THE COLLECTED WORKS OF AMBROSE BIERCE VOLUME XII [Illustration: N] _The publishers certify that this edition of_ THE COLLECTED WORKS OF AMBROSE BIERCE _consists of two hundred and fifty numbered sets, autographed by the author, and that the number of this set is_ ...... THE COLLECTED WORKS OF AMBROSE BIERCE VOLUME XII IN MOTLEY KINGS OF BEASTS TWO ADMINISTRATIONS MISCELLANEOUS [Illustration] NEW YORK & WASHINGTON THE NEALE PUBLISHING COMPANY 1912 _FREDERICK_ _POLLEY_ COPYRIGHT, 1912, BY The Neale Publishing Company CONTENTS KINGS OF BEASTS THE RAT BUTTYGOATS CATS THE CRANE THE SNAKE FROGS DOGS THE PIG KANGAROONS EPHALENTS THE TOOTSY WOOTSY GRASS HOPPERS DOMESTICAL HENS THE BUFLO SHEEPS DUCKS THE NUMPORAUCUS MOLES THE GOFURIOUS THE RHI NOSEY ROSE SWANS THE HIPPORIPPUS JACKUSSES SOLJERS FISH THE POL PATRIOT COWS BUZARDS THE CAMEL FLIES MUNKYS BEARS THE TAIL END TWO ADMINISTRATIONS A PROVISIONAL SETTLEMENT ASPIRANTS THREE AT SANTIAGO A CABINET CONFERENCE AN INDEMNITY FOR INTERVENTION THE ORDEAL FROSTING A BUD A BAFFLED AMBITION THE GENESIS OF A NATION A WHITE HOUSE IDYL TWO FAVORITES A DIPLOMATIC TRIUMPH A SUCKED ORANGE A TWISTED TALE POST MORTEM A STRAINED RELATION A WIRELESS ANTEPENULTIMATUM A PRESIDENTIAL PROGRESS MISCELLANEOUS THE SAMPLE COUNTER THE GREAT STRIKE OF 1895 A THUMB-NAIL SKETCH MORTALITY IN THE FOOT-HILLS THE A. L. C. B. TWO CONVERSATIONS A STORY AT THE CLUB THE WIZARD OF BUMBASSA THE FUTURE HISTORIAN OBJECTIVE IDEAS MY CREDENTIALS THE FOOL OUR SMART SET THE EVOLUTION OF A STORY THE ALLOTMENT LACKING FACTORS A CALIFORNIAN STATESMAN KINGS OF BEASTS BY LITTLE JOHNNY (Edited to a Low and Variable Degree of Intelligibility by the Author’s Uncle Edward.) THE RAT