Lieutenant Herman Brayle always charges straight into enemy fire, never cautiously taking cover. After he is killed, the reason is found in a letter in his pocket, from a woman, who said she thought hiding behind trees was contemptible.
First published in the San Francisco Examiner, June 5, 1887.
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page | |
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| 1891 |
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Tales of Soldiers and Civilians | E. L. G. Steele | Collection | 93 |
| 1892 | In the Midst of Life: Tales of Soldiers and Civilians | Chatto & Windus | Collection | 83 | |
| 1898 | In the Midst of Life: Tales of Soldiers and Civilians | G. P. Putnam's Sons | Collection | 88 | |
| 1909 |
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In the Midst of Life: Tales of Soldiers and Civilians | The Neale Publishing Company | Collection | 93 |
| 1910 | In the Midst of Life: Tales of Soldiers and Civilians | Chatto & Windus | Collection | 83 | |
| 1918 | In the Midst of Life: Tales of Soldiers and Civilians | Boni & Liveright | Collection | 93 | |
| 1918 | In the Midst of Life: Tales of Soldiers and Civilians | Boni & Liveright | Collection | 93 | |
| 1930 | In the Midst of Life: Tales of Soldiers and Civilians | Chatto & Windus | Collection | 83 | |
| 1941 | In the Midst of Life: Tales of Soldiers and Civilians | Chatto & Windus | Collection | 83 | |
| 1943 |
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Tales of Soldiers and Civilians | Heritage Press | Collection | 39 |
| May 1961 |
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Adam, May 1961 | Knight Publishing Corp. | MAGAZINE | 38 |
| 1963 |
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Mein Lieblingsmord | Insel | Collection | |
| January 1965 |
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Die Geschichte eines Gewissens | Fischer Bücherei | Collection | 42 |
| 1970 |
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The Complete Short Stories of Ambrose Bierce | Doubleday | Collection | 372 |
| 1971 |
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Tales of Soldiers and Civilians | The Easton Press | Collection | 39 |
| 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 | 143 |
| 1974 |
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Un călăreț prin cer și alte povestiri | Cartea Românească | Collection | |
| 1984 |
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The Complete Short Stories of Ambrose Bierce | University of Nebraska Press | Collection | 372 |
| 1984 | The Best of Ambrose Bierce | Castle / Book Sales | Omnibus | 40 | |
| December 1987 |
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The Devil's Advocate: An Ambrose Bierce Reader | Chronicle Books | Omnibus | 38 |
| 1988 |
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The Collected Writings of Ambrose Bierce | Picador / Pan Books | Omnibus | 40 |
| 1994 |
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Civil War Stories | Dover Publications | Collection | 63 |
| 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 |