The 1,000,000 Bank-Note保济丸说明书
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Mark Twain
疙瘩的读音 When I was twenty-ven years old， I was a mining—broker's clerk in San Francisco， and an expert in all the details of stock traffic. I was alone in the world, and had nothing to depend upon but my wits and a clean reputation； but the were tting my feet in the road to eventual fortune, and I was content with the prospect。 绿蒜
价内税 My time was my own after the afternoon board, Saturdays， and I was accustomed to put it in on a little sail—boat on the bay. One day I ventured too far, and was carried out to a。 Just at nightfall, when hope was about gone， I was picked up by a small brig which was bound for London。 It was a long and stormy voyage， and they made me work my passage without pay， as a common sailor。 When I stepped ashore in London my clothes were ragged and shabby， and I had only a dollar in my pocket。 This money fed and sheltered me twenty-four hours. During the next twenty—four I went without food and shelter。
About ten o'clock on the following morning， edy and hungry, I was dragging mylf along Portland Place, when a child that was passing, towed by a nur—maid， tosd a luscious big pear — minus one bite - into the gutter。 I stopped, of cour, and fastened my desiring eye on that muddy treasure。 My mouth watered for it， my stomach craved it， my whole being begged for it。 But every time I made a move to get it some passing eye detected my purpo, and of cour I straightened up then, and looked indifferent， and pretended that I hadn’t been thinking about the pear at all. This same thing kept happening and happening， and I couldn't get the pear. I was just getting desperate enough to brave all the shame, and to ize it, when a window behind me was raid， and a gentleman spoke out of it， saying:
"Step in here， plea。”
I was admitted by a gorgeous flunkey, and shown into a sumptuous room where a couple of elderly gentlemen were sitting. They nt away the rvant, and made me sit down。 They had just finished their breakfast， and the sight of the remains of it almost o
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verpowered me。 I could hardly keep my wits together in the prence of that food， but as I was not asked to sample it, I had to bear my trouble as best I could.
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Now, something had been happening there a little before， which I did not know anything about until a good many days afterwards, but I will tell you about it now. Tho two old brothers had been having a pretty hot argument a couple of days before， and had ended by agreeing to decide it by a bet, which is the English way of ttling everything.
You will remember that the Bank of England once issued two notes of a million pounds each， to be ud for a special purpo connected with some public transaction with a foreign country. For some reason or other only one of the had been ud and canceled； the other still lay in the vaults of the Bank。 Well， the brothers, chatting along， happened to get to wondering what might be the fate of a perfectly honest and intelligent stranger who should be turned adrift in London without a friend, and with no mo支付宝万能福
ney but that million—pound bank—note， and no way to account for his being in posssion of it。 Brother A said he would starve to death； Brother B said he wouldn't。 Brother A said he couldn't offer it at a bank or anywhere el, becau he would be arrested on the spot. So they went on disputing till Brother B said he would bet twenty thousand pounds that the man would live thirty days, anyway, on that million， and keep out of jail， too。 Brother A took him up。 Brother B went down to the Bank and bought that note。 Just like an Englishman, you e; pluck to the backbone。 Then he dictated a letter， which one of his clerks wrote out in a beautiful round hand， and then the two brothers sat at the window a whole day watching for the right man to give it to.
They saw many honest faces go by that were not intelligent enough； many that were intelligent, but not honest enough; many that were both, but the posssors were not poor enough, or， if poor enough, were not strangers。 There was always a defect, until I came along； but they agreed that I filled the bill all around； so they elected me unanimously, and there I was now waiting to know why I was called in. They began to ask me questions about mylf, and pretty soon they had my story。 Finally they told me I wo
uld answer their purpo. I said I was sincerely glad, and asked what it was. Then one of them handed me an envelope， and said I would find the explanation inside。 I was going to open it， but he said no； take it to my lodgings, and look it over carefully, and not be hasty or rash. I was puzzled， and wanted to discuss the matter a little further, but they didn’t; so I took my leave， feeling hurt and insulted to be made the butt of what was apparently some kind of a practical joke, and yet obliged to put up with it， not being in circumstances to rent affronts from rich and strong folk.
