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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 AllanPoe; j/ G, W0 G- [

2 L/ f; W1 s! l+ q7 n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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) p% E  P# }: K' w( I! \# `5 CAS 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 f. L& c& Z5 G! e) H+ N7 [   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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 楼主| 发表于 2009-7-27 21:57 | 显示全部楼层
本帖最后由 rainbowfish 于 2009-7-27 23:29 编辑
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. A; m+ b. e7 ?: V2 S( e4 p! cI must do him the justice to say, however, that when he made up his
1 J4 [, x& J: a: P; amind finally to settle in that town, it was under the impression that* Y, q7 {2 _; ]/ }: k) _
no newspaper, and consequently no editor, existed in that particular' i, B4 }9 Z8 D/ I  p3 V
section of the country. In establishing 'The Tea-Pot' he expected to
* E1 Q* o8 ?. y) W! Nhave the field all to himself. I feel confident he never would have4 o/ K  ]$ x: @* p' e. _3 n0 T
dreamed of taking up his residence in Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis2 q( q- t7 B; M
had he been aware that, in Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis, there lived
2 H5 j8 Z$ f0 {* v$ ya gentleman named John Smith (if I rightly remember), who for many1 _3 A7 M+ ]$ c7 g
years had there quietly grown fat in editing and publishing the
; u# M  S+ m# Z9 o'Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis Daily News.' It was solely, therefore, on  f, N+ g3 g( H% G* H' j
account of having been misinformed, that Mr. Bullet-head found
% \. p' \( W) B4 x( S' ^7 ]. }himself in Alex-suppose we call it Nopolis, 'for short' -- but, as he
( l$ z/ F. M& Y2 t! s5 Zdid find himself there, he determined to keep up his character for
# E" X5 N4 P6 ?- l: Kobst -- for firmness, and remain. So remain he did; and he did more;
6 L7 D8 V% x( D' B0 O/ lhe unpacked his press, type, etc., etc., rented an office exactly
: m7 m4 u) a  T  H! d, hopposite to that of the 'Daily News,' and, on the third morning after3 ^1 t: K8 G! w0 a, n$ l
his arrival, issued the first number of 'The Alexan' -- that is to
/ l  b0 z# g0 }3 `say, of 'The Nopolis Tea-Pot' -- as nearly as I can recollect, this- B" G5 e" h+ n6 M, K5 \. k7 i( Q  u, D
was the name of the new paper.5 ?$ c# Z5 p: ?$ H& a, T) b

9 A9 ~0 U% |/ n, wThe leading article, I must admit, was brilliant -- not to say
5 v' W$ z- j- y) Y2 j8 \severe. It was especially bitter about things in general -- and as5 M. @  f" I0 }) B% {' L
for the editor of 'The Daily News,' he was torn all to pieces in
. W% d' j& _# K0 N2 C% X4 Gparticular. Some of Bullethead's remarks were really so fiery that I+ p$ J! |' B: Y8 H
have always, since that time, been forced to look upon John Smith,
8 @  I. C' h* i5 [1 d6 ^" [- Fwho is still alive, in the light of a salamander. I cannot pretend to# Z+ b' Q2 y1 ~* S. c6 B
give all the 'Tea-Pot's' paragraphs verbatim, but one of them runs
! a% I0 O0 t! lthus:
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'Oh, yes! -- Oh, we perceive! Oh, no doubt! The editor over the way5 X# z% ~! p2 @$ x( ?& _2 y3 C0 u/ T
is a genius -- O, my! Oh, goodness, gracious! -- what is this world1 ]& s! x9 n1 S
coming to? Oh, tempora! Oh, Moses!'6 d0 R! S* J/ _3 b

