{"product_id":"2940000757826","title":"Mr. Jack Hamlin's Mediation","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"There's a man in the office wanting to see the editor,\" said the foreman, looking into the composing room of the \u003ci\u003eCalaveras Clarion.\u003c\/i\u003e \"He's carryin' a shot-gun, and is a man twice as big as you.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe editor considered his brief and as yet blameless record at the \u003ci\u003eClarion.\u003c\/i\u003e \"Perhaps,\" he said tentatively, with a gentle smile, \"he's looking for Captain Brush\" -- the man temporarily absent from this very desk.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"I asked him that,\" said the foreman grimly, \"and he said he wanted to see the man in charge. We KIN keep him out. Me and him,\" indicating the expectant printer behind him, \"is enough for that!\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn proportion as the editor's heart sank his outward crest arose. He said at last, rising loftily, \"Show him in!\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The Boom in the \u003ci\u003eCalaveras Clarion,\u003c\/i\u003e\" from the days when a lead newspaper story might be answered with solid lead, is one of colorfully entertaining tales to be found in \u003ci\u003eMr. Jack Hamlin's Mediation,\u003c\/i\u003e by Bret Harte (1836-1902).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"B\u0026R Samizdat Express","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47147046535408,"sku":"2940000757826","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940000757826_p0.jpg?v=1763545475","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940000757826","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}