{"product_id":"2940013168886","title":"UNCLE NOAH'S CHRISTMAS INSPIRATION","description":"I.  CHRISTMAS EVE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  II.  THE INSPIRATION\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e III.  THE GRAY-EYED LADY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  IV.  CHRISTMAS INTRIGUE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   V.  FERNLANDS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  VI.  THE COLONEL'S CHRISTMAS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Illustrations\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe caught sight of the orchids and the tear-stained face of his wife\u003cbr\u003ebending over them . . . . Frontispiece\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Now, sah, yoh be quiet and listen to dis note I gets from young Massa\u003cbr\u003eDick\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I'se jus' come in--to ask yoh, Miss, if you'd like to buy an ol'\u003cbr\u003enigger servant.  I'se foh sale\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Dick,\" he said queerly, holding out a trembling hand, \"we're both\u003cbr\u003ecitizens of the United States, and--it's Christmas day\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChristmas Cheer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUncle Noah's Christmas Inspiration\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe twilight of a Christmas Eve, gray with the portent of coming snow,\u003cbr\u003ecrept slowly over the old plantation of Brierwood, softening the\u003cbr\u003eoutlines of a decrepit house still rearing its roof in massive dignity\u003cbr\u003eand a tumbledown barn flanked by barren fields.  A quiet melancholy\u003cbr\u003ehovered about the old house as if it brooded over a host of bygone\u003cbr\u003eYuletides alive with the shouts of merry negroes and the jingle of\u003cbr\u003evisiting sleighs--Yuletides when the snowy dusk had been ushered in to\u003cbr\u003ethe lowing of cattle and the neighing of horses safely housed in the\u003cbr\u003eold barn.  There were no negroes now, no blooded stock--no fluttering\u003cbr\u003efowls save one belligerent old turkey gobbler fleeing from a\u003cbr\u003ewhite-haired darky who tried in vain to drive him to his roost in the\u003cbr\u003ebarn.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47147502403824,"sku":"2940013168886","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013168886_p0.jpg?v=1763577788","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013168886","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}