The Weird Violin
THE great Polish violinist, S–, was strolling aimlessly about the town, on a sunny, but cold afternoon, in November of a certain year. He was to play, at night, at one of the great concerts which made the town so musically famous, and, according to his usual custom he was observing passers-by, looking in shop […]
Arabella
THE twenty-first of December was an eventful night. In the fashionable part of the town of Brightstone, in a house opposite the corner house of Brunswick Terrace, and just two doors from the Catholic chapel, sat two ladies, one about forty-five, the other a young girl of some fifteen years. “It is late, Arabella,” said […]