She was not more dangerous because she was larger or swifter, or carried a more numerous or better-armed crew, but for the reason that she had on board a certain Mr. Banker who had once belonged to a famous band of Desperadoes, called the "Rackbirds," well-known along the Pacific coast of South America.
"Mrs. Cliff's Yacht"
Frank R. Stockton
But they were all right willing Desperadoes.
"The Missourian"
Eugene P. (Eugene Percy) Lyle
Your own Jackson county regiment would have flared into Desperadoes at sight of a United States marshal.
"The Missourian"
Eugene P. (Eugene Percy) Lyle