FIRES

BOOK I
THE STONE, AND OTHER TALES

BY

WILFRID WILSON GIBSON

LONDON
ELKIN MATHEWS, VIGO STREET
M CM XII

BY THE SAME WRITER
DAILY BREAD (1910)
WOMENKIND (1912)

TO
GEORGE CLAUSEN
A TRIBUTE

Snug in my easy chair,

I stirred the fire to flame.

Fantastically fair,