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1、.Unit3THELIBRARYCARDOnemorningIarrivedearlyatworkandwentintothebanklobbywheretheNegroporterwasmopping.IstoodatacounterandpickeduptheMemphisCommercialAppealandbeganmyfreereadingofthepress.IcamefinallytotheeditorialpageandsawanarticledealingwithoneH.L.Mencken
2、.IknewbyhearsaythathewastheeditoroftheAmericanMercury,butasidefromthatIknewnothingabouthim.ThearticlewasafuriousdenunciationofMencken,concludingwithone,hot,shortsentence:Menckenisafool.IwonderedwhatonearththisMenckenhaddonetocalldownuponhimthescornoftheSout
3、h.TheonlypeopleIhadeverheardenouncedintheSouthwereNegroes,andthismanwasnotaNegro.ThenwhatideasdidMenckenholdthatmadeanewspaperliketheCommercialAppealcastigatehimpublicly?UndoubtedlyhemustbeadvocatingideasthattheSouthdidnotlike.Now,howcouldIfindoutaboutthisM
4、encken?Therewasahugelibraryneartheriverfront,butIknewthatNegroeswerenotallowedtopatronizeitsshelvesanymorethantheyweretheparksandplaygroundsofthecity.Ihadgoneintothelibraryseveraltimestogetbooksforthewhitemenonthejob.Whichofthemwouldnowhelpmetogetbooks?Iwei
5、ghedthepersonalitiesofthemenonthejob.TherewasDon,aJew;butIdistrustedhim.HispositionwasnotmuchbetterthanmineandIknewthathewasuneasyandinsecure;hehadalwaystreatedmeinanoffhand,banteringwaythatbarelyconcealedhiscontempt.Iwasafraidtoaskhimtohelpmetogetbooks;his
6、franticdesiretodemonstratearacialsolidaritywiththewhitesagainstNegroesmightmakehimbetrayme.Thenhowabouttheboss?No,hewasaBaptistandIhadthesuspicionthathewouldnotbequiteabletocomprehendwhyablackboywouldwanttoreadMencken.Therewereotherwhitemenonthejobwhoseatti
7、tudesshowedclearlythattheywereKluxersorsympathizers,andtheywereoutofthequestion.Thereremainedonlyonemanwhoseattitudedidnotfitintoananti-Negrocategory,forIhadheardthewhitemenrefertohimas"Popelover".HewasanIrishCatholicandwashatedbythewhiteSoutherners.Iknewth
8、athereadbooks,becauseIhadgothimvolumesfromthelibraryseveraltimes.Sincehe,too,wasanobjectofhatred,Ifeltthathemightrefusemebutwouldhardlybetrayme.Ihesitated,weighingandbalancingtheimponderablerealities.O