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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/ S7 |' Q! b/ C  H5 o! r; I

( k' h+ c& W' b& ?* E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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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.4 d5 }2 Q; C3 T6 S- p8 x6 ?, D
   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
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I must do him the justice to say, however, that when he made up his
  m  Q5 {# m& c& Tmind finally to settle in that town, it was under the impression that
9 E: t& \+ h5 @1 U5 |. ]no newspaper, and consequently no editor, existed in that particular
( Q0 D* M% L) J( Fsection of the country. In establishing 'The Tea-Pot' he expected to
3 T; k3 m' t4 Yhave the field all to himself. I feel confident he never would have
4 i5 y8 c" L& l4 j* d7 l( R) bdreamed of taking up his residence in Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis
) v5 e& K0 N% X8 ^0 zhad he been aware that, in Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis, there lived
6 T3 C* }( c$ Z/ d' p2 ta gentleman named John Smith (if I rightly remember), who for many0 r# i& Z8 }: H0 j7 F5 i
years had there quietly grown fat in editing and publishing the
3 {7 w, R1 ?. \9 r( U'Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis Daily News.' It was solely, therefore, on% _! E  }% A. t) l  C0 h
account of having been misinformed, that Mr. Bullet-head found$ w4 S! c6 g4 a! ~1 a% r* I/ k$ [- c& C
himself in Alex-suppose we call it Nopolis, 'for short' -- but, as he
- h( a, U1 u3 X  U/ Gdid find himself there, he determined to keep up his character for
4 ^  B/ R5 a  P9 z7 g$ [! mobst -- for firmness, and remain. So remain he did; and he did more;
. ^( K; V9 S% @* K& L) O5 T' yhe unpacked his press, type, etc., etc., rented an office exactly: U3 X! r8 [# X: ]' a& c* ~4 \! {4 Y: y
opposite to that of the 'Daily News,' and, on the third morning after
0 Z- t$ _- R" g! Phis arrival, issued the first number of 'The Alexan' -- that is to
. U+ l* \9 v# D8 b- b8 [say, of 'The Nopolis Tea-Pot' -- as nearly as I can recollect, this( Q; B# [5 ?4 q2 `; g7 J! ]
was the name of the new paper.
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The leading article, I must admit, was brilliant -- not to say
0 {, |+ i6 W* U4 y3 U  {3 D! Usevere. It was especially bitter about things in general -- and as
5 f/ u6 o* R* s( w; Cfor the editor of 'The Daily News,' he was torn all to pieces in
; H# B; r) {/ E  Uparticular. Some of Bullethead's remarks were really so fiery that I
1 |, G+ O( g( S7 {3 {' x3 W4 ^have always, since that time, been forced to look upon John Smith,
% d* m* I3 A$ Q& p. V) uwho is still alive, in the light of a salamander. I cannot pretend to
: f5 |% E( i* ^% e, j; `give all the 'Tea-Pot's' paragraphs verbatim, but one of them runs& B3 Q$ ~, c! w6 U; g
thus:
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'Oh, yes! -- Oh, we perceive! Oh, no doubt! The editor over the way& [8 X# f9 @$ _. j" E0 c* t8 C# ?
is a genius -- O, my! Oh, goodness, gracious! -- what is this world
* V9 R/ d7 c- L! |) }* {* I1 Bcoming to? Oh, tempora! Oh, Moses!'. K1 b- V$ P+ z7 M( P

