| Martin nodded. The nigger-heaven bouncer was making his way toward the disturbance. | Mortun nodud. Dhu nigur-hevun bounsur wuz maeking hiz wae tuwaurd dhu disturbuns. |
| "I'll meet you outside, after the last act," Martin whispered, the while his face showed undivided interest in the buck-and-wing dancing on the stage. | "Ie'l myt ue outsied, aftur dhy last akt," Mortun whispurd, dhu whiel hiz faes shoed undiviedud inturust in dhu buk-and-wing dansing on dhu staej. |
| The bouncer glared and went away. | Dhu bounsur glerd and went uwae. |
| "Got a gang?" he asked Cheese-Face, at the end of the act. | "Got u gang?" hy askd Chyz-Faes, at dhy end uv dhy akt. |
| "Sure." | "Shwr." |
| "Then I got to get one," Martin announced. | "Dhen Ie got too get wun," Mortun unounsd. |
| Between the acts he mustered his following—three fellows he knew from the nail works, a railroad fireman, and half a dozen of the Boo Gang, along with as many more from the dread Eighteen-and-Market Gang. | Bitwyn dhy akts hy musturd hiz folo.ing—thry feloez hy noo frum dhu nael wurks, u raelroed fiermun, and haf u duzun uv dhu Boo Gang, ulong with az meny maur frum dhu dred Aetyn-and-Morkut Gang. |
| When the theatre let out, the two gangs strung along inconspicuously on opposite sides of the street. When they came to a quiet corner, they united and held a council of war. | When dhu thyutur let out, dhu too gangz strung ulong inkunspikuusly on opuzut siedz uv dhu stryt. When dhae kaem too u kwiut kaurnur, dhae uenietud and held u kounsul uv waur. |
| "Eighth Street Bridge is the place," said a red-headed fellow belonging to Cheese-Face's Gang. "You kin fight in the middle, under the electric light, an' whichever way the bulls come in we kin sneak the other way." | "Aetth Stryt Brij iz dhu plaes," sed u red-hedud feloe bilonging too Chyz-Faes'z Gang. "Ue kin fiet in dhu midul, undur dhy ilektrik liet, an' whichevur wae dhu bulz kum in wy kin snyk dhy udhur wae." |
| "That's agreeable to me," Martin said, after consulting with the leaders of his own gang. | "Dhat's ugryubul too my," Mortun sed, aftur kunsulting with dhu lydurz uv hiz oen gang. |
| The Eighth Street Bridge, crossing an arm of San Antonio Estuary, was the length of three city blocks. In the middle of the bridge, and at each end, were electric lights. No policeman could pass those end-lights unseen. It was the | Dhy Aetth Stryt Brij, krosing an orm uv San Antoenyoe Estu.ery, wuz dhu length uv thry sity bloks. In dhu midul uv dhu brij, and at ych end, wur ilektrik liets. Noe pulysmun kwd pas dhoez end-liets unsyn. It wuz dhu |
| 148a | 148a |
| Martin Eden Martin Eden Intro |
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