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保罗 Paul Loses 丢失了篮子 His Basket 第五章 保罗丢失了篮子 Chapter 5 Paul Loses His Basket 保罗继续做着幸运袋的生意，他连续三周每天的收 入从不低于75 美分，在这期间也会遇到其他的竞争对 手，保罗每次都以转移地点应付。泰迪再也没出现过， 那次他不仅被同伙痛打了一顿，还被拿走了赚的钱；他 决定还是回去做擦皮鞋的生意。麦克和吉姆这两个家伙 又向保罗提议以那种方式合作，这两个人的名声很不好，保罗拒绝 了他们的提议。他们怀恨在心，准备报复保罗。这两个家伙没有正 当职业，身上连吃饭的钱都没有。他们打起保罗的主意，经过商量 两人决定，麦克负责拽下保罗的帽子，挡住他的视线；吉姆负责抢 走装着幸运袋的篮子，两人碰头后再进行分赃。 麦克走过去靠近保罗，他以赊欠糖果袋为由和保罗假装争论起 来，趁保罗不注意的时候使劲拉下保罗的帽子，吉姆上前一把抢走 篮子，撒腿跑开了。保罗一时不知所措，等他反应过来时追上了麦 克。保罗看出了他们的把戏，他气愤地揍了麦克两拳，正好一个警 察经过；这个警察曾经拘留过他，知道他的底细，只警告了他一下 便让他离开了。 39 Paul the 小贩成功路 Peddler 麦克和吉姆合伙欺负保罗 40 保罗 Paul Loses 丢失了篮子 His Basket P aul continued in the prize-package business for three weeks. His success varied, but he never made less than seventy-five cents a day, and sometimes as much as a dollar and a quarter. He was not without competitors. More than once, on reaching his accustomed stand, he found a rival occupying it before him. In such cases he quietly passed on, and set up his business elsewhere, preferring to monopolize the trade, though the location might not be so good. Teddy O’Brien did not again enter the field. We left him, at the end of the last chapter, trying to escape from Mike and Jim, who demanded a larger sum than he was willing to pay for their services. He succeeded in escaping with his money, but the next day the two confederates caught him, and Teddy received a black eye as a receipt in full of all demands.