{"product_id":"2940013354586","title":"ANDY GRANT'S PLUCK","description":"CHAPTER I.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE TELEGRAM.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A telegram for you, Andy!\" said Arthur Bacon, as he entered the room of\u003cbr\u003eAndy Grant in Penhurst Academy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A telegram!\" repeated Andy, in vague alarm, for the word suggested\u003cbr\u003esomething urgent--probably bad news of some kind.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe tore open the envelope and read the few words of the message:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    \"Come home at once. Something has happened.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    \"MOTHER.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"What can it be?\" thought Andy, perplexed. \"At any rate, mother is well,\u003cbr\u003efor she sent the telegram.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"What is it?\" asked Arthur.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I don't know. You can read the telegram for yourself.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Must you go home?\" asked Arthur, in a tone of regret.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Yes. When is there a train?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"At three this afternoon.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I will take it. I must go and see Dr. Crabb.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"But won't you come back again?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I don't know. I am all in the dark. I think something must have\u003cbr\u003ehappened to my father.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDr. Crabb was at his desk in his library--it was Saturday afternoon, and\u003cbr\u003eschool was not in session--when Andy knocked at the door.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Come in!\" said the doctor, in a deep voice.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAndy opened the door and entered. Dr. Crabb smiled, for Andy was his\u003cbr\u003efavorite pupil.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Come in, Grant!\" he said. \"What can I do for you?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Give me permission to go home. I have just had a telegram. I will show\u003cbr\u003eit to you.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe doctor was a man of fifty-five, with a high forehead and an\u003cbr\u003eintellectual face. He wore glasses, and had done so for ten years. They\u003cbr\u003egave him the appearance of a learned scholar, as he was.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Dear me!\" he said. \"How unfortunate! Only two weeks to the end of the\u003cbr\u003eterm, and you are our _primus_!\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I am very sorry, sir; but perhaps I may be able to come back.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Do so, by all means, if you can. There is hardly a pupil I could not\u003cbr\u003ebetter spare.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Thank you, sir,\" said Andy gratefully. \"There is a train at three\u003cbr\u003eo'clock. I would like to take it.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"By all means. And let me hear from you, even if you can't come back.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I will certainly write, doctor. Thank you for all your kindness.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePenhurst Academy was an endowed school. On account of the endowments,\u003cbr\u003ethe annual rate to boarding scholars was very reasonable--only three\u003cbr\u003ehundred dollars, including everything.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe academy had a fine reputation, which it owed in large part to the\u003cbr\u003ehigh character and gifts of Dr. Crabb, who had been the principal for\u003cbr\u003etwenty-five years. He had connected himself with the school soon after\u003cbr\u003ehe left Dartmouth, and had been identified with it for the greater part\u003cbr\u003eof his active life.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47069968630000,"sku":"2940013354586","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013354586_p0.jpg?v=1763580189","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013354586","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}