The Rivals of Acadia

'The Rivals of Acadia' is an adventure-drama novel penned by H. V. Cheney. The story begins on a bright summer day in 1643, where a light pleasure-boat is sailing across the harbor of Boston with a group of people on board. A group of friends are watching them depart but one person, named Arthur Stanhope, is not paying attention to the scene. Suddenly a French ship appears and the people on the shore become alarmed. The French ship is armed and the people on the pleasure-boat, mostly women and children, are terrified. The pleasure-boat turns and tries to flee but the French ship pursues them.