Martin Eden Ch 27 p260

Paul Stought

Jul 2

knew were starving the world over; but now that he was feasted full, the fact of the thousands starving was no longer pregnant in his brain. He forgot about them, and, being in love, remembered the countless lovers in the world. Without deliberately thinking about it, motifs for love-lyrics began to agitate his brain. Swept away by the creative impulse, he got off the electric car, without vexation, two blocks beyond his crossing.	noo wur storving dhu wuruld oevur, but nou dhat hy wuz fystud fwl, dhu fakt uv dhu thouzundz storving wuz noe longgur pregnunt in hiz braen. Hy faurgot ubout dhem, and, bying in luv, rimemburd dhu kountlus luvurz in dhu wuruld. Without diliburutly thingking ubout it, moetyfs faur luv-liriks bigan too ajutaet hiz braen. Swept uwae bie dhu kryaetiv impuls, hy got of dhy ilektrik kor, without veksaeshun, too bloks byond hiz krosing.
He found a number of persons in the Morse home. Ruth's two girl-cousins were visiting her from San Rafael, and Mrs. Morse, under pretext of entertaining them, was pursuing her plan of surrounding Ruth with young people. The campaign had begun during Martin's enforced absence, and was already in full swing. She was making a point of having at the house men who were doing things. Thus, in addition to the cousins Dorothy and Florence, Martin encountered two university professors, one of Latin, the other of English; a young army officer just back from the Philippines, one-time school-mate of Ruth's; a young fellow named Melville, private secretary to Joseph Perkins, head of the San Francisco Trust Company; and finally of the men, a live bank cashier, Charles Hapgood, a youngish man of thirty-five, graduate of Stanford University, member of the Nile Club and the Unity Club, and a conservative speaker for the Republican Party during campaigns—in short, a rising young man in every way. Among the women was one who painted portraits, another who was a professional musician, and still another who possessed the degree of Doctor of Sociology and who was locally famous for her social settlement work in the slums of San Francisco. But the women did not count for much in Mrs. Morse's plan. At the best, they were necessary accessories. The men who did things must be drawn to the house somehow.	Hy found u numbur uv pursunz in dhu Maurs hoem. Rooth's too gurul-kuzunz wur vizuting hur frum San Rufel, and Mrs. Maurs, undur prytekst uv enturtaening dhem, wuz pursoo.ing hur plan uv surounding Rooth with yung pypul. Dhu kampaen had bigun dwring Mortun'z enfaursd absuns, and wuz aulredy in fwl swing. Shy wuz maeking u point uv having at dhu hous men hoo wur doo.ing thingz. Dhus, in udishun too dhu kuzunz Dauruthy and Flauruns, Mortun enkounturd too uenuvursuty prufesurz, wun uv Latun, dhy udhur uv Ingglish; u yung ormy ofusur just bak frum dhu Filupynz, wun-tiem skool-maet uv Rooth's; u yung feloe naemd Melvil, prievut sekrutery too Joezuf Purkunz, hed uv dhu San Frunsiskoe Trust Kumpuny; and fienuly uv dhu men, u liev bangk cashir, Charulz Hapgwd, u yungish man uv thurty-fiev, grajuut uv Stanfurd Uenuvursuty, membur uv dhu Niel Klub and dhu Uenuty Klub, and u kunsurvutiv spykur faur dhu Ripublikun Porty dwring kampaenz—in shaurt, u riezing yung man in evry wae. Umung dhu wimun wuz wun hoo paentud paurtruts, unudhur hoo wuz u prufeshunul muezishun, and stil unudhur hoo puzesd dhu digry uv Doktur uv Soeshyolujy and hoo wuz loekuly faemus faur hur soeshul setulmunt wurk in dhu slumz uv San Frunsiskoe. But dhu wimun did not kount faur much in Mrs. Maurs'z plan. At dhu best, dhae wur nesusery aksesuryz. Dhu men hoo did thingz must by draun too dhu hous sumhou.
"Don't get excited when you talk," Ruth admonished Martin, before the ordeal of introduction began.	"Doent get eksietud when ue taulk," Rooth udmonishd Mortun, Bifaur dhy aurdyl uv intrudukshun bigan.
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