Omohundro

"It was an incredible effort," Nashville Mayor Karl Dean said of the rush to bag 500 tons of sand on the grounds of a county jail and then transport it to form a wall around the Omohundro Water Treatment Plant.

POLITICAL HOT TOPICS: Wednesday, May 5, 2010 2010

"Drunk, am I?" shouts Omohundro, shaking his fist.

Isabelle Estelle Bruno 2010

I wouldn't feel sorry for Omohundro at any time, least of all with two of his bullies pinioning me and blowing baccy juice in my face, but I confess to a momentary pang just then, as though he'd passed port to the right.

Isabelle Estelle Bruno 2010

Before my horrified gaze Omohundro was swaying on tiptoe, staring down at that awful steel that transfixed him; he flopped to his knees, the pistol clattering to the floor, and fell forward on his face with a dreadful groan.

Isabelle Estelle Bruno 2010

But I hadn't killed Omohundro-she needn't even know about him, or Spring.

Isabelle Estelle Bruno 2010

Omohundro wasn't quite like these, exactly-the last time we'd met I'd been stealing one of his slaves, and shots had been flying, and he'd been roaring after me with murder in his eye, while I'd been striking out for the Mississippi shore.

Isabelle Estelle Bruno 2010

I remembered Omohundro with two feet of steel through his innards - and Spring had only just met him.

THE NUMBERS 2010

For a time he impersonated (among many other figures) a Royal Navy officer; he was also a reluctant agent of the Underground Railroad which smuggled escaped slaves to Canada, but unfortunately the fugitive entrusted to his care was recognised by a vindictive planter named Omohundro, and Flashman abandoned his charge and beat a hasty retreat over the rail of a steamboat.

Isabelle Estelle Bruno 2010

"You min 'your mouth!" says Omohundro, and braced himself.

Isabelle Estelle Bruno 2010

As luck had it, there weren't above a dozen men in the place, and while those who'd been with Omohundro crowded round, the others stared but kept their distance.

Isabelle Estelle Bruno 2010