{"product_id":"2940013208377","title":"A Bunch of Cherries","description":"CONTENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     I.  The School\u003cbr\u003e    II.  The Girls\u003cbr\u003e   III.  The Telegram\u003cbr\u003e    IV.  Sir John's Great Scheme\u003cbr\u003e     V.  Florence\u003cbr\u003e    VI.  Kitty and Her Father\u003cbr\u003e   VII.  Cherry-Colored Ribbons\u003cbr\u003e  VIII.  The Letter\u003cbr\u003e    IX.  The Little Mummy\u003cbr\u003e     X.  Aunt Susan\u003cbr\u003e    XI.  \"I Always Admired Frankness\"\u003cbr\u003e   XII.  The Fairy Box\u003cbr\u003e  XIII.  An Invitation\u003cbr\u003e   XIV.  At the Park\u003cbr\u003e    XV.  The Pupil Teacher\u003cbr\u003e   XVI.  Temptation\u003cbr\u003e  XVII.  The Fall\u003cbr\u003e XVIII.  The Guests Arrive\u003cbr\u003e   XIX.  Tit for Tat\u003cbr\u003e    XX.  The Hills for Ever\u003cbr\u003e   XXI.  The Sting of the Serpent\u003cbr\u003e  XXII.  The Voice of God\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA BUNCH OF CHERRIES.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE SCHOOL.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe house was long and low and rambling.  In parts at least it must\u003cbr\u003ehave been quite a hundred years old, and even the modern portion was\u003cbr\u003enot built according to the ideas of the present day, for in 1870 people\u003cbr\u003ewere not so aesthetic as they are now, and the lines of beauty and\u003cbr\u003egrace were not considered all essential to happiness.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSo even the new part of the house had square rooms destitute of\u003cbr\u003eornament, and the papers were small in pattern and without any artistic\u003cbr\u003edesigns, and the windows were square and straight, and the ceilings\u003cbr\u003ewere somewhat low.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe house opened on to a wide lawn, and at the left of the lawn was a\u003cbr\u003epaddock and at the right a shrubbery, and the shrubbery led away under\u003cbr\u003eits overhanging trees into the most perfect walled-in garden that was\u003cbr\u003eever seen.  The garden was two or three hundred years old.  The oldest\u003cbr\u003einhabitants of the place had never known the time when Cherry Court\u003cbr\u003egarden was not the talk of the country.  Visitors came from all parts\u003cbr\u003eround to see it.  It was celebrated on account of its very high walls\u003cbr\u003ebuilt of red brick, its size, for it covered at least three acres of\u003cbr\u003eground, and its magnificent cherries.  The cherry trees in the Court\u003cbr\u003egarden bore the most splendid fruit which could be obtained in any part\u003cbr\u003eof the county.  They were in great demand, not only for the girls who\u003cbr\u003elived in the old house and played in the garden, but for the neighbors\u003cbr\u003eall over the country.  A big price was always paid for these cherries,\u003cbr\u003efor they made such splendid jam, as well as being so full of juice and\u003cbr\u003eso ripe and good to eat that their like could not be found anywhere\u003cbr\u003eelse.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe cherries were of all sorts and kinds, from the celebrated White\u003cbr\u003eHeart to the black cherry.  There were cherries for cooking and\u003cbr\u003echerries for eating, and in the season the trees, which were laden with\u003cbr\u003eripe fruit, were a sight to behold.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47069891002608,"sku":"2940013208377","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013208377_p0.jpg?v=1763578190","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013208377","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}