阅读理解(文化教育类)06十五、WhenItoldmyfatherthatIwasmovingtoDesMoines,Iowa,hetoldmeabouttheonlytimehehadbeenthere
Itwasinthe1930s,whenhewasaneditorintheliterarymagazineofSouthernMethodistUniversity(SMU)inDallas,Texas
HealsoworkedasaprofessoratSMU,andtherewasagirlstudentinhisclasswhosufferedfromaseriousbackdisease
Shecouldn;taffordtheoperationbecauseherfamilywaspoor
HermotherranaboardinghouseinGalveston,aseasidetownnearHouston,Texas
Shewascleaningouttheattic(阁楼)onedaywhenshecameacrossanolddustymanuscript(手稿)
Onitstoppagewerethewords,“ByO
Henry”
Itwasanicestory,andshesentittoherdaughteratSMU,whoshowedittomyfather
Myfatherhadneverreadthestorybefore,butitsoundedlikeO
Henry,andheknewthatO
HenryhadoncelivedinHouston
SoitwaspossiblethatthefamousauthorhadgonetothebeachandstayedintheGainestownboardinghouse,an