{"product_id":"2940013499287","title":"THE CAPTAIN'S TOLL-GATE","description":"CONTENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e      I. OLIVE\u003cbr\u003e     II. MARIA PORT\u003cbr\u003e    III. MRS. EASTERFIELD\u003cbr\u003e     IV. THE SON OF AN OLD SHIPMATE\u003cbr\u003e      V. OLIVE PAYS TOLL\u003cbr\u003e     VI. MR. CLAUDE LOCKER\u003cbr\u003e    VII. THE CAPTAIN AND HIS GUEST GO FISHING AND COME HOME HAPPY\u003cbr\u003e   VIII. CAPTAIN ASHER IS NOT IN A GOOD HUMOR\u003cbr\u003e     IX. MISS PORT TAKES A DRIVE WITH THE BUTCHER\u003cbr\u003e      X. MRS. EASTERFIELD WRITES A LETTER\u003cbr\u003e     XI. MR. LOCKER IS RELEASED ON BAIL\u003cbr\u003e    XII. MR. RUPERT HEMPHILL\u003cbr\u003e   XIII. MR. LANCASTER'S BACKERS\u003cbr\u003e    XIV. A LETTER FOR OLIVE\u003cbr\u003e     XV. OLIVE'S BICYCLE TRIP\u003cbr\u003e    XVI. MR. LANCASTER ACCEPTS A MISSION\u003cbr\u003e   XVII. DICK IS NOT A PROMPT BEARER OF NEWS\u003cbr\u003e  XVIII. WHAT OLIVE DETERMINED TO DO\u003cbr\u003e    XIX. THE CAPTAIN AND DICK LANCASTER DESERT THE TOLL-GATE\u003cbr\u003e     XX. MR. LOCKER DETERMINES TO RUSH THE ENEMY'S POSITION\u003cbr\u003e    XXI. MISS RALEIGH ENJOYS A RARE PRIVILEGE\u003cbr\u003e   XXII. THE CONFLICTING SERENADES\u003cbr\u003e  XXIII. THE CAPTAIN AND MARIA\u003cbr\u003e   XXIV. MR. TOM ARRIVES AT BROADSTONE\u003cbr\u003e    XXV. THE CAPTAIN AND MR. TOM\u003cbr\u003e   XXVI. A STOP AT THE TOLL-GATE\u003cbr\u003e  XXVII. BY PROXY\u003cbr\u003e XXVIII. HERE WE GO! LOVERS THREE!\u003cbr\u003e   XXIX. TWO PIECES OF NEWS\u003cbr\u003e    XXX. BY THE SEA\u003cbr\u003e   XXXI. AS GOOD AS A MAN\u003cbr\u003e  XXXII. THE STOCK-MARKET IS SAFE\u003cbr\u003e XXXIII. DICK LANCASTER DOES NOT WRITE\u003cbr\u003e  XXXIV. MISS PORT PUTS IN AN APPEARANCE\u003cbr\u003e   XXXV. THE DORCAS ON GUARD\u003cbr\u003e  XXXVI. COLD TINDER\u003cbr\u003e XXXVII. IN WHICH SOME GREAT CHANGES ARE RECORDED\u003cbr\u003eXXXVIII. \"IT HAS JUST BEGUN!\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e_CHAPTER I_\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e_Olive._\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA long, wide, and smoothly macadamized road stretched itself from the\u003cbr\u003econsiderable town of Glenford onward and northward toward a gap in the\u003cbr\u003edistant mountains. It did not run through a level country, but rose and\u003cbr\u003efell as if it had been a line of seaweed upon the long swells of the\u003cbr\u003eocean. Upon elevated points upon this road, farm lands and forests could\u003cbr\u003ebe seen extending in every direction. But there was nothing in the\u003cbr\u003elandscape which impressed itself more obtrusively upon the attention of\u003cbr\u003ethe traveler than the road itself. White in the bright sunlight and gray\u003cbr\u003eunder the shadows of the clouds, it was the one thing to be seen which\u003cbr\u003eseemed to have a decided purpose. Northward or southward, toward the gap\u003cbr\u003ein the long line of mountains or toward the wood-encircled town in the\u003cbr\u003evalley, it was always going somewhere.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAbout two miles from the town, and at the top of the first long hill\u003cbr\u003ewhich was climbed by the road, a tall white pole projected upward\u003cbr\u003eagainst the sky, sometimes perpendicularly, and sometimes inclined at a\u003cbr\u003eslight angle. This was a turnpike gate or bar, and gave notice to all in\u003cbr\u003evehicles or on horses that the use of this well-kept road was not free\u003cbr\u003eto the traveling public. At the approach of persons not known, or too\u003cbr\u003ewell known, the bar would slowly descend across the road, as if it were\u003cbr\u003ea musket held horizontally while a sentinel demanded the password.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUpon the side of the road opposite to the great post on which the\u003cbr\u003etoll-gate moved, was a little house with a covered doorway, from which\u003cbr\u003etoll could be collected without exposing the collector to sun or rain.\u003cbr\u003eThis tollhouse was not a plain whitewashed shed, such as is often seen\u003cbr\u003eupon turnpike roads, but a neat edifice, containing a comfortable room.\u003cbr\u003eOn one side of it was a small porch, well shaded by vines, furnished\u003cbr\u003ewith a settle and two armchairs, while over all a large maple stretched\u003cbr\u003eits protecting branches. Back of the tollhouse was a neatly fenced\u003cbr\u003egarden, well filled with old-fashioned flowers; and, still farther on, a\u003cbr\u003egood-sized house, from which a box-bordered path led through the garden\u003cbr\u003eto the tollhouse.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47079505002736,"sku":"2940013499287","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013499287_p0.jpg?v=1763582028","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013499287","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}