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发表于 2009-7-27 21:35 | 显示全部楼层 |阅读模式
老杨团队,追求完美;客户至上,服务到位!
X-ing a Paragraph—————Edgar AllanPoe
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! p. Z3 F5 m8 j+ y一篇著名的小小说,很funny。盼望和能读下来的大侠求教一个问题:Who is the chief or Printer‘s boy's master?
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 楼主| 发表于 2009-7-27 21:39 | 显示全部楼层
本帖最后由 rainbowfish 于 2009-7-27 22:45 编辑
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, w# O+ d$ S: e" VAS it is well known that the 'wise men' in the Bible came 'from the East,' and as Mr. Touch-and-go Bullet-head came from the East,  Mr. Bullet-head was therefore a wise man; and if further proof of the matter is  needed, here we have it- Mr. B. was an editor. A bad temper was his only weakness; he did not consider  his inablility ever to changer his mind a weakness. It was, his firmly believed, his strong point.
2 w. U" Z4 U0 l4 {( |, [9 ^   I have shown that Touch-and-go Bullet-head was a wise man; and the only occasion on which he was not wise was when, leaving the proper home for all wise men, the East, he moved to the city of Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis, or some place of a similar title, out West.
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/ T* j3 B. |) j7 W/ C+ a" rI must do him the justice to say, however, that when he made up his) m  h% x% R. B! P. C
mind finally to settle in that town, it was under the impression that
1 b8 |# J, D! zno newspaper, and consequently no editor, existed in that particular
( w5 R6 d* G8 y3 T7 Ksection of the country. In establishing 'The Tea-Pot' he expected to7 L( M8 M$ D& r
have the field all to himself. I feel confident he never would have
0 w' u! D8 f2 b4 ^9 }dreamed of taking up his residence in Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis
5 o& `, {/ m& L4 r2 dhad he been aware that, in Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis, there lived
# E" Z( F( m6 J. Oa gentleman named John Smith (if I rightly remember), who for many
7 J/ g* B% n/ p) xyears had there quietly grown fat in editing and publishing the
% h2 x1 e' H8 R# a'Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis Daily News.' It was solely, therefore, on
  s& l4 h" K- d5 C" \5 X0 Baccount of having been misinformed, that Mr. Bullet-head found6 }& M0 B" Y3 f& o( O4 J
himself in Alex-suppose we call it Nopolis, 'for short' -- but, as he
4 S! F+ }, y9 C& Y  y  `did find himself there, he determined to keep up his character for% B' x! V0 n5 \! u* j. Y
obst -- for firmness, and remain. So remain he did; and he did more;
, z2 b% v( _; o3 Zhe unpacked his press, type, etc., etc., rented an office exactly7 n# G0 o/ l" V5 A8 {+ b- C
opposite to that of the 'Daily News,' and, on the third morning after' ?2 z, M" M- E! \8 S$ z7 I
his arrival, issued the first number of 'The Alexan' -- that is to
3 K* i7 o: z: E1 [% c) Msay, of 'The Nopolis Tea-Pot' -- as nearly as I can recollect, this/ o8 Y( i2 j' X+ |/ P  t7 g8 c
was the name of the new paper.- d1 q# E/ _. M
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The leading article, I must admit, was brilliant -- not to say
* W$ k  M) A6 u8 }  ]/ C( Dsevere. It was especially bitter about things in general -- and as: S9 }! `( W, ], H1 P
for the editor of 'The Daily News,' he was torn all to pieces in2 I- {3 L! ]0 l# `8 h( a) \
particular. Some of Bullethead's remarks were really so fiery that I
