{"product_id":"2940013653153","title":"THE STORE BOY","description":"CHAPTER I\u003cbr\u003eBEN BARCLAY MEETS A TRAMP\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Give me a ride?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBen Barclay checked the horse he was driving and looked attentively at\u003cbr\u003ethe speaker.  He was a stout-built, dark-complexioned man, with a\u003cbr\u003ebeard of a week's growth, wearing an old and dirty suit, which would\u003cbr\u003ehave reduced any tailor to despair if taken to him for cleaning and\u003cbr\u003erepairs.  A loose hat, with a torn crown, surmounted a singularly\u003cbr\u003eill-favored visage.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A tramp, and a hard looking one!\" said Ben to himself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe hesitated about answering, being naturally reluctant to have such a\u003cbr\u003etraveling companion.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Well, what do you say?\" demanded the tramp rather impatiently.\u003cbr\u003e\"There's plenty of room on that seat, and I'm dead tired.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Where are you going?\" asked Ben.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Same way you are--to Pentonville.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"You can ride,\" said Ben, in a tone by means cordial, and he halted\u003cbr\u003ehis horse till his unsavory companion climbed into the wagon.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThey were two miles from Pentonville, and Ben had a prospect of a\u003cbr\u003elonger ride than he desired under the circumstances.  His companion\u003cbr\u003epulled out a dirty clay pipe from his pocket, and filled it with\u003cbr\u003etobacco, and then explored another pocket for a match.  A muttered\u003cbr\u003eoath showed that he failed to find one.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Got a match, boy?\" he asked.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"No,\" answered Ben, glad to have escaped the offensive fumes of the\u003cbr\u003epipe.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Just my luck!\" growled the tramp, putting back the pipe with a look\u003cbr\u003eof disappointment.  \"If you had a match now, I wouldn't mind letting\u003cbr\u003eyou have a whiff or two.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I don't smoke,\" answered Ben, hardly able to repress a look of\u003cbr\u003edisgust.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"So you're a good boy, eh?  One of the Sunday school kids that want to\u003cbr\u003ebe an angel, hey?  Pah!\" and the tramp exhibited the disgust which the\u003cbr\u003eidea gave him.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47121257169136,"sku":"2940013653153","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013653153_p0.jpg?v=1763583502","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013653153","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}