"Take the tramps we met this morning.

Look at all the trouble they were taking to rob us of food for a meal or two." "There may have been an element of mischief in what they did," Dave hinted.

"They may have done it just as a lark." "They were thieves by instinct," Dick insisted.

"They would have stolen anything that they could get away with safely.

Hello! There's a light over there in the woods." "Another camping party ?" Dave wondered.
"Tramps, more likely.