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英语故事 欧亨利_心和十字架（1） 1Hearts and Crosses/ by O. Henry, Part One i Baldy woods reached for a drink and got it. When Baldy wanted something, he usually got it. He - but this is not Baldy!s story. Now he took his third drink, which was larger than the first and the second. 3 Baldy had been listening to the troubles of a friend. Now Baldy was going to tell his friend what to do. 4 So the friend was buying him the drinks. This was the right thing for the friend to do. Fd be king if I were you/ said Baldy. He said it loudly and strongly. 6 Webb Yeager moved his wide hat back on his head. He put his fingers in his yellow hair and moved it about. 7 It now looked wilder than before. But this did not help him to think better. And therefore he also got another drink. 8 If a man marries a queen, it ought not make him nothing/ said Webb. Here was his real problem. Surely not/ said Baldy. nYou ought to be a king. But youre only the queens husband. 10 Thats what happens to a man in Europe if he marries the kings daughter. His wife becomes a queen. These he began to tie on his horse. Santa followed him. Her face had lost some of its color. 105 Webb got on his horse. There was no expression on his face except a strange light burning in his eyes. 106 There are some cattle at the Hondo water-hole/ he said. nThey ought to be moved. 107 Wild animals have killed three of them. I did not remember to tell Simms to do it. You tell him.” 108 Santa put a hand on the horse and looked her husband in the eye. nAre you going to leave me, Webb?” she asked quietly. 109 nFm going to be a man again, he answered. no nI wish you success/ she said, with a sudden coldness. She turned and walked into the house. in Webb Yeager went to the southeast as straight as he could ride. 112 And when he came to the place where sky and earth seem to meet, he was gone. Those at the Nopalito knew nothing more about him. 113 Days passed, then weeks, then months. But Webb Yeager did not return. But is he a king? No. His onl