{"product_id":"2940013929616","title":"BETTY GORDON IN WASHINGTON","description":"l!\" CONTENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI     THE GORED COW\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eII    HOSPITALITY UNDER DIFFICULTIES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIII   BOB HAS GREAT NEWS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIV    AT THE VENDUE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eV     CONSEQUENCES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVI    THE RUNAWAY MISSED\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVII   A BELATED LETTER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVIII  GOOD-BY TO BRAMBLE FARM\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIX    NEW FRIENDS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eX     FELLOW TRAVELERS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXI    A SERIOUS MIX-UP\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXII   STRAIGHTENING THINGS OUT\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXIII  WASHINGTON MONUMENT\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXIV   LIBBIE IS ROMANTIC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXV    OFF TO INVESTIGATE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXVI   WHAT HALE HAD TO TELL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXVII  MORE SIGHTSEEING\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXVIII BETTY UNDERSTANDS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXIX   AN UNEXPECTED MEETING\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXX    MUTUAL CONFIDENCES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXXI   THE ACCIDENT\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXXII  BEING RESCUED\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXXIII ANOTHER RESCUE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXXIV  BOB IS CLEARED\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXXV   FUTURE PLANS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBETTY GORDON IN WASHINGTON\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE GORED COW\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor lack of a better listener, Betty Gordon addressed the saucy\u003cbr\u003elittle chipmunk that sat on the top rail of the old worn fence and\u003cbr\u003estared at her with bright, unwinking eyes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"It is the loveliest vase you ever saw,\" said Betty, busily sorting\u003cbr\u003ethe tangled mass of grasses and flowers in her lap. \"Heavy old\u003cbr\u003ecolonial glass, you know, plain, but with beautiful lines.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe chipmunk continued to regard her gravely.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I found it this morning when I was helping Mrs. Peabody clean the\u003cbr\u003ekitchen closet shelves,\" the girl went on, her slim fingers selecting\u003cbr\u003eand discarding slender stems with fascinating quickness. \"It was on\u003cbr\u003ethe very last shelf, and was covered with dust. I washed it, and\u003cbr\u003ewe're going to have it on the supper table to-night with this bouquet\u003cbr\u003ein it. There! don't you think that's pretty?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShe held out the flowers deftly arranged and surveyed them proudly.\u003cbr\u003eThe chipmunk cocked his brown head and seemed to be withholding his\u003cbr\u003eopinion.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBetty put the bouquet carefully down on the grass beside her and\u003cbr\u003estretched the length of her trim, graceful self on the turf, burying\u003cbr\u003eher face luxuriously in the warm dry \"second crop\" of hay that had\u003cbr\u003ebeen raked into a thin pile under the pin oak and left there\u003cbr\u003eforgotten. Presently she rolled over and lay flat on her back,\u003cbr\u003estudying the lazy clouds that drifted across the very blue sky.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I'd like to be up in an airplane,\" she murmured drowsily, her\u003cbr\u003eeyelids drooping. \"I'd sail right into a cloud and see--What was that?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShe sat up with a jerk that sent the hitherto motionless chipmunk\u003cbr\u003escurrying indignantly up the nearest tree, there to sit and shake his\u003cbr\u003ehead angrily at her.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Sounds like Bob!\" said Betty to herself. \"My goodness, that was Mr.\u003cbr\u003ePeabody--they must be having an awful quarrel.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47079744307440,"sku":"2940013929616","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013929616_p0.jpg?v=1763597304","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013929616","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}