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发表于 2009-7-27 21:35 | 显示全部楼层 |阅读模式
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X-ing a Paragraph—————Edgar AllanPoe0 `9 y2 H- \0 k# ?

5 b4 E0 c9 m5 W6 l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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" H) C5 p2 b9 j6 c& H" J- @AS 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.
6 a: }; d' C$ H   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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本帖最后由 rainbowfish 于 2009-7-27 23:29 编辑 1 [8 i6 ~9 r/ k: M" C" o' j

/ `( c1 I# e  ?% O% sI must do him the justice to say, however, that when he made up his8 J! H4 S8 A, k# d& ^
mind finally to settle in that town, it was under the impression that5 m7 C6 [+ G8 A/ n! Q
no newspaper, and consequently no editor, existed in that particular* M( [$ l5 S" q4 X1 w- M: K3 v
section of the country. In establishing 'The Tea-Pot' he expected to
. d( \# s6 n4 G" G/ [! p) Y- c' Phave the field all to himself. I feel confident he never would have+ n* [( {9 n/ H) j, C' N' p0 @
dreamed of taking up his residence in Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis
/ ~( @. ^2 \; ehad he been aware that, in Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis, there lived
5 m6 p( y3 n7 J. T  a! s+ Za gentleman named John Smith (if I rightly remember), who for many7 l5 `! I1 ^) r
years had there quietly grown fat in editing and publishing the7 \8 R9 t/ Q$ u9 f2 C/ c/ ?: i
'Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis Daily News.' It was solely, therefore, on
  i  ~+ f! K! ^6 Daccount of having been misinformed, that Mr. Bullet-head found
7 P0 t0 s2 f  K+ o' y0 jhimself in Alex-suppose we call it Nopolis, 'for short' -- but, as he
' I- z- z6 L6 c+ d0 b5 @8 Ydid find himself there, he determined to keep up his character for( D1 q( ]! a: D; l+ Z; W8 ]2 C
obst -- for firmness, and remain. So remain he did; and he did more;
' \- g& j5 R* \( ]he unpacked his press, type, etc., etc., rented an office exactly
7 u% _, w9 t7 k1 q8 o  f3 |opposite to that of the 'Daily News,' and, on the third morning after
8 k; w; A+ S$ D6 Yhis arrival, issued the first number of 'The Alexan' -- that is to
6 K, `" a8 [, Q1 X- nsay, of 'The Nopolis Tea-Pot' -- as nearly as I can recollect, this0 O8 H* _8 _  s) t. ?( F# I
was the name of the new paper.' H1 {2 V% F& Z( a$ s; w

) @8 M6 h0 |+ ^8 E- eThe leading article, I must admit, was brilliant -- not to say6 @' i+ g; G" F" S6 p  M8 d" K
severe. It was especially bitter about things in general -- and as
: _8 a. O3 Y- u* ^- e( B+ a" cfor the editor of 'The Daily News,' he was torn all to pieces in
. W1 d2 V+ l* |7 s/ dparticular. Some of Bullethead's remarks were really so fiery that I
' e; A2 I3 g- c, y& Chave always, since that time, been forced to look upon John Smith,
1 @5 |/ K1 f' n1 Z4 vwho is still alive, in the light of a salamander. I cannot pretend to# [  [3 m5 p2 c  e  m8 _) I
give all the 'Tea-Pot's' paragraphs verbatim, but one of them runs! \* E- \2 e, c: @$ f
thus:
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老杨团队 追求完美
'Oh, yes! -- Oh, we perceive! Oh, no doubt! The editor over the way7 P( G; Y3 V/ T# `5 y; W4 ?
is a genius -- O, my! Oh, goodness, gracious! -- what is this world: V3 s6 X1 }( i: c8 f7 P5 _
coming to? Oh, tempora! Oh, Moses!'
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  h  x: @7 J3 u. B( ?A philippic at once so caustic and so classical, alighted like a$ X" X5 G- R+ Q; t  F9 n
bombshell among the hitherto peaceful citizens of Nopolis. Groups of8 e0 u3 \7 D* S: D, ?# q- \, H
excited individuals gathered at the corners of the streets. Every one+ z& m% G6 X4 M+ [' j$ y8 B! j
awaited, with heartfelt anxiety, the reply of the dignified Smith.2 o, O3 Y- u1 [$ ]* g; Y4 c
Next morning it appeared as follows:8 _+ |! U2 @) h! ]7 ^

