{"product_id":"2940013221390","title":"THE TELEGRAPH MESSENGER BOY","description":"CONTENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER                                PAGE\u003cbr\u003e     I.  On a Log                         1\u003cbr\u003e    II.  The Collision                    8\u003cbr\u003e   III.  The Office Boy                  16\u003cbr\u003e    IV.  A Message in the Night          22\u003cbr\u003e     V.  In Storm and Darkness           29\u003cbr\u003e    VI.  \"Tell Mother I Am All Right\"    36\u003cbr\u003e   VII.  A Thrilling Voyage              43\u003cbr\u003e  VIII.  The Cipher Telegram             50\u003cbr\u003e    IX.  The Translation                 57\u003cbr\u003e     X.  Farmer Jones                    64\u003cbr\u003e    XI.  The Value of Courtesy           71\u003cbr\u003e   XII.  A Call                          78\u003cbr\u003e  XIII.  At the Grandin Mansion          85\u003cbr\u003e   XIV.  The Conspiracy                  93\u003cbr\u003e    XV.  An Affray at Night              99\u003cbr\u003e   XVI.  The Third Telegram             106\u003cbr\u003e  XVII.  Decidedly Mixed                113\u003cbr\u003e XVIII.  Between Two Fires              120\u003cbr\u003e   XIX.  Baffled!                       127\u003cbr\u003e    XX.  Watching and Waiting           134\u003cbr\u003e   XXI.  \"Lay Low!\"                     141\u003cbr\u003e  XXII.  The Battle of Life             148\u003cbr\u003e XXIII.  Face to Face                   155\u003cbr\u003e  XXIV.  Startling Discoveries          160\u003cbr\u003e   XXV.  In the Nick of Time            169\u003cbr\u003e  XXVI.  Conclusion                     176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eON A LOG\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI made the acquaintance of Ben Mayberry under peculiar circumstances. I\u003cbr\u003ehad charge of the Western Union's telegraph office in Damietta, where my\u003cbr\u003eduties were of the most exacting nature. I was kept hard at work through\u003cbr\u003ethe winter months, and more of it crowded on me during the spring than I\u003cbr\u003ecould manage with comfort.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI strolled to the river bank one summer afternoon, and was sauntering\u003cbr\u003elazily along when I noticed a young urchin, who was floating down-stream\u003cbr\u003eon a log, which had probably drifted thither from the lumber regions\u003cbr\u003eabove. The boy was standing upright, with a grin of delight on his face,\u003cbr\u003eand he probably found more real enjoyment in floating down-stream in this\u003cbr\u003estyle than any excursionist could obtain in a long voyage on a palace\u003cbr\u003esteamer.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe had on an old straw hat, through the crown of which his brown hair\u003cbr\u003eprotruded in several directions; his pantaloons were held up by a single\u003cbr\u003esuspender, skewered through them in front by a tenpenny nail--an\u003cbr\u003earrangement which caused the garments to hang in a lopsided fashion to\u003cbr\u003ehis shoulders. He was barefooted, and his trousers were rolled up to his\u003cbr\u003eknees. He wore no coat nor vest, and his shirt was of the coarsest\u003cbr\u003emuslin, but it was quite clean.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47176132526320,"sku":"2940013221390","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013221390_p0.jpg?v=1763578419","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013221390","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}