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375	Bierce, Ambrose	An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge			.txt	text/plain	3788	224	81	A man stood upon a railroad bridge in northern Alabama, looking down sentinel at each end of the bridge stood with his rifle in the The sentinels, facing the banks of the stream, might have been statues He closed his eyes in order to fix his last thoughts upon his wife and He unclosed his eyes and saw again the water below him. free my hands," he thought, "I might throw off the noose and spring As Peyton Farquhar fell straight downward through the bridge he lost noose about his neck was already suffocating him and kept the water He looked at the forest on the bank of the stream, saw the individual Suddenly he heard a sharp report and something struck the water The man in the water saw the eye of the man on the bridge The water, the banks, the forests, the now distant bridge, fort and	./cache/375.txt	./txt/375.txt