Where Your
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共 128 题- WHERE YOUR TREASURE IS
- Being the Personal Narrative of Ross Sidney, Diver
- By Holman Day
- New York And London: Harper Brothers
- WHERE YOUR TREASURE IS
- I--BEING THE STRUGGLE OP AN AMATEUR AUTHOR TO GET A FAIR START
- I licked him:
- I didn’t know what my uncle meant then.
- II--ENDING WITH A MEETING ON PURGATORY HILL
- I didn’t have my mother long, after my fifteenth birthday.
- I gulped and shook my head.
- I stood up.
- I rode down Purgatory Hill, hugging my joy and cursing those shotes.
- III--ON ACCOUNT OF A GIRL
- I passed the word to the Skokums, keeping my promise to Celene.
- I took to spending my evenings in the bar-room of the Levant Tavern.
- I felt a flush in my cheeks.
- I stammered out something about not understanding that.
- IV--THE TRAINING OF THE QUEEN OF “SHEBY”
- I did not have the courage to tell him what I thought.
- I had no mind to tell him, and I was silent.
- I found my uncle admiring the transmogrified horse.
- V--SHOOING AWAY A SCAPEGOAT
- I could be just as stiff in temper as any of that Levant bunch.
- I was telling the bitter truth as I felt it.
- I couldn’t tell him.
- I was never at any loss in those days as to my exact financial standing.
- VI--HAVING TO DO WITH JODREY VOSE’s MAKING OP A DIVER
- I had run away!
- I went into the outer office, holding my letter by one corner.
- I blushed, then I followed him out and away.
- I shook my head, for I was not able to utter words.
- I did “deep work” on ticklish jobs.
- VII--THE PSYCHOLOGY OF A PLUG-HAT
- I told him.
- I told him again.
- VIII--“TAKING IT OUT” ON A SUIT OF CLOTHES
- I told him enough to make him pretty much at ease.
- I gave a roster of acquaintances that made his eyes glisten.
- I agreed.
- I did not know what to say to that and so I did not answer.
- I also found out about the gazara game, Mr. Dawlin’s special project.
- I gave Mr. Dawlin a knowing look when I turned to leave.
- IX--A GRISLY GAME OF BOWLS
- I reached across the table and took his hand.
- I pulled my wallet and began to flick out bills.
- I was free at a high price.
- I had a little spare change in my pocket and a skull under my arm.
- X--THE ART OF PUTTING ON A FRONT
- I put on a fine air of importance.
- I raised my hat and stepped to one side.
- I had been all too well advertised by my loving friends.
- XI--THE FAILURE OF AN UNCLE-TAMER
- I followed him. He locked the door behind us.
- I saw that I had produced an impression and he calmed down a bit.
- I was glad to do that, and I hoped that his ideas of time were liberal.
- XII--STARTING SOMETHING IN LEVANT
- I obeyed promptly, for I had had plenty of his society.
- XIII--THE MAN WHO TALKED IN THE DARK
- I sold wood! By gracious, I did!
- I got one of the starts of my life!
- I hurried past and sat down in the first vacant seat.
- I waited for him to come along with me.
- I went tiptoeing back, my ears perked.
- XIV--THE KICK-BACKS IN THIS SAMARITAN BUSINESS
- I headed for the front door like a friend of the family.
- I handed it over--obedient as a pup. He read it and tore it up.
- XV--A TIP FROM MR. DAWLIN
- XVI--GRABBING A HUSBAND AND FATHER
- XVII--MONEY HAS LEGS
- I nodded amiably.
- I didn’t say anything.
- XVIII--THE ECCENTRICITIES OF ROYAL CITY
- I was considerably glad to get off that train.
- XIX--THE JOB Of AN ALTRUIST
- That’s all the help I got from _him!_
- XX--ACROSS CALLAS
- I had already forgotten just what the driver had said.
- I was sticking to my assumed name.
- XXI--THE SKIRMISH-LINE
- I told him I appreciated his regard.
- I handed him a cigar and he explained further.
- I couldn’t help it--I grinned in his face when I thought of my plan.
- I sat down on the edge of the bed.
- XXII--MONEY ON THE GALLOP
- I found Mr. Flye on his knees and “weaving” weakly when I turned to him.
- I thought I might as well try my new tune over on this piano.
- XXIII--THE CLEAN-UP
- I didn’t propose to betray Mr. Flye.
- I pulled out my packet of stock.
- I made as quick a getaway as politeness would allow.
- I began to pack the money into my pockets.
- I had no better luck at the other stables.
- I drew him outdoors and down the alley.
- I did not feel like talking. That remark stopped further conversation.
- XXIV--HOW SWEET IS THE HOME-COMING, EH?
- I have had something to say about the force of circumstances!
- I pondered on another point.
- XXV--GRATITUDE!
- I had framed a motto and hung it in my soul--“I’ll show ’em!”
- XXVI--CAPTAIN HOLSTROM ET AL.
- I dropped my baggage and took off my hat.
- I’m starting there for a peach of a tear--fill
- I took hold of his arm once more, and it was some arm.
- XXVII--MR. BEASON HORNS IN
- I decided that I would be plain and direct with that chap.
- I walked right up to him.
- I was, and I said so.
- I told him I’d like a night to think the matter over.
- XXVIII--SORTING THE CHECKER-BOARD CREW
- I shook my head.
- I stopped at the door and walked back toward him.
- I slapped him--not hard.
- I found the girl looking at me, wrinkling her forehead.
- XXIX--THE TELLTALE RIBS
- I know I liked mighty well to see the sun shine through that hair.
- XXX--THE LOCKS OF THE SAND
- XXXI--A TASTE OF BLOOD
- XXXII--PER MISTER MONKEY
- XXXIII--THE HEART OF THE MILLIONS
- I found Mate Number-two Jones on the main deck forward.
- XXXIV--AMONG THIEVES
- XXXV--SUBMARINE PICKPOCKETS
- I was sure I had guessed right; the man’s face betrayed him.
- XXXVI--THE TERROR FROM THE NORTH
- XXXVII--THE FRUIT OF THE TREE OF KNOWLEDGE
- I was the first to break another silence:
- THE END