{"product_id":"2940013652989","title":"THE ERRAND BOY","description":"Contents:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     The Errand Boy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     Fred Sargent's Revenge.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     The Smuggler's Trap.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE ERRAND BOY.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePHIL HAS A LITTLE DIFFICULTY.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePhil Brent was plodding through the snow in the direction of the house\u003cbr\u003ewhere he lived with his step-mother and her son, when a snow-ball, moist\u003cbr\u003eand hard, struck him just below his ear with stinging emphasis. The pain\u003cbr\u003ewas considerable, and Phil's anger rose.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe turned suddenly, his eyes flashing fiercely, intent upon discovering\u003cbr\u003ewho had committed this outrage, for he had no doubt that it was\u003cbr\u003eintentional.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe looked in all directions, but saw no one except a mild old gentleman\u003cbr\u003ein spectacles, who appeared to have some difficulty in making his way\u003cbr\u003ethrough the obstructed street.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePhil did not need to be told that it was not the old gentleman who had\u003cbr\u003etaken such an unwarrantable liberty with him. So he looked farther, but\u003cbr\u003ehis ears gave him the first clew.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe heard a chuckling laugh, which seemed to proceed from behind the\u003cbr\u003estone wall that ran along the roadside.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I will see who it is,\" he decided, and plunging through the snow he\u003cbr\u003esurmounted the wall, in time to see a boy of about his own age running\u003cbr\u003eaway across the fields as fast as the deep snow would allow.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"So it's you, Jonas!\" he shouted wrathfully. \"I thought it was some\u003cbr\u003esneaking fellow like you.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJonas Webb, his step-brother, his freckled face showing a degree of\u003cbr\u003edismay, for he had not calculated on discovery, ran the faster, but\u003cbr\u003ewhile fear winged his steps, anger proved the more effectual spur, and\u003cbr\u003ePhil overtook him after a brief run, from the effects of which both boys\u003cbr\u003epanted.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47152609329392,"sku":"2940013652989","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013652989_p0.jpg?v=1763584037","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013652989","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}