罗纳德的节俭是出了名的。曾有一位女士给他织了顶帽子才帮他度过了新英格兰的严冬。

She even bought some old fence wiring from him, because she thought he could do with the money.

这位女士甚至还向他买过一些旧的围栏线，因为她觉得他需要钱。

But life had always been tough for Mr Read, who was a widower after his wife died in 1970.

事实上，罗纳德生活确实一直比较艰难，他的妻子于1970年过世。

As a child he walked four miles each way to school and then after his military service in North Africa, Italy and the Pacific, he worked at a filling station for 25 years and then spent another 17 as a janitor at a branch of J.C Penney, a department store.

小的时候，罗纳德每次都要步行四英里才能到学校，之后他曾在北非、意大利、太平洋等地区服兵役，他曾在一家加油站工作了25年，之后在一家商场里做了17年的看门人。

The only hint that there might have been a bit more to Mr Read than met the eye was that his chosen newspaper was the Wall Street Journal.

唯一能够让人会觉得他和股票投资有关系的地方就是他常看《华尔街日报》。

According to Laurie Rowell, the lawyer administering his estate, his fortune grew steadily thanks to his shrewd stock market strategy.

据罗纳德的遗产管理律师劳里·罗厄尔说，罗纳德生前所做的投资大幅升值，所以他的资产不断上升。

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