title: Bloodlines of Shackleford Banks: A Mystery
author:  B. J. Mountford 
description: BJ Mountford has worked as a National Park Service volunteer on North Carolina's Outer Banks as well as at parks in Georgia, Hawaii, and Idaho. She lives in Emerald Isle, North Carolina. <br />
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  # The Fox
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### D. H. Lawrence
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  This page copyright © 2003 Munsey's.
  
  
  http://www.munseys.com
  
      
  
  Don Lainson dlainson@sympatico.ca
  
  
  and Sue Asscher asschers@bigpond.com
  
  
  
  
  
  The two girls were usually known by their surnames, Banford and
  
  
  March. They had taken the farm together, intending to work it all by
  
  
  themselves: that is, they were going to rear chickens, make a living by
  
  
  poultry, and add to this by keeping a cow, and raising one or two young
  
  
  beasts. Unfortunately, things did not turn out well.
  
  
  Banford was a small, thin, delicate thing with spectacles. She,
  
  
  however, was the principal investor, for March had little or no money.
  
  
  Banford's father, who was a tradesman in Islington, gave his daughter
  
  
  the start, for her health's sake, and because he loved her, and because
  
  
  it did not look as if she would marry. March was more robust. She had
  
  
  learned carpentry and joinery at the evening classes i