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Show TKtJIPi. Tim auk mit ah. i ronMiovAt. Ill Mill IU AS IS UKTEV euutukii. tlrxiu, 1U iHt't irwiisl Th tramp talere many ihaucis of acildcntln Ills mode of traveling. Ha Is subluct not only lo lb ordinary riskswlilcliall passengers assume, but Irouithu tlaes ef tralus on which bo keuernlly rltles, Ihe places he takes on the tare, ami his poor opportunities of enterlugaiid leaving tbciii In safety, to ntheie which Ihe regular passenger escas. A gnat number are annually killed while rldlug between Iheexpresa and mall uarsorun Iho brake beams. Ill eiveut of n lolllalon, they have Inflnt'ely lets chance than the jiasa-eugenilu jiasa-eugenilu th coat lies of eecalng unharmed. un-harmed. In mounting moving cars munv of them are killed. I reiently saw one with his upienarm bonu broken, th aceldeut having occurred while lu the act of illmbtng Into a moving box car. Another In showing some boys how rollcicnt ha was lu sealing himself on the break beam nfler the traiu had stirteJ, put his foot under thu wheel, and, ns n nsiilt, lost his h g above til km, livery railroad surgeon ne" similar accidents Willi greater or less friuuenc) . One should not fall Into Iho popular error of thinking that all tramps are professional "buiuuiers." I think that leihapaaniajorllyuf llioio whom I sea are men who are going to lomo other point lu search of woik. Many of these am eniloyed by farmers and ranch, men living 111 the vicinity of the tab-roadsatiuih tab-roadsatiuih times of theycar as they need assistance, and several employers liavo told mo that they wero generally aery good help. I have repeatedly known of (ramps seeking work who iiad worthless time-checks time-checks In their jtockels from previous illahoneat employers. It would bu doing do-ing a a ery gluve Inluitlcu to these men to clnts Ihem with ordinary vagrants, Hut a largo pre.urtloii never uo any work whin It may by any possibility bu avoided. Thoflgireeale number of tramp In lb country must be enormous. I hav re eati dly seen them In Ranee of from six to firtueti, and thoa of twu or more aro mtt with coutinuatly. At remolu iolnle on rallroa la freight trains haro Men reiicatedly captured by organized organ-ized gnuga of lime men, and Ihe trainmen train-men foried to nciommodftte thu mini-bera mini-bera us the leader directed. It Is a sad commentary on our e couomkal sv stem that th number seems to bucousuutly lucroaalug. rtiero ar corlnlu things that vru may luirn from 1'ie tramp, and on lu loirilculjr that would bu aaluable to us all. Thu Americana lire, 1 presume, pre-sume, the most lm atlent of nny nco e f Hople. Hut the American tramp Ian second Job. If ho docs not sue-iced sue-iced Initialing a ride on a train on which ho haa fondly calculated for twu dn)s, hedocstho most pblloho(hl-cal pblloho(hl-cal thin.( there is for him lo do that Is, i;o waits nduy or twu more. If ho doisuotget anything to tat toda),hu hot i s fur l eltir luck tomorrow. If thu Impatient conductor of his particular train orJerj blind!", ho oc-losloiially oc-losloiially gels n Mile provoked, but much more commonly bu eavseome-Ihluir eavseome-Ihluir to Hi elite t Hint "Im guesses he i an If h hashV'niid sou nuordlugl) . in all Ihiivu things and n tlmuaniid others he shows u develoi meut ol a lleucuand fortltudo wo all tnlgbt do will lo emulate. |
