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1、【英文读物】Bens Nugget A Boys Search For FortunePREFACE. Bens Nugget is the concluding volume of the Pacific Series. Though it is complete in itself, and may be read independently, the chief characters introduced will be recognized as old friends by the readers of The Young Explorer, the volume just prec
2、eding, not omitting Ki Sing, the faithful Chinaman, whose virtues may go far to diminish the prejudice which, justly or unjustly, is now felt toward his countrymen. Though Ben Stanton may be considered rather young for a miner, not a few as young as he drifted to the gold-fields in the earlyPg 8 day
3、s of California. Mining is carried on now in a very different manner, and I can hardly encourage any of my young readers to follow his example in seeking fortune so far from home. New York, May 19, 1882.CHAPTER I. THE MOUNTAIN-CABIN. Whats the news, Ben? You didnt happen to bring an evenin paper, di
4、d you? The speaker was a tall, loose-jointed man, dressed as a miner in a garb that appeared to have seen considerable service. His beard was long and untrimmed, and on his head he wore a Mexican sombrero. This was Jake Bradley, a rough but good-hearted miner, who was stretched carelessly upon the g
5、round in front of a rude hut crowning a high eminence in the heart of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Pg 14Ben Stanton, whom he addressed, was a boy of sixteen, with a pleasant face and a manly bearing. No, Jake, he answered with a smile, I didnt meet a newsboy. There aint many in this neighborhood, I
6、reckon, said Bradley. I tell you, Ben, Id give an ounce of dust for a New York or Boston paper. Who knows what may have happened since weve been confined here in this lonely mountain-hut? Uncle Sam may have gone to war, for aught we know. Prhaps the British may be bombarding New York this moment. I
7、guess not, said Ben, smiling. I dont think it likely myself, said Bradley, filling his pipe. Still, there may be some astonishin news if we could only get hold of it. I dont think we can complain, Jake, said Ben, turning to a pleasanter subject. Weve made considerable money out of Mr. Deweys claim.
8、Thats so. The three weeks weve spent here havent been thrown away, by a long chalk. We shall be pretty well paid for accommodatin Dick Dewey by stayin and takin care of him. Pg 15How much gold-dust do you think were got, Mr. Bradley? What! exclaimed Bradley, taking the pipe from his mouth; hadnt you
9、 better call me the Honorable Mr. Bradley, and done with it? Dont you feel acquainted with me yet, that you put the handle on to my name? Excuse me, Jake, said Ben; thats what I meant to say, but I was thinking of Mr. Dewey and thats how I happened to call you Mister. Thats a different matter. Dicks
10、 got a kind of dignity, so that it seems natural to call him Mister; but as for me, Im Jake Bradley, not a bad sort of fellow, but I dont wear store-cloes, and Id rather be called Jake by them as know me well. All right, Jake; but you havent answered my question. What about? The gold-dust. Oh yes. W
11、ell, I should say that the dust weve got out must be worth nigh on to five hundred dollars. So much as that? asked Ben, his eyes sparkling. Pg 16Yes, all of that. That claim of Deweys is a splendid one, and no mistake. I think we ought to pay him a commission for allowing us to work it. I think so t
12、oo, Jake. They were sitting outside the rude hut which had been roughly put together on the summit of the mountain. The door was open, and what they said could be heard by the occupant, who was stretched on a hard pallet in one corner of the cabin. Come in, you two, he called out. Sartin, Dick, said
13、 Bradley; and he entered the cabin, followed by Ben. What was that you were saying just now? asked Richard Dewey. Tell him, Ben, said Bradley. Jake was saying that we ought to pay you a commission on the gold-dust we took from your claim, Mr. Dewey, said our hero, for that is Bens position in our st
14、ory. Why should you? asked Dewey. Because its yours. You found it, and you ought to get some good of it. Pg 17So I have, Jake. In the first place, I got a thousand dollars out of it before I fell sickthat is, sprained my ankle. But you aint gettin anything out of it now. I think I am, said Dewey, sm
15、iling and looking gratefully at his two friends. I am getting the care and attention of two faithful friends, who will see that I do not suffer while I am laid up in this lonely hut. We dont want to be paid for that, Dick. I know that, Bradley; but I dont call it paying you to let you work the claim
16、 which I dont intend to work myself. But you would work it if you were well. No, I wouldnt, answered Dewey, with energy. I would leave this place instantly and take the shortest path to San Francisco. To see the gal that sent us out after you? Yes. But, Jake, suppose you call her the young lady. Of
17、course. You mustnt mind me, Dick. I dont know much about manners. I was raised kind of rough, and never had no chance to learn politePg 18ness. Ben, here, knows ten times as much as I do about how to behave among fashionable folks. I dont know about that, Jake, said Ben. I was brought up in the coun
18、try, and I know precious little about fashionable folks. Oh, well, you know how to talk. Besides, didnt you bring out Miss Douglas from the States? She brought me, said Ben. It seems to me we are wandering from the subject, said Dewey. It was a piece of good luck for me when you two happened upon th
19、is cabin where I lay helpless, with no one to look after me but Ki Sing. Ki Sing took pretty good care of you for a haythen, said Bradley. So he did. He is a good fellow, if he is a Chinaman, and far more grateful than many of his white brothers; but I was sighing for the sight of one of my own colo
20、r, who would understand my wants better than that poor fellow, faithful as he is. I reckon the news we brought you helped you some, Dick, said Jake Bradley. Pg 19Yes. It put fresh life into me to learn that Florence Douglas, my own dear Florence, had come out to this distant coast to search for me.
21、But I tell you, Jake, its rather tantalizing to think that she is waiting for me in San Francisco, while I am tied by the ankle to this lonely cabin so many miles away. It wont be for long now, Dick, said Bradley. You feel a good deal better, dont you? Yes; my ankle is much stronger than it was. Yes
22、terday I walked about the cabin, and even went out of doors. I felt rather tired afterward, but it didnt hurt me. All you want is a little patience, Dick. You mustnt get up too soon. A sprain is worse than a break, so Ive often heard: I cant say I know from experience. I hope you wont. Its a very tr
23、ying experience, as I can testify. Youd get well quicker if we had some doctors stuff to put on it, but I reckon anyhow youll be out in a week or ten days. I hope so. If I could only write to FlorencePg 20 and let her know where and how I am, I wouldnt mind so much the waiting. Dont worry about her.
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