Excerpt from The Mucker
They were pickpockets and second-story men, made and hthe making, and all were muckers, ready to insult the M woman who passed, or pick a quarrel with any stranger rho did not appear too burly. By night they plied their real vocations. By day they sat in the alley behind the led-store and drank beer from a battered tin pail.
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Edgar Rice Burroughs (September 1, 1875 – March 19, 1950) was an American writer best known for his creations of the jungle hero Tarzan and the heroic Mars adventurer John Carter, although he produced works in many genres.
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