Famished joins the army in order to escape the shame of his wife cheating on him. He doesn't know who her lover is. He happens to form a bond of honor with that man and behaves nobly even after finding out the truth.
First published in the San Francisco Examiner, December 19, 1897.
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1898 | In the Midst of Life: Tales of Soldiers and Civilians | G. P. Putnam's Sons | Collection | 161 | |
| 1909 |
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In the Midst of Life: Tales of Soldiers and Civilians | The Neale Publishing Company | Collection | 146 |
| 1918 | In the Midst of Life: Tales of Soldiers and Civilians | Boni & Liveright | Collection | 146 | |
| 1918 | In the Midst of Life: Tales of Soldiers and Civilians | Boni & Liveright | Collection | 146 | |
| 1970 |
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The Complete Short Stories of Ambrose Bierce | Doubleday | Collection | 340 |
| November 1971 |
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The Complete Short Stories of Ambrose Bierce, Volume II: The World of War and the World of Tall Tales | Ballantine Books | Collection | 103 |
| 1984 |
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The Complete Short Stories of Ambrose Bierce | University of Nebraska Press | Collection | 340 |
| 1984 | The Best of Ambrose Bierce | Castle / Book Sales | Omnibus | 65 | |
| 1988 |
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The Collected Writings of Ambrose Bierce | Picador / Pan Books | Omnibus | 65 |
| 1994 |
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Civil War Stories | Dover Publications | Collection | 89 |
| March 2012 |
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Civil War Stories | Dover Publications | Collection | |
| March 2012 |
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Civil War Stories | Dover Publications | Collection | |
| July 2012 |
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Ambrose Bierce: Masters of the Weird Tale | Centipede Press | Collection |