... of 60,00 hoboes who found the American railroads "an exhilarating if illicit free ride from one corner of the United States to another (Niven). His hobo days came to a quick end when he had been arrested for riding in a train without a ticket. On his court date, the judge told him to pay a ten-dollar fine or spend ten days in ... ...

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