Martin Eden Ch 27 p259

Paul Stought

Jul 2

the remaining two dollars between the baker and the fruit store. Martin was not yet rich enough to afford meat, and he was on slim allowance when the White Mouse check arrived. He was divided on the cashing of it. He had never been in a bank in his life, much less been in one on business, and he had a naive and childlike desire to walk into one of the big banks down in Oakland and fling down his indorsed check for forty dollars. On the other hand, practical common sense ruled that he should cash it with his grocer and thereby make an impression that would later result in an increase of credit. Reluctantly Martin yielded to the claims of the grocer, paying his bill with him in full, and receiving in change a pocketful of jingling coin. Also, he paid the other tradesmen in full, redeemed his suit and his bicycle, paid one month's rent on the type-writer, and paid Maria the overdue month for his room and a month in advance. This left him in his pocket, for emergencies, a balance of nearly three dollars.	dhu rimaening too dolurz bitwyn dhu baekur and dhu froot staur. Mortin wuz not yet rich inuf too ufaurd myt, and hy wuz on slim ulou.uns when dhu Whiet Mous chek urievd. Hy wuz diviedud on dhu kashing uv it. Hy had nevur bin in u bangk in hiz lief, much les bin in wun on biznuz, and hy had u niyv and chieldliek dizier too waulk intoo wun uv dhu big bangks doun in Oeklund and fling doun hiz endaursd chek faur faurty dolurz. On dhy udhur hand, praktikul komun sens roold dhat hy shwd kash it with hiz groesur and dherbie maek an impreshun dhat wwd laetur rizult in an inkrys uv kredut. Riluktuntly Mortun yyldud too dhu klaemz uv dhu groesur, pa.ing hz bil with him in fwl, and risyving in chaenj u pokutful uv jingguling koin. Aulsoe, hy paed dhy udhur traedzmun in fwl, ridymd hiz soot and hiz biesikul, paed wun munth's rent on dhu tiep-ruetur, and paed Muryu dhy oevurdoo munth faur hiz room and u munth in udvans. Dhis left him in hiz pokut, faur imurjunsyz, u baluns uv nirly thry dolurz.
In itself, this small sum seemed a fortune. Immediately on recovering his clothes he had gone to see Ruth, and on the way he could not refrain from jingling the little handful of silver in his pocket. He had been so long without money that, like a rescued starving man who cannot let the unconsumed food out of his sight, Martin could not keep his hand off the silver. He was not mean, nor avaricious, but the money meant more than so many dollars and cents. It stood for success, and the eagles stamped upon the coins were to him so many winged victories.	In itself, dhis smaul sum symd u faurchun. Imydyutly on rikuvuring hiz kloedhz hy had gon too sy Rooth, and on dhu wae hy kwd not rifraen frum jingguling dhu litul handful uv silvur in hiz pokut. Hy had bin soe long without muny dhat, liek u reskued storving man hoo kanot let dhy unkunsoomd food out uv hiz siet, Mortun kwd not kyp hiz hand of dhu silvur. Hy wuz not myn, naur avurishus, but dhu muny ment maur dhan soe meny dolurz and sents. It stwd faur sukses, and dhy ygulz stampd upon dhu koinz wur too him soe many wingd vikturyz.
It came to him insensibly that it was a very good world. It certainly appeared more beautiful to him. For weeks it had been a very dull and sombre world; but now, with nearly all debts paid, three dollars jingling in his pocket, and in his mind the consciousness of success, the sun shone bright and warm, and even a rain-squall that soaked unprepared pedestrians seemed a merry happening to him. When he starved, his thoughts had dwelt often upon the thousands he	It kaem too him insensubly dhat it wuz u very gwd wuruld. It surtunly upird maur buetiful too him. Faur wyks it had bin u very dul and sombur wuruld, but nou, with nirly aul dets paed, thry dolurz jingguling in hiz pokut, and in hiz miend dhu konshusnus uv sukses, dhu sun shoen briet and waurm, and yvun u raen-skwaul dhat soekd unpriperd pudestryunz symd u mery hapuning too him. When hy storvd, hiz thauts had dwelt ofun upon dhu thouzundz hy
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