Owen Hartley; or, Ups and Downs - A Tale of Land and Sea

The Project Gutenberg EBook of Owen Hartley; or, Ups and Downs, by William H. G. Kingston This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Title: Owen Hartley; or, Ups and Downs A Tale of Land and Sea Author: William H. G. Kingston Illustrator: M. Stretch Release Date: February 3, 2008 [EBook #24502] Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK OWEN HARTLEY; OR, UPS AND DOWNS *** Produced by Nick Hodson of London, England William H G Kingston "Owen Hartley; or, Ups and Downs" Chapter One. “Well, boy, what do you want?” These words were uttered in a no pleasant tone by an old gentleman with a brownish complexion, a yellowish brown scratch wig, somewhat awry, a decidedly brown coat, breeches, and waistcoat, a neckcloth, once white, but now partaking of the sombre hue of his other garments; brown stockings and brownish shoes, ornamented by a pair of silver buckles, the last-mentioned articles being the only part of his costume on which the eye could rest with satisfaction. On his lap was placed a pocket handkerchief, of a nondescript tint, brown, predominating, in consequence of its frequent application to a longish nose, made the recipient of huge quantities of snuff.