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CHAPTER V
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Back in San Francisco, Daylight quickly added to his reputation In ways it was not an enviable reputation. Men were afraid of him. He became known as a fighter, a fiend, a tiger. His play was a ripping and smashing one, and no one knew where or how his next blow would fall. The element of surprise was large. He balked1 on the unexpected, and, fresh from the wild North, his mind not operating in stereotyped2 channels, he was able in unusual degree to devise new tricks and stratagems3. And once he won the advantage, he pressed it remorselessly. "As relentless4 as a Red Indian," was said of him, and it was said truly.
On the other hand, he was known as "square." His word was as good as his bond, and this despite the fact that he accepted nobody's word. He always shied at propositions based on gentlemen's agreements, and a man who ventured his honor as a gentleman, in dealing5 with Daylight, inevitably6 was treated to an unpleasant time. Daylight never gave his own word unless he held the whip-hand. It was a case with the other fellow taking it or nothing.
Legitimate7 investment had no place in Daylight's play. It tied up his money, and reduced the element of risk. It was the gambling8 side of business that fascinated him, and to play in his slashing9 manner required that his money must be ready to hand. It was never tied up save for short intervals10, for he was principally engaged in turning it over and over, raiding here, there, and everywhere, a veritable pirate of the financial main. A five-per cent safe investment had no attraction for him; but to risk millions in sharp, harsh skirmish,
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relentless
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dealing
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slashing
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expediency
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ware
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partnership
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lighting
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n.照明,光线的明暗,舞台灯光 | |
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wrecked
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deliberately
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apparently
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precarious
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speculations
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savageness
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天然,野蛮 | |
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savage
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hereditary
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labor
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toil
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vi.辛劳工作,艰难地行动;n.苦工,难事 | |
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automobiles
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whack
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equity
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mellow
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cocktails
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toiling
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charcoal
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precisely
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meditated
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mere
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essentially
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v.先占( preempt的过去式和过去分词 );取代;先取;先发制人 | |
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vocation
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mythical
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distinguished
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sordid
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effrontery
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machinery
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n.(总称)机械,机器;机构 | |
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ward
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militia
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n.民兵,民兵组织 | |
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chicanery
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n.欺诈,欺骗 | |
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strings
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monotonous
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adj.单调的,一成不变的,使人厌倦的 | |
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philosophical
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adj.哲学家的,哲学上的,达观的 | |
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poker
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everlasting
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futility
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befuddled
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futile
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bonanza
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slaughtering
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waylaying
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robin
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needy
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misery
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dole
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restitution
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penitentiary
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geniality
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brutal
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vitality
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marred
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alcoholic
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v.戒(尤指酒),戒除( abstain的过去式和过去分词 );弃权(不投票) | |
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