Луна и грош

Chapter XLVII

           TwiceStricklandrefusedaberthontrampssailingfortheUnitedStates,andonceonacolliergoingtoNewcastle.ToughBillhadnopatiencewithanobstinacywhichcouldonlyresultinlosstohimself,andonthelastoccasionheflungbothStricklandandCaptainNicholsoutofhishousewithoutmoreado.Theyfoundthemselvesoncemoreadrift.

           ToughBill’sfarewasseldomextravagant,andyourosefromhistablealmostashungryasyousatdown,butforsomedaystheyhadgoodreasontoregretit.Theylearnedwhathungerwas.TheCuilleredeSoupeandtheAsiledeNuitwerebothclosedtothem,andtheironlysustenancewasthewedgeofbreadwhichtheBoucheedePainprovided.Theysleptwheretheycould,sometimesinanemptytruckonasidingnearthestation,sometimesinacartbehindawarehouse;butitwasbitterlycold,andafteranhourortwoofuneasydozingtheywouldtrampthestreetsagain.Whattheyfeltthelackofmostbitterlywastobacco,andCaptainNichols,forhispart,couldnotdowithoutit;hetooktohuntingthe"Cano’Beer,"forcigarette-endsandthebutt-endofcigarswhichthepromenadersofthenightbeforehadthrownaway.

           "I’vetastedworsesmokingmixturesinapipe,"headded,withaphilosophicshrugofhisshoulders,ashetookacoupleofcigarsfromthecaseIofferedhim,puttingoneinhismouthandtheotherinhispocket.

           Nowandthentheymadeabitofmoney.Sometimesamailsteamerwouldcomein,andCaptainNichols,havingscrapedacquaintancewiththetimekeeper,wouldsucceedingettingthepairofthemajobasstevedores.

Настройки
Фон страницы
Размер шрифта
Межстрочный интервал
Фразовые глаголы
Показать / Скрыть меню
Шрифт
Roboto Lora
Уведомления
Страница 216 из 284