: g7 m/ [. I/ ]. Q6 s- \! hhave always, since that time, been forced to look upon John Smith,( G& }( Y. x: w; A- Y
who is still alive, in the light of a salamander. I cannot pretend to8 V7 p- G% s, O- r$ D* n5 g9 U
give all the 'Tea-Pot's' paragraphs verbatim, but one of them runs% `7 v" H: U/ e
thus:
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 楼主| 发表于 2009-7-27 21:59 | 显示全部楼层
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'Oh, yes! -- Oh, we perceive! Oh, no doubt! The editor over the way
! ?  o- T% l3 \# Q+ Ais a genius -- O, my! Oh, goodness, gracious! -- what is this world" v4 M* h2 G" |9 f, V
coming to? Oh, tempora! Oh, Moses!'( p: q; j7 X. P; Y

* g, \( d& q* O* ^2 JA philippic at once so caustic and so classical, alighted like a: a( A% T6 x, f1 l  Y& a' X
bombshell among the hitherto peaceful citizens of Nopolis. Groups of
5 t/ e  R( F* B, E0 C7 L/ L2 i4 ~  @excited individuals gathered at the corners of the streets. Every one
" S3 d5 D+ l$ r" v# F, ?awaited, with heartfelt anxiety, the reply of the dignified Smith.' ~! Q. A7 R5 M+ y
Next morning it appeared as follows:
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2 d/ @$ f4 v) i8 V8 Z" H5 t. ^' R  I'We quote from "The Tea-Pot" of yesterday the subjoined paragraph:
3 H+ a( [' @8 v' X"Oh, yes! Oh, we perceive! Oh, no doubt! Oh, my! Oh, goodness! Oh,7 `# o  M% M9 S( X1 l
tempora! Oh, Moses!" Why, the fellow is all O! That accounts for his# {. D' C! c6 f; Z2 U4 T' t
reasoning in a circle, and explains why there is neither beginning
+ Q6 Y3 U% O+ u, |( K; R% @% Inor end to him, nor to anything he says. We really do not believe the$ x5 ]5 Z* U% N0 l3 ?
vagabond can write a word that hasn't an O in it. Wonder if this: @' c3 k* ~, X" N* L) d# Q/ J
O-ing is a habit of his? By-the-by, he came away from Down-East in a
/ y, b% x% \, tgreat hurry. Wonder if he O's as much there as he does here? "O! it
. }: Q2 `8 s6 w  L8 H9 Kis pitiful."'2 T, ~* {8 b) ~- j

" d7 E) W. l+ t) N0 BThe indignation of Mr. Bullet-head at these scandalous insinuations,/ p" q8 j8 i+ X3 p6 ?# a
I shall not attempt to describe. On the eel-skinning principle,% h8 D( G8 ~1 ?2 v
however, he did not seem to be so much incensed at the attack upon  F) f9 n$ U2 A! B
his integrity as one might have imagined. It was the sneer at his
9 K- R) E1 P8 s. g- [style that drove him to desperation. What! -- he Touch-and-go
7 W$ m7 y2 Q. x, w7 u" kBullet-head! -- not able to write a word without an O in it! He would
+ `' B/ I8 ^! q) S3 fsoon let the jackanapes see that he was mistaken. Yes! he would let
0 ?8 M2 m* ?; v' q% F5 o1 whim see how much he was mistaken, the puppy! He, Touch-and-go
' o9 L3 x4 S' s! ZBullet-head, of Frogpondium, would let Mr. John Smith perceive that4 m( ^% i* W+ W% c% Y- W2 z1 u
he, Bullet-head, could indite, if it so pleased him, a whole) v; _: y% C. }' ?8 Z# N
paragraph -- aye! a whole article -- in which that contemptible vowel
) X' Q' C+ ^# r8 G; a+ {should not once -- not even once -- make its appearance. But no; --
! I  Z8 x5 A) F, u' vthat would be yielding a point to the said John Smith. He,6 G3 a( L. x. S0 N% r1 M
Bullet-head, would make no alteration in his style, to suit the& H( {' v( C- R6 X; |( H! ^
caprices of any Mr. Smith in Christendom. Perish so vile a thought!
: z  K9 U1 D$ `The O forever; He would persist in the O. He would be as O-wy as O-wy
; @% U( c2 L& l: ^could be.
