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'Wery well,' replied Bob, 'here goes it!' and off he hurried to his
/ j; D/ E. a O7 w, ]3 o8 d3 c* scase, muttering as he went: 'Considdeble vell, them ere expressions,% t, T0 q0 l. r% z$ }+ p
perticcler for a man as doesn't swar. So I's to gouge out all their
2 o9 v" v, [, x4 deyes, eh? and d-n all their gizzards! Vell! this here's the chap as2 N- j9 Q( X8 L- A( F
is just able for to do it.' The fact is that although Bob was but
, p. f2 S: m9 _/ Z! N0 J: itwelve years old and four feet high, he was equal to any amount of0 e$ I. X) o$ O# G# r( s# ?
fight, in a small way.) R- C; E7 t+ B m$ d& @, X5 P8 M
8 l7 S6 i" w' R" W0 K; l! s. XThe exigency here described is by no means of rare occurrence in( H% x* C3 a- ^3 F# N& |! h7 c% k3 ]
printing-offices; and I cannot tell how to account for it, but the: Z! h9 K( d! l1 C+ S4 E; h/ t: X! C
fact is indisputable, that when the exigency does occur, it almost z4 b! V" z) b/ _$ A
always happens that x is adopted as a substitute for the letter9 m$ h6 s7 m5 _- w8 u
deficient. The true reason, perhaps, is that x is rather the most0 G$ y6 ^; \0 d. S5 s+ p
superabundant letter in the cases, or at least was so in the old
J: c4 k9 Z4 u1 H6 f/ Y, ltimes -- long enough to render the substitution in question an. f# w0 d. S6 A( k" h8 o! p
habitual thing with printers. As for Bob, he would have considered it
+ M4 K7 R5 B, v% {heretical to employ any other character, in a case of this kind, than$ J+ f8 q$ H9 B8 l5 `: B
the 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! t- g' c3 h, l$ D3 B
it over in astonishment, 'but it's jest about the awfulest o-wy c' l% Z& s! q, q
paragrab I ever did see': so x it he did, unflinchingly, and to press7 E/ T2 M! @3 j+ H! Z1 x! g ~
it went x-ed.! F h1 t# s; L+ q
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Next morning the population of Nopolis were taken all aback by0 m3 j: H. }- @$ K5 u8 f. }
reading in 'The Tea-Pot,' the following extraordinary leader:+ ?0 B8 P7 a; \: S5 [& Y4 R
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time, befxre yxu're xut xf the wxxds! Dxes yxur mxther knxw yxu're+ M) B# K$ v: \4 q0 T
xut? Xh, nx, nx! -- sx gx hxme at xnce, nxw, Jxhn, tx yxur xdixus xld
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3 r3 k E+ @& Z# g* p6 o) q: W* yXh, pxh, pxh, Jxhn, dxn't dx sx! Yxu've gxt tx gx, yxu knxw, sx gx at' g- [6 E* Q. p9 n/ H
xnce, and dxn't gx slxw; fxr nxbxdy xwns yxu here, yxu knxw. Xh,% L8 I h+ g* [9 J0 U& [
Jxhn, Jxhn, Jxhn, if yxu dxn't gx yxu're nx hxmx -- nx! Yxu're xnly a: H5 I! m5 `9 O1 S8 y
fxwl, an xwl; a cxw, a sxw; a dxll, a pxll; a pxxr xld
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6 z' T# u* }( z* ^crxwing, xld cxck! Dxn't frxwn sx -- dxn't! Dxn't hxllx, nxr hxwl,
8 d8 a* {( | q) znxr grxwl, nxr bxw-wxw-wxw! Gxxd Lxrd, Jxhn, hxw yxu dx lxxk! Txld# A; m& U2 T6 n1 Q* L9 w% s* [
yxu sx, yxu knxw, -- but stxp rxlling yxur gxxse xf an xld pxll abxut
7 l7 U! q: _9 x5 _sx, and gx and drxwn yxur sxrrxws in a bxwl!' |
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