{"product_id":"2940013366053","title":"JOE'S LUCK","description":"JOE'S LUCK\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eINTRODUCES JOE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Come here, you Joe, and be quick about it!\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe boy addressed, a stout boy of fifteen, with an honest,\u003cbr\u003esun-browned face, looked calmly at the speaker.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"What's wanted?\" he asked.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Brush me off, and don't be all day about it!\" said Oscar Norton\u003cbr\u003eimpatiently.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJoe's blue eyes flashed indignantly at the tone of the other.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"You can brush yourself off,\" he answered independently.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"What do you mean by your impudence?\" demanded Oscar angrily.  \"Have\u003cbr\u003eyou turned lazy all at once?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"No,\" said Joe firmly, \"but I don't choose to be ordered round by\u003cbr\u003eyou.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"What's up, I wonder?  Ain't you our servant?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I am not your servant, though your father is my employer.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Then you are bound to obey me--his son.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I don't see it.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Then you'd better, if you know what's best for yourself.  Are you\u003cbr\u003egoing to brush me off?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"No.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Look out!  I can get my father to turn you off.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"You may try if you want to.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOscar, much incensed, went to his father to report Joe's\u003cbr\u003einsubordination.  While he is absent, a few words of explanation will\u003cbr\u003eenlighten the reader as to Joe's history and present position.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJoe Mason was alone in the world.  A year previous he had lost his\u003cbr\u003efather, his only remaining parent, and when the father's affairs were\u003cbr\u003esettled and funeral expenses paid there was found to be just five\u003cbr\u003edollars left, which was expended for clothing for Joe.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this emergency Major Norton, a farmer and capitalist, offered to\u003cbr\u003eprovide Joe with board and clothes and three months' schooling in the\u003cbr\u003eyear in return for his services.  As nothing else offered, Joe\u003cbr\u003eaccepted, but would not bind himself for any length of time.  He was\u003cbr\u003efree to go whenever he pleased.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47147522228464,"sku":"2940013366053","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013366053_p0.jpg?v=1763579959","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013366053","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}