{"product_id":"2940013392359","title":"LOVELY MARY","description":"CONTENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   I  A CACTUS-PLANT\u003cbr\u003e  II  A RUNAWAY COUPLE\u003cbr\u003e III  THE HAZY HOUSEHOLD\u003cbr\u003e  IV  AN ACCIDENT AND AN INCIDENT\u003cbr\u003e   V  THE DAWN OF A ROMANCE\u003cbr\u003e  VI  THE LOSING OF MR. STUBBINS\u003cbr\u003e VII  NEIGHBORLY ADVICE\u003cbr\u003eVIII  A DENOMINATIONAL GARDEN\u003cbr\u003e  IX  LABOR DAY\u003cbr\u003e   X  A TIMELY VISIT\u003cbr\u003e  XI  THE CHRISTMAS PLAY\u003cbr\u003e XII  REACTION\u003cbr\u003eXIII  AN HONORABLE RETREAT\u003cbr\u003e XIV  THE CACTUS BLOOMS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLOVEY MARY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA CACTUS-PLANT\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    For life, with all it yields of joy and woe,\u003cbr\u003e    And hope and fear,...\u003cbr\u003e    Is just our chance o' the prize of learning love,--\u003cbr\u003e    How love might be, hath been indeed, and is.\u003cbr\u003e             BROWNING'S \"A Death in the Desert.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEverything about Lovey Mary was a contradiction, from her hands and\u003cbr\u003efeet, which seemed to have been meant for a big girl, to her high\u003cbr\u003eideals and aspirations, that ought to have belonged to an amiable one.\u003cbr\u003eThe only ingredient which might have reconciled all the conflicting\u003cbr\u003eelements in her chaotic little bosom was one which no one had ever\u003cbr\u003etaken the trouble to supply.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Miss Bell, the matron of the home, came to receive Lovey Mary's\u003cbr\u003econfession of repentance, she found her at an up-stairs window making\u003cbr\u003ehideous faces and kicking the furniture. The depth of her repentance\u003cbr\u003ecould always be gaged by the violence of her conduct. Miss Bell looked\u003cbr\u003eat her as she would have looked at one of the hieroglyphs on the\u003cbr\u003eObelisk. She had been trying to decipher her for thirteen years.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47082672193776,"sku":"2940013392359","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013392359_p0.jpg?v=1763580779","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013392359","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}