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I now open'd a little stationer's shop.
现在我开了小小的一家文具铺。
I had in it blanks of all sorts, the correctest that ever appear'd among us, being assisted in that by my friend Breintnal.
我备有各种各样的空白单据，在这方面靠着我的朋友勃赖诺的帮助，我们出卖的单据是在殖民地里式样最正确的。
I had also paper, parchment, chapmen's books, etc.
我也备有纸张，羊皮纸，小贩的账簿等。
One Whitemash, a compositor I had known in London, an excellent workman, now came to me, and work'd with me constantly and diligently; and I took an apprentice, the son of Aquilla Rose.
一个叫做华德麦西的是我在伦敦认识的一个排字工人，一个优秀工人，现在他到我这里来了，他不断地勤劳地跟我在一起工作，我也收了一个学徒，是阿克拉·罗斯的儿子。
In order to secure my credit and character as a tradesman, I took care not only to be in reality industrious and frugal, but to avoid all appearances to the contrary.
为了获得商人的名誉和声望，我当心不但在事实上要克勤克俭，并且要避免一切相反的外貌。
I drest plainly; I was seen at no places of idle diversion.
我衣着朴素，我从不在无益的娱乐场所出现。
I never went out a fishing or shooting; a book, indeed, sometimes debauch'd me from my work, but that was seldom, snug, and gave no scandal; and, to show that I was not above my business, I sometimes brought home the paper I purchas'd at the stores thro' the streets on a wheelbarrow.
我从不出去钓鱼或打猎，的确有时候读书使我旷工，但那只是偶一为之，而且是隐藏的，不至于要大家说闲话，并且为了表示我不以我的行业为耻，我有时把我在纸店里买好的纸张装在独轮车上，自己推着经过街道运回家来。
Thus being esteem'd an industrious, thriving young man, and paying duly for what I bought, the merchants who imported stationery solicited my custom; others proposed supplying me with books, and I went on swimmingly.
这样，大家认为我是一个勤劳上进的青年，严守信用，从不拖欠，所以进口文具用品的商人们求我惠顾，别的商人们也提议我替他们代销书籍，我的事业一帆风顺。
In the meantime, Keimer's credit and business declining daily, he was at last forc'd to sell his printing-house to satisfy his creditors.
同时，凯谋的信誉和生意却一天比一天地衰落，最后他不得不出卖他的印刷铺设备以清偿债务。
He went to Barbadoes, and there lived some years in very poor circumstances.
他到巴巴多群岛去了，在那里他住了几年，生活十分穷困。
His apprentice, David Harry, whom I had instructed while I work'd with him, set up in his place at Philadelphia, having bought his materials.
他的学徒大卫·哈利，当我在凯谋铺子里工作时，我曾经教导过他，这时候，在购买了凯谋的设备以后，顶替了他的地位开张了。
I was at first apprehensive of a powerful rival in Harry, as his friends were very able, and had a good deal of interest.
起初，我怕哈利是一个强有力的竞争者，因为他的亲友们很有能力，也很有势力。
I therefore propos'd a partnership to him, which he, fortunately for me, rejected with scorn.
因此，我提议跟他合伙经营，但是幸亏他轻蔑地拒绝了我。
He was very proud, dress'd like a gentleman, liv'd expensively, took much diversion and pleasure abroad, ran in debt, and neglected his business; upon which, all business left him; and, finding nothing to do, he followed Keimer to Barbadoes, taking the printing-house with him.
他十分骄傲自大，穿着上流人的服装，生活奢侈，常在外面寻求消遣和快乐，负了债，旷废了他的业务，因此，一切生意都跑了，既然没有生意可做，他学了凯谋的样，到巴巴多群岛去了，把印刷铺也搬了去。
There this apprentice employ'd his former master as a journeyman; they quarrell'd often; Harry went continually behindhand, and at length was forc'd to sell his types and return to his country work in Pennsylvania.
在那里，这位学徒雇用了他过去的老板作为一个职工，他们时常争吵，哈利负债越来越多了，最后他不得不把他的铅字出卖，回到宾夕法尼亚务农去了。
The person that bought them employ'd Keimer to use them, but in a few years he died.
购买印刷铺设备的人雇用了凯谋来使用这些设备，但是几年以后凯谋就死了。