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4 Z- `. p1 I( [3 j( nBurning with the chivalry of this determination, the great1 ?& d1 I6 b# o0 j( x  c; O
Touch-and-go, in the next 'Tea-Pot,' came out merely with this simple/ y. Y! q6 w' S# F, y# ]# }( d5 A" v
but resolute paragraph, in reference to this unhappy affair:
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'The editor of the "Tea-Pot" has the honor of advising the editor of# Y! c: |4 ^$ I: N9 z
the "Gazette" that he (the "Tea-Pot") will take an opportunity in3 H5 a& q5 m1 g3 ~) ~$ n+ k# E
tomorrow morning's paper, of convincing him (the "Daily News") that he- |5 m: L7 V2 f; r, i
(the "Tea-Pot") both can and will be his own master, as regards1 K4 q& A8 w5 W- ?% f# T9 D. J
style; he (the "Tea-Pot") intending to show him (the "Daily News") the, w$ p$ A4 G. f3 Z$ V. y
supreme, and indeed the withering contempt with which the criticism
2 S! W& k) Y( x4 x1 t* Yof him (the "Daily News") inspires the independent bosom of him (the0 `2 ^6 i' s+ \3 Q6 |. d
"TeaPot") by composing for the especial gratification (?) of him (the
" L- \5 x" Y( n$ W"Daily News") a leading article, of some extent, in which the beautiful
7 Q# R. U' N( E7 J, Z+ wvowel -- the emblem of Eternity -- yet so offensive to the
* b0 [, C3 [0 Zhyper-exquisite delicacy of him (the "Daily News") shall most certainly
6 O' W- {3 k4 y0 o! s2 a7 ?1 W( E8 anot be avoided by his (the "Daily News") most obedient, humble
, D( I1 U: k2 E% k) w& mservant, the "Tea-Pot." "So much for Buckingham!"'# X9 V  Z% K; j( B  Y9 S/ \

2 y" R) ~6 G: zIn fulfilment of the awful threat thus darkly intimated rather than2 x! h/ I9 T  W- j- p
decidedly enunciated, the great Bullet-head, turning a deaf ear to
# w; w* r. ?5 {; u$ N! hall entreaties for 'copy,' and simply requesting his foreman to 'go
9 o0 S, X' N5 ?9 c9 n  Sto the d-l,' when he (the foreman) assured him (the 'Tea-Pot'!) that7 u+ S: }' I$ @7 B- d! n: Y
it was high time to 'go to press': turning a deaf ear to everything,2 p. `8 I4 C" V% R# A+ `5 \5 m
I say, the great Bullet-head sat up until day-break, consuming the6 p# R% A1 }' N0 s! b! j& D6 p( s
midnight oil, and absorbed in the composition of the really8 m( l! X; a0 v  F8 b
unparalleled paragraph, which follows:-' M) s- c8 r4 [+ `, N

" I, B1 X' `3 Y$ e'So ho, John! how now? Told you so, you know. Don't crow, another
+ ]# }& w% i  P' y& t  m+ u& etime, before you're out of the woods! Does your mother know you're
2 {2 o: u/ W8 C3 c" pout? Oh, no, no! -- so go home at once, now, John, to your odious old
# R- _6 }$ ^+ v9 ?1 j9 a7 rwoods of Concord! Go home to your woods, old owl -- go! You won't!3 |3 P7 h# \  D, t" d  A# O7 c
Oh, poh, poh, don't do so! You've got to go, you know! So go at once,
! J2 R- M0 Q* X8 x! E, y4 S& zand don't go slow, for nobody owns you here, you know! Oh! John,
1 k" m8 B; R4 _" s+ ^. Q( dJohn, if you don't go you're no homo -- no! You're only a fowl, an( `9 Q! c9 G/ g7 _$ m. A5 d  R
owl, a cow, a sow, -- a doll, a poll; a poor, old,
9 [6 a1 w: q' J% o0 J; Zgood-for-nothing-to-nobody, log, dog, hog, or frog, come out of a
% O- w2 C/ ~0 s- N8 l' h' }% hConcord bog. Cool, now -- cool! Do be cool, you fool! None of your( d, o0 l: E# O/ R. }" z, Z" ~
crowing, old cock! Don't frown so -- don't! Don't hollo, nor howl nor% r* k8 s, i/ V! F% v, k5 Q
growl, nor bow-wow-wow! Good Lord, John, how you do look! Told you2 Q# C! x; _9 J8 `; i
