It is probably impossible ever entirely to eliminate the vagrant element in a nation's life, and no such hope is held out in connection with the reform advocated in this article; but this much is certain: had all the railroads been as closed to tramps, during my first excursions into Hoboland, as one of them has recently become, one man, at least, would not have attempted any free riding, and would not have found so many tramps to study.
[PART III]
SKETCHES
PART III
SKETCHES
| I. | [Old Boston Mary] |
| II. | [Jamie the Kid] |
| III. | [One Night on the "Q."] |
| IV. | [A Pulque Dream] |
| V. | [A Hobo Precedent] |