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1、MAGGIE:AGIRLOFTHESTREETSBYSTEPHENCRANEChapterIAverylittleboystooduponaheapofgravelforthehonorofRumAlley.HewasthrowingstonesathowlingurchinsfromDevil'sRowwhowerecirclingmadlyabouttheheapandpeltingathim.Hisinfantilecountenancewaslividwithfury.Hissmallbodywaswrithinginthedeliveryofgreat,cri
2、msonoaths."Run,Jimmie,run!Dey'llgetyehs,"screamedaretreatingRumAlleychild."Naw,"respondedJimmiewithavaliantroar,"desemickscan'tmakemerun."HowlsofrenewedwrathwentupfromDevil'sRowthroats.Tatteredgaminsontherightmadeafuriousassaultonthegravelheap.Ontheirsmall,convulsedfacesthereshonethegrin
3、softrueassassins.Astheycharged,theythrewstonesandcursedinshrillchorus.ThelittlechampionofRumAlleystumbledprecipitatelydowntheotherside.Hiscoathadbeentorntoshredsinascuffle,andhishatwasgone.Hehadbruisesontwentypartsofhisbody,andbloodwasdrippingfromacutinhishead.Hiswanfeaturesworealookofat
4、iny,insanedemon.Ontheground,childrenfromDevil'sRowclosedinontheirantagonist.Hecrookedhisleftarmdefensivelyabouthisheadandfoughtwithcursingfury.Thelittleboysrantoandfro,dodging,hurlingstonesandswearinginbarbarictrebles.Fromawindowofanapartmenthousethatupreareditsformfromamidsquat,ignorant
5、stables,thereleanedacuriouswoman.Somelaborers,unloadingascowatadockattheriver,pausedforamomentandregardedthefight.Theengineerofapassivetugboathunglazilytoarailingandwatched.OverontheIsland,awormbuildingandcrawledslowlyalongtheriver'sbank.AstonehadsmashedintoJimmie'smouth.Bloodwasbubbling
6、overhischinanddownuponhisraggedshirt.Tearsmadefurrowsonhisdirt-stainedcheeks.Histhinlegshadbeguntotrembleandturnweak,causinghissmallbodytoreel.Hisroaringcursesofthefirstpartofthefighthadchangedtoablasphemouschatter.IntheyellsofthewhirlingmobofDevil'sRowchildrentherewerenotesofjoylikesong
7、softriumphantsavagery.Thelittleboysseemedtoleergloatinglyatthebloodupontheotherchild'sface.Downtheavenuecameboastfullysaunteringaladofsixteenyears,althoughthechronicsneerofanidealmanhoodalreadysatuponhislips.Hishatwastippedwithanairofchallengeoverhiseye.Betweenhisteeth,ac
