Norwich bulletin., 1921-04-23

are rounded up for len miles around. The yegg loves to be called a tramp because 1t covers his tracks. The yegg now trs- vels in an automobile and perhaps Is a hundred miles away when the trRmps are rounded up by the constable.
 Another class that call themselves. gyp- sies are not real gypsies but a gang of nondescripts that travel in wagons about crowd living. men and women togei,is with their children born out of ,wedioci They live off the country. In passinr along the road they steal apples. boia toes and chickens and visit country fair where they tell fortunes. swap horse and pick pockets. They are a disgrac 10 the country. yet nothing serious eve happens 10 them. They arc simply io' to move on and they dr' 7 along and ar other gang takes their place.
 Where do all these classes come from The gypsies are natural born hecause the children are reared on the road an' It is their environmfnt. Some arc drive from home by cruelty. have com across cases where a boy has been drive; | from home by cruelty. Some read s'or les and leave home armed 10 the teeth io "clean m the west" Then there is tho gang spirit. The boy Is natural born clubmsn. He goes out with his Fan-
 builds a hut and brings sand"iches fron1 { home until someone says tn ia a ho-
 way for outlaws 10 live and then tho,
 start to get their food by stealing Som
 are caught and the lesson Is enough bJ'
 there Is always one who escapes and
 beats it away.
 Then there are the unemployed who
 drift from town 10 town and finally gay
 10 themselves T haven't worked for thres aH
 They don't s,-d they become trsmps
 They cannot help it. IL gets them and
 they drift and so on through their exist
 ence.
 Then there is the hobo. another clas
 cf trsmn What kind of a lif, Is it (.
 lead. IL Is easy enough. It is c1sy f'
 get food. every self-respectinr tramp cat
 at least five meals day. Tho differenc
 between a successful tramp and an unsuc cessful tramp is his ability to icll h.. story. He is close observer of hunsi | nature. He starts his story and keeps , sharp look on his listener and when D. . sees that his victim Is impressed arr that he has hit tender chord he bear 1 down hard. The tramp does not wan
 cake and nie. the highways arc line 3 with discarded cakes and pies. he want
 N . something that has that has the stayin D qualities
 Q There ought to be a Blue Book fo Q trsm7s the same as mot ristS Thi Q would save the trsmn lots of exertior = They have system. however. that is a . good as guide. Have. you ever notice . that some people are always bothere = with trrnDs while others are not. Notic o the gate posts or hitchinC posts in som II places and you'H find little signs q l. though some child had made them Thes - signs may mean. You get a hand-or h here" or Nothing doing" or You C, i- set-down here" and You get fec v but you have to work for it." The tramr f abhor work second to a bath. so the Ia. t are not bothered much.
 n The hardest thing Is to got place d sleep. The average person thinks ths !. the tramp sleeps in haymows but the fa- r. mer with the pitchforll has put the fes :. in the tran1p. In the winter the tranr IS seek the cities where they pick out it s- police stations and where the authoriti,
 provide them with shelter. have hear II tramps discussing the board in iails n y same as we discuss hotel accommod; n tions. Their Knowledge of lerislati, 70 laws of certain states is uncanny. e They know where certain crimes mear n 90 days. others % or 100 days. and th, 't 20 to those states and commit some o n fense that supplies them with good boar
 and not much work until they wish to 2
 out in the spring.
 The tramp hardly ever walks if be c. D help it. His means of travel is i 10 blind-ba gage. side door Pullmsns ar l- cattle cars. Some ride the trucks b
 this is dangerous. One peculiar thi, s about the tramp is that no matter wbi,
 direction a train is going hell hon even if 1t takes him back the way