{"product_id":"2940014515931","title":"AHEAD OF THE SHOW","description":"CONTENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e       I.  AL MAKES APPLICATION.               5\u003cbr\u003e      II.  AL TALKS BUSINESS.                 12\u003cbr\u003e     III.  AL'S SCHEME.                       17\u003cbr\u003e      IV.  AL TO THE RESCUE.                  24\u003cbr\u003e       V.  AL CLAIMS HIS REWARD.              29\u003cbr\u003e      VI.  ANOTHER ROCK AHEAD.                35\u003cbr\u003e     VII.  THE DEBUT.                         41\u003cbr\u003e    VIII.  A STARTLING SITUATION.             47\u003cbr\u003e      IX.  A CLOSE CALL.                      53\u003cbr\u003e       X.  AN INTERVIEW WITH THE MAYOR.       61\u003cbr\u003e      XI.  IN PERIL.                          67\u003cbr\u003e     XII.  INTERVIEWED.                       73\u003cbr\u003e    XIII.  A STROKE OF LUCK.                  80\u003cbr\u003e     XIV.  AL'S AD.                           87\u003cbr\u003e      XV.  SAVED BY A SHADOW.                 91\u003cbr\u003e     XVI.  A LESSON IN JOURNALISM.            97\u003cbr\u003e    XVII.  \"I WANT YOU.\"                     103\u003cbr\u003e   XVIII.  MR. MARMADUKE MERRY.              109\u003cbr\u003e     XIX.  A STARTLING ACKNOWLEDGMENT.       115\u003cbr\u003e      XX.  THE LOCKET.                       121\u003cbr\u003e     XXI.  BROTHER AND SISTER.               127\u003cbr\u003e    XXII.  AN AWFUL CATASTROPHE.             133\u003cbr\u003e   XXIII.  AN EVENTFUL NIGHT.                139\u003cbr\u003e    XXIV.  A CLEW.                           145\u003cbr\u003e     XXV.  ON THE TRACK.                     151\u003cbr\u003e    XXVI.  \"DR. FERGUSON.\"                   157\u003cbr\u003e   XXVII.  AN UNLUCKY ERROR.                 163\u003cbr\u003e  XXVIII.  AN EXCITING INTERVIEW.            169\u003cbr\u003e    XXIX.  A DANGEROUS JOB AHEAD.            175\u003cbr\u003e     XXX.  HARD LUCK.                        181\u003cbr\u003e    XXXI.  A WOMAN'S VENGEANCE.              187\u003cbr\u003e   XXXII.  AND LAST.                         193\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAHEAD OF THE SHOW.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAL MAKES APPLICATION.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"If I had that fellow here I'd make him wish he'd never heard the name\u003cbr\u003eof Augustus Wattles. And I'll do it some day, too.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe manager and proprietor of Wattles' New York Comedy Company was very,\u003cbr\u003every \"mad.\" His naturally florid face was redder than usual, and his\u003cbr\u003efists were clinched in a manner that augured no good to the \"fellow\"\u003cbr\u003ereferred to, had that individual chanced to appear upon the scene at\u003cbr\u003ethis precise moment.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe stood at the door of the Boomville Opera House, in company with the\u003cbr\u003elocal manager, Mr. Cyrus Perley, who seemed in some degree to share his\u003cbr\u003ediscomfiture and anger.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA group of stragglers listened in silence to their conversation, gazing\u003cbr\u003eat them with that peculiar and unaccountable reverence that many people\u003cbr\u003efeel for members of the theatrical profession.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"It's pretty tough,\" said Mr. Perley, \"but it isn't my fault.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I know it isn't. Well, this is the last time that loafer will play that\u003cbr\u003etrick on me. He thinks that because I have been easy with him in the\u003cbr\u003epast there is no end to my patience. I'll show him that he is making the\u003cbr\u003emistake of his life.\"","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47069369565424,"sku":"2940014515931","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940014515931_p0.jpg?v=1763619248","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940014515931","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}