: r7 c" w& b6 N" h' ?+ d+ rA philippic at once so caustic and so classical, alighted like a
) A2 T: K2 {% }  O2 W) Ibombshell among the hitherto peaceful citizens of Nopolis. Groups of
, o. a& D2 E/ j+ E+ h8 texcited individuals gathered at the corners of the streets. Every one
  J* W" M6 @3 K7 \. ?- M) Iawaited, with heartfelt anxiety, the reply of the dignified Smith.
" Y# n3 m5 O: q$ i8 y' k+ PNext morning it appeared as follows:
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* h6 I! H9 I6 D'We quote from "The Tea-Pot" of yesterday the subjoined paragraph:8 S# i# c- b  v( t: z) u6 W
"Oh, yes! Oh, we perceive! Oh, no doubt! Oh, my! Oh, goodness! Oh,
6 p7 L! `& l4 D& c  P2 b. i1 Itempora! Oh, Moses!" Why, the fellow is all O! That accounts for his
  p/ X8 c& }$ ]# a' freasoning in a circle, and explains why there is neither beginning
( x7 V% X" F" L/ I" T' bnor end to him, nor to anything he says. We really do not believe the" c- a: n) p% z/ V
vagabond can write a word that hasn't an O in it. Wonder if this8 v5 c+ ~7 _$ d1 ^1 y4 v, p
O-ing is a habit of his? By-the-by, he came away from Down-East in a  v" |( c: G- B3 u5 n
great hurry. Wonder if he O's as much there as he does here? "O! it
7 I: \# A: t- j6 Ris pitiful."'  s* I' N  Z3 J

