{"product_id":"2940013342682","title":"PAUL THE PEDDLER","description":"CHAPTER I\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePAUL THE PEDDLER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Here's your prize packages! Only five cents! Money prize in every\u003cbr\u003epackage! Walk up, gentlemen, and try your luck!\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe speaker, a boy of fourteen, stood in front of the shabby brick\u003cbr\u003ebuilding, on Nassau street, which has served for many years as the New\u003cbr\u003eYork post office. In front of him, as he stood with his back to the\u003cbr\u003ebuilding, was a small basket, filled with ordinary letter envelopes,\u003cbr\u003eeach labeled \"Prize Package.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHis attractive announcement, which, at that time, had also the merit of\u003cbr\u003enovelty--for Paul had himself hit upon the idea, and manufactured the\u003cbr\u003epackages, as we shall hereafter explain--drew around him a miscellaneous\u003cbr\u003ecrowd, composed chiefly of boys.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"What's in the packages, Johnny?\" asked a bootblack, with his box\u003cbr\u003estrapped to his back.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Candy,\" answered Paul. \"Buy one. Only five cents.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"There ain't much candy,\" answered the bootblack, with a disparaging\u003cbr\u003eglance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"What if there isn't? There's a prize.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"How big a prize?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"There's a ten-cent stamp in some of 'em. All have got something in\u003cbr\u003e'em.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInfluenced by this representation, the bootblack drew out a five-cent\u003cbr\u003epiece, and said:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Pitch one over then. I guess I can stand it.\" An envelope was at once\u003cbr\u003ehanded him.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Open it, Johnny,\" said a newsboy at his side. Twenty curious eyes were\u003cbr\u003efixed upon him as he opened the package. He drew out rather a scanty\u003cbr\u003esupply of candy, and then turning to Paul, with a look of indignation,\u003cbr\u003esaid:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Where's the prize? I don't see no prize. Give me back my five cents.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Give it to me. I'll show you,\" said the young merchant.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe thrust in his finger, and drew out a square bit of paper, on which\u003cbr\u003ewas written--One Cent.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"There's your prize,\" he added, drawing a penny from his pocket.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"It ain't much of a prize,\" said the buyer. \"Where's your ten cents?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I didn't say I put ten cents into every package,\" answered Paul.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I'd burst up pretty quick if I did that. Who'll have another package?\u003cbr\u003eOnly five cents!\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCuriosity and taste for speculation are as prevalent among children as\u003cbr\u003ewith men, so this appeal produced its effect.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47160972640496,"sku":"2940013342682","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013342682_p0.jpg?v=1763579588","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013342682","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}