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“True, but he had been across the plains, had fought Indians, and was more experienced in every way,” was the reply.
“不錯(cuò)，但他曾穿越平原，與印第安人作戰(zhàn)，在各方面都更有經(jīng)驗(yàn)，” 梅杰斯先生答復(fù)說(shuō)。
“Still, you've been a good boy, attended to your duties faithfully, helped to make the Pony Express successful.
“盡管如此，你一直是個(gè)好孩子，盡職盡責(zé)，幫助‘快馬郵遞'取得成功。
I want to help you along, and merely raising your wages won't do that.
我想幫助你，僅僅提高你的工資是不夠的。
I'll tell you what I'll do.
我會(huì)告訴你我要做什么。
I'll put you in charge of one of the wagons that carries supplies to the relay stations.
我讓你負(fù)責(zé)一輛運(yùn)送物資到中轉(zhuǎn)站的貨車(chē)。
That will give you trail experience, and it'll give you fighting experience, too.
這會(huì)給你嘗試的經(jīng)驗(yàn)，也會(huì)給你戰(zhàn)斗的經(jīng)驗(yàn)。
The redskins have been active lately, and scarcely a wagon train has come through without a brush with them.
印第安人最近很活躍，幾乎每一列馬車(chē)都和他們擦肩而過(guò)。
Will that do for the present?
現(xiàn)在這樣行嗎？
In a year or so, if you make good.
如果你做得好的話(huà)，一年左右，
I'll give you a riding job.”
我就給你騎手的職位。”
With that William was forced to be content.
聽(tīng)了這話(huà)，威廉只好心滿(mǎn)意足了。
Once he made the long journey by wagon train to California and back again, with hardly a rest between.
有一次，他乘馬車(chē)往返加利福尼亞，其間幾乎沒(méi)有休息。
There were meetings with hostile Indians, both coming and going, and the boy proved a cool, clear-headed fighter.
多次見(jiàn)過(guò)敵對(duì)的印第安人，來(lái)來(lái)去去，這個(gè)男孩被證明是一個(gè)冷靜、頭腦清醒的戰(zhàn)士。
But still he was denied his dearest wish.
但他仍然沒(méi)有實(shí)現(xiàn)他最熱切的愿望。
“Make one more trip with supplies, and we shall see,” he was told;
“再帶著補(bǔ)給品旅行一次，我們?cè)倏纯矗彼麄兏嬖V他；
and cheerfully he set about doing it.
他高高興興地開(kāi)始做這件事。
Already there was a hint of winter in the air.
空氣中已經(jīng)有了一絲冬天的氣息。
The stream of pioneers, westbound, had stopped until spring again made the hardships of life in a prairie schooner more bearable for women and children.
拓荒者的隊(duì)伍往西走，然后停下來(lái)，直到春天再一次使婦女和兒童能忍受草原縱帆船上的艱苦生活。
Only the Pony Express riders now rode out of St. Joseph with their faces turned toward the golden coast of California.
現(xiàn)在只有“快馬郵遞”的騎手們離開(kāi)了圣約瑟夫，他們的臉轉(zhuǎn)向了加利福尼亞的黃金海岸。
