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1、MAGGIE:AGIRLOFTHESTREETSMAGGIE:AGIRLOFTHESTREETSBYSTEPHENCRANE1MAGGIE:AGIRLOFTHESTREETSChapterIAverylittleboystooduponaheapofgravelforthehonorofRumAlley.HewasthrowingstonesathowlingurchinsfromDevil'sRowwhowerecirclingmadlyabouttheheapandpeltingathim.Hisinfantileco
2、untenancewaslividwithfury.Hissmallbodywaswrithinginthedeliveryofgreat,crimsonoaths."Run,Jimmie,run!Dey'llgetyehs,"screamedaretreatingRumAlleychild."Naw,"respondedJimmiewithavaliantroar,"desemickscan'tmakemerun."HowlsofrenewedwrathwentupfromDevil'sRowthroats.Tatter
3、edgaminsontherightmadeafuriousassaultonthegravelheap.Ontheirsmall,convulsedfacesthereshonethegrinsoftrueassassins.Astheycharged,theythrewstonesandcursedinshrillchorus.ThelittlechampionofRumAlleystumbledprecipitatelydowntheotherside.Hiscoathadbeentorntoshredsinascu
4、ffle,andhishatwasgone.Hehadbruisesontwentypartsofhisbody,andbloodwasdrippingfromacutinhishead.Hiswanfeaturesworealookofatiny,insanedemon.Ontheground,childrenfromDevil'sRowclosedinontheirantagonist.Hecrookedhisleftarmdefensivelyabouthisheadandfoughtwithcursingfury.
5、Thelittleboysrantoandfro,dodging,hurlingstonesandswearinginbarbarictrebles.Fromawindowofanapartmenthousethatupreareditsformfromamidsquat,ignorantstables,thereleanedacuriouswoman.Somelaborers,unloadingascowatadockattheriver,pausedforamomentandregardedthefight.Theen
6、gineerofapassivetugboathunglazilytoarailingandwatched.OverontheIsland,awormbuildingandcrawledslowlyalongtheriver'sbank.AstonehadsmashedintoJimmie'smouth.Bloodwasbubblingoverhischinanddownuponhisraggedshirt.Tearsmadefurrowsonhisdirt-2MAGGIE:AGIRLOFTHESTREETSstained
7、cheeks.Histhinlegshadbeguntotrembleandturnweak,causinghissmallbodytoreel.Hisroaringcursesofthefirstpartofthefighthadchangedtoablasphemouschatter.IntheyellsofthewhirlingmobofDevil'sRowchildrentherewerenotesofjoylikesongsoftriumphantsavagery.Thelittleboysseemedtolee
8、rgloatinglyatthebloodupontheotherchild'sface.Downtheavenuecameboastfullysaunteringaladofsixteenyears,althoughthechronicsneerofanidealmanhoodalreadysatup
