{"product_id":"2940013484443","title":"AN OLD-FASHIONED GIRL","description":"Contents\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     Chapter 1. Polly Arrives\u003cbr\u003e     Chapter 2. New Fashions\u003cbr\u003e     Chapter 3. Polly's Troubles\u003cbr\u003e     Chapter 4. Little Things\u003cbr\u003e     Chapter 5. Scrapes\u003cbr\u003e     Chapter 6. Grandma\u003cbr\u003e     Chapter 7. Good-by\u003cbr\u003e     Chapter 8. Six Years Afterward\u003cbr\u003e     Chapter 9. Lessons\u003cbr\u003e     Chapter 10. Brothers and Sisters\u003cbr\u003e     Chapter 11. Needles and Tongues\u003cbr\u003e     Chapter 12. Forbidden Fruit\u003cbr\u003e     Chapter 13. The Sunny Side\u003cbr\u003e     Chapter 14. Nipped in the Bud\u003cbr\u003e     Chapter 15. Breakers Ahead\u003cbr\u003e     Chapter 16. A Dress Parade\u003cbr\u003e     Chapter 17. Playing Grandmother\u003cbr\u003e     Chapter 18. The Woman Who Did Not Dare\u003cbr\u003e     Chapter 19. Tom's Success\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn Old-fashioned Girl\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I. POLLY ARRIVES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"IT 'S time to go to the station, Tom.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Come on, then.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Oh, I 'm not going; it 's too wet. Should n't have a crimp left if I\u003cbr\u003ewent out such a day as this; and I want to look nice when Polly comes.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"You don't expect me to go and bring home a strange girl alone, do you?\"\u003cbr\u003eAnd Tom looked as much alarmed as if his sister had proposed to him to\u003cbr\u003eescort the wild woman of Australia.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Of course I do. It 's your place to go and get her; and if you was n't\u003cbr\u003ea bear, you 'd like it.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Well, I call that mean! I supposed I 'd got to go; but you said you 'd\u003cbr\u003ego, too. Catch me bothering about your friends another time! No, sir!\"\u003cbr\u003eAnd Tom rose from the sofa with an air of indignant resolution, the\u003cbr\u003eimpressive effect of which was somewhat damaged by a tousled head, and\u003cbr\u003ethe hunched appearance of his garments generally.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Now, don't be cross; and I 'll get mamma to let you have that horrid\u003cbr\u003eNed Miller, that you are so fond of, come and make you a visit after\u003cbr\u003ePolly 's gone,\" said Fanny, hoping to soothe his ruffled feelings.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"How long is she going to stay?\" demanded Tom, making his toilet by a\u003cbr\u003epromiscuous shake.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A month or two, maybe. She 's ever so nice; and I shall keep her as\u003cbr\u003elong as she 's happy.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"She won't stay long then, if I can help it,\" muttered Tom, who regarded\u003cbr\u003egirls as a very unnecessary portion of creation. Boys of fourteen are\u003cbr\u003eapt to think so, and perhaps it is a wise arrangement; for, being fond\u003cbr\u003eof turning somersaults, they have an opportunity of indulging in a good\u003cbr\u003eone, metaphorically speaking, when, three or four years later, they\u003cbr\u003ebecome the abject slaves of \"those bothering girls.\"","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47145684304112,"sku":"2940013484443","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013484443_p0.jpg?v=1763581492","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013484443","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}