My Fire Opal, and Other Tales

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
In the hope of interesting the reader in that insistent altruistic question of the hour—How may we best treat our convicted fellow sinners?—these simple tales (the outcome of intimate personal observation behind the bars, and woven, almost equally, of fact and fiction) are offered for his kindly-indulgent perusal.