AND FACES IT
25. 25.CHAPTER VI A LITERARY COURTSHIP
26. 26.CHAPTER VII A HORSE-BACK RIDE THROUGH THE WOODS
27. 27.CHAPTER VIII THE RIDE EVOLVES INTO A HORSE-RACE
28. 28.CHAPTER IX THE WINNER WINS A HORSE AND HIS FREEDOM
29. 29.CHAPTER X MORE RUNAWAYS ARRIVE
30. 30.CHAPTER XI THE SLAVES ARE RE-TAKEN, WITH ONE WHITE MAN OVER
31. 31.CHAPTER XII JOHN AND JIM MAKE A HASTY DEPARTURE
32. 32.CHAPTER XIII VACANT PLACES, YET THE OLD WORLD GOES ON
33. 33.CHAPTER XIV EXPLOITING THE PUBLIC AND PROSPERITY
34. 34.CHAPTER XV QUIETING QUALMS, AND MORE ADVENTURE
35. 35.CHAPTER XVI TRAGEDY CAMPS ON THEIR TRAIL
36. 36.CHAPTER XVII THE DESTINATION REACHED AT LAST
37. 37.CHAPTER XVIII DISTURBING NEWS FROM ZANESVILLE
38. 38.CHAPTER XIX OH! THE WEARINESS OF WAITING!
39. 39.CHAPTER XX JIM SLIVERS DISAPPEARS
40. 40.CHAPTER XXI A FRUITLESS CHASE
41. 41.CHAPTER XXII SLAVE-STEALING AND HORSE-STEALING
42. 42.CHAPTER XXIII DEFEAT AND DOUBT BUT NOT DISCOURAGEMENT
43. 43.CHAPTER XXIV HOT HOPES FADE OFF INTO MIST
44. 44.CHAPTER XXV MUCH EFFORT WITH NOTHING BUT EXPERIENCE AS A NET RESULT
45. 45.CHAPTER XXVI IN THE GRASP OF FATE
46. 46.CHAPTER XXVII A PROPOSAL
47. 47.BOOK THREE
48. 48.CHAPTER I SO RUNS THE WORLD AWAY—A LETTER
49. 49.CHAPTER II THE UNDERGROUND RAILWAY
50. 50.CHAPTER III JIM SLIVERS RECOUNTS HISTORY
51. 51.CHAPTER IV A NIGHT-RIDE TO FREEDOM
52. 52.CHAPTER V TROUBLE IN THE CHURCH
53. 53.CHAPTER VI NOTHING CAN BE CONCEALED LONG
54. 54.CHAPTER VII DISGRACE FACED BY FRANKNESS
55. 55.CHAPTER VIII “NIGGER STEALER! NIGGER STEALER!”
56. 56.CHAPTER IX RESULTS OF MIXING SENTIMENT AND BUSINESS
57. 57.BOOK IV
58. 58.CHAPTER I KANSAS IN THE FIFTIES
59. 59.CHAPTER II POLITICS AND STRIFE
60. 60.CHAPTER III CAUGHT IN A TRAP!
61. 61.CHAPTER IV JOHN BROWN TO THE RESCUE
62. 62.CHAPTER V A LITTLE MATTER OF DIPLOMACY
63. 63.CHAPTER VI A SHERIFF INTERVIEWED
64. 64.CHAPTER VII THE BAPTISM OF BLOOD
65. 65.CHAPTER VIII DIPLOMACY SUPPLEMENTED BY FORTY-FOUR
66. 66.CHAPTER IX MASKED PEACE AND SMOTHERED EMBERS
67. 67.CHAPTER X WOMANHOOD AND CHILDHOOD NOT EXEMPT
68. 68.CHAPTER XI SURVEYING THE TERRITORY
69. 69.CHAPTER XII JIM SLIVERS AND DEATH WITHOUT WARNING
70. 70.CHAPTER XIII THE SOIL OF KANSAS FERTILIZED BY BLOOD
71. 71.CHAPTER XIV JOHN BROWN AND UNCLE SAM PARLEY
72. 72.CHAPTER XV LOVE EVER FIGHTS FOR FREEDOM
73. 73.CHAPTER XVI CAPTAIN CARVER HOLDS A RECEPTION
74. 74.BOOK FIVE
75. 75.CHAPTER I FORCE, FANATICISM AND SENTIMENT
76. 76.CHAPTER II THE PLANS ARE BEING PERFECTED
77. 77.CHAPTER III THE PLAN EXPLAINED
78. 78.CHAPTER IV KINSMEN ONLY IN NAME
79. 79.CHAPTER V TRANSCENDENTALISM AND “BEECHER BIBLES”
80. 80.CHAPTER VI THE TIME IS SHORT!
81. 81.CHAPTER VII AN OLD FRIEND WORKS A SPELL
82. 82.CHAPTER VIII THE PLANS HASTENED
83. 83.CHAPTER IX THE BLOW IS STRUCK
84. 84.CHAPTER X “I AM READY!”

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