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1 story matching despair
Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:despain, despatch, desir, desper, despic, despis
- The Boy Too Tough for the Reform School
A teenage burglar escapes Chehalis, stumps the trustees, and triggers a constitutional standoff over who must deal with an incorrigible child.