It is interesting to observe the resource of those gentlemen of the road who. a few vears ago, were co ; tent, to shoulder their swags and train i where their fancy dictated (remarks an exchange). Perhaps the age of the automobile has imbued them with a desire to lighten the weary miles, and with this end in view and knowing that the sight of a swag is not an inducement to the average motorist to give them a lift, a few have found a novel method of hoodwinking the passing driver. Dispensing with the down-at-heel boots and the patched trousers which were calculated to arouse the sympathies of the farmer's wife, they have adopted a more prosperous attire, ami are in the habit of “sending Ihe swag on.” The passing ear driver, observing what he believes to be an unfortunate pedestrian, in nine cases out of ten will offer a lift to our modern tramp, who is carried on his way rejoicing in one of the tricks of his trade.
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Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 191, 15 May 1928, Page 11
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