| demanded:- | dimandud:- |
| "What is trig?" | "Whot iz trig?" |
| "Trignometry," Norman said; "a higher form of math." | "Trigunomutry," Naurmun sed, "u hier faurm uv math." |
| "And what is math?" was the next question, which, somehow, brought the laugh on Norman. | "And whot iz math?" wuz dhu nekst kweschun, which sumhou, braut dhu laf on Naurmun. |
| "Mathematics, arithmetic," was the answer. | "Mathumatics, urithmutik," wuz dhy ansur |
| Martin Eden nodded. He had caught a glimpse of the apparently illimitable vistas of knowledge. What he saw took on tangibility. His abnormal power of vision made abstractions take on concrete form. In the alchemy of his brain, trigonometry and mathematics and the whole field of knowledge which they betokened were | Mortun Ydun nodud. Hy had kaut u glimps uv dhy uparuntly ilimutubul vistuz uv nolij. Whot hy sau twk on tanjubiluty. Hiz abnaurmul pour uv vizhun maed abstrakshunz taek on koncryt faurm. In dhy alkumy uv hiz braen, trigunomutry and mathumatics and dhu hoel fyld uv nolij which dhae bitoekund wur |
| transmuted into so much landscape. The vistas he saw were vistas of green foliage and forest glades, all softly luminous or shot through with flashing lights. In the distance, detail was veiled and blurred by a purple haze, but behind this purple haze, he knew, was the glamour of the unknown, the lure of romance. | transmuetud intoo soe much landskaep. Dhu vistuz hy sau wur vistuz uv gryn foelyij and faurust glaedz, aul softly loomunus aur shot throo with flashing liets. In dhu distuns, ditael wuz vaeld and blurd bie u purpul haez, but bihiend dhis purpul haez, hy noo, wuz dhu glamur uv dhy unnoen, dhu lwr uv roemans. |
| It was like wine to him. Here was adventure, something to do with head and hand, a world to conquer—and straightway from the back of his consciousness rushed the thought, conquering, to win to her, that lily-pale spirit sitting beside him. | It wuz liek wien too him. Hir wuz udvenchur, sumthing too doo with hed and hand, u wuruld too kongkur—and straetwae frum dhu bak uv hiz konshusnus rushd dhu thaut, kongkuring, to win too hur, dhat lily-pael spirut siting bisied him. |
| The glimmering vision was rent asunder and dissipated by Arthur, who, all evening, had been trying to draw his wild man out. Martin Eden remembered his decision. For the first time he became himself, consciously and deliberately at first, but soon lost in the joy of creating in | Dhu glimuring vizhun wuz rent usundur and disupaetud bie Orthur, hoo, aul yvning, had bin tri.ing too drau hiz wield man out. Mortun Ydun rimemburd hiz disizhun. Faur dhu furst tiem hy bikaem himself, konshusly and diliburutly at furst, but soon lost in dhu joi uv kryaeting in |
| making life as he knew it appear before his listeners' eyes. He had been a member of the crew of the smuggling schooner Halcyon when she was captured by a revenue cutter. He saw with wide eyes, and he could tell what he saw. He brought the pulsing sea before them, and the men and the ships upon the sea. He | maeking lief az hy noo it upir bifaur hiz lisunurz' iez. Hy had bin u membur uv dhu kroo uv dhu smuguling skoonur Halsyon when shy wuz kapchurd bie u revunoo kutur. Hy sau with wied iez, and hy kwd tel whot hy sau. Hy braut dhu pulsing sy bifaur dhem, and dhu men and dhu ships upon dhu sy. Hy |
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