Cruel Barbara Allen - From Coals Of Fire And Other Stories, Volume II. (of III.)

The Project Gutenberg EBook of Cruel Barbara Allen, 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: Cruel Barbara Allen From Coals Of Fire And Other Stories, Volume II. (of III.) Author: David Christie Murray Release Date: August 1, 2007 [EBook #22208] Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK CRUEL BARBARA ALLEN *** Produced by David Widger CRUEL BARBARA ALLEN. 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 I. Christopher was a fiddler and a man of genius. Educated people do not deny the possibility of such a combination; but it was Christopher's misfortune to live amongst a dull and bovine-seeming race, who had little sympathy with art and no knowledge of an artist's longings. They contented themselves, for the most part, with the belief that Christopher was queer. Perhaps he was. My experience of men of genius, limited as it may be, points to the fact that oddity is a characteristic of the race. This observation is especially true of such of them as are yet unrecognised. They wear curious garments and their ways are strange.