6 H8 ^+ y2 X$ b9 g8 rThe indignation of Mr. Bullet-head at these scandalous insinuations,# ?9 u' B, r9 X
I shall not attempt to describe. On the eel-skinning principle,
, G( t  v, Q  bhowever, he did not seem to be so much incensed at the attack upon
" a! [: w& g6 l) z3 z' Khis integrity as one might have imagined. It was the sneer at his
9 M- R7 _; W: G- {4 `+ ?8 Gstyle that drove him to desperation. What! -- he Touch-and-go& B1 d" F+ b; t" q8 y2 f
Bullet-head! -- not able to write a word without an O in it! He would' Q& l7 i" d- U! M( q8 |
soon let the jackanapes see that he was mistaken. Yes! he would let
1 M4 ^: w& U4 |9 k1 c# V2 \him see how much he was mistaken, the puppy! He, Touch-and-go
. W% y8 K, [) U( |( Y4 x5 HBullet-head, of Frogpondium, would let Mr. John Smith perceive that% Y. i+ J( H2 G
he, Bullet-head, could indite, if it so pleased him, a whole7 g$ d3 N; M' x
paragraph -- aye! a whole article -- in which that contemptible vowel
! _4 b7 E. b* G1 m& G5 R: ishould not once -- not even once -- make its appearance. But no; --
5 z' B7 @1 A& L, c6 W8 jthat would be yielding a point to the said John Smith. He,
- _. Z/ m( z; K9 S. F0 QBullet-head, would make no alteration in his style, to suit the. O1 y- B+ O- O- `, N# n; y
caprices of any Mr. Smith in Christendom. Perish so vile a thought!- z% e$ ]; |6 u# f
The O forever; He would persist in the O. He would be as O-wy as O-wy9 ~# f1 {7 U- V
could be.
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Burning with the chivalry of this determination, the great
+ y; F4 K' ?- N) }' F; ]5 OTouch-and-go, in the next 'Tea-Pot,' came out merely with this simple/ G  r, a+ T: u; s8 Y
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. t$ S+ j1 C8 i0 h+ H
the "Gazette" that he (the "Tea-Pot") will take an opportunity in
8 N# H' }! L0 ?1 Ytomorrow morning's paper, of convincing him (the "Daily News") that he- ~+ j, _4 m% S: z& i6 g6 r
(the "Tea-Pot") both can and will be his own master, as regards
+ w* T2 x9 \0 Q2 k7 d5 |style; he (the "Tea-Pot") intending to show him (the "Daily News") the
  Q/ J  m$ _  g0 q; ?) _supreme, and indeed the withering contempt with which the criticism# I0 |" Q1 N/ c( m, ~
of him (the "Daily News") inspires the independent bosom of him (the
3 O8 ^& Y0 J3 R& m5 X: M"TeaPot") by composing for the especial gratification (?) of him (the
4 w( X' `7 h# g6 }1 Y"Daily News") a leading article, of some extent, in which the beautiful
% f2 M; Q7 h2 v0 J8 j) rvowel -- the emblem of Eternity -- yet so offensive to the0 i7 |& g& H6 z6 x5 T& C3 Y
hyper-exquisite delicacy of him (the "Daily News") shall most certainly4 |1 q3 X! X4 c0 o  [* w! A0 C
not be avoided by his (the "Daily News") most obedient, humble
7 w. k+ |* P4 ]! ~1 jservant, the "Tea-Pot." "So much for Buckingham!"'" m! D# a# z, s1 s7 a
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In fulfilment of the awful threat thus darkly intimated rather than
" B  i# v7 s, ?decidedly enunciated, the great Bullet-head, turning a deaf ear to+ O4 u% a4 V5 N: ?0 P
all entreaties for 'copy,' and simply requesting his foreman to 'go
9 z* _1 f- X, L4 X( hto the d-l,' when he (the foreman) assured him (the 'Tea-Pot'!) that' _$ y: Z$ w! l6 b
it was high time to 'go to press': turning a deaf ear to everything,, H  W4 e1 G- \: u# m
I say, the great Bullet-head sat up until day-break, consuming the
& D. E( k) G1 X6 J0 d/ Z* gmidnight oil, and absorbed in the composition of the really
; {8 c6 D* Q- ^* l+ c$ gunparalleled paragraph, which follows:-6 S- O4 q! @/ l$ J( L2 {& x" M
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'So ho, John! how now? Told you so, you know. Don't crow, another
$ i* p; R) [' s; H( Etime, before you're out of the woods! Does your mother know you're
0 e9 r0 ]+ ]) @out? Oh, no, no! -- so go home at once, now, John, to your odious old
7 A2 h% D4 B" D3 j' d  H& gwoods of Concord! Go home to your woods, old owl -- go! You won't!1 H4 Q) w, I) A5 d3 m0 b# P
Oh, poh, poh, don't do so! You've got to go, you know! So go at once,# E, L9 \/ a# {* o3 S, \2 r  V
and don't go slow, for nobody owns you here, you know! Oh! John,
4 ^7 I; X) V# tJohn, if you don't go you're no homo -- no! You're only a fowl, an
/ n" U+ q& q0 R) x2 b6 Howl, a cow, a sow, -- a doll, a poll; a poor, old,
8 t7 t8 a/ F$ j: x: g4 S8 t7 Cgood-for-nothing-to-nobody, log, dog, hog, or frog, come out of a7 h' X* `3 J/ T* }1 L
Concord bog. Cool, now -- cool! Do be cool, you fool! None of your
! B, ~, ^0 m8 [. c) n9 G7 X" |crowing, old cock! Don't frown so -- don't! Don't hollo, nor howl nor8 M- C3 V1 y& u
growl, nor bow-wow-wow! Good Lord, John, how you do look! Told you) {! @) M, e* p
so, you know -- but stop rolling your goose of an old poll about so,) ?+ |* @$ ~5 H  W
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
- u3 _7 k$ B7 j) G/ aTouch-and-go could do nothing more than that night.  He handed his article to8 q6 _. Z* \% c/ s) Q
the printer's boy who was waiting, and walked slowly home to bed.
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# ~% O1 E2 n6 ]) [7 mThe 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
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In the first place, of course, -- as the opening word was 'So,' -- he- E) T3 Y  k# ^) ~' U
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
& P. [$ v7 l8 Z) c$ {% ~$ tdescribe his feelings of horror when his fingers came out of it without a
0 ^8 X/ l$ p2 o1 Lletter in them? who can tell of his astonishment and anger when he realized that the little box was completely empty?  Not a single1 t' E0 d  p+ @# u% S5 h
little-o was in the little-o box; and, glancing fearfully at the
4 l( n2 J/ b$ icapital-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
, i/ e7 L6 Z8 ]0 p! c9 H% fwithout no o's.'
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( G: Y$ A% E4 j. D" F8 T'What do you mean by that?' said the chief, who was  very
: ]- q6 @$ v; w( s+ B5 langry 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
, x6 n; r% Y" p4 Hlittle one!') d% @+ g7 i9 u9 Q' W) x( w
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'What -- what has happened to all those that were in the box?'2 a. H: }  l& |
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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.'9 ]. R) P$ K6 }" w3 F& V" T

