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欧亨利钱和弓箭手Mammon and theArcher byO.Henry1•Old Anthony Rockwall,who mademillions ofdollars bymakingand sellingRockwalTs soap,stood at the windowof hislarge FifthAvenuehouse.•He waslooking outat hisneighbor,G.Van SchuylightSuffolk-Jones.•His neighboris aproud memberof aproud oldNew Yorkfamily.•He cameout ofhis doorand gotinto acab.•He lookedonce quickly,as usual,at Anthony RockwalTs house.•The lookshowed thatSuffolk-Jones wasa veryimportant man,while a rich soapmakerwas nothing.n•I willhave thishouse paintedred,white,and bluenext summer,said theSoap Kingto himself.11•And wellsee howhe likesthat•Everyone onwheels inNew YorkCity seemedto behurrying tothisplace.861•Tm verysorry/said Richard.He satdown again.87•We cantmove.They wontget thisstraight in an hour.If Inhadntdropped the ring,we-88n•Let mesee thering,said Miss Lantry.Since wereally canthurry,I dontcare.89•I didntwant togo to the theater.I dontlike the theater.90•At eleventhat nightsomeone stoppedat thedoor ofAnthonysroom.91•Come in,shouted Anthony.He hadbeen readingand heputdown hisbook.92H1•It wasEllen.They aregoing tobe marriedAnthony/she said.93H•She haspromised tomarry ourRichard.94•On theirway to the theatertheir cab was stoppedin the street.It was two hours before itcould moveagain.•And oh,brother Anthony,dont evertalk aboutthe powerofmoney again.96•It wasa littlering,a truelove ring,that wasthe causeof ourRichardfinding hishappiness.97•He droppedit in the streetand hadto getout andfind it.98•And beforethey couldcontinue,the cab was caughtamong theothers.99•He toldher ofhis lovethere inthe cab.Money is nothing,HAnthony.True loveis everything.1001•Tm gladthe boygot whathe wanted/said oldAnthony.101n11•I toldhim I didnt carehow muchmoney-102n•But,brother Anthony,what couldyour moneydo103•Sister,said AnthonyRockwall.Tm readinga bookwith agoodstory init.104•Its awild adventurestory,but Ilike it.And Iwant tofind whathappensnext.1051•I wishyou wouldlet mego onreading/•The storyshould end there.I wishit would.Pm sureyou toowishit wouldendthere.But wemust goon tothe truth.107•The nextday aperson withred handsand ablue necktie,whosename wasKelly,came to AnthonyRockwalTshouse to seeAnthony.108•That wasgood soapwe made,said Anthony.I gaveyou$5,000yesterday.109n n•I paidout$300more ofmy own money,said Kelly.110n•It costmore thanI expected.I gotthe cabs,most ofthem,for$5,but anythingwith twohorses was$
10.in•I hadto paymost tothe cops-$50I paidto two,and theothers$20and$
25.112•But didntit workbeautifully,Mr.Rockwall Theywere allontime.1131•And itwastwohoursbeforeanyone couldmove.1141•Thirteen hundred-there youare,Kelly/said Anthony,givinghim the money.•A thousandfor you,and the$300of yourownmoneythat11you hadto spend.You likemoney,do you,Kelly116•Ido,said Kelly.117•Anthony stoppedKelly whenhe wasatthedoor.1181•Did yousee/asked he,anywhere on the streetyesterday alittlefat boywith noclothes onCarrying arrows119•Kelly lookedsurprised.No.Ididnt.But ifhe waslike that,with noclothes,perhaps thecops caughthim.120n1•I thoughtCupid wouldntbe there/Anthony said,laughing.Good-bye,Kelly.•And thenAnthonyRockwallturned aroundand shouted,Mike!in aloud voice.10•He neverused abell tocall aservant.iiH1•Tell myson/he saidwhen theservant came,to come to me1before heleaves thehouse.112•When youngRockwall enteredthe room,the old man putdownthe newspaperhe hadbeen reading.13•Richard,said AnthonyRockwall,what doyou payfor thesoapthat youuse14•Richard hadfinished collegesix monthsbefore,and hehadcome hometo live.15•He hadnot yetlearned tounderstand hisfather.He wasalwaysbeing surprised.16•He said,Six dollarsfor twelvepieces.17•And yourclothes18H n•About sixtydollars,usually.191You are a gentleman/said hisfather.n•I haveheard ofyoung menwho paytwenty-four dollarsfortwelve piecesof soap,and morethan ahundred forclothes.21•You haveas muchmoney tothrow awayas anyoneelse has.But whatyou dois reasonable.22•I myselfuse Rockwall Soap,because it is thebest23•When youpay morethan tencents for a pieceof soap,you arepayingfor asweet strongsmell anda name.24•But fiftycents isgood for a youngman likeyou.You areagentleman.25•People say that ifa manisnota gentleman,his soncant be agentleman;but perhapshis sonsson willbea gentleman.26•But theyare wrong.Money doesit fasterthan that.27•Money hasmade youagentleman.It hasalmost mademe agentleman.28•I havebecome verymuch likethe twogentlemen whoown thehouseson eachside ofus.29•My mannersare nowalmost asbad astheirs.