{"product_id":"2940013938564","title":"THE BOY SCOUTS ON A SUBMARINE","description":"CHAPTER I\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE UNEXPECTED VISITOR\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA great barking of dogs broke the silence of the sleepy summer\u003cbr\u003eafternoon.  Elinor Pomeroy laid down her knitting and slowly\u003cbr\u003ewalked around the house.  The barking of the three big dogs had\u003cbr\u003ebeen on a joyous tone.  A young man was racing up the long front\u003cbr\u003edrive, the dogs leaping and bounding around him.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Three rousing cheers, old dear,\" he cried.  \"Three cheers!  I\u003cbr\u003ehave won out!\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Do you really mean it, Lester?\" she cried.  \"Do you really mean\u003cbr\u003ethat your invention is a success?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"It certainly is, Elinor,\" he answered, a certain gravity coming\u003cbr\u003einto his face and manner.  \"I know now that it is all right.  We\u003cbr\u003ehave even tried it out, and I am sure of it.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eElinor took her excited brother by the arm and led him to the\u003cbr\u003ewide, swinging hammock.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Begin at the beginning,\" she ordered gently.  \"I want to hear\u003cbr\u003ethe whole thing.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Well, then,\" he commenced obediently, \"this morning, as soon as\u003cbr\u003eI got to the plant, I asked for a meeting with the bureau of\u003cbr\u003emanagement.  Well, I went in and told them what I had done; how I\u003cbr\u003ehappened on a partial combination when I was analyzing something\u003cbr\u003efor the office.  I told them that I had worked it out further and\u003cbr\u003efurther, and that finally I found what I was hunting for--a gas\u003cbr\u003ethat was powerful enough to affect a large number of men and put\u003cbr\u003ethem out temporarily, without injuring them after the effects\u003cbr\u003ewore off.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47152734699760,"sku":"2940013938564","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013938564_p0.jpg?v=1763597636","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013938564","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}