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A short story by Ambrose Bierce |
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Title: The Discontented Malefactor Author: Ambrose Bierce [More Titles by Bierce] A Judge having sentenced a Malefactor to the penitentiary was proceeding to point out to him the disadvantages of crime and the profit of reformation. "Your Honour," said the Malefactor, interrupting, "would you be kind enough to alter my punishment to ten years in the penitentiary and nothing else?" "Why," said the Judge, surprised, "I have given you only three years!" "Yes, I know," assented the Malefactor--"three years' imprisonment and the preaching. If you please, I should like to commute the preaching." [The end] GO TO TOP OF SCREEN |