Joseph Hocking
Upon Trevanion's death the old home had to be sold, but Nancy, his only daughter, insisted upon the sale being subject to an option enabling her to buy it back within five years for £10,000. She might have accomplished her end there and then had she been willing to marry the son of her father's one-time stableman, but being a Trevanion of Trevanion Court she was even prouder than she was poor. How she obtained the necessary money, and what surprising adventures befell her before she could achieve her aim, is told in Mr. Joseph Hocking's best vein in this vivid and realistic story.
There are few better story-tellers than Mr. Joseph Hocking, especially when he is dealing with his beloved Cornwall. His stories are thrillingly interesting, and rivet the attention of the reader from beginning to end.
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The Firm Hand
By
Harold Bindloss
The Croziers are stubborn North-country yeomen, whose temperament accounts for the misfortunes that follow the house. Isaac, the last of the old parsimonious school, pushed on by his avaricious wife, cheats his brother and seizes the inheritance of his nephew, who is supposititiously killed by accident in the dark. Mark, another nephew, and the girl he marries, stand for a fresh and generous type, but he has inherited the family temperament and feels his business is to solve the puzzle of his brother's death. The background for the story is English moorland and Canadian forest.
Other recent Stories by this Author:
The Mountaineers The League of the Leopard
The Man from the Wilds The Allinson Honour
The Impostor The Pioneer
Musgrave's Luck Hawtrey's Deputy
The Head of the House The Keystone Block
Dearham's Inheritance The Wilderness Patrol
The Trustee The Lute Player
Agatha's Fortune A Debt of Honour
The Broken Net A Risky Game
Askew's Victory Carmen's Messenger
The Dust of Conflict Sadie's Conquest
A Damaged Reputation Helen the Conqueror
Footsteps Sour Grapes