Page:Bierce - Collected Works - Volume 06.djvu/21

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CONTENTS

PAGE

Politicians and PLUNDER.235

Man and Wart 235

His Ely-Speck MAJESTY..236

The Pugilist's Diet 237

Old Man and Pupil 238

A Forfeited Right 238

Revenge 239

An Optimist 240

Two Footpads 241

Equipped for Service. ..241

The Basking Cyclone.. 242

A Valuable SUGGESTION..242

Optimist and Cynic 243

The Taken Hand 244

Poet and Editor 244

At the Pole 245

Party Manager and

Gentleman 246

An Unspeakable Imbecile 248

Mine-Owner and Jackass 248

A Needful War 249

DoG^AND Doctor 250

Legislator and C1TIZEN..250

Citizen and Snakes 251

The Rainmaker 252

Fortune and Fabulist.. 253

A Smiling Idol 254

Philosophers Three 255

The Boneless King 256

A Transposition 256

Six AND One 257

Uncalculating Zeal 258

The Honest Citizen. ..259

A Creaking Tail 260

Sportsman and Squirrel 260

Fogy and Sheik 261

At Heaven's Gate 262

Wasted Sweets 264

The Catted Anarchist. 264

The Honorable Member 265

The Expatriated Boss.. 266

An Inadequate Fee 266

A Statesman 267

Two Dogs 267

Judge and Plaintiff 268

Return of the Representative 269

The Mirror 270

Saint and Sinner 271

A Weary Echo 271

Three Recruits 272

The Ancient Order 272

A Fatal Disorder 273

A Talisman 274

An Antidote 275

Congress and People... 275

Ship and Man 276

The Justice and His

Accuser 276

An Aerophone 277