{"product_id":"2940013221208","title":"THE LAUNCH BOYS' ADVENTURES IN NORTHERN WATERS","description":"CONTENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER                                          PAGE\u003cbr\u003e     I.  A Proposal and an Acceptance               9\u003cbr\u003e    II.  The Scout of the Kennebec                 19\u003cbr\u003e   III.  At the Inlet                              29\u003cbr\u003e    IV.  A STRANGE RACE                            40\u003cbr\u003e     V.  The Loser of the Race                     51\u003cbr\u003e    VI.  A Warm Reception                          62\u003cbr\u003e   VII.  Science versus Strength                   72\u003cbr\u003e  VIII.  The Lone Guest                            83\u003cbr\u003e    IX.  A Break Down                              93\u003cbr\u003e     X.  At Beartown                              104\u003cbr\u003e    XI.  At the Post Office in Beartown           115\u003cbr\u003e   XII.  Hostesses and Guests                     126\u003cbr\u003e  XIII.  An Incident on Shipboard                 137\u003cbr\u003e   XIV.  \"The Night Shall be Filled with Music\"   147\u003cbr\u003e    XV.  A Knock at the Door                      155\u003cbr\u003e   XVI.  Visitors of the Night                    166\u003cbr\u003e  XVII.  \"Tall Oaks from Little Acorns Grow\"      177\u003cbr\u003e XVIII.  A Clever Trick                           188\u003cbr\u003e   XIX.  In the Nick of Time                      198\u003cbr\u003e    XX.  \"I Piped and Ye Danced\"                  208\u003cbr\u003e   XXI.  How It Was Done                          219\u003cbr\u003e  XXII.  A Startling Discovery                    230\u003cbr\u003e XXIII.  Through the Fog                          242\u003cbr\u003e  XXIV.  Bad for Mike Murphy                      252\u003cbr\u003e   XXV.  What Saved Mike                          263\u003cbr\u003e  XXVI.  The Good Samaritans                      273\u003cbr\u003e XXVII.  An Unwelcome Caller                      284\u003cbr\u003eXXVIII.  Plucking a Brand From the Burning        296\u003cbr\u003e  XXIX.  \"The Beautiful Isle of Somewhere\"        307\u003cbr\u003e   XXX.  A Through Ticket to Home                 318\u003cbr\u003e  XXXI.  Gathering Up the Ravelled Threads        329\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA PROPOSAL AND AN ACCEPTANCE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlvin Landon and Chester Haynes were having a merry time in the home of\u003cbr\u003eMike Murphy, when a servant knocked and made known that a caller was\u003cbr\u003eawaiting Alvin in the handsome bungalow belonging to his father. I have\u003cbr\u003etold you how the boys hurried thither, wondering who he could be, and how\u003cbr\u003ethey were astonished to find him the \"man in gray,\" who had become\u003cbr\u003estrangely mixed up in their affairs during the preceding few days.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut Alvin was a young gentleman, and asked the stranger to resume his\u003cbr\u003eseat, as he and Chester set the example. They noticed that the visitor\u003cbr\u003ewas without the handbag which had hitherto seemed a part of his\u003cbr\u003epersonality. Self-possessed and vaguely smiling, he spoke in an easy,\u003cbr\u003epleasant voice:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Of course you are surprised to receive a call from me.\" He addressed\u003cbr\u003eAlvin, who replied:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I don't deny it. Heretofore you have seemed more anxious to keep out of\u003cbr\u003eour way than to meet us.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I admit that it did have that look, but the cause exists no longer.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis remark did not enlighten the youths. Chester for a time took no part\u003cbr\u003ein the conversation. He listened and studied the man while awaiting an\u003cbr\u003eexplanation of what certainly had the appearance of a curious proceeding.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I don't understand what could have been the cause in the first place,\"\u003cbr\u003esaid Alvin, \"nor why my friend and myself should have been of any\u003cbr\u003einterest at all to you.\"","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47157033271536,"sku":"2940013221208","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013221208_p0.jpg?v=1763578541","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013221208","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}