I myself, when I was a clerk, have had to superintend these infamous proceedings, and in one day caused to be thrown into the sea some forty thousand bushels of rice, which might have been sold at a fair profit had the withholder been less greedy of gain.
"Socialism"
John Stuart Mill
These were questions that Rocky canyon discussed lightly, although there was always the more serious mystery of the relations of the Reverend Mr. withholder, Polly Harkness, and the goat towards each other.
"Mr. Jack Hamlin's Mediation and Other Stories"
Bret Harte
Was it not more probable that the Reverend Mr. withholder had himself been dancing with Polly, and been mistaken for the goat?
"Mr. Jack Hamlin's Mediation and Other Stories"
Bret Harte