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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…Fantastic Fables by Ambrose Bierce: Two Politicians
The Writer and the Tramps The Fugitive Office Two Politicians Two Politicians were exchanging ideas regarding the rewards for public service. "The reward which I most desire," said…Fantastic Fables by Ambrose Bierce: The Fugitive Office
Two Politicians The Tyrant Frog The Fugitive Office A TRAVELLER arriving at the capitol of the nation saw a vast plain outside the wall, filled with struggling and shouting men.…Fantastic Fables by Ambrose Bierce: The Tyrant Frog
The Fugitive Office The Eligible Son-in-Law The Tyrant Frog A SNAKE swallowing a frog head-first was approached by a Naturalist with a stick. "Ah, my deliverer," said the Snake as…Fantastic Fables by Ambrose Bierce: The Eligible Son-in-Law
The Tyrant Frog The Statesman and the Horse The Eligible Son-in-Law A TRULY Pious Person who conducted a savings bank and lent money to his sisters and his cousins and his aunts of…Fantastic Fables by Ambrose Bierce: The Foolish Woman
The Critics Father and Son The Foolish Woman A MARRIED Woman, whose lover was about to reform by running away, procured a pistol and shot him dead. "Why did you do that, Madam?"…Fantastic Fables by Ambrose Bierce: The Statesman and the Horse
The Eligible Son-in-Law An AErophobe The Statesman and the Horse A STATESMAN who had saved his country was returning from Washington on foot, when he met a Race Horse going at full…Fantastic Fables by Ambrose Bierce: An AErophobe
The Statesman and the Horse The Thrift of Strength An AErophobe A CELEBRATED Divine having affirmed the fallibility of the Bible, was asked why, then, he preached the religion founded…