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Fantastic Fables by Ambrose Bierce: Saint and Sinner
The Mirror An Antidote Saint and Sinner "MY friend," said a distinguished officer of the Salvation Army, to a Most Wicked Sinner, "I was once a drunkard, a thief, an assassin. The…Fantastic Fables by Ambrose Bierce: A Weary Echo
An Antidote The Ingenious Blackmailer A Weary Echo A CONVENTION of female writers, which for two days had been stuffing Woman's couch with goose-quills and hailing the down of a new…Fantastic Fables by Ambrose Bierce: The Ingenious Blackmailer
A Weary Echo A Talisman The Ingenious Blackmailer AN Inventor went to a King and was granted an audience, when the following conversation ensued: INVENTOR. - "May it please your…Fantastic Fables by Ambrose Bierce: The Ancient Order
A Talisman A Fatal Disorder The Ancient Order HARDLY had that ancient order, the Sultans of Exceeding Splendour, been completely founded by the Grand Flashing Inaccessible, when a…Fantastic Fables by Ambrose Bierce: A Fatal Disorder
The Ancient Order The Massacre A Fatal Disorder A DYING Man who had been shot was requested by officers of the law to make a statement, and be quick about it. "You were assaulted…Fantastic Fables by Ambrose Bierce: A Ship and a Man
The Massacre Congress and the People A Ship and a Man SEEING a ship sailing by upon the sea of politics, an Ambitious Person started in hot pursuit along the strand; but the people's…Fantastic Fables by Ambrose Bierce: Congress and the People
A Ship and a Man The Justice and His Accuser Congress and the People SUCCESSIVE Congresses having greatly impoverished the People, they were discouraged and wept copiously. "Why do…Fantastic Fables by Ambrose Bierce: The Highwayman and the Traveller
The Justice and His Accuser The Policeman and the Citizen The Highwayman and the Traveller A HIGHWAYMAN confronted a Traveller, and covering him with a firearm, shouted: "Your money…Fantastic Fables by Ambrose Bierce: The Policeman and the Citizen
The Highwayman and the Traveller The Writer and the Tramps The Policeman and the Citizen A POLICEMAN, finding a man that had fallen in a fit, said, "This man is drunk," and began…Fantastic Fables by Ambrose Bierce: The Writer and the Tramps
The Policeman and the Citizen Two Politicians The Writer and the Tramps AN Ambitious Writer, distinguished for the condition of his linen, was travelling the high road to fame, when…