The Haunted Sentry Box of Porto Rico

A local tale centers on a lonely sentry box beneath an old fort where a soldier and a well-liked priest vanish under mysterious circumstances. A shopkeeper narrates how a young soldier, disgraced and accused after his wife's death, is urged to flee by the priest; when the priest is shot the soldier exchanges clothing with the corpse, buries it, and escapes under an assumed name. Years later he prospers but nurses thoughts of vengeance against a bitter enemy. The story closes with a violent outburst during the teller's recital that ends in a shocking, self-inflicted death and an eerie sense of retribution.