Word: bandit
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...seat next to me. A big Indian thug who appeared to be a sort of officer seized her by the arm and ordered her out of the car. I drew my belt containing 2,000 pesos and offered it to him if he would let her alone. When the bandit saw all that money, his eyes glistened, he held out his hand, called me a gentleman and went on his way gloating. The girl fainted...
...this secondary guarantee against the indiscriminate delivery of rifles to disaffected elements in Mexico quite clearly is a warning that unless U. S. demands are satisfied the Arms Embargo itself will be lifted. That, as the State Department well knows, will mean revolution, chaos, and the creation of some bandit as President who can be relied on to protect and abet the oil and land interests if his pockets are kept well filled with gold...
When Chang, a six-foot bandit chieftain, visited Peking, last winter, cultivated Chinese were shocked to see in his train as concubines some eighty young women seized by his soldiers from the richest fathers and husbands in Shantung province. Conscienceless and avaricious, Chang has farmed tribute out of this densely populated province until even the poorest have yielded all that could be seized...
Though Sun deserved some sympathy he is after all only a rather superior type of bandit and can flee abroad to live on his still considerable wealth should he prefer to quit the Chinese game of war and intrigue...
...story centers around a bandit named "Flaming Death" who terrorizes the Arizona ranch of "Pa" Ogden...