{"product_id":"2940013265554","title":"The Big Otter","description":"CHAPTER ONE.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSLEEPING IN SNOW.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCold comfort is naturally suggested by a bed of snow, yet I have enjoyed\u003cbr\u003egreat comfort and much warmth in such a bed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMy friend Lumley was particularly fond of warmth and of physical ease,\u003cbr\u003eyet he often expressed the opinion, with much emphasis, that there was\u003cbr\u003enothing he enjoyed so much as a night in a snow-bed.  Jack Lumley was my\u003cbr\u003echum--a fine manly fellow with a vigorous will, a hardy frame, and a\u003cbr\u003ekindly heart.  We had a natural leaning towards each other--a sort of\u003cbr\u003eundefinable sympathy--which inclined us to seek each other's company in\u003cbr\u003ea quiet unobtrusive way.  We were neither of us demonstrative; we did\u003cbr\u003enot express regard for each other; we made no protestations of undying\u003cbr\u003efriendship, but we drew together, somehow, especially in our hunting\u003cbr\u003eexpeditions which were numerous.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn holidays--we had two in the week at the outpost in the American\u003cbr\u003ebackwoods where we dwelt--when the other young fellows were cleaning\u003cbr\u003egulls or arranging snow-shoes for the day's work, Lumley was wont to say\u003cbr\u003eto me:--\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Where d'you intend to shoot to-day, Max?\"  (Max was an abbreviation; my\u003cbr\u003ereal name is George Maxby.)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I think I'll go up by the willows and round by Beaver Creek.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I've half a mind to go that way too.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Come along then.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd so we would go off together for the day.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne morning Lumley said to me, \"I'm off to North River; will you come?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"With pleasure, but we'll have to camp out.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Well, it won't be the first time.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"D'you know that the thermometer stood at forty below zero this morning\u003cbr\u003ebefore breakfast?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I know it; what then?  Mercurial fellows like you don't freeze easily.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI did not condescend to reply, but set about preparing for our\u003cbr\u003eexpedition, resolving to carry my largest blanket with me, for camping\u003cbr\u003eout implied sleeping in the snow.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOf course I must guard my readers--especially my juvenile readers--from\u003cbr\u003esupposing that it was our purpose that night to undress and calmly lie\u003cbr\u003edown in, or on, the pure white winding-sheet in which the frozen world\u003cbr\u003eof the Great Nor'-west had been at that time wrapped for more than four\u003cbr\u003emonths.  Our snow-bed, like other beds, required making, but I will\u003cbr\u003epostpone the making of it till bed-time.  Meanwhile, let us follow the\u003cbr\u003esteps of Lumley, who, being taller and stronger than I, _always_ led the\u003cbr\u003eway.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47082468999408,"sku":"2940013265554","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013265554_p0.jpg?v=1763578737","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013265554","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}