{"product_id":"2940013217003","title":"HASTE AND WASTE","description":"CHAPTER I\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE SQUALL ON THE LAKE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Stand by, Captain John!\" shouted Lawry Wilford, a stout boy of\u003cbr\u003efourteen, as he stood at the helm of a sloop, which was going before\u003cbr\u003ethe wind up Lake Champlain.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"What's the matter, Lawry?\" demanded the captain.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"We're going to have a squall,\" continued the young pilot, as he\u003cbr\u003eglanced at the tall peaks of the Adirondacks.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere was a squall in those clouds, in the judgment of Lawry\u003cbr\u003eWilford; but having duly notified the captain of the impending danger\u003cbr\u003eto his craft, he did not assume any further responsibility in the\u003cbr\u003emanagement of the sloop. It was very quiet on the lake; the water was\u003cbr\u003esmooth, and the tiny waves sparkled in the bright sunshine. There was\u003cbr\u003eno roll of distant thunder to admonish the voyagers, and the youth at\u003cbr\u003ethe helm was so much accustomed to squalls and tempests, which are of\u003cbr\u003efrequent occurrence on the lake, that they had no terrors to him. It\u003cbr\u003ewas dinner-time, and the young pilot, fearful that the unexpected\u003cbr\u003eguest might reduce the rations to a low ebb for the second table, was\u003cbr\u003emore concerned about this matter than about the squall.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCaptain John, as he was familiarly called on board the\u003cbr\u003e_Missisque,_ which was the name of the sloop, was not a man to\u003cbr\u003ebe cheated out of any portion of his dinner by the approach of a\u003cbr\u003esquall; and though his jaws may have moved more rapidly after the\u003cbr\u003eannouncement of the young pilot, he did not neglect even the green-apple\u003cbr\u003epies, the first of the season, prepared with care and skill by\u003cbr\u003eMrs. Captain John, who resided on board, and did \"doctor's\" duty at\u003cbr\u003ethe galley. Captain John did not abate a single mouthful of the meal,\u003cbr\u003ethough he knew how rapidly the mountain showers and squalls travel\u003cbr\u003eover the lake. The sloop did not usually make more than four or five\u003cbr\u003emiles an hour, being deeply laden with lumber, which was piled up so\u003cbr\u003ehigh on the deck that the mainsail had to be reefed, to make room for\u003cbr\u003eit.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47068726821104,"sku":"2940013217003","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013217003_p0.jpg?v=1763578053","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013217003","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}