Fownes

And two weeks ago to-morrow morning we were the only paper to be beaten on the Fownes will story.

Romance Island Zona Gale 1906

But Thomas, with a grumble, told them that Fownes had stolen away from the job that had been set for him after dinner, and that the hound had gone with him.

Janice Meredith Paul Leicester Ford 1883

Fownes and also during the said Term, shall and will at the like Cost and Charges, provide and allow the said Charles

Janice Meredith Paul Leicester Ford 1883

Angry as they became at Fownes, not one left the ranks, though presence was purely voluntary, and scarce one of them, ill armed though he might be, but was able to kill a squirrel or quail at thirty paces.

Janice Meredith Paul Leicester Ford 1883

Yet all their discussion brought them no nearer to agreement, Janice maintaining that Fownes was a villain in posse, if not in esse, while Tabitha contended that Charles had been disappointed in a love which he still, none the less, cherished, and which to her mind accounted in every particular for his conduct.

Janice Meredith Paul Leicester Ford 1883

"Will it buy a razor?" asked Fownes, quickly, turning to the lawyer with a smile.

Janice Meredith Paul Leicester Ford 1883

Flushed in face, Fownes wheeled on the man hotly, while the whole room waited his reply in silence.

Janice Meredith Paul Leicester Ford 1883

Sukey promptly relented, but the chill in Fownes 'fingers was clearly not unendurable, for in a moment he came to the table, and putting his hand over that of Janice, which held the pestle, he said: --

Janice Meredith Paul Leicester Ford 1883

"'T is a sorry calling yours would be if many kept to that," replied Fownes, with a suggestion of contempt.

Janice Meredith Paul Leicester Ford 1883

Fownes, or whatever he will then be, must return to my service and fulfil his bond, with a penalty of double time to boot.

Janice Meredith Paul Leicester Ford 1883