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汤姆历险记_马克吐温(Chapter33) 第(2/7)页

Itisfallingnow; itwillstillbefallingwhenallthesethingsshallhavesunkdowntheafternoonofhistory, andthetwilightoftradition, ? Didthisdropfallpatientlyduringfivethousandyearstobereadyforthisflittinghumaninsect’sneed? andhasitanotherimportantobjecttoaccomplishtenthousandyearstocome? -breedscoopedoutthestonetocatchthepricelessdrops, buttothisdaythetouriststareslongestatthatpatheticstoneandthatslow-droppingwaterwhenhecomestoseethewondersofMcDougal’’scupstandsfirstinthelistofthecavern’smarvels; even "Aladdin’sPalace" cannotrivalit.

InjunJoewasburiednearthemouthofthecave; andpeopleflockedthereinboatsandwagonsfromthetownsandfromallthefarmsandhamletsforsevenmilesaround; theybroughttheirchildren, andallsortsofprovisions, andconfessedthattheyhadhadalmostassatisfactoryatimeatthefuneralastheycouldhavehadatthehanging.

Thisfuneralstoppedthefurthergrowthofonething—thepetitiontothegovernorforInjunJoe’; manytearfulandeloquentmeetingshadbeenheld, andacommitteeofsappywomenbeenappointedtogoindeepmourningandwailaroundthegovernor, , butwhatofthat? IfhehadbeenSatanhimselftherewouldhavebeenplentyofweaklingsreadytoscribbletheirnamestoapardonpetition, anddripatearonitfromtheirpermanentlyimpairedandleakywater-works.

’sadventurefromtheWelshmanandtheWidowDouglas, bythistime, butTomsaidhereckonedtherewasonethingtheyhadnottoldhim; ’:

"; butIjustknoweditmust ’a’ benyou, soonasIheard ’boutthatwhiskeybusiness; andIknowedyouhadn’tgotthemoneybecuzyou’d ’a’ , something’salwaystoldmewe’dnevergetholtofthatswag."


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