5 x+ \' n* s5 f7 }9 x: G0 u'We quote from "The Tea-Pot" of yesterday the subjoined paragraph:) @5 `7 w9 E" e! C- }  A- e% G4 y
"Oh, yes! Oh, we perceive! Oh, no doubt! Oh, my! Oh, goodness! Oh,
/ j/ z3 s3 O  B% {/ J( ?tempora! Oh, Moses!" Why, the fellow is all O! That accounts for his1 C1 w) o2 O" O
reasoning in a circle, and explains why there is neither beginning0 f0 Y6 k  o; b3 p: t2 w2 f7 B
nor end to him, nor to anything he says. We really do not believe the
! `2 ~) {% k. o  N, j. p; i* Q  dvagabond can write a word that hasn't an O in it. Wonder if this4 c9 F. p* G% P2 }0 D
O-ing is a habit of his? By-the-by, he came away from Down-East in a, l( o7 ^* s, h9 H; u$ r' a& R
great hurry. Wonder if he O's as much there as he does here? "O! it
% E4 Y0 `# z; P2 e+ f, m1 u7 ^5 Eis pitiful."'
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The indignation of Mr. Bullet-head at these scandalous insinuations,
' h9 a: e. P1 s# B% P) o2 yI shall not attempt to describe. On the eel-skinning principle,5 {* _& Q1 `. [; D, D4 ?
however, he did not seem to be so much incensed at the attack upon
! K1 \5 S) K7 h. b3 b. Chis integrity as one might have imagined. It was the sneer at his
3 w% N) C( d' U6 q& j% d0 j9 [style that drove him to desperation. What! -- he Touch-and-go, |: D( h. t2 r+ J- E0 t1 z2 m3 f
Bullet-head! -- not able to write a word without an O in it! He would7 x' O5 F7 {  f+ Q/ m" `7 m
soon let the jackanapes see that he was mistaken. Yes! he would let
5 b$ V) D8 r/ }9 I7 K: Zhim see how much he was mistaken, the puppy! He, Touch-and-go5 b( a% h! Z) E9 G0 Y, A! o
Bullet-head, of Frogpondium, would let Mr. John Smith perceive that
" Y' d5 \( D( ^5 n: I! w% b$ v# L: ehe, Bullet-head, could indite, if it so pleased him, a whole6 H2 t" }* o' W; T6 X
paragraph -- aye! a whole article -- in which that contemptible vowel
% K; ?  T, b& X* g9 Z$ \should not once -- not even once -- make its appearance. But no; --4 {( k' {% _, }$ ?+ O
that would be yielding a point to the said John Smith. He,) l( q3 t- n2 M% j* c' P
Bullet-head, would make no alteration in his style, to suit the+ ~. S* p7 ~, }+ \: x0 R2 @0 A
caprices of any Mr. Smith in Christendom. Perish so vile a thought!
" O. @$ h% M! }* a7 PThe O forever; He would persist in the O. He would be as O-wy as O-wy
, }& H$ U6 P/ H8 b% q" Z* fcould be.
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本帖最后由 rainbowfish 于 2009-7-27 23:33 编辑
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Burning with the chivalry of this determination, the great
  u8 }# s$ Y9 h% S4 U3 [4 ?4 \Touch-and-go, in the next 'Tea-Pot,' came out merely with this simple
% \  X2 I) r6 h; l, wbut 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 of8 D- |1 W' K/ f" A8 x2 k
the "Gazette" that he (the "Tea-Pot") will take an opportunity in: e: d" y) g  A
tomorrow morning's paper, of convincing him (the "Daily News") that he
, v# R7 ~0 q* j(the "Tea-Pot") both can and will be his own master, as regards
" j) F; S# [% I) z3 K* Cstyle; he (the "Tea-Pot") intending to show him (the "Daily News") the
4 F! {; Y5 j# y; l" P6 [supreme, and indeed the withering contempt with which the criticism! g- h! d4 a+ J" F' K4 }! F" s3 R
of him (the "Daily News") inspires the independent bosom of him (the
1 H8 t0 P: [, k7 d"TeaPot") by composing for the especial gratification (?) of him (the
