A Hazard of New Fortunes — Volume 1

A Hazard of New Fortunes is a novel by William Dean Howells. Fulkerson pulled first one of his blond whiskers and then the other, and twisted the end of each into a point, which he left to untwine itself. He fixed March with his little eyes, which had a curious innocence in their cunning, and tapped the desk immediately in front of him.