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1、.Unit3THELIBRARYCARDOnemorningIarrivedearlyatworkandwentintothebanklobbywheretheNegroporterwasmopping.IstoodatacounterandpickeduptheMemphisCommercialAppealandbeganmyfreereadingofthepress.IcamefinallytotheeditorialpageandsawanarticledealingwithoneH.L.Mencken.Ikne
2、wbyhearsaythathewastheeditoroftheAmericanMercury,butasidefromthatIknewnothingabouthim.ThearticlewasafuriousdenunciationofMencken,concludingwithone,hot,shortsentence:Menckenisafool.IwonderedwhatonearththisMenckenhaddonetocalldownuponhimthescornoftheSouth.Theonlyp
3、eopleIhadeverheardenouncedintheSouthwereNegroes,andthismanwasnotaNegro.ThenwhatideasdidMenckenholdthatmadeanewspaperliketheCommercialAppealcastigatehimpublicly?UndoubtedlyhemustbeadvocatingideasthattheSouthdidnotlike.Now,howcouldIfindoutaboutthisMencken?Therewas
4、ahugelibraryneartheriverfront,butIknewthatNegroeswerenotallowedtopatronizeitsshelvesanymorethantheyweretheparksandplaygroundsofthecity.Ihadgoneintothelibraryseveraltimestogetbooksforthewhitemenonthejob.Whichofthemwouldnowhelpmetogetbooks?Iweighedthepersonalities
5、ofthemenonthejob.TherewasDon,aJew;butIdistrustedhim.HispositionwasnotmuchbetterthanmineandIknewthathewasuneasyandinsecure;hehadalwaystreatedmeinanoffhand,banteringwaythatbarelyconcealedhiscontempt.Iwasafraidtoaskhimtohelpmetogetbooks;hisfranticdesiretodemonstrat
6、earacialsolidaritywiththewhitesagainstNegroesmightmakehimbetrayme.Thenhowabouttheboss?No,hewasaBaptistandIhadthesuspicionthathewouldnotbequiteabletocomprehendwhyablackboywouldwanttoreadMencken.Therewereotherwhitemenonthejobwhoseattitudesshowedclearlythattheywere
7、Kluxersorsympathizers,andtheywereoutofthequestion.Thereremainedonlyonemanwhoseattitudedidnotfitintoananti-Negrocategory,forIhadheardthewhitemenrefertohimas"Popelover".HewasanIrishCatholicandwashatedbythewhiteSoutherners.Iknewthathereadbooks,becauseIhadgothimvolu
8、mesfromthelibraryseveraltimes.Sincehe,too,wasanobjectofhatred,Ifeltthathemightrefusemebutwouldhardlybetrayme.Ihesitated,weighingandbalancingtheimponderablerealities.O
