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'Wery well,' replied Bob, 'here goes it!' and off he hurried to his
& T5 [& O3 ^2 H, p |! ocase, muttering as he went: 'Considdeble vell, them ere expressions,
3 @4 B. ?& D" F3 k. q) j- F, C5 b2 bperticcler for a man as doesn't swar. So I's to gouge out all their
2 t# T. u% G9 B* Veyes, eh? and d-n all their gizzards! Vell! this here's the chap as5 ?, o, \1 o* i, {
is just able for to do it.' The fact is that although Bob was but
* n- F2 N. W: m3 N& i5 dtwelve years old and four feet high, he was equal to any amount of7 A8 `) y; A$ _! A
fight, in a small way.
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The exigency here described is by no means of rare occurrence in
/ k1 ^4 g4 S6 I _! C) tprinting-offices; and I cannot tell how to account for it, but the
; S( B) Z1 K7 vfact is indisputable, that when the exigency does occur, it almost. B- E$ f$ L5 N6 b; ?
always happens that x is adopted as a substitute for the letter' L- `+ |6 v5 T
deficient. The true reason, perhaps, is that x is rather the most: C5 W$ _7 C* o6 a! i3 E3 W
superabundant letter in the cases, or at least was so in the old! n- m$ i6 f4 P- h
times -- long enough to render the substitution in question an
0 h; l' Y; D: A' ~) R; h: E- Hhabitual thing with printers. As for Bob, he would have considered it
% _0 P; {5 j( vheretical to employ any other character, in a case of this kind, than
- N) N9 I% v4 \& B- Ythe x to which he had been accustomed.' R- p/ P4 i8 i8 Z# b
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'I shell have to x this ere paragrab,' said he to himself, as he read
0 J* Q6 H" A7 u6 [$ N M4 f! ^it over in astonishment, 'but it's jest about the awfulest o-wy m; I6 e# P _6 C3 _9 u7 y2 u
paragrab I ever did see': so x it he did, unflinchingly, and to press$ \# @: x; ]6 W6 `
it went x-ed.
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: C! l% ^. S% j$ ONext morning the population of Nopolis were taken all aback by' Z- B% |! \$ b( {7 J
reading in 'The Tea-Pot,' the following extraordinary leader:+ m! v+ n' }/ p
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'Sx hx, Jxhn! hxw nxw? Txld yxu sx, yxu knxw. Dxn't crxw, anxther
% R2 v2 c! f( S/ {1 R+ V Mtime, befxre yxu're xut xf the wxxds! Dxes yxur mxther knxw yxu're! d" g$ e( z9 J) n- T% Y7 u
xut? Xh, nx, nx! -- sx gx hxme at xnce, nxw, Jxhn, tx yxur xdixus xld
- S/ K, S' z% w. z2 @# r& wwxxds xf Cxncxrd! Gx hxme tx yxur wxxds, xld xwl, -- gx! Yxu wxn't?3 n1 X. B9 l- r t/ }" x7 M! O
Xh, pxh, pxh, Jxhn, dxn't dx sx! Yxu've gxt tx gx, yxu knxw, sx gx at- s+ b z1 k5 E" ~7 q9 r- ^
xnce, and dxn't gx slxw; fxr nxbxdy xwns yxu here, yxu knxw. Xh,7 S- z. c" l f, U
Jxhn, Jxhn, Jxhn, if yxu dxn't gx yxu're nx hxmx -- nx! Yxu're xnly a+ o# \ G y9 X! c8 f6 V3 ^# D
fxwl, an xwl; a cxw, a sxw; a dxll, a pxll; a pxxr xld
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Cxncxrd bxg. Cxxl, nxw -- cxxl! Dx be cxxl, yxu fxxl! Nxne xf yxur
3 ~2 I# _8 \ ?: icrxwing, xld cxck! Dxn't frxwn sx -- dxn't! Dxn't hxllx, nxr hxwl,! A! n4 e0 f( o6 X
nxr grxwl, nxr bxw-wxw-wxw! Gxxd Lxrd, Jxhn, hxw yxu dx lxxk! Txld: n% w$ {6 o0 H: ^* m- }
yxu sx, yxu knxw, -- but stxp rxlling yxur gxxse xf an xld pxll abxut
( }7 @8 {8 \6 N' Q- Vsx, and gx and drxwn yxur sxrrxws in a bxwl!' |
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