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Ambrose Bierce
Can Such Things Be?
Published by Good Press, 2019
EAN 4057664117762
Table of Contents
THE SECRET OF MACARGER’S GULCH
I STATEMENT OF JOEL HETMAN, JR.
II STATEMENT OF CASPAR GRATTAN
III STATEMENT OF THE LATE JULIA HETMAN, THROUGH THE MEDIUM BAYROLLES
I HOW TREES ARE FELLED IN CHINA
II WHO DRIVES SANE OXEN SHOULD HIMSELF BE SANE
STALEY FLEMING’S HALLUCINATION
I THE REVIEW AS A FORM OF WELCOME
II WHEN YOU HAVE LOST YOUR LIFE CONSULT A PHYSICIAN
III THE DANGER OF LOOKING INTO A POOL OF WATER
THE NIGHT-DOINGS AT “DEADMAN’S”
THE MIDDLE TOE OF THE RIGHT FOOT
JOHN MORTONSON’S FUNERAL [252]
I ONE DOES NOT ALWAYS EAT WHAT IS ON THE TABLE
II WHAT MAY HAPPEN IN A FIELD OF WILD OATS
III A MAN THOUGH NAKED MAY BE IN RAGS
IV AN EXPLANATION FROM THE TOMB
THE DEATH OF HALPIN FRAYSER
I
For by death is wrought greater change than hath been shown. Whereas in general the spirit that removed cometh back upon occasion, and is sometimes seen of those in flesh (appearing in the form of the body it bore) yet it hath happened that the veritable body without the spirit hath walked. And it is attested of those encountering who have