$ P4 g8 H  V6 ^9 K0 Q"Daily News") a leading article, of some extent, in which the beautiful
, }/ x( {% y' y: h/ e! m. F+ c! Uvowel -- the emblem of Eternity -- yet so offensive to the4 ~: b! |& S! |. A0 Y
hyper-exquisite delicacy of him (the "Daily News") shall most certainly
  V0 G% h3 `9 ?1 O* W- A6 o" F/ {not be avoided by his (the "Daily News") most obedient, humble
# E! _% H1 T5 d9 E0 ]servant, the "Tea-Pot." "So much for Buckingham!"'$ k/ m6 X9 M9 c: b; f
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In fulfilment of the awful threat thus darkly intimated rather than; Y8 P! `3 d$ X( p; D
decidedly enunciated, the great Bullet-head, turning a deaf ear to- s5 I' M3 M1 n$ H+ C1 o
all entreaties for 'copy,' and simply requesting his foreman to 'go
. v' C/ V" \# h& `  Dto the d-l,' when he (the foreman) assured him (the 'Tea-Pot'!) that
7 F4 C+ K7 z4 s# E2 Pit was high time to 'go to press': turning a deaf ear to everything,, ?, ^# a* I  x8 B9 _) {
I say, the great Bullet-head sat up until day-break, consuming the
* a; z/ Z5 \6 {! l) P2 Wmidnight oil, and absorbed in the composition of the really
! ?- m* D3 y' @. iunparalleled paragraph, which follows:-
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'So ho, John! how now? Told you so, you know. Don't crow, another% v0 Z* o& u: c- G: I
time, before you're out of the woods! Does your mother know you're4 ?1 m! U) a1 Q/ i& ^. v$ S
out? Oh, no, no! -- so go home at once, now, John, to your odious old
/ ?! K7 Q# s# ?) `6 j# Vwoods of Concord! Go home to your woods, old owl -- go! You won't!
. Z4 C' c6 T7 c3 v; L% u" t; {Oh, poh, poh, don't do so! You've got to go, you know! So go at once,
4 m8 ?+ ~' L7 K+ u% }( Z/ q0 b0 xand don't go slow, for nobody owns you here, you know! Oh! John,$ D4 M+ V# U1 O' R, m8 N1 R: z
John, if you don't go you're no homo -- no! You're only a fowl, an0 M& J- r! g" Q2 z
owl, a cow, a sow, -- a doll, a poll; a poor, old,
6 v8 l" |# H/ J$ g& Egood-for-nothing-to-nobody, log, dog, hog, or frog, come out of a; j; v/ q6 f  E2 Y7 V2 f' ^
Concord bog. Cool, now -- cool! Do be cool, you fool! None of your
. T4 x+ B# ~+ p: Ucrowing, old cock! Don't frown so -- don't! Don't hollo, nor howl nor
1 e: P3 s. s, E/ q9 a7 h& ^! Y9 E  ngrowl, nor bow-wow-wow! Good Lord, John, how you do look! Told you3 Q+ i0 ?! y! g$ Y7 b
so, you know -- but stop rolling your goose of an old poll about so,! d6 Q! o# d9 T9 A" l
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 great% P) e% a6 l/ A$ T
Touch-and-go could do nothing more than that night.  He handed his article to4 Z8 k$ t  w; P) W+ d7 u2 ~
the printer's boy who was waiting, and walked slowly home to bed.
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$ M$ g! G! z% ~4 |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  D" Z, p- [! D& n3 [( l9 @
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
7 T( x% z$ I! C+ h* {describe his feelings of horror when his fingers came out of it without a; r! f; ^. X5 s, G
letter in them? who can tell of his astonishment and anger when he realized that the little box was completely empty?  Not a single
5 @! m1 Y0 }0 ^3 W; u/ Wlittle-o was in the little-o box; and, glancing fearfully at the
4 `, M- t8 e. i* B% ~! Rcapital-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
* `1 d/ N4 h* Y. V8 o% k! Qwithout no o's.'$ m& d* P, m! O+ o8 T3 M# O

