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1、MesserMarcoPoloMesserMarcoPoloByDonn-Byrne(1889-1928)1MesserMarcoPoloANOTEONTHEAUTHOROFMESSERMARCOPOLOSoCelticinfeelingandatmospherearethestoriesofDonnByrnethatmanyofhisdevoteeshavecometobelievethatheneverlivedanywherebutinIreland.Actually,DonnByrnewasborninNewYorkCity.Shortlyafterhisbirth,howev
2、er,hisparentstookhimbacktothelandofhisforefathers.Therehewaseducatedandcametoknowthepeopleofwhomhewrotesomagically.AtDublinUniversityhislovefortheIrishlanguageandforagoodfightwonhimmanyprizes,firstasawriterinGaelicandsecondastheUniversity'slightweightboxingchampion.Aftercontinuinghisstudiesatthe
3、SorbonneandtheUniversityofLeipzig,hereturnedtotheUnitedStates,where,in1911,hemarriedandestablishedahomeinBrooklynHeights.Heearnedhisliving,whiletryingtowriteshortstories,asaneditorofdictionaries.Soonhistalesbegantoattractattentionandheaddedtohiscollectionofboxingprizesmanyotherswoninshort-storyc
4、ontests.WhenMESSERMARCOPOLOappearedin1921hisreputationintheliteraryworldwasfirmlyestablished.Thereafter,whateverhewrotewashailedenthusiasticallybyhisever-growingpublic,until1928,whenhistragicdeathinanautomobileaccidentcutshortthecareerofoneofAmerica'sbest-lovedstory-tellers.MESSERMARCOPOLOThemes
5、sagecametome,atthesecondcheckofthehunt,thatacountrymanandaclansmanneededme.Thegroundwasheavy,thedayraw,anditwasadrag,toofastforfunandtootameforsport.SoIblessedthecountrymanandtheclansman,andturnedmybackonthefield.Butwhentheytoldmehisname,Iallbutfellfromthesaddle."Butthatman'sdead!"Buthewasn'tdea
6、d.HewasinNewYork.HewastravelingfromthecraigsofUlstertohisgrandson,whohadanorange-groveonthe2MesserMarcoPoloIndianRiver,inFlorida.Hewasn'tdead.AndIsaidtomyselfwithimpatience,"Musteverymanbornninetyyearsagobedead?""Butthisisadamnedthing,"Ithought,"tobesaddledwithamanoverninetyyearsold.Tohavetoacta
7、sGARDE-MALADEatmyage!Whycouldn'thehavestayedanddiedathome?Sure,oneofthesedayshewilldie,aswealldie,andtheghostofhimwillneverbecontentonthesluggishriver,bythemossytrees,wheretheblueheronsandthewhitecranesandthegreatgraypelican
