An Old Meerschaum - From Coals Of Fire And Other Stories, Volume II. (of III.)

The Project Gutenberg EBook of An Old Meerschaum, by David Christie Murray This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Title: An Old Meerschaum From Coals Of Fire And Other Stories, Volume II. (of III.) Author: David Christie Murray Release Date: August 1, 2007 [EBook #22206] Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK AN OLD MEERSCHAUM *** Produced by David Widger AN OLD MEERSCHAUM By David Christie Murray From: Coals Of Fire And Other Stories By David Christie Murray In Three Volumes Vol. II. Chatto & Windus, Piccadilly 1882 Contents CHAPTER I. CHAPTER II. CHAPTER III. CHAPTER IV. CHAPTER V. CHAPTER I. The market-place at Trieste lay in a blaze of colour under the June sunlight. The scent of fruits and flowers was heavy on the air. A faint-hearted breeze which scarcely dared to blow came up from the harbour now and again, and made the heat just bearable. Mr. William Holmes Barndale, of Barndale in the county of Surrey, and King's Bench Walk-, Temple, sat in shadow in front of a restaurant with his legs comfortably thrust forth and his hat tilted over his eyes. He pulled his tawny beard lazily with one hand, and with the other caressed a great tumbler of iced beer.