Some soldiers play a joke on one of their number, Haberton, who boasts about being a ladies' man, by getting the pretty young soldier Arman to dress up as a woman and flirt with Haberton.
First published in the San Francisco Examiner as "A Practical Joke: Major Broadwood Recalls the Heroic Past," January 5, 1890.
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 |
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The Complete Short Stories of Ambrose Bierce | Doubleday | Collection | 382 |
| 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 | 156 |
| 1984 |
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The Complete Short Stories of Ambrose Bierce | University of Nebraska Press | Collection | 382 |
| 1984 | The Best of Ambrose Bierce | Castle / Book Sales | Omnibus | 426 | |
| 1988 |
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The Collected Writings of Ambrose Bierce | Picador / Pan Books | Omnibus | 752 |
| June 1991 |
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Horror Story 7 | Garden Editoriale | Anthology | 262 |
| July 2012 |
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Ambrose Bierce: Masters of the Weird Tale | Centipede Press | Collection |