7 l1 R4 {& v6 W'What do you mean by that?' said the chief, who was  very
- |) R% u  j+ O; e: Xangry at being kept from his bed so late.
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'Well, sir, there isn't an o in the office, neither a big one nor a# C, S& A+ F: K9 w
little one!'
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9 O) L8 j! g6 w4 P) G'What -- what has happened to all those that were in the box?'
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'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.'
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'I haven't a doubt of it,' replied the chief angrily, turning
- }  ~% {" g! t6 c, }- V& qpurple with rage 'but I tell you what you do, Bob, that's a good boy8 B1 P$ ]) F) v* N
-- you go over to the Daily News the first chance you get, and take every one of their
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'Right,' replied Bob. 'I'll go,  B# x5 Q4 `, i# m  j" {  D- ?. e0 G
I'll show them a thing or two; but what about that
6 u  T& X. k0 C4 K/ ^! _8 Gparagraph? 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
'Trouble enough. Is it a long paragraph, Bob?', C6 `/ [% I$ h* C% C; E1 [
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'I Shouldn't call it a very long paragrab.': V, ]1 h4 @0 D# D  L

& c4 `6 d  R' \2 t% ~% @! q& s'Ah, well, then! Do the best you can with it! We must get it ready,'  Y* L' _. A/ J; y; W# U
said the chief, who was buried in work; 'just put in
5 G* q/ ^6 |( |1 }5 l% D; A1 Msome 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?
理袁律师事务所
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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 his+ G  z( f, M$ j7 l4 }+ E7 q, @% F
case, muttering as he went: 'Considdeble vell, them ere expressions,% p# q7 f3 ]) U9 t& w' Q3 j
perticcler for a man as doesn't swar. So I's to gouge out all their2 \- }# S! N. R/ H5 K( {
eyes, eh? and d-n all their gizzards! Vell! this here's the chap as( h, @3 I* Q7 G" }* H8 D4 ?
is just able for to do it.' The fact is that although Bob was but
* T3 K# s/ S/ V( {4 T  I$ ttwelve years old and four feet high, he was equal to any amount of% v: ~- Q9 R" z9 ]% \; K
fight, in a small way.
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% I# T0 K) b2 N# _The exigency here described is by no means of rare occurrence in
( t3 a7 r$ F; `1 Uprinting-offices; and I cannot tell how to account for it, but the
) B  s, i: _3 u+ E8 \fact is indisputable, that when the exigency does occur, it almost
  Z/ e# X, C  p& n" \& X& }always happens that x is adopted as a substitute for the letter
- B; h8 Z( j4 ^; l( _deficient. The true reason, perhaps, is that x is rather the most$ w# r4 R8 M9 l# e/ _
superabundant letter in the cases, or at least was so in the old" }$ `% Q" f* H6 ~* |. W  [
times -- long enough to render the substitution in question an
7 ^: i# q- V& S# Shabitual thing with printers. As for Bob, he would have considered it
2 T) q! V0 e+ Nheretical to employ any other character, in a case of this kind, than
9 m+ f! @: |6 I! ^8 F; V' A5 B$ Tthe x to which he had been accustomed.
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) @8 n7 v; U+ \# c+ ['I shell have to x this ere paragrab,' said he to himself, as he read
1 A* ^, A% {* ~7 q: q0 Mit over in astonishment, 'but it's jest about the awfulest o-wy
' c  h: D/ k! |+ O$ [% `paragrab I ever did see': so x it he did, unflinchingly, and to press2 d4 b9 i8 h- t' z1 O, m' i: O
it went x-ed.: f$ `1 N  ?4 j0 ?5 L