so, you know -- but stop rolling your goose of an old poll about so,
5 Z, l: J8 x9 `and go and drown your sorrows in a bowl!'
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 楼主| 发表于 2009-7-27 22:04 | 显示全部楼层
Tired out, of course, by so wonderful a piece of work, the great7 w" u  I0 q- N& e% N$ x3 t
Touch-and-go could do nothing more than that night.  He handed his article to
. x1 `* S8 ]/ Ithe printer's boy who was waiting, and walked slowly home to bed.
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The printer's boy to whom the article was trusted ran upstairs  in a great hurry and prepared to set the article in print.
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 楼主| 发表于 2009-7-27 22:10 | 显示全部楼层
老杨团队,追求完美;客户至上,服务到位!
In the first place, of course, -- as the opening word was 'So,' -- he
; ~# A: T, \, p7 ]looked for and found a capital S. Pleased with this success, he immediately threw himself upon the box where the little-o box were kept -- but who can& U4 Y3 ?: i. @2 B3 t3 `9 ?
describe his feelings of horror when his fingers came out of it without a
, o, O1 V# f0 U; C+ Vletter in them? who can tell of his astonishment and anger when he realized that the little box was completely empty?  Not a single
& C: H9 l- B' I+ G2 J$ ^, llittle-o was in the little-o box; and, glancing fearfully at the
' W! |8 i* Z& E) [' v) V& ]capital-O box, he found that in exactly the same state--empty.  He ran to his master.
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 楼主| 发表于 2009-7-27 22:19 | 显示全部楼层
'Sir!' said he, gasping for breath, 'I can't never set up nothing  F# G4 H( z4 l3 R, \5 E* J
without no o's.'
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: Y5 ]/ o, t+ C! w: M, u'What do you mean by that?' said the chief, who was  very
$ C# [, ~) ]. Rangry at being kept from his bed so late.
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) P- N/ q! ?! Y) o' |0 V1 Q'Well, sir, there isn't an o in the office, neither a big one nor a
; T' ~+ v" |5 y, [  Llittle one!'
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3 p3 v0 m# `9 r; z'What -- what has happened to all those that were in the box?'
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$ r& Q! }# l; I'I don't know, sir,' said the boy, 'but one of those Daily News people has been wandering about here, and I expect he's taken every one.', @2 R4 C9 S# W& O; T

* E. [& H! A; s9 g6 d3 a+ a'I haven't a doubt of it,' replied the chief angrily, turning6 N* e  a: w$ d( h* w
purple with rage 'but I tell you what you do, Bob, that's a good boy8 n- o2 W6 F8 h2 l8 H" Y6 Z
-- you go over to the Daily News the first chance you get, and take every one of their0 V1 y" l" h2 R8 T- ^
i's .'
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'Right,' replied Bob. 'I'll go,0 |3 T! Y% i2 J1 m3 X
I'll show them a thing or two; but what about that
# R/ p) [3 i3 W  V2 [/ T; V2 {3 pparagraph? It Must go in to-night, you know -- if not,  there'll be trouble'
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 楼主| 发表于 2009-7-27 22:23 | 显示全部楼层
老杨团队,追求完美;客户至上,服务到位!
'Trouble enough. Is it a long paragraph, Bob?'
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! h9 C3 r/ y7 B'I Shouldn't call it a very long paragrab.'
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'Ah, well, then! Do the best you can with it! We must get it ready,'; l* v+ T6 K, @, U" @6 K
said the chief, who was buried in work; 'just put in
) i9 ]" Y8 X7 bsome other letter for o; nobody's going to read the man's nonsense in any case.'