$ n* ^4 h+ T6 Y( CA philippic at once so caustic and so classical, alighted like a
: |& B& S2 O9 z" @: pbombshell among the hitherto peaceful citizens of Nopolis. Groups of
: `: Z' M1 i* F1 d9 X+ Gexcited individuals gathered at the corners of the streets. Every one
8 y; k3 s: [5 m& e5 z: G6 `9 Pawaited, with heartfelt anxiety, the reply of the dignified Smith.8 ]  ^) T. F! k8 b' m; F# G8 s
Next morning it appeared as follows:
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'We quote from "The Tea-Pot" of yesterday the subjoined paragraph:; R- D, Y9 N7 J4 y3 z! Z1 @3 ~
"Oh, yes! Oh, we perceive! Oh, no doubt! Oh, my! Oh, goodness! Oh,
8 o! D" z8 I# e' Vtempora! Oh, Moses!" Why, the fellow is all O! That accounts for his; S$ x+ F4 z9 f7 a) o' j
reasoning in a circle, and explains why there is neither beginning
- Y. f! S9 s$ s  ~nor end to him, nor to anything he says. We really do not believe the( T9 l3 `5 \( c8 T# ~# @
vagabond can write a word that hasn't an O in it. Wonder if this
! P6 T) q* X  a2 S2 w7 lO-ing is a habit of his? By-the-by, he came away from Down-East in a7 o/ l9 D3 O. V& z
great hurry. Wonder if he O's as much there as he does here? "O! it
- @; b* _0 C/ g8 `. Sis pitiful."'
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The indignation of Mr. Bullet-head at these scandalous insinuations,
. T# U+ }4 ]1 k8 a5 X% e" UI shall not attempt to describe. On the eel-skinning principle,5 k2 W6 m+ @( s) L* t) ~! S2 n
however, he did not seem to be so much incensed at the attack upon
' V: M  k- c" x, c' Z% Whis integrity as one might have imagined. It was the sneer at his
/ R  q! b; I1 Q, L1 p6 lstyle that drove him to desperation. What! -- he Touch-and-go
" E/ j, C7 k, t' Q: P, rBullet-head! -- not able to write a word without an O in it! He would* a) O6 D1 r8 E& E4 R/ }
soon let the jackanapes see that he was mistaken. Yes! he would let, O' c' |7 b) J, h0 k
him see how much he was mistaken, the puppy! He, Touch-and-go
, C$ q4 c3 @# D! E# q* }Bullet-head, of Frogpondium, would let Mr. John Smith perceive that+ i$ J, }5 [$ W, G0 t1 T% U2 j
he, Bullet-head, could indite, if it so pleased him, a whole0 \8 N6 G. A, E& c( K- A
paragraph -- aye! a whole article -- in which that contemptible vowel
. F2 U5 C% h6 u% y  Hshould not once -- not even once -- make its appearance. But no; --
# a. u3 R- ^0 ^that would be yielding a point to the said John Smith. He,
5 Q% k. \! [- z6 U9 o* w: ABullet-head, would make no alteration in his style, to suit the: l5 Q' F* q( d* _3 t
caprices of any Mr. Smith in Christendom. Perish so vile a thought!
4 X5 i2 W0 J% X1 q( a$ AThe O forever; He would persist in the O. He would be as O-wy as O-wy
) R# v5 K2 G' e6 Kcould be.
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+ x- B$ J) x; [* C$ ]Burning with the chivalry of this determination, the great: _! p  I# [% f
Touch-and-go, in the next 'Tea-Pot,' came out merely with this simple6 x/ F9 N% l& K6 g3 I" m' w6 L# `
but resolute paragraph, in reference to this unhappy affair:
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) U0 C/ }& b0 f$ {! b3 f0 r'The editor of the "Tea-Pot" has the honor of advising the editor of
3 j# V& z. Z. P4 c. k; kthe "Gazette" that he (the "Tea-Pot") will take an opportunity in  T% n' X& l8 y2 K
tomorrow morning's paper, of convincing him (the "Daily News") that he
) X& m  r" W! ?% A# f(the "Tea-Pot") both can and will be his own master, as regards$ V; [, O- ~) r' H6 S7 B. j" b
style; he (the "Tea-Pot") intending to show him (the "Daily News") the
2 E- {* x; {( z! Z  y: l/ Zsupreme, and indeed the withering contempt with which the criticism
5 `( v$ ^* }& a% aof him (the "Daily News") inspires the independent bosom of him (the
  a  Y, u. J- o1 t"TeaPot") by composing for the especial gratification (?) of him (the
' i, J" G$ i5 \7 n% d" z) l- P3 ]"Daily News") a leading article, of some extent, in which the beautiful
0 v! w3 W- R" A# r0 vvowel -- the emblem of Eternity -- yet so offensive to the5 n! d. x8 C3 o1 W$ k6 w
hyper-exquisite delicacy of him (the "Daily News") shall most certainly$ a3 p, g1 Y2 x
not be avoided by his (the "Daily News") most obedient, humble; \, c, z# z. e
servant, the "Tea-Pot." "So much for Buckingham!"'# h6 o, |  w3 J

