Excerpt from The Curse of Tramp Life: A True Story of Actual Tramp Life Primarily, its Object is to prove to boys and men Of restless dispositions, that by their heeding the Lure Of the Wanderlust, they not only wreck their own futures, but very often the lives and happiness Of their parents, and sometimes those Of their families as well. Secondarily: It shows to intending runaways what terrible punishment they must expect, should they be caught beating their way upon railroad trains. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.