{"product_id":"2940013243606","title":"TOM, THE BOOTBLACK","description":"CHAPTER I.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eINTRODUCING TOM, THE BOOTBLACK.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"How do you feel this morning, Jacob?\" asked a boy of fifteen, bending\u003cbr\u003eover an old man crouched in the corner of an upper room, in a poor\u003cbr\u003etenement-house, distant less than a quarter of a mile from the New York\u003cbr\u003eCity Hall.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Weak, Tom,\" whined the old man, in reply. \"I--I ain't got much\u003cbr\u003estrength.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Would you like some breakfast?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I--I don't know. Breakfast costs money.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Never you mind about that, Jacob. I can earn money enough for both of\u003cbr\u003eus. Come, now, you'd like some coffee and eggs, wouldn't you?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere was a look of eager appetite in the old man's eyes as he heard\u003cbr\u003ethe boy speak.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Yes,\" he answered, \"I should like them; but we can't afford it.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Don't you be afraid of that. I'll go and ask Mrs. Flanagan to get some\u003cbr\u003eready at once. I've earned thirty cents this morning already, Jacob,\u003cbr\u003eand that'll pay for breakfast for the two of us. I think I could eat\u003cbr\u003esome breakfast myself.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJacob uttered a feeble remonstrance, but the boy did not stop to hear\u003cbr\u003eit. He went down the rough staircase, and knocked at the door of the\u003cbr\u003eroom below. It was opened by a stout, wholesome-looking Irish woman,\u003cbr\u003ewho saluted the boy heartily.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Well, Tom, and how's your grandfather this mornin'?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"He's weak, Mrs. Flanagan; but he'll be the better for some breakfast,\u003cbr\u003eand so shall I. I'll go and buy half a dozen eggs, if you'll be kind\u003cbr\u003eenough to cook them, and make some coffee for us. I'll pay you for your\u003cbr\u003etrouble.\"","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47179684380912,"sku":"2940013243606","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013243606_p0.jpg?v=1763578730","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013243606","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}