ABSTRACT
He has turned "tramp,"and abandoned himself to the wickedness of the world. He has deserted from honesty, and gone over to the enemy —he has turned his back upon virtue, and shakes vice by the hand. Henceforth he will be found arm in arm with the beggar, the vagrant, or the criminal. By day he will plot rogueries, and execute them by night. The brigands of England, the Bedouins of this land, will sing his praises. As he steers his dangerous course, the policeman's bull's-eye will be the only beacon whose warnings he will notice. By adopting the creed of his lawless associates, he finds excuses for every act he does, for he terms heartless outrage-—bravery. So cheaply does he reckon his honesty, that to win a penny by his begging he will tell fifty lies, and even for a few broken victuals will moan and whine for an hour.
