A man named Manton killed his wife and his two children and managed to get away with it. Ten years later he returns to the house where the crime was committed. He is recognized by the locals and he is provoked into a duel which is to be held in the haunted house where Manton killed his family. The locals were aiming to scare Manton away. However, the day after the duel Manton was found dead. Was it Manton's opponent who had killed him or had the ghost of his past caught up to him? Find out the answers in Ambrose Bierce's ghost story "The Middle Toe of the Right Foot".