MY FIRE OPAL

AND OTHER TALES

SARAH WARNER BROOKS

MY FIRE OPAL

AND OTHER TALES

BY SARAH WARNER BROOKS

AUTHOR OF "ENGLISH POETRY AND POETS"

BOSTON ESTES AND LAURIAT 1896

Copyright, 1896 By Sarah Warner Brooks

Colonial Press: C. H. Simonds & Co., Boston, Mass., U.S.A. Electrotyped at the Dickinson Electrotype Foundery

Dedication TO THE BELOVED MEMORY OF ISABEL CORNWELL THESE TALES ARE GRATEFULLY AND LOVINGLY DEDICATED BY HER GRANDDAUGHTER THE AUTHOR

The Lilacs, January, 1896