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Fantastic Fables by Ambrose Bierce: The Compassionate Physician
The Returned Californian Two of the Damned The Compassionate Physician A KIND-HEARTED Physician sitting at the bedside of a patient afflicted with an incurable and painful disease,…Fantastic Fables by Ambrose Bierce: Two of the Damned
The Compassionate Physician The Austere Governor Two of the Damned TWO Blighted Beings, haggard, lachrymose, and detested, met on a blasted heath in the light of a struggling moon…Fantastic Fables by Ambrose Bierce: The Conscientious Official
An Officer and a Thug How Leisure Came The Conscientious Official WHILE a Division Superintendent of a railway was attending closely to his business of placing obstructions on the…Fantastic Fables by Ambrose Bierce: The Austere Governor
Two of the Damned Religions of Error The Austere Governor A GOVERNOR visiting a State prison was implored by a Convict to pardon him. "What are you in for?" asked the Governor…Fantastic Fables by Ambrose Bierce: Religions of Error
The Austere Governor The Penitent Elector Religions of Error HEARING a sound of strife, a Christian in the Orient asked his Dragoman the cause of it. "The Buddhists are cutting…Fantastic Fables by Ambrose Bierce: The Penitent Elector
Religions of Error The Tail of the Sphinx The Penitent Elector A PERSON belonging to the Society for Passing Resolutions of Respect for the Memory of Deceased Members having died…Fantastic Fables by Ambrose Bierce: The Tail of the Sphinx
The Penitent Elector A Prophet of Evil The Tail of the Sphinx A DOG of a taciturn disposition said to his Tail: "Whenever I am angry, you rise and bristle; when I am pleased, you…Fantastic Fables by Ambrose Bierce: A Prophet of Evil
The Tail of the Sphinx The Crew of the Life-boat A Prophet of Evil AN Undertaker Who Was a Member of a Trust saw a Man Leaning on a Spade, and asked him why he was not at work. "…Fantastic Fables by Ambrose Bierce: A Treaty of Peace
The Crew of the Life-boat The Nightside of Character A Treaty of Peace THROUGH massacres of each other's citizens China and the United States had been four times plunged into…Fantastic Fables by Ambrose Bierce: The Nightside of Character
A Treaty of Peace The Faithful Cashier The Nightside of Character A GIFTED and Honourable Editor, who by practice of his profession had acquired wealth and distinction, applied to an…