•But theystill cantsleep atnight becausea soapmakerlives inthishouse.31•There aresome thingsthat money cant do,said theyoungman rathersadly.321•Dont saythat/said oldAnthony.Money issuccessful everytime.33•I dontknow anythingyou cantbuy withit Tell me somethingthatmoney cantbuy.34•And Iwant youto tell me somethingmore.Something iswrongwith you.Fve seen it fortwo weeks.35•Tellme.Let mehelp you.In twenty-four hoursI couldhaveeleven milliondollars herein myhands.Are yousick36H H•Some peoplecall itsickness.3711•Oh!said Anthony.Whafs hername Why dont youask hertomarry you38•She wouldbe gladto doit.You havemoney,you aregood-looking,and youareagood boy.Your handsare clean.Youhave noRockwallSoapon them.39,f1•I haventhad achance toask her/said Richard.40H1f,•Make achance/said Anthony.Take herforawalk inthe park.HOr walkhome withher fromchurch.41H•You dontknow thelife ofarichgirl,father.Every hourandminute ofher timeis planned.42•I musthave her,or theworld isworth nothingto me.43•And I cant writeto sayI loveher.Icantdo that.44H n•Do youtellme,said theoldman,that withall mymoney youcantget anhour ortwo ofa girlstime45n•Fve waitedtoo long.Shes going to Europethe dayafterftomorrow.She sgoingtobe theretwo years.46•Fm allowedtoseeher alonetomorrow eveningforafewminutes.•Shes comingtothe city ona train.Fm goingto meether withacab.48•Then welldrive fasttothe theater whereshe mustmeet hermotherand someother people.49•Do youthink shewould listento methen50•No.Or inthetheaterNo.Or afterthetheaterNo!No,father,this isone troublethat yourmoneycanthelp.51•We cantbuy oneminute oftime withmoney.If wecould,richpeople wouldlive longer.52•Theres nohope oftalking withMiss Lantrybefore shesails.531•Richard,my boy/said oldAnthony,Pm gladyoure notreallysick.54•You saymoney wont buy timePerhaps itwontbuyall oftime,but Fveseenitbuy somelittle pieces.55•That eveninghis sisterEllen cametoAnthony,to talkabout thetroublesthat lovershave.n n•He toldme allabout it,”said brotherAnthony.I toldhim hecouldhave allthemoneyhe wanted.57•Then hebegan tosaythatmoney wasno useto him.He said11money couldnthelp.581n•Oh,Anthony/said Ellen,I wishyou wouldntthink somuch ofmoney.Money isno helpfor love.59•Love isall powerful.If hehad onlyspoken toher earlier!Shecould neversay noto ourRichard.60•But nowI fearitistoo late.All yourgold cannotbuy happinessforyour son.”61•At eightthe nextevening Ellentook anold goldring andgaveit toRichard.62n•Wear ittonight,she said.Your mothergave itto me.63•She askedmetogive itto youwhen youhad foundthe girlyounloved.64•Young Rockwalltook thering andtried toput iton hislittlefinger.It wastoo small.•He putit insidehis coat,inaplace wherehe thoughtit wouldbesafe.And thenhe calledfor hiscab.66•At thestation hemet MissLantry.671•We mustnot keepmy motherandtheothers waiting/saidshe.681•To WallacksTheater asfast asyou candrive/said Richardtothe cabby.69•They rolledalong Forty-second Streetto Broadwayand fromthereto Thirty-fourth Street.70•Then youngRichard quicklyordered the cabby tostop.71n1H•Fve droppeda ring/he said,getting outIt wasmy mothersandI dontwant tolose it.72•This willtake onlya minute.I sawwhere itfell.”73•In lessthan aminute he was againinthecab withthering.74•But withinthat minute,a wagonhad stoppedin frontof thecab.75•The cabbytried to pass onthe left,but acabwasthere.•He triedtopassontheright,but anothercabwasthere.77•He couldnot goback.He wascaught wherehewasand couldnotmove inany direction.78•These suddenstops ofmovement willhappen inthecity.79•Instead ofmoving alongthestreetin theirusual orderlyway,allthe wagonsand cabswill suddenlybe mixedtogether andstopped.80•Whydontyou drivefurther saidMissLantry.Well belate.81•Richard stoodup inthecaband lookedaround.82•He sawa streamof cabsand wagonsand everythingelse onwheelsrolling towardthe cornerwhere Broadway,Sixth AvenueandThirty-fourth Streetmeet83•They camefrom alldirections.And moreand more were rollingtowardthem.84•More andmorewerecaught there.Drivers andcabbiesshouted.。