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 楼主| 发表于 2009-7-27 22:24 | 显示全部楼层
老杨团队,追求完美;客户至上,服务到位!
ok, from 7楼到9楼中的chief是谁?和Mr bullet- head是一个人吗?还是不同的人?
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 楼主| 发表于 2009-7-27 22:25 | 显示全部楼层
'Wery well,' replied Bob, 'here goes it!' and off he hurried to his2 C$ h$ ^+ j5 I* C& `4 F/ u' E- L
case, muttering as he went: 'Considdeble vell, them ere expressions,( t+ K; X/ ?* q5 }# h
perticcler for a man as doesn't swar. So I's to gouge out all their
! D7 k8 H& y) g3 a& d( h: ]eyes, eh? and d-n all their gizzards! Vell! this here's the chap as& @) }7 h5 z. e6 E5 @5 B
is just able for to do it.' The fact is that although Bob was but
* f3 t$ U2 h$ I; ctwelve years old and four feet high, he was equal to any amount of
; C0 ^7 {" }7 zfight, in a small way.
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The exigency here described is by no means of rare occurrence in
" c* T# x: ~; @& z) y2 Rprinting-offices; and I cannot tell how to account for it, but the+ O  B# ]0 v. q- ^; j! L
fact is indisputable, that when the exigency does occur, it almost
$ o! I2 t. @0 m7 r" Ealways happens that x is adopted as a substitute for the letter7 Q8 M: M) R$ i; w8 i
deficient. The true reason, perhaps, is that x is rather the most0 @. Z# _' n7 j1 P8 }! c0 c
superabundant letter in the cases, or at least was so in the old5 a1 [8 F7 E0 J, i! C- c9 U
times -- long enough to render the substitution in question an
" r5 E* j) r4 u1 [habitual thing with printers. As for Bob, he would have considered it
2 u; v% X' ^* H3 @5 J- x4 Bheretical to employ any other character, in a case of this kind, than
0 ?5 y( B: F0 y: s' Hthe x to which he had been accustomed.
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'I shell have to x this ere paragrab,' said he to himself, as he read
) j+ c, P8 w  J" N# ~1 h& vit over in astonishment, 'but it's jest about the awfulest o-wy4 E6 R. ^" T9 }; _$ C+ a
paragrab I ever did see': so x it he did, unflinchingly, and to press
( v+ o- i0 ]0 X) rit went x-ed.. }7 ^! v7 E2 |0 P& W$ P$ a

5 |! B5 C2 E' V! C5 I  n- ENext morning the population of Nopolis were taken all aback by
# k4 S$ u+ m% [9 u$ N* ~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, anxther; |* e% C7 o8 j7 |: y9 ]
time, befxre yxu're xut xf the wxxds! Dxes yxur mxther knxw yxu're1 O! t( a9 Y# |+ u
xut? Xh, nx, nx! -- sx gx hxme at xnce, nxw, Jxhn, tx yxur xdixus xld+ S. B4 o0 g0 q/ ]
wxxds xf Cxncxrd! Gx hxme tx yxur wxxds, xld xwl, -- gx! Yxu wxn't?8 V1 s4 @& r. ?8 f! o( h
Xh, pxh, pxh, Jxhn, dxn't dx sx! Yxu've gxt tx gx, yxu knxw, sx gx at
4 y8 K; S! I  ~xnce, and dxn't gx slxw; fxr nxbxdy xwns yxu here, yxu knxw. Xh,) S9 C; Y8 L2 B* B- ~* i
Jxhn, Jxhn, Jxhn, if yxu dxn't gx yxu're nx hxmx -- nx! Yxu're xnly a
3 m7 o4 g( w1 s* S1 f7 Z8 ofxwl, an xwl; a cxw, a sxw; a dxll, a pxll; a pxxr xld
' I% k/ C! ~$ Z9 C5 j# w' G' B5 u* fgxxd-fxr-nxthing-tx-nxbxdy, lxg, dxg, hxg, xr frxg, cxme xut xf a$ w/ m" q$ @4 K
Cxncxrd bxg. Cxxl, nxw -- cxxl! Dx be cxxl, yxu fxxl! Nxne xf yxur
1 `  F* W+ F3 Z) Q; _! B: ^6 Qcrxwing, xld cxck! Dxn't frxwn sx -- dxn't! Dxn't hxllx, nxr hxwl,
0 \" C, A( z0 k4 C7 Bnxr grxwl, nxr bxw-wxw-wxw! Gxxd Lxrd, Jxhn, hxw yxu dx lxxk! Txld
/ C' e8 _5 D' nyxu sx, yxu knxw, -- but stxp rxlling yxur gxxse xf an xld pxll abxut$ l) Y, L  l# L
sx, and gx and drxwn yxur sxrrxws in a bxwl!'
