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1、MammonandtheArcher（O·Henry）___________________________________________OldAnthonyRockwall,retiredmanufacturerandproprietorofRockwall'sEurekaSoap,lookedoutthelibrarywindowofhisFifthAvenuemansionandgrinned.Hisneighbourtotheright--thearistocraticclubman,G.VanSch
2、uylightSuffolk-Jones--cameouttohiswaitingmotor-car,wrinklingacontumeliousnostril,asusual,attheItalianrenaissancesculptureofthesoappalace'sfrontelevation."Stuck-upoldstatuetteofnothingdoing!"commentedtheex-SoapKing."TheEdenMusee'llgetthatoldfrozenNesselrodeye
3、tifhedoesn’twatchout.I'llhavethishousepaintedred,white,andbluenextsummerandseeifthat'llmakehisDutchnoseturnupanyhigher."AndthenAnthonyRockwall,whonevercaredforbells,wenttothedoorofhislibraryandshouted"Mike!"inthesamevoicethathadoncechippedoffpiecesofthewelki
4、nontheKansasprairies."Tellmyson,"saidAnthonytotheansweringmenial,"tocomeinherebeforeheleavesthehouse."WhenyoungRockwallenteredthelibrarytheoldmanlaidasidehisnewspaper,lookedathimwithakindlygrimnessonhisbig,smooth,ruddycountenance,rumpledhismopofwhitehairwith
5、onehandandrattledthekeysinhispocketwiththeother."Richard,"saidAnthonyRockwail,"whatdoyoupayforthesoapthatyouuse?"Richard,onlysixmonthshomefromcollege,wasstartledalittle.Hehadnotyettakenthemeasureofthissireofhis,whowasasfullofunexpectednessasagirlatherfirstpa
6、rty."Sixdollarsadozen,Ithink,dad.""Andyourclothes?""Isupposeaboutsixtydollars,asarule.""You'reagentleman,"saidAnthony,decidedly."I'veheardoftheseyoungbloodsspending$24adozenforsoap,andgoingoverthehundredmarksforclothes.You'vegotasmuchmoneytowasteasanyof'em,a
7、ndyetyousticktowhat'sdecentandmoderate.NowIusetheoldEureka--notonlyforsentiment,butit'sthepurestsoapmade.Wheneveryoupaymorethan10centsacakeforsoapyoubuybadperfumesandlabels.But50centsisdoingverywellforayoungmaninyourgeneration,positionandcondition.AsIsaid,yo
8、u'reagentleman.Theysayittakesthreegenerationstomakeone.They'reoff.Money'lldoitasslickassoapgrease.It'smadeyouone.Byhokey!it'salmostmadeoneofme.I'mnearlyasimpoliteanddisagreeableandill-manneredas
