{"product_id":"2940013342804","title":"RAGGED DICK","description":"CHAPTER I\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRAGGED DICK IS INTRODUCED TO THE READER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Wake up there, youngster,\" said a rough voice.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRagged Dick opened his eyes slowly, and stared stupidly in the face\u003cbr\u003eof the speaker, but did not offer to get up.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Wake up, you young vagabond!\" said the man a little impatiently;\u003cbr\u003e\"I suppose you'd lay there all day, if I hadn't called you.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"What time is it?\" asked Dick.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Seven o'clock.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Seven o'clock! I oughter've been up an hour ago. I know what 'twas\u003cbr\u003emade me so precious sleepy. I went to the Old Bowery last night, and\u003cbr\u003edidn't turn in till past twelve.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"You went to the Old Bowery? Where'd you get your money?\" asked the\u003cbr\u003eman, who was a porter in the employ of a firm doing business on\u003cbr\u003eSpruce Street. \"Made it by shines, in course. My guardian don't\u003cbr\u003eallow me no money for theatres, so I have to earn it.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Some boys get it easier than that,\" said the porter significantly.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"You don't catch me stealin', if that's what you mean,\" said Dick.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Don't you ever steal, then?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"No, and I wouldn't. Lots of boys does it, but I wouldn't.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Well, I'm glad to hear you say that. I believe there's some\u003cbr\u003egood in you, Dick, after all.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Oh, I'm a rough customer!\" said Dick. \"But I wouldn't steal.\u003cbr\u003eIt's mean.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I'm glad you think so, Dick,\" and the rough voice sounded gentler\u003cbr\u003ethan at first. \"Have you got any money to buy your breakfast?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"No, but I'll soon get some.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhile this conversation had been going on, Dick had got up. His\u003cbr\u003ebedchamber had been a wooden box half full of straw, on which the\u003cbr\u003eyoung boot-black had reposed his weary limbs, and slept as soundly\u003cbr\u003eas if it had been a bed of down. He dumped down into the straw\u003cbr\u003ewithout taking the trouble of undressing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGetting up too was an equally short process. He jumped out of the\u003cbr\u003ebox, shook himself, picked out one or two straws that had found\u003cbr\u003etheir way into rents in his clothes, and, drawing a well-worn cap\u003cbr\u003eover his uncombed locks, he was all ready for the business of the\u003cbr\u003eday.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDick's appearance as he stood beside the box was rather peculiar.\u003cbr\u003eHis pants were torn in several places, and had apparently belonged\u003cbr\u003ein the first instance to a boy two sizes larger than himself. He\u003cbr\u003ewore a vest, all the buttons of which were gone except two, out of\u003cbr\u003ewhich peeped a shirt which looked as if it had been worn a month.\u003cbr\u003eTo complete his costume he wore a coat too long for him, dating\u003cbr\u003eback, if one might judge from its general appearance, to a remote\u003cbr\u003eantiquity.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47181235454192,"sku":"2940013342804","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013342804_p0.jpg?v=1763579686","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013342804","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}