{"product_id":"2940013417724","title":"OVER THE TOP","description":"CHAPTER I\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFROM MUFTI TO KHAKI\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt was in an office in Jersey City. I was sitting at my desk talking\u003cbr\u003eto a Lieutenant of the Jersey National Guard. On the wall was a big\u003cbr\u003ewar map decorated with variously colored little flags showing the\u003cbr\u003eposition of the opposing armies on the Western Front in France. In\u003cbr\u003efront of me on the desk lay a New York paper with big flaring\u003cbr\u003eheadlines:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLUSITANIA SUNK! AMERICAN LIVES LOST!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe windows were open and a feeling of spring pervaded the air.\u003cbr\u003eThrough the open windows came the strains of a hurdy-gurdy playing in\u003cbr\u003ethe street--I DIDN'T RAISE MY BOY TO BE A SOLDIER.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Lusitania Sunk! American Lives Lost!\"--I DIDN'T RAISE MY BOY TO BE\u003cbr\u003eA SOLDIER. To us these did not seem to jibe.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Lieutenant in silence opened one of the lower drawers of his desk\u003cbr\u003eand took from it an American flag which he solemnly draped over the\u003cbr\u003ewar map on the wall. Then, turning to me with a grim face, said:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"How about it, Sergeant? You had better get out the muster roll of the\u003cbr\u003eMounted Scouts, as I think they will be needed in the course of a few\u003cbr\u003edays.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe busied ourselves till late in the evening writing out emergency\u003cbr\u003etelegrams for the men to report when the call should come from\u003cbr\u003eWashington. Then we went home.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI crossed over to New York, and as I went up Fulton Street to take the\u003cbr\u003eSubway to Brooklyn, the lights in the tall buildings of New York\u003cbr\u003eseemed to be burning brighter than usual, as if they, too, had read\u003cbr\u003e\"Lusitania Sunk! American Lives Lost!\" They seemed to be glowing with\u003cbr\u003eanger and righteous indignation, and their rays wigwagged the message,\u003cbr\u003e\"REPAY!\"","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47182226129136,"sku":"2940013417724","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013417724_p0.jpg?v=1763580673","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013417724","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}