{"product_id":"2940013278561","title":"TRY AND TRUST","description":"CONTENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI.     AROUND THE BREAKFAST TABLE\u003cbr\u003eII.    INTRODUCING THE HERO\u003cbr\u003eIII.   A COLLISION\u003cbr\u003eIV.    A DISAGREEABLE SURPRISE\u003cbr\u003eV.     THE ENVELOPE\u003cbr\u003eVI.    ON THE WAY\u003cbr\u003eVII.   A NEW HOME\u003cbr\u003eVIII.  THE GHOST IN THE ATTIC\u003cbr\u003eIX.    EXPOSING A FRAUD\u003cbr\u003eX.     THE CLOUDS GATHER\u003cbr\u003eXI.    A CRISIS\u003cbr\u003eXII.   RALPH THE RANGER\u003cbr\u003eXIII.  A MOMENT OF PERIL\u003cbr\u003eXIV.   TAKEN PRISONER\u003cbr\u003eXV.    A FOUR-FOOTED FOE\u003cbr\u003eXVI.   JUST TOO LATE\u003cbr\u003eXVII.  NEW ACQUAINTANCES\u003cbr\u003eXVIII. A YOUNG ARISTOCRAT\u003cbr\u003eXIX.   A SUSPICIOUS CHARACTER\u003cbr\u003eXX.    FACING A BURGLAR\u003cbr\u003eXXI.   HERBERT'S REWARD\u003cbr\u003eXXII.  ROBBED IN THE NIGHT\u003cbr\u003eXXIII. A BUSINESS CALL\u003cbr\u003eXXIV.  FINDING A BOARDING PLACE\u003cbr\u003eXXV.   GETTING A SITUATION\u003cbr\u003eXXVI.  A FAMILY COUNCIL\u003cbr\u003eXXVII. AT THE CONCERT\u003cbr\u003eXXVIII. PETER GREENLEAF AGAIN\u003cbr\u003eXXIX.  SPARRING\u003cbr\u003eXXX.   AN UNEXPECTED BLOW\u003cbr\u003eXXXI.  MR. STANTON IS SURPRISED\u003cbr\u003eXXXII. RISEN FROM THE DEAD\u003cbr\u003eXXXIII. A FRIEND IN NEED\u003cbr\u003eXXXIV. CONCLUSION\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAROUND THE BREAKFAST TABLE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Well, wife,\" said Mr. Benjamin Stanton, as he sat down to a late\u003cbr\u003ebreakfast, \"I had a letter from Ohio yesterday.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"From Ohio? Who should write you from Ohio? Anyone I know?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"My sister, Margaret, you remember, moved out there with her husband ten\u003cbr\u003eyears ago.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Oh, it's from her, is it?\" said Mrs. Stanton, indifferently.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"No,\" said her husband with momentary gravity. \"It's from a Dr. Kent,\u003cbr\u003ewho attended her in her last illness. Margaret is dead!\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Dear me!\" returned Mrs. Stanton, uncomfortably; \"and I am just out of\u003cbr\u003emourning for my aunt. Do you think it will be necessary for us to go\u003cbr\u003einto mourning for your sister?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"No, I think not,\" said her husband. \"Margaret has lived away from us so\u003cbr\u003elong, and people won't know that we have had a death in the family\u003cbr\u003eunless we mention it.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Was that all the letter said--about the death, I mean?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Why, no,\" said Mr. Stanton, with a little frown. \"It seems Margaret\u003cbr\u003eleft a child--a boy of fourteen; and, as she left no property, the\u003cbr\u003edoctor suggests that I should send for the boy and assume the care of\u003cbr\u003ehim.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Upon my word!\" said Mrs. Stanton; \"you will find yourself in business\u003cbr\u003eif you undertake to provide for all the beggars' brats that apply to you\u003cbr\u003efor assistance.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"You must remember that you are speaking of my sister's child,\" said Mr.\u003cbr\u003eStanton, who, cold and selfish and worldly as he was, had some touch of\u003cbr\u003edecency about him, and did not relish the term \"beggars' brats,\" as\u003cbr\u003eapplied to one so nearly related to him.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Well, call him what you like,\" said his wife; \"only don't be so foolish\u003cbr\u003eas to go spending your money on him when our children need all we have.\u003cbr\u003eThere's Maria needs a new dress immediately. She says all the girls at\u003cbr\u003eSignor Madalini's dancing academy dress elegantly, and she's positively\u003cbr\u003eashamed to appear in any of her present dresses.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"How much will it cost?\" asked Mr. Stanton, opening his pocketbook.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"You may hand me seventy-five dollars. I think I can make that do.\"","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47079367540976,"sku":"2940013278561","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013278561_p0.jpg?v=1763590440","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013278561","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}