Ambrose Bierce: "The Death of Halpin Frayser", "A Baby Tramp" and "A Psychological Shipwreck" (Annotated)

Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce (June 24, 1842 – circa 1914) was an American editorialist, journalist, short story writer, fabulist, and satirist.
"The Death of Halpin Frayser", a nightmare journey through purgatory is in order for a man who is beset by the voices of his mother, father-in-law and the former wife whom he had murdered.
"A Baby Tramp", this is a doleful lonely story about a boy, whose name is Jo. Once the mysterious disease kills his parents off, leaving him cruelly orphaned. Years after his family's death, his mother's ghost - Hetty - is witnessed wandering the roads and calling for her son. His life has a mysterious series of events and moving from family to orphanages... Can Jo find a family? Or will he always be a plaything of destiny?
"A Psychological Shipwreck", William Jarrett boards the Morrow, a sailing ship for New York with few other companions besides a woman, Jannette Harford. They become friendly and connect in a deep way that the first-person narrator assures the reader is not love.