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Fantastic Fables by Ambrose Bierce: A Harmless Visitor
The No Case The Judge and the Rash Act A Harmless Visitor AT a meeting of the Golden League of Mystery a Woman was discovered, writing in a note-book. A member directed the…Fantastic Fables by Ambrose Bierce: The Prerogative of Might
The Judge and the Rash Act An Inflated Ambition The Prerogative of Might A SLANDER travelling rapidly through the land upon its joyous mission was accosted by a Retraction and…Fantastic Fables by Ambrose Bierce: An Inflated Ambition
The Prerogative of Might Rejected Services An Inflated Ambition THE President of a great Corporation went into a dry-goods shop and saw a placard which read: "If You Don't See What…Fantastic Fables by Ambrose Bierce: Rejected Services
An Inflated Ambition The Power of the Scalawag Rejected Services A HEAVY Operator overtaken by a Reverse of Fortune was bewailing his sudden fall from affluence to indigence. "Do…Fantastic Fables by Ambrose Bierce: The Moral Sentiment
How Leisure Came The Politicians The Moral Sentiment A PUGILIST met the Moral Sentiment of the Community, who was carrying a hat-box. "What have you in the hat-box, my friend?"…Fantastic Fables by Ambrose Bierce: The Power of the Scalawag
Rejected Services At Large - One Temper The Power of the Scalawag A FORESTRY Commissioner had just felled a giant tree when, seeing an honest man approaching, he dropped his axe and…Fantastic Fables by Ambrose Bierce: The Seeker and the Sought
At Large - One Temper His Fly-Speck Majesty The Seeker and the Sought A POLITICIAN seeing a fat Turkey which he wanted for dinner, baited a hook with a grain of corn and dragged it…Fantastic Fables by Ambrose Bierce: The Pugilist's Diet
His Fly-Speck Majesty The Old Man and the Pupil The Pugilist's Diet THE Trainer of a Pugilist consulted a Physician regarding the champion's diet. "Beef-steaks are too tender,"…Fantastic Fables by Ambrose Bierce: The Politicians and the Plunder
The Deceased and his Heirs The Man and the Wart The Politicians and the Plunder SEVERAL Political Entities were dividing the spoils. "I will take the management of the prisons,"…Fantastic Fables by Ambrose Bierce: The Man and the Wart
The Politicians and the Plunder The Divided Delegation The Man and the Wart A PERSON with a Wart on His Nose met a Person Similarly Afflicted, and said: "Let me propose your name…