8 [( N8 D# R9 g2 XIn fulfilment of the awful threat thus darkly intimated rather than+ ]& n6 f4 r  g" ^' U4 Q+ f
decidedly enunciated, the great Bullet-head, turning a deaf ear to. Q' O& i- Z$ D) t5 ]5 e& M$ g* D7 e
all entreaties for 'copy,' and simply requesting his foreman to 'go: Y$ g1 |" \  I
to the d-l,' when he (the foreman) assured him (the 'Tea-Pot'!) that1 G, U+ }5 P! u9 \
it was high time to 'go to press': turning a deaf ear to everything,$ ^% ~8 I# t, [' \' k
I say, the great Bullet-head sat up until day-break, consuming the
! X# N" F1 _( amidnight oil, and absorbed in the composition of the really
5 ?; J% g7 }; j0 h/ b' A3 y6 ?unparalleled paragraph, which follows:-0 h; W6 D# b1 \# \' S* T7 `

) A* r4 Q& l- y5 J$ b7 S6 w'So ho, John! how now? Told you so, you know. Don't crow, another6 ^" H; p9 R) }: d
time, before you're out of the woods! Does your mother know you're, S  _* i  L" p* M* E9 @) y/ `
out? Oh, no, no! -- so go home at once, now, John, to your odious old; h" Y; @; y& W; b* R& ^* |  I7 M
woods of Concord! Go home to your woods, old owl -- go! You won't!/ J! ?* Q1 h9 P! _# V
Oh, poh, poh, don't do so! You've got to go, you know! So go at once,
. U1 R2 |$ I- g" W: Aand don't go slow, for nobody owns you here, you know! Oh! John,
! {8 w# ]- I7 W8 \  M3 V6 \John, if you don't go you're no homo -- no! You're only a fowl, an
2 w+ X1 s. l+ x; Zowl, a cow, a sow, -- a doll, a poll; a poor, old,( z& ?* s. C3 }% N* V7 h
good-for-nothing-to-nobody, log, dog, hog, or frog, come out of a  i$ z' A1 N6 `- f
Concord bog. Cool, now -- cool! Do be cool, you fool! None of your, z9 d0 t7 e1 Q5 W
crowing, old cock! Don't frown so -- don't! Don't hollo, nor howl nor: \9 R4 k9 K: ~6 y- w
growl, nor bow-wow-wow! Good Lord, John, how you do look! Told you
( i% W5 Z. `- S. [- oso, you know -- but stop rolling your goose of an old poll about so,
' y# r  F9 M4 ^! Y4 p7 {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 great7 I5 h  g' n8 ]0 y: r' @6 k
Touch-and-go could do nothing more than that night.  He handed his article to/ m5 m  d; g! \" N8 c+ C
the printer's boy who was waiting, and walked slowly home to bed.8 w9 t& w' D7 I1 j( W" J& t
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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
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In the first place, of course, -- as the opening word was 'So,' -- he+ ^- u! q! X1 ~; d
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! }' i" g/ J* {% e  W
describe his feelings of horror when his fingers came out of it without a
' _6 U# L5 [+ A$ V2 Wletter in them? who can tell of his astonishment and anger when he realized that the little box was completely empty?  Not a single, j; y# P& f* ~# {& \$ B  \
little-o was in the little-o box; and, glancing fearfully at the) I- i% D, E4 j/ h3 S; x
capital-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
! K. k1 N  n) u! W/ cwithout no o's.'
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/ F$ `# ~% f( c; `, @) j6 l'What do you mean by that?' said the chief, who was  very- f( ]# Z0 A0 j6 R$ |. P: k
angry at being kept from his bed so late.. J; k( F4 W+ q

/ i& N8 t, D1 V# q" G' u'Well, sir, there isn't an o in the office, neither a big one nor a
% H4 D3 m# o4 ]little one!'/ H; F8 n: X  e& V7 t. x" K

9 {% F* _: W  V( ~2 M8 S$ P/ t# z'What -- what has happened to all those that were in the box?'$ \/ D% N! X( i7 O

/ Y2 M+ J3 G+ B'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
  U  B) I8 |2 x, y2 G* a, z- P, |! ~purple with rage 'but I tell you what you do, Bob, that's a good boy9 W- u. d- G6 X) k) ?2 v7 @* |% h! p
-- you go over to the Daily News the first chance you get, and take every one of their
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6 n8 N+ ?" w" w' j0 Z" L'Right,' replied Bob. 'I'll go,
9 t2 C) N  O$ O: ^I'll show them a thing or two; but what about that5 \- Q& `9 P5 M$ a1 u
paragraph? 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?'
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'I Shouldn't call it a very long paragrab.'  U" X  d" T' j: Z) A

