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1、ItwasJoeDillonwhointroducedtheWildWesttous.HehadalittlelibrarymadeupofoldnumbersofTheUnionJack,Pluck,andTheHalfpennyMarvel.EveryeveningafterschoolwemetinhisbackgardenandarrangedIndianbattles.HeandhisfatyoungbrotherLeo,theidler,heldtheloftofthestablewhilewetriedtocarryitbystorm;
2、orwefoughtapitchedbattleonthegrass.But,howeverwellwefought,weneverwonsiegeorbattleandallourboutsendedwithJoeDillon‘swardanceofvictory.Hisparentswenttoeighto‘clockmasseverymorninginGardinerStreetandthepeacefulodourofMrsDillonwasprevalentinthehallofthehouse.Butheplayedtoofiercely
3、foruswhowereyoungerandmoretimid.HelookedlikesomekindofanIndianwhenhecaperedroundthegarden,anoldtea-cosyonhishead,beatingatinwithhisfistandyelling:`Ya!yaka,yaka,yaka!‘Everyonewasincredulouswhenitwasreportedthathehadavocationforthepriesthood.Neverthelessitwastrue.Aspiritofunrulin
4、essdiffuseditselfamongusand,underitsinfluence,differencesofcultureandconstitutionwerewaived.Webandedourselvestogether,someboldly,someinjestandsomealmostinfear:andofthenumberoftheselatter,thereluctantIndianswhowereafraidtoseemstudiousorlackinginrobustness,Iwasone.Theadventuresre
5、latedintheliteratureoftheWildWestwereremotefrommynaturebut,atleast,theyopeneddoorsofescape.IlikedbettersomeAmericandetectivestorieswhichweretraversedfromtimetotimebyunkemptfierceandbeautifulgirls.Thoughtherewasnothingwronginthesestoriesandthoughtheirintentionwassometimesliterar
6、y,theywerecirculatedsecretlyatschool.OnedaywhenFatherButlerwashearingthefourpagesofRomanHistory,clumsyLeoDillonwasdiscoveredwithacopyofTheHalfpennyMarvel.`Thispageorthispage?Thispage?Now,Dillon,up."Hardlyhadtheday"...Goon!Whatday?"Hardlyhadthedaydawned"...Haveyoustudiedit?Whath
7、aveyouthereinyourpocket?‘Everyone‘sheartpalpitatedasLeoDillonhandedupthepaperandeveryoneassumedaninnocentface.FatherButlerturnedoverthepages,frowning.`Whatisthisrubbish?‘hesaid.`TheApacheChief!IsthiswhatyoureadinsteadofstudyingyourRomanHistory?Letmenotfindanymoreofthiswretcheds
8、tuffinthiscollege.Themanwhowroteit,Isuppose,wassomewre