5 N! L3 ]3 f& Q7 T* L'I haven't a doubt of it,' replied the chief angrily, turning
: o1 Y( v8 }( _0 G2 \( ipurple with rage 'but I tell you what you do, Bob, that's a good boy8 ~* W- @  R7 |. {) a
-- you go over to the Daily News the first chance you get, and take every one of their
+ l$ Z- m8 t6 s! @. X% F. Y9 k: di's .'
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$ ~" O* }2 [! x: B8 X- U/ w. @, m. {" s'Right,' replied Bob. 'I'll go,
8 ^) l+ s4 w/ {7 zI'll show them a thing or two; but what about that
6 H* r5 g8 ~2 d  n, Cparagraph? 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?'2 s5 f) @( m8 z7 @4 ^: J1 D5 ]; j

8 g$ [1 r) K  w1 ^4 F. J'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,'
1 q' ?( x2 d; tsaid the chief, who was buried in work; 'just put in
. k0 F3 d( E: }8 N8 |some 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
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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 his
& o5 U$ ^7 `! T1 C1 ?case, muttering as he went: 'Considdeble vell, them ere expressions,# t, z% \8 \6 }) a# r1 o$ T
perticcler for a man as doesn't swar. So I's to gouge out all their/ Q2 _% t* Z1 E) T
eyes, eh? and d-n all their gizzards! Vell! this here's the chap as0 n) |# S, [* b. `  I
is just able for to do it.' The fact is that although Bob was but
; E9 a3 G5 @) d0 L6 I( I" mtwelve years old and four feet high, he was equal to any amount of7 a2 G# S3 n9 h! l1 P( y( a; q
fight, in a small way.
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The exigency here described is by no means of rare occurrence in
7 y; a% C( f, K# y. ^! U* Bprinting-offices; and I cannot tell how to account for it, but the
) N! C% L, @8 b6 M  ffact is indisputable, that when the exigency does occur, it almost
0 j! Q4 U( _( B, \/ Y3 k) ^; @0 Lalways happens that x is adopted as a substitute for the letter( x7 z! j# }$ X; s7 v( U7 ~$ p7 \1 E
deficient. The true reason, perhaps, is that x is rather the most) c% O) Y) C% h* a, n
superabundant letter in the cases, or at least was so in the old$ U) {' X8 y! i
times -- long enough to render the substitution in question an% q* I! x1 X+ {; E+ B2 O& r" K4 u
habitual thing with printers. As for Bob, he would have considered it. r0 n7 W- D# v  h
heretical to employ any other character, in a case of this kind, than
( H5 f3 J. O& }, a; W% T: V# \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
9 r' H- h+ P1 }# k& e% E4 `it over in astonishment, 'but it's jest about the awfulest o-wy& s7 i4 B9 W3 ~& u( G
paragrab I ever did see': so x it he did, unflinchingly, and to press
4 ], Q3 u! o5 Q+ z5 @it went x-ed.
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Next morning the population of Nopolis were taken all aback by2 U7 r5 `" G. L5 l1 p
reading in 'The Tea-Pot,' the following extraordinary leader:; u9 ^7 d% \' `1 Y
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'Sx hx, Jxhn! hxw nxw? Txld yxu sx, yxu knxw. Dxn't crxw, anxther
0 m( G0 S& e% S: L9 ]2 mtime, befxre yxu're xut xf the wxxds! Dxes yxur mxther knxw yxu're
  Y( C% y: F1 }, O$ I# e! Cxut? Xh, nx, nx! -- sx gx hxme at xnce, nxw, Jxhn, tx yxur xdixus xld
# E5 M3 R- J3 I7 Q* `% nwxxds xf Cxncxrd! Gx hxme tx yxur wxxds, xld xwl, -- gx! Yxu wxn't?
( v8 F  G& L/ K' j) ?3 mXh, pxh, pxh, Jxhn, dxn't dx sx! Yxu've gxt tx gx, yxu knxw, sx gx at, I) j6 P4 g& y( A
xnce, and dxn't gx slxw; fxr nxbxdy xwns yxu here, yxu knxw. Xh,
; U; m, ~! s: o# LJxhn, Jxhn, Jxhn, if yxu dxn't gx yxu're nx hxmx -- nx! Yxu're xnly a
) P6 j; {3 M# c+ Pfxwl, an xwl; a cxw, a sxw; a dxll, a pxll; a pxxr xld
" {2 k* q% s: o7 h9 Wgxxd-fxr-nxthing-tx-nxbxdy, lxg, dxg, hxg, xr frxg, cxme xut xf a
6 `9 i0 K1 j* u2 A! VCxncxrd bxg. Cxxl, nxw -- cxxl! Dx be cxxl, yxu fxxl! Nxne xf yxur
# n* ^1 e; G8 ^( jcrxwing, xld cxck! Dxn't frxwn sx -- dxn't! Dxn't hxllx, nxr hxwl,* j+ M; W( h; V( A) g/ ~  y
nxr grxwl, nxr bxw-wxw-wxw! Gxxd Lxrd, Jxhn, hxw yxu dx lxxk! Txld  r3 {; _8 h5 y" X4 \" d& _, \
yxu sx, yxu knxw, -- but stxp rxlling yxur gxxse xf an xld pxll abxut
5 m+ s7 E4 ~  Isx, and gx and drxwn yxur sxrrxws in a bxwl!'
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The uproar occasioned by this mystical and cabalistical article, is
8 H" o' N5 m4 {  r9 d/ r% Ynot to be conceived. The first definite idea entertained by the' k( P# C/ x: N1 d
populace was, that some diabolical treason lay concealed in the; B" X  s; i1 g- X2 p
hieroglyphics; and there was a general rush to Bullet-head's) i7 d  m* K, `- F! r! m8 a
residence, for the purpose of riding him on a rail; but that
& }3 c# o! r6 h$ w. e. N6 B3 `' hgentleman was nowhere to be found. He had vanished, no one could tell
2 T0 q" J* d3 Hhow; and not even the ghost of him has ever been seen since.
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2 q! G+ r9 l8 G  ^Unable to discover its legitimate object, the popular fury at length. Z& W  n) D  Y  U/ z6 u
subsided; leaving behind it, by way of sediment, quite a medley of+ b2 n1 C. J, e& ]$ D
opinion about this unhappy affair.
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9 I1 C4 W/ \( m" Q1 v) k6 _6 R% z* pOne gentleman thought the whole an X-ellent joke.5 u. k, M' k0 G; k0 s+ X* W

