{"product_id":"2940013654488","title":"The Settler And The Savage","description":"CHAPTER ONE.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE WILD KARROO.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA solitary horseman--a youth in early manhood--riding at a snail's pace\u003cbr\u003eover the great plains, or karroo, of South Africa.  His chin on his\u003cbr\u003ebreast; his hands in the pockets of an old shooting-coat; his legs in\u003cbr\u003eragged trousers, and his feet in worn-out boots.  Regardless of\u003cbr\u003estirrups, the last are dangling.  The reins hang on the neck of his\u003cbr\u003esteed, whose head may be said to dangle from its shoulders, so nearly\u003cbr\u003edoes its nose approach the ground.  A felt hat covers the youth's curly\u003cbr\u003eblack head, and a double-barrelled gun is slung across his broad\u003cbr\u003eshoulders.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe present this picture to the reader as a subject of contemplation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt was in the first quarter of the present century that the youth\u003cbr\u003ereferred to--Charlie Considine by name--rode thus meditatively over that\u003cbr\u003eSouth African karroo.  His depression was evidently not due to lack of\u003cbr\u003espirit, for, when he suddenly awoke from his reverie, drew himself up\u003cbr\u003eand shook back his hair, his dark eyes opened with something like a\u003cbr\u003eflash.  They lost some of their fire, however, as he gazed round on the\u003cbr\u003ehot plain which undulated like the great ocean to the horizon, where a\u003cbr\u003eline of blue indicated mountains.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe truth is that Charlie Considine was lost--utterly lost on the\u003cbr\u003ekarroo!  That his horse was in the same lost condition became apparent\u003cbr\u003efrom its stopping without orders and looking round languidly with a\u003cbr\u003esigh.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47121215127792,"sku":"2940013654488","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013654488_p0.jpg?v=1763584093","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013654488","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}