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Fantastic Fables, Ambrose Bierce: The Life Saver
162 164 The Life Saver AN Ancient Maiden, standing on the edge of a wharf near a Modern Swain, was overheard rehearsing the words: "Noble preserver! The life that you have saved is yours!"…Fantastic Fables, Ambrose Bierce: The Man and the Bird
163 165 The Man and the Bird A MAN with a Shotgun said to a Bird: "It is all nonsense, you know, about shooting being a cruel sport. I put my skill against your cunning-that is all there is of…Fantastic Fables, Ambrose Bierce: From the Minutes
164 166 From the Minutes AN Orator afflicted with atrophy of the organ of common-sense rose in his place in the halls of legislation and pointed with pride to his Unblotted Escutcheon. Seeing…Fantastic Fables, Ambrose Bierce: Three of a Kind
165 167 Three of a Kind A LAWYER in whom an instinct of justice had survived the wreck of his ignorance of law was retained for the defence of a burglar whom the police had taken after a…Fantastic Fables, Ambrose Bierce: The Fabulist and the Animals
166 168 The Fabulist and the Animals A WISE and illustrious Writer of Fables was visiting a travelling menagerie with a view to collecting literary materials. As he was passing near the Elephant…Fantastic Fables, Ambrose Bierce: A Revivalist Revived
167 169 A Revivalist Revived A REVIVALIST who had fallen dead in the pulpit from too violent religious exercise was astonished to wake up in Hades. He promptly sent for the Adversary of Souls and…Fantastic Fables, Ambrose Bierce: Father and Son
16 18 Father and Son "MY boy," said an aged Father to his fiery and disobedient Son, "a hot temper is the soil of remorse. Promise me that when next you are angry you will count one hundred…Fantastic Fables, Ambrose Bierce: Two of the Pious
169 171 Two of the Pious A CHRISTIAN and a Heathen in His Blindness were disputing, when the Christian, with that charming consideration which serves to distinguish the truly pious from the…Fantastic Fables, Ambrose Bierce: The Desperate Object
170 172 The Desperate Object A DISHONEST Gain was driving in its luxurious carriage through its private park, when it saw something which frantically and repeatedly ran against a stone wall,…Fantastic Fables, Ambrose Bierce: The Appropriate Memorial
171 173 The Appropriate Memorial A HIGH Public Functionary having died, the citizens of his town held a meeting to consider how to honour his memory, and an Other High Public Functionary rose and…Trending
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