' R& c! K' t& Y1 c! R* {, {" b, fAnother said that, indeed, Bullet-head had shown much X-uberance of
; S2 m. J; K. V3 x  a# y* Cfancy.
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A third admitted him X-entric, but no more.) ^8 `) E' Z* Z% V9 j4 V) v4 k

( E: u4 z5 M) @6 [+ b' aA fourth could only suppose it the Yankee's design to X-press, in a
3 V* X4 W8 e* f/ m6 g+ {general way, his X-asperation.
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1 c4 S: f! q6 Z/ {'Say, rather, to set an X-ample to posterity,' suggested a fifth." u* d3 n" t6 {2 o; \

) ~1 d  B2 H3 Z9 A& ]' X! aThat Bullet-head had been driven to an extremity, was clear to all;* d9 G" T' r$ ^0 n' \0 q" |
and in fact, since that editor could not be found, there was some
4 K$ q4 q% h% X( ~$ wtalk about lynching the other one.
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The more common conclusion, however, was that the affair was, simply,% P2 }3 c6 B: o, d
X-traordinary and in-X-plicable. Even the town mathematician
& ^' k  u) ^: Mconfessed that he could make nothing of so dark a problem. X, every.  g" f; c7 K$ Y1 r6 S6 Z6 s
body knew, was an unknown quantity; but in this case (as he properly
7 O' U: ~& n6 K. oobserved), there was an unknown quantity of X.
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The opinion of Bob, the devil (who kept dark about his having 'X-ed
$ Y2 b0 n: z. d" `* X8 F2 O: ?the paragrab'), did not meet with so much attention as I think it7 \6 g4 n+ X9 I9 t% `5 O
deserved, although it was very openly and very fearlessly expressed.5 g: y. M( y2 }, c9 t. T) H
He said that, for his part, he had no doubt about the matter at all,4 c9 D  C! X+ k2 ?) e' Y) `
that it was a clear case, that Mr. Bullet-head 'never could be
* T" j6 ]& M' B6 `/ f5 Q/ jpersuaded fur to drink like other folks, but vas continually
* O" @# Q& n9 a; E- J) |- P- Ga-svigging o' that ere blessed XXX ale, and as a naiteral( B; a/ X4 H9 ~1 t2 r  `1 O6 M
consekvence, it just puffed him up savage, and made him X (cross) in
3 o( I0 W& ^9 _  j: Q' u$ Z5 sthe X-treme.'
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