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'Wery well,' replied Bob, 'here goes it!' and off he hurried to his& ~ E/ q1 c: D% |: `
case, muttering as he went: 'Considdeble vell, them ere expressions,0 S ^4 ^' m7 K9 ^$ _
perticcler for a man as doesn't swar. So I's to gouge out all their C$ x/ q" T6 q' Q: [
eyes, eh? and d-n all their gizzards! Vell! this here's the chap as: {/ Q! Y3 w/ \; k3 {0 S( e
is just able for to do it.' The fact is that although Bob was but
: M! {: a' a. z/ k: m& P) qtwelve years old and four feet high, he was equal to any amount of
- B B0 a, B, H* A' Q# Yfight, in a small way.
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The exigency here described is by no means of rare occurrence in
4 z" [; Q( n/ c, n* w& mprinting-offices; and I cannot tell how to account for it, but the$ H% I7 g) U, d' J) M6 D2 E# n
fact is indisputable, that when the exigency does occur, it almost: Z7 v$ X* v3 Z) e
always happens that x is adopted as a substitute for the letter
( [/ e' ?1 d, X z5 p1 Xdeficient. The true reason, perhaps, is that x is rather the most% e4 w6 ^; d2 ?$ S9 O( a
superabundant letter in the cases, or at least was so in the old
4 X& }6 Q7 J& _$ s; _times -- long enough to render the substitution in question an4 T* @1 F% w1 j5 i1 N# e }4 k) t
habitual thing with printers. As for Bob, he would have considered it
' r$ P% L0 ~2 w, @$ Aheretical to employ any other character, in a case of this kind, than
. C% X: Z% o" D4 e( d& u7 n* |- Hthe x to which he had been accustomed.0 G& R6 E4 Y# Y! T1 W3 J
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'I shell have to x this ere paragrab,' said he to himself, as he read& z( z& N; t6 h
it over in astonishment, 'but it's jest about the awfulest o-wy/ x4 d [+ d; F% @& C9 C! H
paragrab I ever did see': so x it he did, unflinchingly, and to press1 j6 w; ~! I$ Q1 M5 V1 A5 I
it went x-ed.! Q' F# T% t9 b$ K. C7 Y
! ?, k0 J5 Q( Y8 F( FNext morning the population of Nopolis were taken all aback by/ O; s T) H; I3 K* s! d
reading in 'The Tea-Pot,' the following extraordinary leader:
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'Sx hx, Jxhn! hxw nxw? Txld yxu sx, yxu knxw. Dxn't crxw, anxther0 T6 J+ Y3 }1 b; {0 H
time, befxre yxu're xut xf the wxxds! Dxes yxur mxther knxw yxu're5 O4 w7 l1 G* b6 _, B- c: W: `
xut? Xh, nx, nx! -- sx gx hxme at xnce, nxw, Jxhn, tx yxur xdixus xld1 |' \- ?5 K$ V) g# z
wxxds xf Cxncxrd! Gx hxme tx yxur wxxds, xld xwl, -- gx! Yxu wxn't?1 z$ ^1 f3 K7 v
Xh, pxh, pxh, Jxhn, dxn't dx sx! Yxu've gxt tx gx, yxu knxw, sx gx at, Y6 G } B m. {" Q: ]
xnce, and dxn't gx slxw; fxr nxbxdy xwns yxu here, yxu knxw. Xh,1 Q: w; g3 G9 F9 Y$ H( a/ i
Jxhn, Jxhn, Jxhn, if yxu dxn't gx yxu're nx hxmx -- nx! Yxu're xnly a5 j$ L0 A1 G9 X. Y- Z
fxwl, an xwl; a cxw, a sxw; a dxll, a pxll; a pxxr xld, _5 g- k- s Y+ P% ?) A
gxxd-fxr-nxthing-tx-nxbxdy, lxg, dxg, hxg, xr frxg, cxme xut xf a9 C$ e5 Q$ D8 f/ d6 p) V! |* ~/ x! A) B
Cxncxrd bxg. Cxxl, nxw -- cxxl! Dx be cxxl, yxu fxxl! Nxne xf yxur
2 g! l) L# a; W7 j# Tcrxwing, xld cxck! Dxn't frxwn sx -- dxn't! Dxn't hxllx, nxr hxwl,
8 R! y* R% J. M( ^nxr grxwl, nxr bxw-wxw-wxw! Gxxd Lxrd, Jxhn, hxw yxu dx lxxk! Txld4 S# Q! o x+ j# d) i+ @
yxu sx, yxu knxw, -- but stxp rxlling yxur gxxse xf an xld pxll abxut
c+ b8 k" s. L8 e: d8 h' Hsx, and gx and drxwn yxur sxrrxws in a bxwl!' |
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