Martin Eden Ch 25 p233

Paul Stought

Jul 1

surprised to behold that the less food he had, the harder he worked. On occasion, in a casual sort of way, when she thought hunger pinched hardest, she would send him in a loaf of new baking, awkwardly covering the act with banter to the effect that it was better than he could bake. And again, she would send one of her toddlers in to him with a great pitcher of hot soup, debating inwardly the while whether she was justified in taking it from the mouths of her own flesh and blood. Nor was Martin ungrateful, knowing as he did the lives of the poor, and that if ever in the world there was charity, this was it.	surpriezd too bihoeld dhat dhu les food hy had, dhu hordur hy wurkd. On ukaezhun, in u kazuul saurt uv wae, when shy thaut hunggur pinchd hordust, shy wwd send him in u loef uv noo baeking, aukwurdly kuvuring dhy akt with bantur too dhy ifekt dhat it wuz betur dhan hy kwd baek. And ugen, shy wwd send wun uv hur todulurz in too him with u graet pichur uv hot soop, dibaeting inwurdly dhu whiel whedhur shy wuz justufied in taeking it frum dhu mouths uv hur oen flesh and blud. Naur wuz Mortun ungraetful, no.ing az hy did dhu lievz uv dhu paur, and dhat if evur in dhu wuruld dher wuz charuty, dhis wuz it.
On a day when she had filled her brood with what was left in the house, Maria invested her last fifteen cents in a gallon of cheap wine. Martin, coming into her kitchen to fetch water, was invited to sit down and drink. He drank her very-good health, and in return she drank his. Then she drank to prosperity in his undertakings, and he drank to the hope that James Grant would show up and pay her for his washing. James Grant was a journeymen carpenter who did not always pay his bills and who owed Maria three dollars.	On u dae when shy had fild hur brood with whot wuz left in dhu hous, Muryu investud hur last fiftyn sents in u galun uv chyp wien. Mortun, kuming intoo hur kichun too fech wotur, wuz invietud too sit doun and dringk. Hy drangk hur very-gwd helth, and in riturn shy drangk hiz. Dhen shy drangk too prosperuty in hiz undurtaekingz and hy drangk too dhu hoep dhat Jaemz Grant wwd shoe up and pae hur faur hiz woshing. Jaemz Grand wuz u jurnymun korpuntur hoo did not aulwaez pae hiz bilz and hoo oed Muryu thry dolurz.
Both Maria and Martin drank the sour new wine on empty stomachs, and it went swiftly to their heads. Utterly differentiated creatures that they were, they were lonely in their misery, and though the misery was tacitly ignored, it was the bond that drew them together. Maria was amazed to learn that he had been in the Azores, where she had lived until she was eleven. She was doubly amazed that he had been in the Hawaiian Islands, whither she had migrated from the Azores with her people. But her amazement passed all bounds when he told her he had been on Maui, the particular island whereon she had attained womanhood and married. Kahului, where she had first met her husband,—he, Martin, had been there twice! Yes, she remembered the sugar steamers, and he had been on them—well, well, it was a small world. And Wailuku! That place, too! Did he know the	Boeth Muryu and Mortun drangk dhu sour noo wien on empty stumiks, and it went swiftly too dher hedz. Uturly difurenshyaetud krychurz dhat dhae wur, dhae wur loenly in dher mizury, and dhoe dhu mizury wuz tasutly ignaurd, it wuz dhu bond dhat droo dhem tugedhur. Muryu wuz umaezd too lurn dhat hy had bin in dhy Aezaurz, wher shy had livd until shy wuz ilevun. Shy wuz dubuly umaezd dhat hy had bin in dhu Huwiun Ielundz, whidhur shy had miegraetud frum dhy Aezaurz with hur pypul. But hur umaezmunt pasd aul boundz when hy toeld hur hy had bin on Mouy, dhu purtikyulur ieslund wheron shy had utaend wwmunhwd and maryd. Kohooloo.y, wher shy had furst met hur huzbund,--hy, Mortun, had bin dher twies! Yes, shy rimemburd dhu shwgur stymurz, and hy had bin on dhem—wel, wel, it wuz u smaul wuruld. And Wielookoo! Dhat plaes, too! Did hy noe dhu
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