Tramping with Tramps: Studies and Sketches of Vagabond Life

PART IV--THE TRAMP'S JARGON

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THE TRAMP'S JARGON 381 GLOSSARY 392

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

JOSIAH FLYNT, ST. PETERSBURG, RUSSIA, AUGUST 8, 1897 _Frontispiece_ DISCOURAGED CRIMINALS 15 THE MODE OF TRAVEL THAT ATTRACTS BOYS 35 YOUTHFUL TRESPASSERS 51 TELLING "GHOST-STORIES" 59 A GATHERING OF "OLD BUCKS" 73 MIDNIGHT 87 A "TIMBER LESSON" 101 TOMATO-CAN TRAMPS 115 A CITY TRAMP AT WORK 125 A WESTERN ROADSTER 149 AN AUCTION 157 THE FOURTH-CLASS CAR 173 HUNTING FOR HIS PASS 179 ON THE ROAD 187 DANCING AROUND A BONFIRE 193 SLEEPING IN A BARN 209 A LODGING-HOUSE 223 AN ENGLISH TYPE 235 A MOOCHER 245 A REST BY THE WAYSIDE 257 A DIVISION 275 ASLEEP IN A FREIGHT-CAR 283 RIDING ON THE BUMPERS 295 A BRAKEMAN OF A FREIGHT-TRAIN COLLECTING FARES 305 A TRAMPS' DEPOT 311 OLD BOSTON MARY'S SHANTY 327 OLD BOSTON MARY 335 BEATING A PASSENGER-TRAIN 343 A RIDE ON A TRUCK 357