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1、THECRUISEOFTHEJASPERB.THECRUISEOFTHEJASPERB.BYDONMARQUIS1THECRUISEOFTHEJASPERB.CHAPTERIABRIGHTBLADELEAPSFROMARUSTYSCABBARDOnaneveninginApril,191-,ClementJ.CleggettwalkedsedatelyintothenewsroomoftheNewYorkEnterprisewithadrab-coloredwalking-stickinhishand.Hestoodthecaneinacorner,
2、changedhissoberstreetcoatforamoresoberofficejacket,adjustedagreeneyeshadebelowhisprimlybrushedgrayishhair,unostentatiouslysatdownatthecopydesk,andunobtrusivelyopenedadrawer.Fromthedrawerhetookacanoftobacco,apipe,apairofscissors,apaste-potandbrush,apileofcopypaper,apenknifeandth
3、reehalf-lengthsofleadpencil.Thecanoftobaccowasnotremarkable.Thepipewasnotpicturesque.Thescissorswerethemostordinaryofscissors.Thecopypaperwasquiteundistinguishedinappearance.Theleadpencilshadthemostuntemperamentallookingpoints.Cleggetthimself,ashefilledandlightedthepipe,diditin
4、themostmatter-of-factsortofway.Thenheremarkedtotheheadofthecopydesk,inanaveragekindofvoice:"H'lo,Jim.""H'lo,Clegg,"saidJim,withoutlookingup."Mightaswellbeginonthisbunchofearlycopy,Iguess."FormorethantenyearsCleggetthaddonethesamethingatthesametimeinthesamemanner,sixnightsofthew
5、eek.Whathedidontheseventhnightnooneeverthoughttoinquire.If2THECRUISEOFTHEJASPERB.anymemberoftheEnterprisestaffhadspeculatedaboutitatallhewouldhaveassumedthatCleggettspentthatseventheveninginsomewayessentiallycommonplace,sober,unemotional,quiet,colorless,dullandBrooklynitish.Cle
6、ggettlivedinBrooklyn.ThesuperficialobservermighthavesaidthatCleggettandBrooklynweremadeforeachother.Thesuperficialobserver!Howmanythereareofhim!Andhowmuchhemisses!Hemisses,infact,everything.Attwoo'clockinthemorningatelegraphoperatorapproachedthecopydeskandhandedCleggettasheetof
7、yellowpaper,withtheremark:"Cleggett--personalwire."Itwasanightletter,andglancingatthesignatureCleggettsawthatitwasfromhisbrotherwholivedinBoston.Itran:UncleTomdiedyesterday.Don'tfaintnow.Hesplitsbulkfortunebetweenyouandme.Lawyersfigurenearly$500,000each.Mostlyeasilynegotiablese
8、curities.Newwillmademonthagowhilesoreatpresidenttemper
