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《The $30,000 Bequest《三萬元的遺產(chǎn)》》由會員上傳分享，免費在線閱讀，更多相關(guān)內(nèi)容在學(xué)術(shù)論文-天天文庫。
1、THE$30,000BEQUESTCHAPTERILakesidewasapleasantlittletownoffiveorsixthousandinhabitants,andaratherprettyone,too,astownsgointheFarWest.Ithadchurchaccommodationsforthirty-fivethousand,whichisthewayoftheFarWestandtheSouth,whereeverybodyisreligious,andwhereeachoftheProtest
2、antsectsisrepresentedandhasaplantofitsown.RankwasunknowninLakeside--unconfessed,anyway;everybodykneweverybodyandhisdog,andasociablefriendlinesswastheprevailingatmosphere.SaladinFosterwasbook-keeperintheprincipalstore,andtheonlyhigh-salariedmanofhisprofessioninLakesid
3、e.Hewasthirty-fiveyearsold,now;hehadservedthatstoreforfourteenyears;hehadbeguninhismarriage-weekatfourhundreddollarsayear,andhadclimbedsteadilyup,ahundreddollarsayear,forfouryears;fromthattimeforthhiswagehadremainedeighthundred--ahandsomefigureindeed,andeverybodyconc
4、ededthathewasworthit.Hiswife,Electra,wasacapablehelpmeet,although--likehimself--adreamerofdreamsandaprivatedabblerinromance.Thefirstthingshedid,afterhermarriage--childasshewas,agedonlynineteen--wastobuyanacreofgroundontheedgeofthetown,andpaydownthecashforit--twenty-f
5、ivedollars,allherfortune.Saladinhadless,byfifteen.Sheinstitutedavegetablegardenthere,gotitfarmedonsharesbythenearestneighbor,andmadeitpayherahundredpercent.ayear.OutofSaladin'sfirstyear'swagesheputthirtydollarsinthesavings-bank,sixtyoutofhissecond,ahundredoutofhisthi
6、rd,ahundredandfiftyoutofhisfourth.Hiswagewenttoeighthundredayear,then,andmeantimetwochildrenhadarrivedandincreasedtheexpenses,butshebankedtwohundredayearfromthesalary,nevertheless,thenceforth.Whenshehadbeenmarriedsevenyearsshebuiltandfurnishedaprettyandcomfortabletwo
7、-thousand-dollarhouseinthemidstofhergarden-acre,paidhalfofthemoneydownandmovedherfamilyin.Sevenyearslatershewasoutofdebtandhadseveralhundreddollarsoutearningitsliving.Earningitbytheriseinlandedestate;forshehadlongagoboughtanotheracreortwoandsoldthemostofitataprofitto
8、pleasantpeoplewhowerewillingtobuild,andwouldbegoodneighborsandfurnishageneralcomradeshipforherselfandhergrowingfamily.Shehadanindep
