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1、SmokeBellewSmokeBellewbyJackLondon1SmokeBellewTHETASTEOFTHEMEAT.I.InthebeginninghewasChristopherBellew.BythetimehewasatcollegehehadbecomeChrisBellew.Later,intheBohemiancrowdofSanFrancisco,hewascalledKitBellew.AndintheendhewasknownbynoothernamethanSmokeBellew.Andthishistoryofthee
2、volutionofhisnameisthehistoryofhisevolution.Norwouldithavehappenedhadhenothadafondmotherandanironuncle,andhadhenotreceivedaletterfromGilletBellamy."IhavejustseenacopyoftheBillow,"GilletwrotefromParis."OfcourseO'Harawillsucceedwithit.Buthe'smissingsomeplays."(Herefolloweddetailsi
3、ntheimprovementofthebuddingsocietyweekly.)"Godownandseehim.Lethimthinkthey'reyourownsuggestions.Don'tlethimknowthey'refromme.Ifhedoes,he'llmakemePariscorrespondent,whichIcan'tafford,becauseI'mgettingrealmoneyformystufffromthebigmagazines.Aboveall,don'tforgettomakehimfirethatdubw
4、ho'sdoingthemusicalandartcriticism.Anotherthing,SanFranciscohasalwayshadaliteratureofherown.Butshehasn'tanynow.Tellhimtokickaroundandgetsomeginktoturnoutaliveserial,andtoputintoittherealromanceandglamourandcolourofSanFrancisco."AnddowntotheofficeoftheBillowwentKitBellewfaithfull
5、ytoinstruct.O'Haralistened.O'Haradebated.O'Haraagreed.O'Harafiredthedubwhowrotecriticism.Further,O'Harahadawaywithhim--theverywaythatwasfearedbyGilletindistantParis.WhenO'Harawantedanything,nofriendcoulddenyhim.Hewassweetlyandcompellinglyirresistible.BeforeKitBellewcouldescapefr
6、omtheofficehehadbecomeanassociateeditor,hadagreedtowriteweeklycolumnsofcriticismtillsomedecentpenwasfound,andhadpledgedhimselftowriteaweeklyinstalmentoftenthousandwordsontheSanFranciscoserial--andallthiswithoutpay.TheBillowwasn'tpayingyet,O'Haraexplained;2SmokeBellewandjustascon
7、vincinglyhadheexpositedthattherewasonlyonemaninSanFranciscocapableofwritingtheserial,andthatmanKitBellew."Oh,Lord,I'mthegink!"Kithadgroanedtohimselfafterwardsonthenarrowstairway.AndthereathadbegunhisservitudetoO'HaraandtheinsatiablecolumnsoftheBillow.Weekafterweekhehelddownanoff
8、icechair,stoodoffcreditors,wrangledwithprinters
