{"product_id":"2940013342903","title":"SAM'S CHANCE","description":"Chapter Title                                   Page\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     I. Sam's New Clothes.                         5\u003cbr\u003e    II. Sam's First Day in Business               13\u003cbr\u003e   III. Sam Finds A Room                          23\u003cbr\u003e    IV. First Lessons                             32\u003cbr\u003e     V. Sam's Finances                            42\u003cbr\u003e    VI. Sam's Luck                                51\u003cbr\u003e   VII. Twenty-Five Dollars Reward                60\u003cbr\u003e  VIII. An Unexpected Obstacle                    69\u003cbr\u003e    IX. Restoring the Ring                        78\u003cbr\u003e     X. Sam's Investment                          88\u003cbr\u003e    XI. Henry Becomes a Merchant                  97\u003cbr\u003e   XII. How Sam Succeeded                        106\u003cbr\u003e  XIII. Henry's Good Fortune                     116\u003cbr\u003e   XIV. The Savings Bank Book                    123\u003cbr\u003e    XV. Sam is Found Out                         129\u003cbr\u003e   XVI. Sam Loses His Place                      136\u003cbr\u003e  XVII. Tim is Unmasked                          146\u003cbr\u003e XVIII. The Fall River Boat                      154\u003cbr\u003e   XIX. Mutual Confidences                       161\u003cbr\u003e    XX. Too Late for the Train                   165\u003cbr\u003e   XXI. Arrived in Boston                        172\u003cbr\u003e  XXII. First Experiences in Boston              176\u003cbr\u003e XXIII. Sam Finds a Roommate                     183\u003cbr\u003e  XXIV. An Unpleasant Surprise                   191\u003cbr\u003e   XXV. In Pursuit of a Place                    200\u003cbr\u003e  XXVI. Abner Blodgett Again                     208\u003cbr\u003e XXVII. Sam is Initiated Into a College Society  216\u003cbr\u003eXXVIII. Brown's Plan                             226\u003cbr\u003e  XXIX. Arthur Brown                             234\u003cbr\u003e   XXX. How It was Arranged                      242\u003cbr\u003e  XXXI. Two Years Later                          246\u003cbr\u003e XXXII. Conclusion                               251\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePREFACE.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Sam's Chance\" is a sequel to the \"Young Outlaw,\" and is designed to\u003cbr\u003eillustrate the gradual steps by which that young man was induced to\u003cbr\u003egive up his bad habits, and deserve that prosperity which he finally\u003cbr\u003eattains. The writer confesses to have experienced some embarrassment\u003cbr\u003ein writing this story. The story writer always has at command\u003cbr\u003eexpedients by which the frowns of fortune may be turned into sunshine,\u003cbr\u003eand this without violating probability, or, at any rate, possibility;\u003cbr\u003efor the careers of many of our most eminent and successful men attest\u003cbr\u003ethat truth is often-times stranger than fiction. But to cure a boy of\u003cbr\u003eradical faults is almost as difficult in fiction as in real life.\u003cbr\u003eWhether the influences which led to Sam's reformation were adequate to\u003cbr\u003ethat result, must be decided by the critical reader. The author may,\u003cbr\u003eat any rate, venture to congratulate Sam's friends that he is now more\u003cbr\u003eworthy of their interest and regard than in the years when he was\u003cbr\u003eknown as the \"Young Outlaw.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSAM'S CHANCE.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSAM'S NEW CLOTHES.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"If I'm goin' into a office I'll have to buy some new clo'es,\" thought\u003cbr\u003eSam Barker.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe was a boy of fifteen, who, for three years, had been drifting about\u003cbr\u003ethe streets of New York, getting his living as he could; now blacking\u003cbr\u003eboots, now selling papers, now carrying bundles--\"everything by turns,\u003cbr\u003eand nothing long.\" He was not a model boy, as those who have read his\u003cbr\u003eearly history, in \"The Young Outlaw,\" are aware; but, on the other\u003cbr\u003ehand, he was not extremely bad. He liked fun, even if it involved\u003cbr\u003emischief; and he could not be called strictly truthful nor honest. But\u003cbr\u003ehe would not wantonly injure or tyrannize over a smaller boy, and\u003cbr\u003ethere was nothing mean or malicious about him. Still he was hardly the\u003cbr\u003esort of boy a merchant would be likely to select as an office boy, and\u003cbr\u003ebut for a lucky chance Sam would have been compelled to remain a\u003cbr\u003ebootblack or newsboy. One day he found, in an uptown street, a little\u003cbr\u003eboy, who had strayed away from his nurse, and, ascertaining where he\u003cbr\u003elived, restored him to his anxious parents. For this good deed he was\u003cbr\u003erewarded by a gift of five dollars and the offer of a position as\u003cbr\u003eerrand boy, at five dollars a week.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSam decided that he must have some new clothes before he could enter\u003cbr\u003eupon his place. At present his costume consisted of a ragged shirt,\u003cbr\u003eand a pair of equally ragged pantaloons. Both were of unknown\u003cbr\u003eantiquity, and had done faithful service, not only to Sam, but to a\u003cbr\u003eformer owner. It was quite time they were released from duty.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47164810166512,"sku":"2940013342903","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013342903_p0.jpg?v=1763579645","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013342903","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}