{"product_id":"2940016265940","title":"The Headless Horseman: A Strange Tale of Texas","description":"PROLOGUE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe stag of Texas, reclining in midnight lair, is startled from his\u003cbr\u003eslumbers by the hoof stroke of a horse.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe does not forsake his covert, nor yet rise to his feet. His domain is\u003cbr\u003eshared by the wild steeds of the savannah, given to nocturnal straying.\u003cbr\u003eHe only up rears his head and, with antlers overtopping the tall grass,\u003cbr\u003elistens for a repetition of the sound.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAgain is the hoof stroke heard, but with altered intonation. There is a\u003cbr\u003ering of metal the clinking of steel against stone.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe sound, significant to the ear of the stag, causes a quick change in\u003cbr\u003ehis air and attitude. Springing clear of his couch, and bounding a score\u003cbr\u003eof yards across the prairie, he pauses to look back upon the disturber\u003cbr\u003eof his dreams.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the clear moonlight of a southern sky, he recognizes the most\u003cbr\u003eruthless of his enemies: man. One is approaching upon horseback.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYielding to instinctive dread, he is about to resume his flight when\u003cbr\u003esomething in the appearance of the horseman some unnatural seeming holds\u003cbr\u003ehim transfixed to the spot.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith haunches in quivering contact with the sward, and frontlet faced to\u003cbr\u003ethe rear, he continues to gaze his large brown eyes straining upon the\u003cbr\u003eintruder in a mingled expression of fear and bewilderment.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat has challenged the saga to such protracted scrutiny?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe horse is perfect in all its parts a splendid steed, saddled,\u003cbr\u003ebridled, and otherwise completely caparisoned. In it appears nothing\u003cbr\u003eamiss, nothing to produce either wonder or alarm. But the rider? Ah!\u003cbr\u003eAbout him there is something to cause both something weird something\u003cbr\u003ewonting!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBy heavens! it is the head!","brand":"WDS Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47172422762736,"sku":"2940016265940","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940016265940_p0.jpg?v=1763631768","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940016265940","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}