{"product_id":"2940013938502","title":"THE BOY SCOUTS IN RUSSIA","description":"CONTENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter                             Page\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    I The Border                     11\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   II Under Arrest                   25\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  III A Strange Meeting              37\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   IV Cousins                        49\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    V The Germans                    61\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   VI The Tunnel                     73\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  VII A Daring Ruse                  85\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e VIII Within the Enemy's Lines       99\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   IX \"There's Many a Slip--\"       111\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    X Sentenced                     125\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   XI The Cossacks                  137\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XII The Trick                     151\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e XIII The Escape                    165\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XIV Altered Plans                 179\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   XV A Dash Through the Night      193\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XVI Between the Grindstones       205\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e XVII An Old Enemy                  217\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXVIII The Great White Czar          229\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn Russian Trenches\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE BORDER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA train had just come to a stop in the border station of Virballen. Half\u003cbr\u003eof the platform of that station is in Russia; half of it in East\u003cbr\u003ePrussia, the easternmost province of the German empire. All trains that\u003cbr\u003epass from one country to the other stop there. There are customs men,\u003cbr\u003esoldiers, policemen, Prussian and Russian, who form a gauntlet all\u003cbr\u003etravelers must run. Here passports must be shown, trunks opened. Getting\u003cbr\u003ein or out of Russia is not a simple business, even in the twentieth\u003cbr\u003ecentury. All sorts of people can't come in while a good many who try to\u003cbr\u003eget out are turned back, and may have to make a long journey to Siberia\u003cbr\u003eif they cannot account for themselves properly.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis train had stopped in the dead of night. But, dark and late as it\u003cbr\u003ewas, there was the usual bustle and stir. Everyone had to wake up and\u003cbr\u003esubmit to the questioning of police and customs men. About the only\u003cbr\u003epeople who can escape such inquisition at Virballen or any other Russian\u003cbr\u003eborder station are royalties and ambassadors. Most of the passengers,\u003cbr\u003ehowever, didn't have to come out on the platform. In this case, indeed,\u003cbr\u003eonly two descended. One of these was treated by the police officials\u003cbr\u003ewith marked respect. He was the sort of man to inspire both respect and\u003cbr\u003efear. Very tall, he was heavily bearded, but not so heavily as to\u003cbr\u003eprevent the flashing of his teeth in a grim and unpleasant smile. Nor\u003cbr\u003ewere his eyes hidden as the rays of the station lights fell upon them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe was called \"Excellency\" by the policemen who spoke to him, but he\u003cbr\u003eignored these men, save for a short, quick nod with which he\u003cbr\u003eacknowledged their respectful greetings. His whole attention was devoted\u003cbr\u003eto the boy by his side, who was looking up at him defiantly. This boy\u003cbr\u003ewon a tribute of curious looks from all who saw him, and some glances\u003cbr\u003eof admiration when it became increasingly plain that he did not share\u003cbr\u003ethe universal feeling of awe for the man by his side. This was accounted\u003cbr\u003efor, partly at least, it might be supposed, by the fact that he wasn't a\u003cbr\u003eRussian. The Americans in the train, had they been out on the platform,\u003cbr\u003ewould have recognized him at once for he was sturdily and obviously\u003cbr\u003eAmerican.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47152734732528,"sku":"2940013938502","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013938502_p0.jpg?v=1763597541","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013938502","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}