Desperater

“But I never thought I’d be arrested on such a charge as that.” / “Somethin’ a little desperater than that, hey?” Berdan interrogated with unexpected quickness.

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‘Madam,’ I says pretty severe, ‘don’t trifle with me. I’m a desperate man, and my friend here is even desperater than what I am. Remember you are alone, and at our mercy and—’

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You see, it’s a mighty responsible position I’ve got—the United States government pays me 12 1-2 cents for every trip I make with this bunch of mail, and I guess they know I’m not the kind of person to be trifled with. There’s desperate characters about sometimes, but I’m desperater than any of them, especially when I’m a leetle scared.

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Now desperate Joe Engel, who sometimes can get desperater than anybody, is interested in Jesse Levan, who butchered first base in the name of the Crackers last spring.

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