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1、【英文读物】A Boys FortuneCHAPTER I. Oliver Hitchcoks Lunch-Room. Wake up there! This is no place to sleep.The speaker was a policeman, the scene was City Hall Park, and the person addressed was a boy of perhaps sixteen, who was reclining on one of the park benches, with a bundle at his side.The officer a
2、ccompanied his admonition with a shaking which served to arouse the young sleeper.Is it morning? asked the boy, drowsily, not yet realizing his situation.No, it isnt. Dont you know where you are?2I know now, said the boy, looking about him.Come, get up, Johnny! This is no place for you, said the off
3、icer, not unkindly, for he was a family man, and had a boy of his own not far from the age of the young wayfarer.The boy got up, and looked about him undecidedly. Clearly he did not know where to go.Are you a stranger in the city? asked the policeman.Yes, sir. I only got here this afternoon.Then you
4、 have no place to sleep?No.Havent you got money enough to go to a hotel? There is Leggetts Hotel, just down Park Row, pointing eastward.I have a little money, but I cant afford to go to a hotel.You can go to the Newsboys Lodging House for six cents.Where is it?The officer told him.I feel hungry. I s
5、uppose there isnt any place where I can get supper so late as this?3Oh, yes! Theres one close by. Do you see a light over there?The officer pointed to a basement opposite the post-office, at the corner of Beekman street and Park Row.Yes, I see it, answered the boy. Is it a good place?I should say so
6、. Why, thats Oll Hitchcocks. You cant get a better cup of coffee or sandwich anywhere in New York. I often get lunch there myself, when I dont have time to go home.Thank you for telling me. Ill go over.Ben Baker, for that is the name of our young hero, walked across the street, and descended the ste
7、ps into the well-known restaurant or lunch-room of Oliver Hitchcock. Open by night as well as by day, there is hardly an hour of the twenty-four in which it is not fairly well patronized, while at times it is thronged. It is a favorite resort for men of all classesprinters, journalists, newsmenwho d
8、rop in in the early morning on their way to or from the offices of the great morning papers for their 4 regular suppliespoliticians and business men of all kinds.More than once in Oliver Hitchcocks old saloon, farther up the same street, Horace Greeley, the elder Bennett, and Raymond, of the Times,
9、could be found at the plain tables, unprovided with cloths, but bearing appetizing dishes.When Ben entered the restaurant at half-past eleven he was surprised to find most of the tables occupied.Coming from the country, where ten oclock found nearly every one in bed, he was much surprised to find so
10、 many persons up and engaged in supping.People in New York seem to sit up all night, he thought.He took a vacant seat, and the waiter soon coming up to him, stood in silent expectation of an order.Give me a cup of coffee and a sandwich, said Ben.What kind?Ham.The waiter sped on his errand, and soon
11、set 5 before our hero a cup of fragrant coffee, steaming hot, and a sandwich made of tender meat and fresh bread, which tasted delicious to the hungry boyso delicious that he resolved to forego the intended piece of pie and ordered another.While he was eating the second sandwich, he observed that a
12、young man, sitting just opposite, was eyeing him attentively.He was tall, dark-complexioned, slender, and had a kindly face.You seem to relish your supper, Johnny, he said.Yes, I do, but my name isnt Johnny.The young man smiled.Excuse me, he said, but in New York we call boys by that name, if we don
13、t know their real names. I suppose you have not been here long?No; I only arrived this afternoon.Come to make your fortune, eh?Well, I dont know. I should like to, but if I can make a living it is all I expect. Besides, I have another object, added the boy, slowly.6Were you ever here before?No, sir.
14、You are up rather late. You dont sit up so late in the country, do you?Oh, no, I am in bed by nine oclock generally.We dont go to bed early here. I myself havent been in bed before midnight for three years.Do you like to sit up so late? asked Ben.I didnt at first. Now I am used to it. My business ke
15、eps me up late.Seeing that Ben looked curious, he added:I am a reporter on a morning paper.Do you like it? asked Ben, doubtfully.Oh, yes. It isnt a bad business.What paper do you write for? asked Ben, with considerable respect for a man who wrote for the papers.I used to work on the Sun. Now Im on t
16、he Herald. It suits me very well while I am a young man, but I should like a different position when I am older.Is it hard work?Sometimes. I am liable to be sent off at 7 five minutes notice to any part of the city. Then I am expected to keep my eyes open, and make note of anything that comes in my
17、way. There was a big fire last night about one oclock, up town. I heard of it as I was going up in the horse-cars, so I hurried to the spot, and instead of going to bed I got all the information I could, hurried back to the office and wrote it up. I got extra pay for it. Besides, it shows interest,
18、and may help me to promotion.Have you got through for to-night? asked Ben.Yes; I feel tired, being up so late last night. When I leave here I shall go home and to bed. By the way, where are you staying?Nowhere, answered Ben, in some embarrassment.You are not going to sit up all night, are you?No. I
19、suppose I must go somewhere.There is a hotel close byLeggetts.So a policeman told me, but I havent much money, and I had better not go to a 8 hotel. He said there was a Newsboys Lodging House, where I could get lodging for six cents.I am afraid you couldnt get in at this late hour.Ben looked perplex
20、ed. He felt sleepy, and needed rest.Then I suppose I shall have to go to the hotel, he answered. Do you know how much they charge?Not exactly. It depends on the room. I can direct you to a cheaper lodging even than you could get at the Newsboys Lodging House.I wish you would, said Ben, looking up ho
21、pefully.Then come home with me. My room-mate is away for a few days, and I have room for you.Thank you, sir, if it wont inconvenience you.Not at all.Ben had read of adventurers that lie in wait for unsuspecting travellers and rope them in, but he entertained no suspicion of the 9 young man who had s
22、o kindly offered him a bed. The mere fact that he was a newspaper man seemed to Ben a guarantee of respectability.As Hugh Manton (the reporter) and he went up to the counter to pay the amount of their checks, a stout, handsomely-dressed man, of portly form and medium stature, entered the restaurant.
23、 As his eye fell upon Ben he started and muttered to himself:That boy in New York! What does he want here?CHAPTER II. A Lodging in St. Marks Place. Hugh Manton, whose calling had trained him to quick observation, did not fail to notice that the stout gentleman was in some way moved by the sight of h
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