Florence B. Hallowell Florence B. Hallowell i(A77627 works by) (a.k.a. F. B. Hallowell)
Gender: Female
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1 Fettered Florence B. Hallowell , 1897 single work short story romance
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , April vol. 32 no. 383 1897; (p. 327-329) A country doctors falls in love with one of his patients but discontinues seeing her because he is already married - to a ballet dancer who deserted him. During a trip to his home town he witnesses her fall to her death during a tight-rope act at a variety theatre, and discovers that she had been married before she married him, so that with her death he is doubly free. A final twist reveals her as the cousin of the girl he loves, daughter to the aunt of many tragedies whom she lived with. (PB)
1 Her Friend Mrs Varian Florence B. Hallowell , 1896 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , March vol. 31 no. 370 1896; (p. 317-319) Domestic romance set in Northern Hemisphere. For some years Mary Knight has been deceiving her husband, telling him that she has been visiting a friend whenever he was absent from town. A child's illness, a shortened business trip, and a visit from the woman purportedly visited (whose son is in Australia!) reveal the deception. Mary confesses that she visits the children of a hidden former marriage, unrevealed because she feared her husband would cease loving her ... Competent. Loving couple - kindness, restraint, etc. (PB)
1 Miss Martha's Sacrifice Florence B. Hallowell , 1893 single work short story romance
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , March vol. 28 no. 334 1893; (p. 370-372) Romance of an old maid who surrenders her savings and thus her independence to save the man she loves from financial ruin. He marries another, unaware of her love or her generosity, and he prospers while she is driven to the poor house. (PB)
1 Ernest Trevor's Secret Florence B. Hallowell , 1887 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , October vol. 23 no. 269 1887; (p. 102-103) Romance of youthful folly (probably US). Ernest Trevors does not marry for several years but daily visits a young child. When his wife, a drunken vanity show girl dies from a stage fall he feels free to claim his daughter and a year later marries the girl he loves. (PB)
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