{"product_id":"2940013275225","title":"THE YOUNG ADVENTURER","description":"CONTENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   CHAPTER                                PAGE\u003cbr\u003e       I MARK NELSON'S FAMILY                3\u003cbr\u003e      II TOM FINDS A WALLET                 10\u003cbr\u003e     III TOM ASKS A LOAN                    17\u003cbr\u003e      IV TOM ASKS LEAVE OF ABSENCE          25\u003cbr\u003e       V TOM RAISES THE MONEY               33\u003cbr\u003e      VI TOM ARRIVES IN PITTSBURG           42\u003cbr\u003e     VII THE PITTSBURG HOUSE                51\u003cbr\u003e    VIII GRAHAM IN HIS TRUE COLORS          59\u003cbr\u003e      IX THE \"RIVER BELLE\"                  68\u003cbr\u003e       X ON THE STEAMER                     76\u003cbr\u003e      XI THE FIRST DAY ON THE RIVER         85\u003cbr\u003e     XII NO. 61 AND NO. 62                  94\u003cbr\u003e    XIII GRAHAM'S DISAPPOINTMENT           104\u003cbr\u003e     XIV COMING TO AN UNDERSTANDING        113\u003cbr\u003e      XV THE ALLEGHANY HOUSE               117\u003cbr\u003e     XVI THE EVENTS OF A MORNING           122\u003cbr\u003e    XVII TOM'S ARREST                      131\u003cbr\u003e   XVIII TOM GETS OUT OF HIS DIFFICULTY    140\u003cbr\u003e     XIX A MISSOURI TAVERN                 149\u003cbr\u003e      XX ST. JOE                           158\u003cbr\u003e     XXI HOW THINGS WENT ON AT HOME        167\u003cbr\u003e    XXII THE YOUNG MAN FROM BOSTON         175\u003cbr\u003e   XXIII MR. PEABODY'S TROUBLES            184\u003cbr\u003e    XXIV A SAD SIGHT                       192\u003cbr\u003e     XXV A NIGHT PANIC                     201\u003cbr\u003e    XXVI MR. PEABODY IS WORSTED            209\u003cbr\u003e   XXVII THE LOST HORSE                    217\u003cbr\u003e  XXVIII INDIAN CASUISTRY                  221\u003cbr\u003e    XXIX A RACE FOR LIFE                   230\u003cbr\u003e     XXX TOM BECOMES AN INDIAN             234\u003cbr\u003e    XXXI TOM GIVES A MAGICAL SOIREE        240\u003cbr\u003e   XXXII TOM'S ESCAPE                      247\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE YOUNG ADVENTURER.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMARK NELSON'S FAMILY.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I wish I could pay off the mortgage on my farm,\" said Mark Nelson\u003cbr\u003esoberly, taking his seat on the left of the fireplace, in the room where\u003cbr\u003ehis wife and family were assembled.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Have you paid the interest, Mark?\" asked his wife.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Yes; I paid it this afternoon, and it has stripped me of money\u003cbr\u003ecompletely. I have less than five dollars in my pocketbook toward buying\u003cbr\u003eyou and the children clothes for the winter.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Never mind me,\" said his wife cheerfully. \"I am pretty well provided\u003cbr\u003efor.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Why, mother,\" said Sarah, the oldest daughter, a girl of fourteen; \"you\u003cbr\u003ehaven't had a new dress for a year.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I have enough to last me till spring, at any rate,\" said the mother.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"You never buy anything for yourself.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I don't go in rags, do I?\" asked Mrs. Nelson, with a smile.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMrs. Nelson had a happy disposition, which led her to accept\u003cbr\u003euncomplainingly, and even cheerfully, the sacrifices which, as the wife\u003cbr\u003eof a farmer in poor circumstances, she was compelled to make.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"You are right, Sarah,\" said Mark Nelson. \"Your mother never seems to\u003cbr\u003ethink of herself. She might have been much better off if she had not\u003cbr\u003emarried me.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe children did not understand this allusion. They had never been told\u003cbr\u003ethat their mother had received an offer from Squire Hudson, the\u003cbr\u003ewealthiest man in the village, but had chosen instead to marry Mark\u003cbr\u003eNelson, whose only property was a small farm, mortgaged for half its\u003cbr\u003evalue. Her rejected admirer took the refusal hard, for, as much as it\u003cbr\u003ewas possible for him, he loved the prettiest girl in the village, as\u003cbr\u003eMary Dale was generally regarded. But Mary knew him to be cold and\u003cbr\u003eselfish, and could not make up her mind to marry him. If she had done\u003cbr\u003eso, she would now be living in the finest house in the village, with\u003cbr\u003ethe chance of spending the winter in New York or Boston, instead of\u003cbr\u003edrudging in an humble home, where there was indeed enough to eat, but\u003cbr\u003elittle money for even necessary purposes. She had never regretted her\u003cbr\u003edecision. Her husband, though poor, was generally respected and liked,\u003cbr\u003ewhile the squire, though his money procured him a certain degree of\u003cbr\u003econsideration, had no near or attached friends.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47073682424048,"sku":"2940013275225","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013275225_p0.jpg?v=1763579097","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013275225","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}