纽约城的老报人协会定期聚餐,席间大家常常讲些往事助兴。这天,老报人威廉?比尔先生——这个协会的副主席——讲了一段自己的经历。比尔10岁那年,妈妈死了;接着,爸爸也死了,留下7个孤儿——5个男孩2个女孩。一个穷亲戚收留了比尔,其他几个则进了孤儿院。比尔靠卖报养活自己。那年月,报童有菜园里的蚂蚁那么多,瘦小个子的便不容易争到地盘。比尔常常挨揍,吃尽苦头。从炎 Newspaper Association of New York City regular dinner, we often talk about the past to promote the past. On this day, Mr. William Bill, the old newspaper reporter, the vice chairman of the association, made a personal remark about his own experiences. When Bill was 10 years old, her mother died; then her father was dead, leaving seven orphans - five boys and two girls. A poor relative collected Bill, while others went to an orphanage. Bill pays for himself by selling. In those days, the newsboy had so many ants in the vegetable garden that it was not easy for thin persons to compete for the site. Bill often beaten, eat hard. From inflammation