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 楼主| 发表于 2009-7-27 22:25 | 显示全部楼层
The uproar occasioned by this mystical and cabalistical article, is2 J& {, x2 y5 _
not to be conceived. The first definite idea entertained by the
5 _8 [7 E+ F1 ]1 {! gpopulace was, that some diabolical treason lay concealed in the, s4 t! z! h1 W1 A, C
hieroglyphics; and there was a general rush to Bullet-head's2 ]! n: C$ r% c( q1 y9 Z- w
residence, for the purpose of riding him on a rail; but that
, V# ^! L  i7 O) }+ T0 Mgentleman was nowhere to be found. He had vanished, no one could tell
- y+ V0 }; N# ~' o! }/ Zhow; and not even the ghost of him has ever been seen since.
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Unable to discover its legitimate object, the popular fury at length
5 a$ r% H2 l* q9 M! nsubsided; leaving behind it, by way of sediment, quite a medley of
. w& U& k& i! @* w/ sopinion about this unhappy affair.7 i  _/ S0 M+ v( _( z* e1 s" B
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One gentleman thought the whole an X-ellent joke.) ?+ _5 G0 h' [

7 R9 v6 B, x0 E. U  oAnother said that, indeed, Bullet-head had shown much X-uberance of2 P3 Q" t5 r6 W; B5 S
fancy.
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A third admitted him X-entric, but no more.3 u0 D  k; q) e
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A fourth could only suppose it the Yankee's design to X-press, in a& S& I: h$ N$ b& O: o- w/ X0 V5 g
general way, his X-asperation.
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'Say, rather, to set an X-ample to posterity,' suggested a fifth.
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That Bullet-head had been driven to an extremity, was clear to all;
; U, D' c/ F7 iand in fact, since that editor could not be found, there was some' S& A8 l; D: a
talk about lynching the other one.
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The more common conclusion, however, was that the affair was, simply,
, a0 ?# y/ Z) L. t/ o  h0 n: {9 l- ]& [X-traordinary and in-X-plicable. Even the town mathematician2 f( Z( s# i: w
confessed that he could make nothing of so dark a problem. X, every.
6 v6 C" x" A- S; Z9 nbody knew, was an unknown quantity; but in this case (as he properly6 ?. e$ ^% r9 j
observed), there was an unknown quantity of X.
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  M# z8 @5 y. f* i. i* M0 j- _The opinion of Bob, the devil (who kept dark about his having 'X-ed  f) f; F& v/ T* T
the paragrab'), did not meet with so much attention as I think it
3 L! Q# n5 R. g& W  _, ]deserved, although it was very openly and very fearlessly expressed.3 r7 ]4 T/ v" X0 K9 `
He said that, for his part, he had no doubt about the matter at all,$ d0 {* s/ S% V( _) ]; j
that it was a clear case, that Mr. Bullet-head 'never could be
; ~# G- e7 m! C9 {persuaded fur to drink like other folks, but vas continually0 E8 K+ R2 F) T9 E' F( D
a-svigging o' that ere blessed XXX ale, and as a naiteral: `5 c, j  K; J' U# S4 l! D- q
consekvence, it just puffed him up savage, and made him X (cross) in
+ d+ p& U2 G* C. Hthe X-treme.'
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