1 Z: C8 _, X" O4 {4 _( h. vNext morning the population of Nopolis were taken all aback by. u. G% U5 @' `3 R& e3 A; l. x
reading in 'The Tea-Pot,' the following extraordinary leader:
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: f$ T2 i3 ^9 G3 Q2 i0 f'Sx hx, Jxhn! hxw nxw? Txld yxu sx, yxu knxw. Dxn't crxw, anxther
0 `' E. ?0 x% G1 ]- Q' mtime, befxre yxu're xut xf the wxxds! Dxes yxur mxther knxw yxu're
2 m; X5 i! C5 w4 [) L1 Exut? Xh, nx, nx! -- sx gx hxme at xnce, nxw, Jxhn, tx yxur xdixus xld
2 u" H# f7 ?9 x# ~% G5 e7 Zwxxds xf Cxncxrd! Gx hxme tx yxur wxxds, xld xwl, -- gx! Yxu wxn't?  u/ L0 U& a; o; l
Xh, pxh, pxh, Jxhn, dxn't dx sx! Yxu've gxt tx gx, yxu knxw, sx gx at
6 w3 p0 ~7 i' W" l+ k. q) Y2 `& kxnce, and dxn't gx slxw; fxr nxbxdy xwns yxu here, yxu knxw. Xh,6 s: H1 T, q! b" h7 Y, B
Jxhn, Jxhn, Jxhn, if yxu dxn't gx yxu're nx hxmx -- nx! Yxu're xnly a
1 D0 |* P6 s- c! ?fxwl, an xwl; a cxw, a sxw; a dxll, a pxll; a pxxr xld
) X/ b* F" U1 j* r' Ngxxd-fxr-nxthing-tx-nxbxdy, lxg, dxg, hxg, xr frxg, cxme xut xf a; R7 c; N; Y. k* Y+ Y& a* q
Cxncxrd bxg. Cxxl, nxw -- cxxl! Dx be cxxl, yxu fxxl! Nxne xf yxur6 [9 `7 d  a6 I# f( Y
crxwing, xld cxck! Dxn't frxwn sx -- dxn't! Dxn't hxllx, nxr hxwl,
  e( N. w4 ], f1 F) V2 Tnxr grxwl, nxr bxw-wxw-wxw! Gxxd Lxrd, Jxhn, hxw yxu dx lxxk! Txld- {( W; O) m! P& `/ G8 n" P. e, }+ }
yxu sx, yxu knxw, -- but stxp rxlling yxur gxxse xf an xld pxll abxut
; Y1 p7 v9 q! X  tsx, 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, is
+ f1 K6 {5 I4 \# o7 c; ?* d+ Q! nnot to be conceived. The first definite idea entertained by the
# ~  G9 D8 O& |" q1 l6 S7 Y7 Zpopulace was, that some diabolical treason lay concealed in the
8 S& }" p: a9 ~0 v3 I( }hieroglyphics; and there was a general rush to Bullet-head's
% j5 m3 @3 \+ v' c# ~residence, for the purpose of riding him on a rail; but that
# J8 U' |2 p9 C4 mgentleman was nowhere to be found. He had vanished, no one could tell
" ?0 D; \/ F+ Dhow; and not even the ghost of him has ever been seen since.
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% L' g% ?, ^' SUnable to discover its legitimate object, the popular fury at length
2 r8 ]) i' p2 e" J$ v; Ysubsided; leaving behind it, by way of sediment, quite a medley of
' o  j3 B  j- m+ U/ N. j6 c# q) {2 gopinion about this unhappy affair.$ \; C8 }1 w( w, P) ^3 c

* p3 F, W% X4 x" M1 jOne gentleman thought the whole an X-ellent joke.
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Another said that, indeed, Bullet-head had shown much X-uberance of
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A third admitted him X-entric, but no more.
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A fourth could only suppose it the Yankee's design to X-press, in a" ~$ r( H2 [) w( \7 O
general way, his X-asperation.6 ?) b( o" |2 v! B* F" Q

0 T5 B$ f& @6 X'Say, rather, to set an X-ample to posterity,' suggested a fifth.4 o- `: d5 o4 B. ]
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That Bullet-head had been driven to an extremity, was clear to all;
2 V; I/ |5 [0 \; eand in fact, since that editor could not be found, there was some6 e7 y( l6 [6 f
talk about lynching the other one.
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The more common conclusion, however, was that the affair was, simply,' l% ]! ]% X7 N
X-traordinary and in-X-plicable. Even the town mathematician/ E6 \- p: e0 j- Q3 f, a
confessed that he could make nothing of so dark a problem. X, every.) g; E: d6 L, L7 b9 v' {2 z' q, _
body knew, was an unknown quantity; but in this case (as he properly
$ v, q4 a2 ~2 @# o: `0 ~observed), there was an unknown quantity of X.
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# s5 B0 ^( b# s6 q& i' z1 }8 V/ ]% nThe opinion of Bob, the devil (who kept dark about his having 'X-ed! G/ x8 K: S/ F" P' q. L$ [
the paragrab'), did not meet with so much attention as I think it  J) O2 P* Y7 y- _
deserved, although it was very openly and very fearlessly expressed.
/ Q! D) C2 ]5 V  F, ^4 N& ~He said that, for his part, he had no doubt about the matter at all,. t" a+ m4 V8 v* I; Q
that it was a clear case, that Mr. Bullet-head 'never could be) I: L% U' e8 w5 v5 e
persuaded fur to drink like other folks, but vas continually
0 ]3 f# c# i+ Na-svigging o' that ere blessed XXX ale, and as a naiteral' y1 F* Q: m6 p
consekvence, it just puffed him up savage, and made him X (cross) in
' c0 s( ]* K# Y6 |# W" Lthe X-treme.'
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