+ g( m. r+ O: g* [. O: \7 |'Ah, well, then! Do the best you can with it! We must get it ready,'6 \" }* @; C# V: X6 L
said the chief, who was buried in work; 'just put in
4 I+ ]; {% M+ [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
) _) L6 w$ a, O$ W7 K. acase, muttering as he went: 'Considdeble vell, them ere expressions,
% e  c4 Z4 W" X. tperticcler for a man as doesn't swar. So I's to gouge out all their
# M4 u. e, W0 V, N: p, t8 neyes, eh? and d-n all their gizzards! Vell! this here's the chap as
( ]3 g( p0 W: ]is just able for to do it.' The fact is that although Bob was but
# n. B3 I5 n' b: ]+ C* c: `( vtwelve years old and four feet high, he was equal to any amount of
! ?( g& ]6 G8 I" v& w! W- Zfight, in a small way.
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1 P7 F; H: o* V$ {: P! K" JThe exigency here described is by no means of rare occurrence in
0 l' ^8 A4 |+ q6 |* z  o8 B2 ]7 }printing-offices; and I cannot tell how to account for it, but the
5 l6 f0 l, c8 Nfact is indisputable, that when the exigency does occur, it almost
8 h/ _& y/ @: p1 q: aalways happens that x is adopted as a substitute for the letter
) }# s% l7 m5 a6 j# ~deficient. The true reason, perhaps, is that x is rather the most- F- U* ~, b6 p, i; r
superabundant letter in the cases, or at least was so in the old7 D7 h0 S6 W% ?- H
times -- long enough to render the substitution in question an8 e9 R* {: U# N; o7 T/ z- ]
habitual thing with printers. As for Bob, he would have considered it) h9 H1 f9 s' [
heretical to employ any other character, in a case of this kind, than2 b# m- f: J3 }. F2 t4 v, `
the x to which he had been accustomed.
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  U+ e1 j+ G  f( U6 G0 t5 Y0 C'I shell have to x this ere paragrab,' said he to himself, as he read
: O8 |: |% n0 |1 Uit over in astonishment, 'but it's jest about the awfulest o-wy
: J/ h+ b1 ~; B  i- M* i8 E! ~7 ?paragrab I ever did see': so x it he did, unflinchingly, and to press) N5 B; f' B5 u- @
it went x-ed.( S, \9 G% o& e

# n. Q7 A8 L' S# d1 VNext morning the population of Nopolis were taken all aback by* X3 b' l/ G# m1 N' E: S( J
reading in 'The Tea-Pot,' the following extraordinary leader:
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( \' B/ Q/ ?2 Q+ s'Sx hx, Jxhn! hxw nxw? Txld yxu sx, yxu knxw. Dxn't crxw, anxther
1 X- A4 R/ B( p5 l  M; `9 q  C5 utime, befxre yxu're xut xf the wxxds! Dxes yxur mxther knxw yxu're; D& X4 ^) p: [- y3 I
xut? Xh, nx, nx! -- sx gx hxme at xnce, nxw, Jxhn, tx yxur xdixus xld6 V2 _  x" u! d
wxxds xf Cxncxrd! Gx hxme tx yxur wxxds, xld xwl, -- gx! Yxu wxn't?' n6 b: J0 h/ x# g* S: O! k
Xh, pxh, pxh, Jxhn, dxn't dx sx! Yxu've gxt tx gx, yxu knxw, sx gx at
+ q( }3 ~/ [, V+ f2 w, U& T0 F9 V' nxnce, and dxn't gx slxw; fxr nxbxdy xwns yxu here, yxu knxw. Xh,' f5 }$ h  L. u
Jxhn, Jxhn, Jxhn, if yxu dxn't gx yxu're nx hxmx -- nx! Yxu're xnly a
( M4 j& S( a" A+ ^+ w) yfxwl, an xwl; a cxw, a sxw; a dxll, a pxll; a pxxr xld% C- D6 W+ i/ l
gxxd-fxr-nxthing-tx-nxbxdy, lxg, dxg, hxg, xr frxg, cxme xut xf a
) K8 m  e( E; k0 [( nCxncxrd bxg. Cxxl, nxw -- cxxl! Dx be cxxl, yxu fxxl! Nxne xf yxur% Z9 `( r8 G$ a" M
crxwing, xld cxck! Dxn't frxwn sx -- dxn't! Dxn't hxllx, nxr hxwl,2 I0 X6 F9 W; k6 j+ ~/ o
nxr grxwl, nxr bxw-wxw-wxw! Gxxd Lxrd, Jxhn, hxw yxu dx lxxk! Txld
/ Z( y4 P! {! Vyxu sx, yxu knxw, -- but stxp rxlling yxur gxxse xf an xld pxll abxut
3 l" }: [! [3 ]0 F' v0 asx, and gx and drxwn yxur sxrrxws in a bxwl!'
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The uproar occasioned by this mystical and cabalistical article, is# \, a" p; c! ]: I9 s
not to be conceived. The first definite idea entertained by the
" P2 E6 a: f8 M2 Z4 x" apopulace was, that some diabolical treason lay concealed in the
. c! y, ]  m/ e# S3 w: X/ ^( X" Ahieroglyphics; and there was a general rush to Bullet-head's
8 G: V+ U. M' `. c& _- W7 W- Zresidence, for the purpose of riding him on a rail; but that
% _7 H: z/ L  d0 }4 y: dgentleman was nowhere to be found. He had vanished, no one could tell
3 b( b0 o% n+ Khow; and not even the ghost of him has ever been seen since.
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1 @; f! t! g8 ]$ }6 LUnable to discover its legitimate object, the popular fury at length3 D& C# c4 T* _- T
subsided; leaving behind it, by way of sediment, quite a medley of
3 r2 {- g% c1 V9 _/ T' t3 `opinion about this unhappy affair.! f$ ]$ i7 j' q

