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'Wery well,' replied Bob, 'here goes it!' and off he hurried to his
" c: j8 \! p) a! X/ jcase, muttering as he went: 'Considdeble vell, them ere expressions,6 `3 T2 b j. q* E
perticcler for a man as doesn't swar. So I's to gouge out all their
- g, K/ L$ k& j: Q8 heyes, eh? and d-n all their gizzards! Vell! this here's the chap as7 v6 r4 l) ]* z' `3 U1 N& l" O
is just able for to do it.' The fact is that although Bob was but6 I- ] u1 y( t
twelve years old and four feet high, he was equal to any amount of
# `/ B4 y+ s( I+ U" f9 e7 ^2 G5 Ofight, in a small way.
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The exigency here described is by no means of rare occurrence in3 J* A9 H5 e9 ^. j' C
printing-offices; and I cannot tell how to account for it, but the
5 b5 g. W5 j4 x& i! Dfact is indisputable, that when the exigency does occur, it almost
- w3 Y+ ^8 y* E% calways happens that x is adopted as a substitute for the letter/ a( O6 ]+ Z2 x( h' a. s
deficient. The true reason, perhaps, is that x is rather the most
# z1 a: Y7 K. O( a2 r" N. A+ [6 Dsuperabundant letter in the cases, or at least was so in the old: B% J! l+ @- j K7 C1 z9 Y
times -- long enough to render the substitution in question an4 I3 I, p2 T& H8 ~- M1 g3 H
habitual thing with printers. As for Bob, he would have considered it& @9 e9 R1 w; Z) x( K
heretical to employ any other character, in a case of this kind, than8 n4 r+ h% c5 D4 l3 f- i
the x to which he had been accustomed.* C$ ]3 }8 v3 J% u2 n5 P @
" |- M9 X+ b$ O @'I shell have to x this ere paragrab,' said he to himself, as he read
' m! N) e3 B5 b$ N4 {, Jit over in astonishment, 'but it's jest about the awfulest o-wy5 q& x. C# N& P+ n3 \ `9 ?
paragrab I ever did see': so x it he did, unflinchingly, and to press
- K, l$ a% Y1 N1 Wit went x-ed.* G+ O: e7 E$ b/ m3 r4 A' A
' e, l& B% B- z' S# q; T6 M: aNext morning the population of Nopolis were taken all aback by
7 X: o% g0 u/ G$ ]+ r' breading in 'The Tea-Pot,' the following extraordinary leader:4 s/ v: b' ~; b4 G/ C6 P- l& W1 ^
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