This will probably be the first of several Ambrose Bierce stories. This one is about a hunter encountering a ghost while camped out in an abandoned shack in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada.

A really old ghost story, actually three really old ghost stories, as told by Roman lawyer and author Pliny The Younger.

If you decide you want to read more of his letters, they're all right here thanks to the fine folks at Project Gutenberg.

https://www.gutenberg.org/files/2811/2811-h/2811-h.htm