{"product_id":"2940016325798","title":"Frank Merriwell\u0026#x2019;s Athletes","description":"“Say, boys, just listen to that racket!”\u003cbr\u003eIt was Jack Diamond who spoke, and he addressed Frank Merriwell and several others of his friends.\u003cbr\u003e“It is certainly awful,” came from Harry Rattleton, one of the boys.\u003cbr\u003e“I can’t stand much of this,” put in Bruce Browning. “It is enough to drive one crazy.”\u003cbr\u003eThe boys had just entered the outer portals of a Chinese theatre, located in Chinatown, the Celestial portion of San Francisco. There was a great crowd, and it was only with difficulty that they made their way along the narrow and gloomy passages leading to the theatre proper.\u003cbr\u003eFrank Merriwell and his chums from Yale College had filled in their summer vacation by a trip on bicycles from New York to San Francisco. They had had numerous adventures, but had come out “right side up with care,” as Frank put it.\u003cbr\u003eThe party was composed of Frank Merriwell, Harry Rattleton, a former roommate at Yale; Jack Diamond, from Virginia; Bruce Browning, fat, lazy and good-natured; and Toots, a colored boy from the Merriwell homestead.\u003cbr\u003eOn reaching California, Frank had fallen in with Bart Hodge, a schoolmate of years gone by, when Frank had attended Fardale Military Academy. Bart had been in serious trouble, and it was Frank who helped him out of it. For some time Hodge had found it best to “keep shady,” and his troubles were not yet a thing of the past.\u003cbr\u003eAs the boys walked farther into the entrance of the Chinese theatre, a clanging medley of the most horrible sounds came up from the passage that lay at the foot of a steep flight of stairs.\u003cbr\u003eFrank Merriwell laughed.\u003cbr\u003e“That is music, old fellow!” he said.\u003cbr\u003eThen came another burst of sounds, more horrible than the first, if possible. There was a banging of brass, a clanging of gongs, a roaring of drums, and a wild shrieking and wailing as of ten thousand fiddles cut of tune.\u003cbr\u003eJack jabbed his fingers into his ears and actually turned pale.\u003cbr\u003e“Music!” he gasped—“that music? That is enough to drive any man crazy! It is the most frightful thing I ever heard. Music! You are joking, Merriwell!”\u003cbr\u003e“Not a bit of it,” declared Frank. “Aren’t we on our way to witness a play in a Chinese theatre?”\u003cbr\u003e“Well, I supposed so, but it strikes me now that this is one of your jokes. You have put up a job on me. You are trying to horse me.”\u003cbr\u003e“Nothing of the sort, my dear boy.”","brand":"WDS Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47153285693680,"sku":"2940016325798","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940016325798_p0.jpg?v=1763633771","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940016325798","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}