{"product_id":"2940013654891","title":"A Final Reckoning","description":"Contents\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface.\u003cbr\u003eChapter  1: The Broken Window.\u003cbr\u003eChapter  2: The Poisoned Dog.\u003cbr\u003eChapter  3: The Burglary At The Squire's.\u003cbr\u003eChapter  4: The Trial.\u003cbr\u003eChapter  5: Not Guilty!\u003cbr\u003eChapter  6: On The Voyage.\u003cbr\u003eChapter  7: Gratitude.\u003cbr\u003eChapter  8: A Gale.\u003cbr\u003eChapter  9: Two Offers.\u003cbr\u003eChapter 10: An Up-Country District.\u003cbr\u003eChapter 11: The Black Fellows.\u003cbr\u003eChapter 12: The Bush Rangers.\u003cbr\u003eChapter 13: Bush Rangers.\u003cbr\u003eChapter 14: An Unexpected Meeting.\u003cbr\u003eChapter 15: At Donald's.\u003cbr\u003eChapter 16: Jim's Report.\u003cbr\u003eChapter 17: In Pursuit.\u003cbr\u003eChapter 18: Settling Accounts\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1: The Broken Window.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"You are the most troublesome boy in the village, Reuben Whitney,\u003cbr\u003eand you will come to a bad end.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe words followed a shower of cuts with the cane. The speaker was\u003cbr\u003ean elderly man, the master of the village school of Tipping, near\u003cbr\u003eLewes, in Sussex; and the words were elicited, in no small degree,\u003cbr\u003eby the vexation of the speaker at his inability to wring a cry from\u003cbr\u003ethe boy whom he was striking. He was a lad of some thirteen years\u003cbr\u003eof age, with a face naturally bright and intelligent; but at\u003cbr\u003epresent quivering with anger.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I don't care if I do,\" he said defiantly. \"It won't be my fault,\u003cbr\u003ebut yours, and the rest of them.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"You ought to be ashamed of yourself,\" the master said, \"instead of\u003cbr\u003espeaking in that way. You, who learn easier than anyone here, and\u003cbr\u003ecould always be at the top of your class, if you chose. I had hoped\u003cbr\u003ebetter things of you, Reuben; but it's just the way, it's your\u003cbr\u003ebright boys as mostly gets into mischief.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt this moment the door of the school room opened, and a lady with\u003cbr\u003etwo girls, one of about fourteen and the other eleven years of age,\u003cbr\u003eentered.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"What is the matter now?\" the lady asked, seeing the schoolmaster,\u003cbr\u003ecane in hand, and the boy standing before him.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Reuben Whitney! What, in trouble again, Reuben? I am afraid you\u003cbr\u003eare a very troublesome boy.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I am not troublesome, ma'm,\" the boy said sturdily. \"That is, I\u003cbr\u003ewouldn't be if they would let me alone; but everything that is done\u003cbr\u003ebad, they put it down to me.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"But what have you been doing now, Reuben?\"","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47161918882032,"sku":"2940013654891","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013654891_p0.jpg?v=1763596603","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013654891","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}