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CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO Malvern Has a Holiday
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Very early the next morning Malvern aroused itself to the fact that the firemen and the police, and a very large crowd of the rag, tag and bobtail that hangs on the edge of all holiday occasions, were out for a frolic. A band was playing, and the old-fashioned apparatus1 with which fire departments were provided in that day and time, was showing the amazed and amused crowd how to put out an imaginary conflagration2. And it succeeded, too. Worked as it was by hand-power, it sent a famously strong stream into the very midst of the imaginary conflagration; and when the fire raged no longer, the gallant3 firemen turned the stream on the rag, tag and bobtail, and such screams and such a scattering5 as ensued has no parallel in the history of Malvern, which is a long and varied6 one.
But what did it all mean? It was some kind of a celebration, of course, but why then did the Malvern Recorder, one of the most enterprising newspapers in the State, as its editors and proprietors8 were willing to admit, why, then, did the Recorder fail to have an appropriate announcement of an event so interesting and important? Was our public press, the palladium of our liberties, losing its prestige and influence? Certainly it seemed so, when such an affair as this could be devised and carried out without an adequate announcement in the organ of public opinion.
After awhile there was a lull9 in the display. The Chief, who was stationed near the depot10, received authoritative11 information that the train from Savannah was approaching. He waved his trumpet
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apparatus
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n.装置,器械;器具,设备 | |
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conflagration
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n.建筑物或森林大火 | |
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adj.英勇的,豪侠的;(向女人)献殷勤的 | |
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n.[物]散射;散乱,分散;在媒介质中的散播adj.散乱的;分散在不同范围的;广泛扩散的;(选票)数量分散的v.散射(scatter的ing形式);散布;驱散 | |
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v.使安静,使入睡,缓和,哄骗;n.暂停,间歇 | |
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adj.有权威的,可相信的;命令式的;官方的 | |
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trumpet
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waggons
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waggon
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complexion
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mule
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perspiring
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profusely
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denser
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阻碍,妨碍,阻止( impede的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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touching
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caper
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afterward
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bracelets
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frantic
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warehouses
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professed
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amazement
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depicted
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uproar
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squad
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depots
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仓库( depot的名词复数 ); 火车站; 车库; 军需库 | |
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disappearance
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spoke
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superannuated
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malarial
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患疟疾的,毒气的 | |
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rascal
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detailed
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connivance
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