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