{"product_id":"2940013746466","title":"The Haunted Mountain","description":"The reason I despises tarantulas, stinging lizards, and\u003cbr\u003ehydrophobia skunks is because they reminds me so much of Aunt Lavaca,\u003cbr\u003ewhich my Uncle Jacob Grimes married in a absent-minded moment, when he\u003cbr\u003ewas old enough to know better.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThat-there woman's voice plumb puts my teeth on aidge, and it has\u003cbr\u003ethe same effect on my horse, Cap'n Kidd, which don't generally shy at\u003cbr\u003enothing less'n a rattlesnake. So when she stuck her head out of her\u003cbr\u003ecabin as I was riding by and yelled \"Breck_in_ri-i-idge,\" Cap'n Kidd\u003cbr\u003ejumped straight up in the air, and then tried to buck me off.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Stop tormentin' that pore animal and come here,\" Aunt Lavaca\u003cbr\u003ecommanded, whilst I was fighting for my life against Cap'n Kidd's\u003cbr\u003espine-twisting sun-fishing. \"I never see such a cruel, worthless, no-\u003cbr\u003egood--\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShe kept right on yapping away until I finally wore him down and\u003cbr\u003ereined up alongside the cabin stoop and said: \"What you want, Aunt\u003cbr\u003eLavaca?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShe give me a scornful snort, and put her hands onto her hips and\u003cbr\u003eglared at me like I was something she didn't like the smell of.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I want you should go git yore Uncle Jacob and bring him home,\"\u003cbr\u003eshe said at last. \"He's off on one of his idiotic prospectin' sprees\u003cbr\u003eagain. He snuck out before daylight with the bay mare and a pack\u003cbr\u003emule--I wisht I'd woke up and caught him. I'd of fixed him! If you\u003cbr\u003ehustle you can catch him this side of Haunted Mountain Gap. You bring\u003cbr\u003ehim back if you have to lasso him and tie him to his saddle. Old fool!\u003cbr\u003eOff huntin' gold when they's work to be did in the alfalfa fields.\u003cbr\u003eSays he ain't no farmer. Huh! I 'low I'll make a farmer outa him yet.\u003cbr\u003eYou git goin'.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"But I ain't got time to go chasin' Uncle Jacob all over Haunted\u003cbr\u003eMountain,\" I protested. \"I'm headin' for the rodeo over to Chawed Ear.\u003cbr\u003eI'm goin' to win me a prize bull-doggin' some steers--\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Bull-doggin'!\" she snapped. \"A fine ockerpashun! Gwan, you\u003cbr\u003eworthless loafer! I ain't goin' to stand here all day argyin' with a\u003cbr\u003ebig ninny like you be. Of all the good-for-nothin', triflin',\u003cbr\u003elunkheaded--\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Aunt Lavaca starts in like that you might as well travel. She\u003cbr\u003ecan talk steady for three days and nights without repeating herself,\u003cbr\u003eher voice getting louder and shriller all the time till it nigh splits\u003cbr\u003ea body's eardrums. She was still yelling at me as I rode up the trail\u003cbr\u003etoward Haunted Mountain Gap, and I could hear her long after I\u003cbr\u003ecouldn't see her no more.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePore Uncle Jacob! He never had much luck prospecting, but trailing\u003cbr\u003earound through the mountains with a jackass is a lot better'n\u003cbr\u003elistening to Aunt Lavaca. A jackass's voice is mild and soothing\u003cbr\u003ealongside of hers.","brand":"WDS Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47070206263536,"sku":"2940013746466","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013746466_p0.jpg?v=1763589705","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013746466","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}