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1、THEFORTUNEHUNTERTHEFORTUNEHUNTERByDAVIDGRAHAMPHILLIPS1THEFORTUNEHUNTERCHAPTERIENTERMR.FEUERSTEINOnanafternoonlateinAprilFeuersteinlefthisboarding-houseinEastSixteenthStreet,intheblockjustbeyondtheeasterngatesofStuyvesantSquare,andparadeddownSecondAvenue.Aromanticfigurewas
2、Feuerstein,oftheGermanTheaterstockcompany.Hewastallandslender,andhadlarge,handsomefeatures.Hiscoatwascutlongovertheshouldersandinatthewaisttoshowhislinesofstrengthandgrace.Heworeapearl-graysofthatwithrakishbrim,anditwassetwithsuspiciouscarelessnessuponbrightblue,andseemed
3、toblazonafiery,sentimentalnature.Hestrodealong,intenselyself-conscious,notinthewaythatcausesawkwardness,butinthewaythatcausesaswagger.Onehadonlytoglanceathimtoknowthathewasoffensivetomanymenandfascinatingtomanywomen.Notanarticleofhisvisibleclothinghadbeenpaidfor,andtheten
4、-centpieceinapocketofhistrouserswashistotalcashbalance.Buthisheartwasaslightastheday.Hadhenotyouth?Hadhenothealth?Hadhenotlookstobewitchthewomen,brainstooutwitthemen?Feuersteinsniffedthedelightfulairandgazedround,likeakinginthemidstofcringingsubjects.``Ifeelthatthisisoneo
5、fmyluckydays,''saidhetohimself.Anaristocrat,apatrician,aHochwohlgeboren,ifeveronewasborn.AttheFourteenth-Streetcrossinghebecameconsciousthatayoungmanwaslookingathimwithrespectfuladmirationandwiththeanxietyofonewhofearsadistinguishedacquaintancehasforgottenhim.Feuersteinpa
6、usedandinhisgrandest,mostgraciousmanner,said:``Ah!Mr.Hartmann--agloriousday!''YoungHartmannflushedwithpleasureandstammered,``Yes--aGLORIOUSday!''``ItisluckyImetyou,''continuedFeuerstein.``IhadanappointmentattheCafeBoulevardatfour,andcamehurryingawayfrommylodgings2THEFORTU
7、NEHUNTERwithemptypockets--Iamsoabsent-minded.Couldyouconveniencemeforafewhourswithfivedollars?I'llrepayyouto-night--youwillbeatGoerwitz'sprobably?Iusuallylookinthereafterthetheater.''Hartmanncoloredwithembarrassment.``I'msorry,''hesaidhumbly,``I'vegotonlyatwo-dollarbill.I
8、fitwould--''Feuersteinlookedannoyed.``PerhapsIcanmakethatdo.Thankyou--sorrytotroubleyou.IMUSTbem
