Further than this, and with these exceptions, the description of freedom which exists in the wanderer terrified the law.

A tramp was a possible public enemy.

That modern thing, the lounger, was then unknown; that ancient thing, the vagrant, was alone understood.

A suspicious appearance, that indescribable something which all understand and none can define, was sufficient reason that society should take a man by the collar.

"Where do you live?
How do you get your living ?" And if he could not answer, harsh penalties awaited him.