{"product_id":"2940013650251","title":"Twice-Told Tales","description":"CONTENTS.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e                                               PAGE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE GRAY CHAMPION                                5\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSUNDAY AT HOME                                  15\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE WEDDING-KNELL                               23\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE MINISTER'S BLACK VEIL                       33\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE MAYPOLE OF MERRY MOUNT                      49\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE GENTLE BOY                                  63\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMR. HIGGINBOTHAM'S CATASTROPHE                  99\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLITTLE ANNIE'S RAMBLE                          113\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWAKEFIELD                                      123\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA RILL FROM THE TOWN PUMP                      133\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE GREAT CARBUNCLE                            141\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE PROPHETIC PICTURES                         159\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDAVID SWAN                                     175\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSIGHTS FROM A STEEPLE                          183\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE HOLLOW OF THE THREE HILLS                  191\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE TOLL-GATHERER'S DAY                        197\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE VISION OF THE FOUNTAIN                     204\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFANCY'S SHOW-BOX                               211\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDR. HEIDEGGER'S EXPERIMENT                     218\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLEGENDS OF THE PROVINCE HOUSE:\u003cbr\u003e    I.--HOWE'S MASQUERADE                      233\u003cbr\u003e   II.--EDWARD RANDOLPH'S PORTRAIT             249\u003cbr\u003e  III.--LADY ELEANORE'S MANTLE                 263\u003cbr\u003e   IV.--OLD ESTHER DUDLEY                      281\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE HAUNTED MIND                               294\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE VILLAGE UNCLE                              300\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE AMBITIOUS GUEST                            313\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE SISTER-YEARS                               323\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSNOWFLAKES                                     332\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE SEVEN VAGABONDS                            338\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE WHITE OLD MAID                             358\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePETER GOLDTHWAITE'S TREASURE                   370\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHIPPINGS WITH A CHISEL                        393\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE SHAKER BRIDAL                              405\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNIGHT-SKETCHES                                 412\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eENDICOTT AND THE RED CROSS                     419\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE LILY'S QUEST                               427\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFOOTPRINTS ON THE SEASHORE                     435\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEDWARD FANE'S ROSEBUD                          447\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE THREEFOLD DESTINY                          455\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTWICE-TOLD TALES.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE GRAY CHAMPION.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere was once a time when New England groaned under the actual\u003cbr\u003epressure of heavier wrongs than those threatened ones which brought on\u003cbr\u003ethe Revolution. James II., the bigoted successor of Charles the\u003cbr\u003eVoluptuous, had annulled the charters of all the colonies and sent a\u003cbr\u003eharsh and unprincipled soldier to take away our liberties and endanger\u003cbr\u003eour religion. The administration of Sir Edmund Andros lacked scarcely\u003cbr\u003ea single characteristic of tyranny--a governor and council holding\u003cbr\u003eoffice from the king and wholly independent of the country; laws made\u003cbr\u003eand taxes levied without concurrence of the people, immediate or by\u003cbr\u003etheir representatives; the rights of private citizens violated and the\u003cbr\u003etitles of all landed property declared void; the voice of complaint\u003cbr\u003estifled by restrictions on the press; and finally, disaffection\u003cbr\u003eoverawed by the first band of mercenary troops that ever marched on\u003cbr\u003eour free soil. For two years our ancestors were kept in sullen\u003cbr\u003esubmission by that filial love which had invariably secured their\u003cbr\u003eallegiance to the mother-country, whether its head chanced to be a\u003cbr\u003eParliament, Protector or popish monarch. Till these evil times,\u003cbr\u003ehowever, such allegiance had been merely nominal, and the colonists\u003cbr\u003ehad ruled themselves, enjoying far more freedom than is even yet the\u003cbr\u003eprivilege of the native subjects of Great Britain.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt length a rumor reached our shores that the prince of Orange had\u003cbr\u003eventured on an enterprise the success of which would be the triumph of\u003cbr\u003ecivil and religious rights and the salvation of New England. It was\u003cbr\u003ebut a doubtful whisper; it might be false or the attempt might fail,\u003cbr\u003eand in either case the man that stirred against King James would lose\u003cbr\u003ehis head. Still, the intelligence produced a marked effect. The people\u003cbr\u003esmiled mysteriously in the streets and threw bold glances at their\u003cbr\u003eoppressors, while far and wide there was a subdued and silent\u003cbr\u003eagitation, as if the slightest signal would rouse the whole land from\u003cbr\u003eits sluggish despondency. Aware of their danger, the rulers resolved\u003cbr\u003eto avert it by an imposing display of strength, and perhaps to confirm\u003cbr\u003etheir despotism by yet harsher measures.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47070166745328,"sku":"2940013650251","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013650251_p0.jpg?v=1763596503","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013650251","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}