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It was supper time, we also were hungry. We peered into the dining room,
现在是午餐时间，我们也饥肠辘辘了。我们朝餐厅张望，
three tables full of men; a huge pile of beds on the floor, covered with hats and coats;
只见里面放着三张餐桌，都坐满了人。地板上堆着一堆木床，上面搭着帽子和衣服；
a singular wall, made entirely of doors propped upright; a triangular space walled off by sailcloth,
一面墙上立着做好的门，其他三面墙覆盖着帆布，
this is what we saw. We stood outside, waiting among the scaffolding and benches.
这就是我们看到的景象。我们站在外面，在脚手架和长条凳之间等待就餐。
A black man was lighting the candles in a candelabrum made of two narrow bars of wood nailed across each other at right angles, and perforated with holes.
这时，一个黑人点燃烛台上的蜡烛，这个烛台是用交叉搭成直角形的两根狭窄的木条组成的，上面钻了些小孔以便插蜡烛。
The candles sputtered, and the hot fat fell on the shavings below.
蜡烛发出噼噼啪啪的蜡油燃烧的声音，滚烫的蜡油掉在下面的刨花上。
"Dangerous way of lighting a room full of shavings," some one said. The landlord looked up at the swinging candelabra and laughed.
“小心点燃满屋子的刨花，”有人警告道，店主抬头瞥了一眼晃晃悠悠的烛台，笑了起来。
"Tried it pretty often," he said. "Never burned a house down yet."
“经常这样，”他说，“屋里从没有着过火。”
I observed one peculiarity in the speech at Garland City. Personal pronouns, as a rule, were omitted, there was no time for a superfluous word.
我在花环城发表的演讲中指出过该城的一大特色。一般来说，人们说话都会省略人称代词，因为根本没有时间听多余的词。
"Took down this house at Wagon Creek," he continued, "just one week ago, took it down one morning while the people were eating breakfast,
“在停马车的小溪那儿建的房子给拆了，”他继续道。“就在一星期前，一天早晨原来的房子拆了，当时大家都在吃早餐呢，
took it down over their heads, putting it up again over their heads now."
在他们的头顶上拆的房子，现在又在他们头顶上建起来了。”
