Martin Eden Ch 44 p426

Paul Stought

Aug 31

neighborhood was growing up fast. The store was really too small. If he had more room, he would be able to put in a score of labor-saving and money-saving improvements. And he would do it yet. He was straining every effort for the day when he could buy the adjoining lot and put up another two-story frame building. The upstairs he could rent, and the whole ground-floor of both buildings would be Higginbotham's Cash Store. His eyes glistened when he spoke of the new sign that would stretch clear across both buildings.	naeburhwd wuz gro.ing up fast. Dhu staur wuz ryly too smaul. If hy had maur room, hy wwd by aebul too pwt in u skaur uv laebur-saeving and muny-saeving improovmunts. And hy wwd doo it yet. Hy wuz straening evry efurt faur dhu dae when hy kwd bie dhy ujoining lot and pwt up unudhur too-staury fraem bilding. Dhy upsterz hy kwd rent, and dhu hoel ground-flaur uv boeth bildingz wwd by Higunbothum'z Kash Staur. Hiz iez glisund when hy spoek uv dhu noo sien dhat wwd strech klir ukros boeth bildingz.
Martin forgot to listen. The refrain of "Work performed," in his own brain, was drowning the other's clatter. The refrain maddened him, and he tried to escape from it.	Mortun faurgot too lisun. Dhu rifraen uv "Wurk purfaurmd," in hiz oen braen, wuz drouning dhy udhur'z klatur. Dhu rifraen madund him, and hy tried too iskaep frum it.
"How much did you say it would cost?" he asked suddenly.	"Hou much did ue sae it wwd kost?" hy askd sudunly.
His brother-in-law paused in the middle of an expatiation on the business opportunities of the neighborhood. He hadn't said how much it would cost. But he knew. He had figured it out a score of times.	Hiz brudhur-in-lau pauzd in dhu midul uv an ekspaeshyaeshun on dhu biznuz opurtoonutyz uv dhu naeburhwd. Hy hadn't sed hou much it wwd kost. But hy noo. Hy had figyrd it out u skaur uv tiemz.
"At the way lumber is now," he said, "four thousand could do it."	"At dhu wae lumbur iz nou," hy sed, "faur thouzund kwd doo it."
"Including the sign?"	"Inklooding dhu sien?"
"I didn't count on that. It'd just have to come, onc't the buildin' was there."	"Ie didn't kount on dhat. It'd just hav too kum, wuns't dhu bildin' wuz dher."
"And the ground?"	"And dhu ground?"
"Three thousand more."	"Thry thouzund maur."
He leaned forward, licking his lips, nervously spreading and closing his fingers, while he watched Martin write a check. When it was passed over to him, he glanced at the amount-seven thousand dollars.	Hy lynd faurwurd, liking hiz lips, nurvusly spreding and kloezing finggurz, whiel hy wochd Mortun riet u chek. When it wuz pasd oevur too him, hy glansd at dhy umount-sevun thouzund dolurz.
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