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To: Lady Lurksalot who wrote (163)3/21/1998 9:31:00 PM
From: JF Quinnelly  Respond to of 251
 
Bierce was a contemporary of Mark Twain's. I think he was in the Civil War, and disappeared around the turn of the century. I didn't see the movie The Old Gringo but I've read that it was inspired by Bierce.



To: Lady Lurksalot who wrote (163)3/21/1998 9:35:00 PM
From: JF Quinnelly  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 251
 
The ending, of course, was that the spy was indeed hung. The dream of escape was just that, a last, powerful, wish to live.


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