{"product_id":"2940013365728","title":"FACING THE WORLD","description":"CHAPTER I\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHARRY RECEIVES A LETTER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Here's a letter for you, Harry,\" said George Howard. \"I was passing\u003cbr\u003ethe hotel on my way home from school when Abner Potts called out to me\u003cbr\u003efrom the piazza, and asked me to bring it.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe speaker was a bright, round-faced boy of ten. The boy whom he\u003cbr\u003eaddressed was five or six years older. Only a week previous he had\u003cbr\u003elost his father, and as the family consisted only of these two, he was\u003cbr\u003eleft, so far as near relatives were concerned, alone in the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eImmediately after the funeral he had been invited home by Mr. Benjamin\u003cbr\u003eHoward, a friend of his father, but in no manner connected with him by\u003cbr\u003eties of relationship.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"You can stay here as long as you like, Harry,\" said Mr. Howard,\u003cbr\u003ekindly. \"It will take you some time to form your plans, perhaps, and\u003cbr\u003eGeorge will be glad to have your company.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Thank you, Mr. Howard,\" said Harry, gratefully.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Shall you look for some employment here?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"No; my father has a second cousin in Colebrook, named John Fox.\u003cbr\u003eBefore he died he advised me to write to Mr. Fox, and go to his house\u003cbr\u003eif I should receive an invitation.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I hope for your sake, he will prove a good man. What is his\u003cbr\u003ebusiness?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I don't know, nor did my father. All I know is, that he is considered\u003cbr\u003ea prosperous man. This letter is from him.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt was inclosed in a brown envelope, and ran as follows:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"HARRY VANE: I have received your letter saying that your father wants\u003cbr\u003eme to be your guardeen. I don't know as I have any objections, bein' a\u003cbr\u003ebusiness man it will come easy to me, and I think your father was wise\u003cbr\u003eto seleck me. I am reddy to receave you any time. You will come to\u003cbr\u003eBolton on the cars. That is eight miles from here, and there is a\u003cbr\u003estage that meats the trane. It wouldn't do you any harm to walk, but\u003cbr\u003eboys ain't so active as they were in my young days. The stage fare is\u003cbr\u003efifty cents, which I shall expect you to pay yourself, if you ride.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47147517444336,"sku":"2940013365728","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013365728_p0.jpg?v=1763580463","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013365728","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}