{"product_id":"2940013342712","title":"PHIL, THE FIDDLER","description":"CONTENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     CHAPTER\u003cbr\u003e     I.      PHIL THE FIDDLER\u003cbr\u003e     II.     PHIL AND HIS PROTECTOR\u003cbr\u003e     III.    GIACOMO\u003cbr\u003e     IV.     AN INVITATION TO SUPPER\u003cbr\u003e     V.      ON THE FERRY BOAT\u003cbr\u003e     VI.     THE BARROOM\u003cbr\u003e     VII.    THE HOME OF THE BOYS\u003cbr\u003e     VIII.   A COLD DAY\u003cbr\u003e     IX.     PIETRO THE SPY\u003cbr\u003e     X.      FRENCH'S HOTEL\u003cbr\u003e     XI.     THE BOYS RECEPTION\u003cbr\u003e     XII.    GIACOMO'S PRESENTIMENTS\u003cbr\u003e     XIII.   PHIL FINDS A CAPITALIST\u003cbr\u003e     XIV.    THE TAMBOURINE GIRL\u003cbr\u003e     XV.     PHIL'S NEW PLANS\u003cbr\u003e     XVI.    THE FASHIONABLE PARTY\u003cbr\u003e     XVII.   THE PADRONE IS ANXIOUS\u003cbr\u003e     XVIII.  PHIL ELUDES HIS PURSUER\u003cbr\u003e     XIX.    PIETRO'S PURSUIT\u003cbr\u003e     XX.     PIETRO'S DISAPPOINTMENT\u003cbr\u003e     XXI.    THE SIEGE\u003cbr\u003e     XXII.   THE SIEGE IS RAISED\u003cbr\u003e     XXIII.  A PITCHED BATTLE\u003cbr\u003e     XXIV.   THE DEATH OF GIACOMO\u003cbr\u003e     XXV.    PHIL FINDS A FRIEND\u003cbr\u003e     XXVI.   CONCLUSION\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePHIL THE FIDDLER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePHIL THE FIDDLER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Viva Garibaldi!\" sang a young Italian boy in an uptown street,\u003cbr\u003eaccompanying himself on a violin which, from its battered appearance,\u003cbr\u003eseemed to have met with hard usage.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs the young singer is to be the hero of my story, I will pause to\u003cbr\u003edescribe him. He was twelve years old, but small of his age. His\u003cbr\u003ecomplexion was a brilliant olive, with the dark eyes peculiar to his\u003cbr\u003erace, and his hair black. In spite of the dirt, his face was strikingly\u003cbr\u003ehandsome, especially when lighted up by a smile, as was often the case,\u003cbr\u003efor in spite of the hardships of his lot, and these were neither few nor\u003cbr\u003elight, Filippo was naturally merry and light-hearted.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe wore a velveteen jacket, and pantaloons which atoned, by their extra\u003cbr\u003elength, for the holes resulting from hard usage and antiquity. His\u003cbr\u003eshoes, which appeared to be wholly unacquainted with blacking, were,\u003cbr\u003elike his pantaloons, two or three sizes too large for him, making it\u003cbr\u003enecessary for him to shuffle along ungracefully.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt was now ten o'clock in the morning. Two hours had elapsed since\u003cbr\u003eFilippo, or Phil, as I shall call him, for the benefit of my readers\u003cbr\u003eunfamiliar with Italian names, had left the miserable home in Crosby\u003cbr\u003eStreet, where he and forty other boys lived in charge of a middle-aged\u003cbr\u003eItalian, known as the padrone. Of this person, and the relations between\u003cbr\u003ehim and the boys, I shall hereafter speak. At present I propose to\u003cbr\u003eaccompany Phil.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47181383205104,"sku":"2940013342712","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013342712_p0.jpg?v=1763579590","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013342712","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}