THE COLLECTED
WORKS OF
AMBROSE BIERCE
VOLUME II
IN THE MIDST OF LIFE
TALES OF SOLDIERS AND CIVILIANS
Originally Published 1909
PREFACE
TO THE FIRST EDITION
Denied existence by the chief publishing houses of
the country, this
book owes itself to Mr. E.L.G. Steele, merchant,
of this city. In
attesting Mr. Steele’s faith in his judgment
and his friend, it will
serve its author’s main and best ambition.
A.B.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 4, 1891.
CONTENTS
A HORSEMAN IN THE SKY 15
AN OCCURRENCE AT OWL CREEK BRIDGE 27
CHICKAMAUGA 46
A SON OF THE GODS 58
ONE OF THE MISSING 71
KILLED AT RESACA 93
THE AFFAIR AT COULTER’S NOTCH 105
THE COUP DE GRÂCE 122
PARKER ADDERSON, PHILOSOPHER 133
AN AFFAIR OF OUTPOSTS 146
THE STORY OF A CONSCIENCE 165
ONE KIND OF OFFICER 178
ONE OFFICER, ONE MAN 197
GEORGE THURSTON 209
THE MOCKING-BIRD 218
CIVILIANS
THE MAN OUT OF THE NOSE 233
AN ADVENTURE AT BROWNVILLE 247
THE FAMOUS GILSON BEQUEST 266
THE APPLICANT 281
A WATCHER BY THE DEAD 290
THE MAN AND THE SNAKE 311
A HOLY TERROR 324
THE SUITABLE SURROUNDINGS 350
THE BOARDED WINDOW 364
A LADY FROM RED HORSE 373
THE EYES OF THE PANTHER 385
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