More than this the wealthiest can never obtain--less than this the bummer seldom possesses.
A description of the lodgings there would lead us away from our subject; it is sufficient to say that only a regular bummer can enjoy a rest in such a place.
The regular bummeris a mixture of the thief and beggar, usually possessing more of the characteristics of the latter than the former, as his cowardice and indolence prevent him from rising high in the ranks of criminals.
In wet or cold weather, the Bummer patronizes the cheap lodging-houses, or the cellars, and as a last resort applies for shelter at the station house.
That locality was then a mere receptacle for trash, and the Bummer was at home there.
One hates to refuse food to any human being who claims to have need of it, and the Bummer knows this.
The Bummer is simply one who detests work, and who manages to live in some degree of comfort without earning the means of doing so.
During the day, the Bummer roams about the city, resting where he can, and occasionally dropping into a bar-room to fill himself with five-cent whiskey.
The genuine Bummer is more of a beggar than a thief, though he will steal if he has an opportunity.
No bummer of one specialty interfering with the stealables of another.
And if a bummer comes along to my store on Salem Street And tries to hang me up for coats and vests so very neat, I kick that bummer right out of my store, and on him sets my pup, For I won't sell clothing to any man who tries to hang me up.
But a bummer outraging a woman would have been hung by his fellows on the nearest tree, or if not by them he would have had short respite of life from the soldiers in the ranks.
What made the folks say, "Old Bummer Smith's M'liss" when she passed?
That cussed li'l rake of a bummer got by me an' into the herd.
After assimilating the preliminary punishment of what promised to be the most thorough and workmanlike thrashing he had ever known, the indignant and frightened bummer wheeled and fled incontinently with the aroused steer in angry pursuit.
But to-night it was dark, and the bummer gained his coveted goal with ridiculous ease, after which he started right in to work off the high pressure of the energy he had accumulated during the last two nights.
The bummer was a wily diplomat and learned all that was to be known of the neighbor farther down the road whom he expected to raid the next day.
The bummerdrew a line between the rich and the poor.
A bummer stepped into a house and inquired for sorghum.
I didn't want to speak before that bummer there; you'll see why.
I can't go to sea with the bummer alone; it's not possible.
The train stopped and we walked across the platform as near like a bummer as possible.
Not any more bummer for us, and no man must ever tell us how to save two shillings on a meal.
Dern my skin, if he hezn't gone off with that bummer Johnson," he added, as he looked down the road.
In conclusion, I will only add that Brown is an infernal bummer and a sneak.
I will trespass upon your patience further, to add that JONES is an infernal bummer and a sneak.
