{"product_id":"2940013300996","title":"The Golden Dream","description":"CHAPTER ONE.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eADVENTURES IN THE FAR WEST.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE CAUSE OF THE WHOLE AFFAIR.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNed Sinton gazed at the scene before him with indescribable amazement!\u003cbr\u003eHe had often witnessed strange things in the course of his short though\u003cbr\u003echequered life, but he had never seen anything like this.  Many a dream\u003cbr\u003eof the most extravagant nature had surrounded his pillow with creatures\u003cbr\u003eof curious form and scenes of magic beauty, but never before, either by\u003cbr\u003eactual observation or in nightly vision, had Ned Sinton beheld a scene\u003cbr\u003eso wonderful as that which now lay spread out before him.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNed stood in the centre of a cavern of vast dimensions--so vast, and so\u003cbr\u003efull of intense light, that instead of looking on it as a huge cave, he\u003cbr\u003efelt disposed to regard it as a small world.  The sides of this cavern\u003cbr\u003ewere made of pure gold, and the roof--far above his head--was spangled\u003cbr\u003eall over with glittering points, like a starry sky.  The ground, too,\u003cbr\u003eand, in short, everything within the cave, was made of the same precious\u003cbr\u003emetal.  Thousands of stalactites hung from the roof like golden icicles.\u003cbr\u003eMillions of delicate threads of the same material also depended from\u003cbr\u003ethe star-spangled vault, each thread having a golden ball at the end of\u003cbr\u003eit, which, strange to say, was transparent, and permitted a bright\u003cbr\u003eflame within to shine through, and shed a yellow lustre over\u003cbr\u003esurrounding objects.  All the edges, and angles, and points of the\u003cbr\u003eirregularly-formed walls were of burnished gold, which reflected the\u003cbr\u003erays of these pendant lamps with dazzling brilliancy, while the broad\u003cbr\u003emasses of the frosted walls shone with a subdued light.  Magnificent\u003cbr\u003ecurtains of golden filigree fell in rich voluminous folds on the\u003cbr\u003epavement, half concealing several archways which led into smaller\u003cbr\u003ecaverns, similar to the large one.  Altogether it was a scene of\u003cbr\u003eluxurious richness and splendour that is utterly indescribable.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47068741239024,"sku":"2940013300996","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013300996_p0.jpg?v=1763579501","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013300996","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}