{"product_id":"2940013761285","title":"Hole-in-the-Wall Barrett","description":"If this story were not fact it would not be written. It is too incredible\u003cbr\u003efor fiction. The best proof of its reality is the very fact that it is\u003cbr\u003eincredible, but if further proof is wanted it may be obtained from the\u003cbr\u003etwelve good men and true who formed the jury at the trial of Harry\u003cbr\u003eMcCurtney. If they will not do, certainly Judge Lorry is an unimpeachable\u003cbr\u003ewitness.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe story has to do with probably the oldest combination known to\u003cbr\u003estories--a hero, a villain, and a beautiful woman. The hero was young,\u003cbr\u003ehandsome, talented; the villain was middle-aged and rather stout, and\u003cbr\u003esmoked big black cigars; the beautiful woman was very beautiful.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhatever the reader may think, this is not a motion-picture scenario.\u003cbr\u003eHowever, it sounds so much like one that it might as well start in the\u003cbr\u003emovie way.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe camera, therefore, opens on a close-up of the middle-aged villain. As\u003cbr\u003ethe round spot of light widens, everyone can see that the man is a\u003cbr\u003evillain. The way he chews that long black cigar, for instance, emitting\u003cbr\u003eslow; luxurious puffs, is sufficient proof.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNo one but a villain really enjoys good tobacco; but to pile Pelion on\u003cbr\u003eOssa, there are other proofs--lots of them. He has a square, bulging jaw,\u003cbr\u003ea straight-lipped, cruel mouth, a great hawk nose, and keen eyes buried\u003cbr\u003eunder the overhanging shelter of shaggy brows. He is frowning in his\u003cbr\u003evillainous way and looking down.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe spot of light widens still further and includes the beautiful woman.\u003cbr\u003eShe is very, very beautiful; a black-haired type with questioning, dark\u003cbr\u003eeyes. She is dressed in black, too, filmy over the arms, so that the rose\u003cbr\u003etint of flesh shines through. She reclines in an easy chair with her head\u003cbr\u003epillowed gracefully and canted somewhat to one side, while she studies\u003cbr\u003ethe villain and defies him.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne notices her slender-fingered hand drooping from the arm of the chair,\u003cbr\u003eand compares it with the big fist of the villain, wondering how she can\u003cbr\u003ehave the courage to defy him. She seems to know all about him. Well, she\u003cbr\u003eought to. She is his wife.","brand":"WDS Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47145902899440,"sku":"2940013761285","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013761285_p0.jpg?v=1763589919","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013761285","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}