{"product_id":"2940013243668","title":"WALTER SHERWOOD'S PROBATION","description":"CHAPTER I\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWALTER SHERWOOD'S LETTER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Here's a letter for you, Doctor Mack,\" said the housekeeper, as she\u003cbr\u003eentered the plain room used as a library and sitting-room by her\u003cbr\u003eemployer, Doctor Ezekiel Mack. \"It's from Walter, I surmise.\" This was\u003cbr\u003ea favorite word with Miss Nancy Sprague, who, though a housekeeper,\u003cbr\u003eprided herself on having been a schoolmistress in her earlier days.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Indeed, Nancy. Let me see it. Walter is really getting attentive. His\u003cbr\u003elast letter came to hand only two days since. He hasn't forgotten his\u003cbr\u003eold guardian.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Oh, no, sir. He'll never do that. He has a predilection for his old\u003cbr\u003ehome. His heart is in the right place.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Just so. I wish I felt as sure about his head.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDoctor Mack adjusted his spectacles, for he was rising sixty, and his\u003cbr\u003eeyes required assistance, and opened the letter. As he read it his\u003cbr\u003eforehead contracted, and he looked disturbed. A perusal of the letter\u003cbr\u003emay help us to understand why. It ran as follows:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"DEAR GUARDIAN: You will be surprised at hearing from me so soon\u003cbr\u003eagain, but I am really forced to write. I find college life much more\u003cbr\u003eexpensive than I supposed it would be. A fellow is expected to join\u003cbr\u003etwo or three societies, and each costs money. I know you wouldn't have\u003cbr\u003eme appear mean. Then the students have been asked to contribute to a\u003cbr\u003efund for the enlargement of the library, and almost every day there is\u003cbr\u003ea demand for money for one object or another. As it is nearly the end\u003cbr\u003eof the term, I calculate that with a check for an extra hundred\u003cbr\u003edollars I can get along. I am awfully sorry to ask for it, but it will\u003cbr\u003ecome out of the money father left me, and I am sure he would wish me\u003cbr\u003eto keep up appearances, and not fall behind the rest of the boys.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I stand fairly well in my studies, and I expect to be stroke oar of\u003cbr\u003ethe college boat club. Besides this, I have been elected catcher of\u003cbr\u003ethe college baseball club. I am thought to excel in athletic sports,\u003cbr\u003eand really enjoy my college life very much. Please send me the check\u003cbr\u003eby return of mail. Affectionately yours, WALTER.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDoctor Mack laid the letter on the table, and slowly removed the\u003cbr\u003eglasses from his nose.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47167674417392,"sku":"2940013243668","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013243668_p0.jpg?v=1763578843","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013243668","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}