{"product_id":"2940013483897","title":"WORK AND WIN","description":"CONTENTS.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e        CHAPTER                                PAGE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e            I. The Mischief-Makers               9\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e           II. The Circus at Whitestone         21\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e          III. A Moral Question                 33\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e           IV. Noddy's Confession               45\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e            V. Squire Wriggs at Woodville       57\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e           VI. Noddy's Engagement               70\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e          VII. The Ring-Master                  81\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e         VIII. Good-by to Woodville             93\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e           IX. An Attempt to Work and Win      105\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e            X. Poor Mollie                     117\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e           XI. The Schooner Roebuck            129\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e          XII. The Drunken Captain             141\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e         XIII. The Shark                       154\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e          XIV. The Yellow Fever                167\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e           XV. The Demon of the Cup            180\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e          XVI. Night and Storm                 193\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e         XVII. After the Storm                 206\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e        XVIII. The Beautiful Island            217\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e          XIX. The Visitors                    228\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e           XX. Homeward Bound                  239\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e          XXI. The Clergyman and his Wife      247\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWORK AND WIN;\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOR,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNODDY NEWMAN ON A CRUISE.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE MISCHIEF-MAKERS.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Here, Noddy Newman! you haven't washed out the boat-house yet,\" said\u003cbr\u003eBen, the boatman, as the young gentleman thus addressed was ambling down\u003cbr\u003etowards the river.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Hang the boat-house!\" exclaimed Noddy, impatiently, as he stopped short\u003cbr\u003ein his walk, and seemed to be in doubt whether he should return or\u003cbr\u003econtinue on his way.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"You know what Miss Bertha says--don't you?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Yes, I know what she says,\" added Noddy, rubbing his head, as though he\u003cbr\u003ewere trying to reconcile his present purpose, whatever it was, with the\u003cbr\u003eloyalty he owed to Bertha. \"I suppose it don't make much difference to\u003cbr\u003eher whether I wash out the boat-house now or by and by.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I don't know anything about that, my boy,\" said the old man. \"Miss\u003cbr\u003eBertha told me to find some regular work for you to do every day. I\u003cbr\u003efound it, and she say you must wash out the boat-house every morning\u003cbr\u003ebefore nine o'clock. If you don't do it, I shall report you to her.\u003cbr\u003eThat's all I've got to say about it.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I calculate to wash out the boat-house.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"You've only half an hour to do it in, then. You've not only got to wash\u003cbr\u003eit out every morning, but you have got to do it before nine o'clock.\u003cbr\u003eThem's the orders. I always obey orders. If Miss Bertha should tell me\u003cbr\u003eto tie you up, and give you as big a licking as you deserve, I should do\u003cbr\u003eit.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"No, you wouldn't.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I haven't got any such orders, mind ye, Noddy; so we won't dispute\u003cbr\u003eabout that. Now, go and wash out the boat-house like a good boy, and\u003cbr\u003edon't make any fuss about it.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNoddy deliberated a few moments more. He evidently disliked the job, or\u003cbr\u003edid not wish to do it at that particular time; but Miss Bertha's\u003cbr\u003einfluence was all-powerful; and though he would have fought, tooth and\u003cbr\u003enail, against anything like compulsion on the part of Ben, he could not\u003cbr\u003eresist the potent spell which the name of his young mistress cast upon\u003cbr\u003ehim.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Hang the old boat-house!\" exclaimed he, as he stamped his foot upon the\u003cbr\u003eground, and then slowly retraced his steps towards the boatman.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47145683419376,"sku":"2940013483897","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013483897_p0.jpg?v=1763581860","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013483897","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}