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The exact hour of the arrival of the mail from the West was always doubtful.
西方郵件到達(dá)的確切之間總是不確定的。
Any one of a hundred things might hinder its progress from the coast.
一百件事里就有一件可能會(huì)阻止郵件到達(dá)海岸。
But from the earliest possible moment when it might arrive, William was on the watch for it.
但從郵件可能到達(dá)的最早時(shí)刻起，威廉就守望著它。
Night or day, it made no difference, he was on hand to greet the rider, to awaken the clerk if need be,
無論白天黑夜，他都在旁邊迎接騎手，如果需要的話，他會(huì)叫醒執(zhí)事，
or to poke his head through the door of Mr. Majors's office and sing out, “The mail has come through, sir.”
或者把頭伸進(jìn)梅杰斯先生辦公室的門，大聲喊道：“郵件來了，先生?！?/div>
Then he took the pony in charge, cooled him down, blanketed him if the weather was severe, fed and watered him, and examined him for any wound or injury that needed attention.
然后，他照看小馬，給它降溫，如果天氣惡劣就給它蓋毯子，喂它吃東西，給它喝水，檢查它是否有任何需要注意的傷口。
The riders, depending for their very lives upon those ponies, repaid him with the stories of their adventures.
騎手們依靠著馬的生命，所以用他們的冒險(xiǎn)故事回報(bào)了威廉。
They passed on to him what they knew of the plains and Indians and woodcraft until the boy became wise in the ways of the plains country.
他們把他們對(duì)平原、印第安人和木匠活的了解傳授給他，直到威廉都了解了平原國家的知識(shí)。
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In time, William went to his employer with the thing closest to his heart.
不久，威廉最貼身的東西去找雇主。
“I want to be a Pony Express rider, sir,” he said.
“我想當(dāng)“快馬郵遞”騎士，先生，”他說。
Mr. Majors did not laugh, as William had half feared he would. Instead, he patted the boy on the shoulder.
梅杰斯先生沒有笑，威廉擔(dān)心他會(huì)笑。相反，他拍了拍威廉的肩膀。
“You're a bit young yet, lad,” he said kindly.
“你太小了，小伙子，”他和藹地說。
“You gave a job as rider to Willy Cody” (the famous Buffalo Bill), pointed out the boy.
“你給了威利·科迪一個(gè)騎手的工作（著名的水牛比爾）”，威廉指著一個(gè)小伙子。
“He's only a year older than I am.”
“他只比我大一歲?！?/p>
