Black Beetles in Amber eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 194 pages of information about Black Beetles in Amber.

Black Beetles in Amber eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 194 pages of information about Black Beetles in Amber.
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Title:  Black Beetles in Amber1
BLACK BEETLES IN AMBER1
AMBROSE BIERCE1
THE ORDER IN WHICH THE BEETLES ARE SHOWN1
THE KEY NOTE3
CAIN4
AN OBITUARIAN4
A COMMUTED SENTENCE4
A LIFTED FINGER6
TWO STATESMEN7
MATTER FOR GRATITUDE7
THREE KINDS OF A ROGUE8
I8
II9
III9
A MAN10
Y’E FOE TO CATHAYE11
SAMUEL SHORTRIDGE11
SURPRISED11
POSTERITY’S AWARD12
AN ART CRITIC12
THE SPIRIT OF A SPONGE13
ORNITHANTHROPOS13
TO E.S.  SALOMON13
DENNIS KEARNEY14
FINIS AETERNITATIS14
THE VETERAN15
AN “EXHIBIT”16
THE TRANSMIGRATIONS OF A SOUL16
AN ACTOR17
FAMINE’S REALM18
THE MACKAIAD19
A SONG IN PRAISE20
A POET’S FATHER20
A COWARD21
TO MY LIARS21
“PHIL” CRIMMINS22
CODEX HONORIS22
TO W.H.L.B.23
EMANCIPATION23
JOHNDONKEY23
HELL24
BY FALSE PRETENSES24
LUCIFER OF THE TORCH24
THE “WHIRLIGIG OF TIME”25
A RAILROAD LACKEY25
THE LEGATEE26
A LITERARY HANGMAN27
AT THE ELEVENTH HOUR27
A CONTROVERSIALIST27
MENDAX27
THE RETROSPECTIVE BIRD28
THE OAKLAND DOG28
THE UNFALLEN BRAVE29
A CELEBRATED CASE29
COUPLETS30
A RETORT31
A VISION OF RESURRECTION31
MASTER OF THREE ARTS32
THERSITES32
A SOCIETY LEADER33
EXPOSITOR VERITATIS34
TO “COLONEL” DAN.  BURNS34
GEORGE A. KNIGHT34
UNARMED35
A POLITICAL VIOLET36
THE SUBDUED EDITOR36
A “SCION OF NOBILITY”38
THE NIGHT OF ELECTION38
THE CONVICTS’ BALL38
A PRAYER39
TO ONE DETESTED39
THE BOSS’S CHOICE39
A MERCIFUL GOVERNOR40
AN INTERPRETATION40
A SOARING TOAD40
AN UNDRESS UNIFORM41
THE PERVERTED VILLAGE41
MR. SHEETS42
A JACK-AT-ALL-VIEWS42
MY LORD POET42
TO THE FOOL-KILLER43
ONE AND ONE ARE TWO43
MONTAGUE LEVERSON44
THE WOFUL TALE OF MR. PETERS44
TWIN UNWORTHIES45
ANOTHER PLAN46
A POLITICAL APOSTATE46
TINKER DICK47
BATS IN SUNSHINE47
A WORD TO THE UNWISE47
ON THE PLATFORM48
A DAMPENED ARDOR49
ADAIR WELCKER, POET49
TO A WORD-WARRIOR49
A CULINARY CANDIDATE50
THE OLEOMARGARINE MAN50
GENESIS51
LLEWELLEN POWELL51
THE SUNSET GUN.52
THE “VIDUATE DAME”52
FOUR OF A KIND52
ALFRED CLARKE JR.53
JUDGE RUTLEDGE53
W.H.L.  BARNES53
RECONCILIATION53
A VISION OF CLIMATE53
A “MASS” MEETING54
FOR PRESIDENT, LELAND STANFORD55
FOR MAYOR55
A CHEATING PREACHER55
A CROCODILE56
THE AMERICAN PARTY56
UNCOLONELED56
THE GATES AJAR57
TIDINGS OF GOOD57
ARBORICULTURE58
A SILURIAN HOLIDAY58
REJECTED59
JUDEX JUDICATUS59
ON THE WEDDING OF AN AERONAUT59
A HASTY INFERENCE60
A VOLUPTUARY60
AD CATTONUM60
THE NATIONAL GUARDSMAN61
THE BARKING WEASEL61
A REAR ELEVATION62
IN UPPER SAN FRANCISCO62
NIMROD63
CENSOR LITERARUM63
BORROWED BRAINS63
THE FYGHTYNGE SEVENTH64
INDICTED64
OVER THE BORDER64
ONE JUDGE65
TO AN INSOLENT ATTORNEY65
ACCEPTED66
A PROMISED FAST TRAIN66
ONE OF THE SAINTS67
A MILITARY INCIDENT67
SUBSTANCE VERSUS SHADOW67
THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC MORALS68
CALIFORNIA68
DE YOUNG—­A PROPHECY69
TO EITHER69
THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW OF THEFT70
DOWN AMONG THE DEAD MEN70
THE LAST MAN71
ARBOR DAY71
THE PIUTE71
FAME72
ONE OF THE REDEEMED72
A CRITIC73
A QUESTION OF ELIGIBILITY73
FLEET STROTHER74
CALIFORNIAN SUMMER PICTURES74
AT ANCHOR74
THE IN-COMING CLIMATE74
A LONG-FELT WANT75
TO THE HAPPY HUNTING GROUNDS75
SLANDER75
JAMES L. FLOOD75
FOUR CANDIDATES FOR SENATOR75
A GROWLER76
AD MOODIUM76
AN EPITAPH77
A SPADE77
THE VAN NESSIAD77
A FISH COMMISSIONER78
TO A STRAY DOG78
IN HIS HAND79
A DEMAGOGUE79
FROM TOP TO BOTTOM80
AN IDLER80
THE DEAD KING81
A PATTER SONG81
A CALLER81
THE SHAFTER SHAFTED82
THE MUMMERY82
DRAMATIS PERSONAE.82
FITCH: 82
PICKERING: 83
METEMPSYCHOSIS85
SLICKENS87
NOZZLE: 88
DRAMATIS PERSONAE.90
MOUNTWAVE: 90
ASPIRANTS THREE92
DE YOUNG: 92
THE BIRTH OF THE RAIL95
COWBOY CHARLEY: 96
A BAD NIGHT97
SARALTHIA: 97
SARALTHIA100
ON STONE100
A WREATH OF IMMORTELLES101
A WATER-PIRATE101
C.P.  BERRY101
THE REV.  JOSEPH101
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