J. Storer Clouston

Name: The Trials of Tony — He Falls on His Feet
Author: J. Storer Clouston

The Trials of Tony — He Falls on His Feet (1909)

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“The Trials of Tony — He Falls on His Feet”, published in 1909, is a work by J. Storer Clouston. It explores elements such as Raymes, Tony and Algie.

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J. Storer Clouston, The Trials of Tony — He Falls on His Feet (1909)

“ Lord Raymes regarded him appreciatively.
"Yes, Algie, you are certainly coming on."
"I say, you know," said Tony gloomily, "this is getting to be a bit of a bore."
"Think what it must be for the ladies," his father replied soothingly.
"Yes, by Jove!" said Algie cheerily; "just think of that, brave boy! You give as good as you get, don't you know."
"And even the giving falls on me," added Lord Raymes. Anthony regarded his comforters with newborn wisdom. ”

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J. Storer Clouston, The Trials of Tony — He Falls on His Feet (1909)

“ Lord Raymes bent gallantly over her hand.
"So you mean to rob me of my Tony?" he smiled.
"I mean to borrow him for a little while, Lord Raymes, with your permission," she sparkled.
"Ah," said he, "you American heiresses! You carry off our brightest and our best."
The sprightly lady turned to her betrothed.
"See there, Tony!" she cried. "That's what your poppa thinks of you! Don't that make you feel good?"
"Haw!" smiled Tony modestly, "you mustn't take everything the guv'nor says as meaning just the same as if Algie or me had said it. He's one of the best, all the same, though." ”

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J. Storer Clouston, The Trials of Tony — He Falls on His Feet (1909)

“ But there are plenty of other good positions," Lady Custerd began, when she was interrupted by the appearance of a footman with a telegram.
"No answer," said Lord Raymes. He dismissed the footman and gazed thoughtfully into space.
"The next blow has fallen," he observed in a few minutes.
"What blow? On whom?" she exclaimed.
"Tony; on me," he replied.
"Is that from him?"
He read the wire aloud:
Come Oxford immediately. Good news. Tony
"But he says good news!" ”

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J. Storer Clouston, The Trials of Tony — He Falls on His Feet (1909)

“ Algie stared.
"This one?"
"No; I don't even know her name. Who is she?"
Algernon collected himself. "I didn't really mean, sir, that it was his misfortune. In fact, it's quite the other way on."
"Her misfortune?"
"No, no, you quite misunderstand me! 'Pon my word, really you do. Tony has landed on his feet this time, and no mistake!"
"Poor devil! You don't say so?"
"Yes, rather! Such a nice little woman, and any amount of money."
"Have you seen it?"
"Oh, but she has told him. Her late husband——"
Lord Raymes was startled at last.
"A widow!" he cried. ”

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J. Storer Clouston, The Trials of Tony — He Falls on His Feet (1909)

“ As he spoke he rose and turned toward the house.
"But, of course, you'll go?" she asked.
"I cannot escape my fate by merely staying at home," he answered. "I must now go and pack."
"Then you are going to spend the night?"
"No."
"What are you taking with you then?"
"My check-book."
Half an hour later his lordship drove to the station, and in the early afternoon arrived at the ancient city of Oxford. As he passed through a quadrangle of his son's college he observed in a group of sunshades evidences of Commem.
"Ah, woman, woman!" he murmured. ”

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J. Storer Clouston, The Trials of Tony — He Falls on His Feet (1909)

“ Quick work, wasn't it?"
"If I were an American, or any other sort of widow, I'd back myself to catch poor Tony in three hours."
Lord Raymes gazed thoughtfully, but apparently not unhopefully, at the ceiling. Then he lowered his eyes suddenly and inquired:
"Does she know he is a younger son?"
Algie hesitated.
"Well—er—the fact is, Lord Raymes, that's the thing dear Tony wants you to break to her. He hasn't had the—er——"
"Heart?"
"That's it; he hasn't had the heart to tell her she won't actually be a peeress." ”

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J. Storer Clouston, The Trials of Tony — He Falls on His Feet (1909)

“ If I were not prohibited by the injunctions of my grudging forefathers from cutting down my timber, if the market price of venison made those brutes worth the expense of keeping 'em, and if I had the moral courage to convert these flower-beds into a vegetable garden I should be a well-to-do man. ”

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