: {$ a8 X4 S/ \( @9 f3 s# ?/ Y! L# L: b- @' sOne gentleman thought the whole an X-ellent joke.* G" Y, V% B$ c; x1 d
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Another said that, indeed, Bullet-head had shown much X-uberance of4 E2 Y% x' L1 _" F+ D) N( Z) Z
fancy.
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9 m7 @0 ^" F9 O7 o5 d9 G% k9 VA third admitted him X-entric, but no more.) y# Y) W2 S! P1 \4 m
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A fourth could only suppose it the Yankee's design to X-press, in a
/ s5 }/ v, a7 C0 bgeneral way, his X-asperation.0 x; b" y0 ]9 b
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'Say, rather, to set an X-ample to posterity,' suggested a fifth.0 `6 d9 Y) m! w1 E( ^) L0 V

: _# f( c$ i5 T6 h! a$ A" sThat Bullet-head had been driven to an extremity, was clear to all;& I/ I7 z5 y9 n% J: C& S" z
and in fact, since that editor could not be found, there was some- A6 N) [- \7 G5 j$ E7 o4 W. U2 f0 Y3 ?
talk about lynching the other one.
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The more common conclusion, however, was that the affair was, simply,% a& c+ ?4 g3 ?8 W
X-traordinary and in-X-plicable. Even the town mathematician* M8 r) q$ o) P  k5 ~( b' r( ~% R
confessed that he could make nothing of so dark a problem. X, every.% O% a+ q8 G8 g
body knew, was an unknown quantity; but in this case (as he properly$ o( ], d: Z9 x+ i; u: ]- o
observed), there was an unknown quantity of X.
- f2 {# U7 v! e
4 Q8 [6 P: F4 b  d2 ~' b* {The opinion of Bob, the devil (who kept dark about his having 'X-ed
) @' c! ]# ~; ?9 Ythe paragrab'), did not meet with so much attention as I think it
# E0 x4 Q6 [: `/ Q! V6 pdeserved, although it was very openly and very fearlessly expressed." q+ r5 D1 y' a
He said that, for his part, he had no doubt about the matter at all,
( B) M. p% ]6 I" i7 Cthat it was a clear case, that Mr. Bullet-head 'never could be6 s$ Y1 A$ h; @6 x- X6 c' x* b
persuaded fur to drink like other folks, but vas continually1 i+ E7 {. ~4 Q1 p+ w
a-svigging o' that ere blessed XXX ale, and as a naiteral
  m3 J3 a( S% O' J$ \+ wconsekvence, it just puffed him up savage, and made him X (cross) in
* T$ d+ Y3 ~0 M+ O8 X; zthe X-treme.'
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