Банкнота в миллион фунтов (fb2) 
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| The £1,000,000 Bank-Note | Банкнота в миллион фунтов |
| When I was twenty-seven years old, I was a mining-broker's clerk in San Francisco, and an expert in all the details of stock traffic. I was alone in the world, and had nothing to depend upon but my wits and a clean reputation; but these were setting my feet in the road to eventual fortune, and I was content with the prospect. | Когда мне было двадцать семь лет, я работал служащим у маклера горной промышленности в Сан-Франциско и знал все тонкости дела. Будучи одиноким в этом мире, положиться я мог лишь на свою сообразительность и непорочную репутацию. Я находился на пути к возможной удаче и был вполне доволен. |
| My time was my own after the afternoon board, Saturdays, and I was accustomed to put it in on a little sail-boat on the bay. One day I ventured too far, and was carried out to sea. Just at nightfall, when hope was about gone, I was picked up by a small brig which was bound for London. It was a long and stormy voyage, and they made me work my passage without pay, as a common sailor. When I stepped ashore in London my clothes were ragged and shabby, and I had only a dollar in my pocket. This money fed and sheltered me twenty-four hours. During the next twenty-four I went without food and shelter. |
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