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Burning with the chivalry of this determination, the great, {; a+ n# n: H7 Z: H
Touch-and-go, in the next 'Tea-Pot,' came out merely with this simple
, o3 B: e& ?+ n$ u( ?0 B0 Dbut resolute paragraph, in reference to this unhappy affair:# _% Z# X% C: J1 M
6 h4 n7 L0 t2 N) u8 \9 j5 V) L; ]1 ^'The editor of the "Tea-Pot" has the honor of advising the editor of
/ g9 v. c, b0 F; q" \the "Gazette" that he (the "Tea-Pot") will take an opportunity in
: p3 w, r" d V/ Mtomorrow morning's paper, of convincing him (the "Daily News") that he! g: o. D5 o. W* d+ N2 Z( K
(the "Tea-Pot") both can and will be his own master, as regards
& }* e' b. E$ f! X* Qstyle; he (the "Tea-Pot") intending to show him (the "Daily News") the
, f! L& L$ S3 z1 r; msupreme, and indeed the withering contempt with which the criticism7 X E6 a: s+ T
of him (the "Daily News") inspires the independent bosom of him (the" r3 p- ]% n- \5 ~9 z7 r) E {7 ?3 F
"TeaPot") by composing for the especial gratification (?) of him (the/ f5 ]* k- G6 _+ O
"Daily News") a leading article, of some extent, in which the beautiful& E8 N% V0 D4 N& K5 @8 b
vowel -- the emblem of Eternity -- yet so offensive to the, K7 ~" @9 V- q2 P% u+ | F
hyper-exquisite delicacy of him (the "Daily News") shall most certainly
9 Q8 V' \# ^6 A8 `4 \- @6 C- Lnot be avoided by his (the "Daily News") most obedient, humble
5 {; \( e# Q$ H) p" r) P$ vservant, the "Tea-Pot." "So much for Buckingham!"'
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In fulfilment of the awful threat thus darkly intimated rather than7 z( _! h3 S( A: X* B
decidedly enunciated, the great Bullet-head, turning a deaf ear to, M9 b5 D$ p9 V) ^/ b# W
all entreaties for 'copy,' and simply requesting his foreman to 'go$ J7 }3 p+ e! J! |. Y" b
to the d-l,' when he (the foreman) assured him (the 'Tea-Pot'!) that
4 H) L7 G7 \2 `' S( Rit was high time to 'go to press': turning a deaf ear to everything,% {8 A% l+ s$ x5 T$ E
I say, the great Bullet-head sat up until day-break, consuming the
4 D6 F1 V$ o, f6 L' @midnight oil, and absorbed in the composition of the really
! y( `) Z: U6 L! k7 O7 V* ^4 b. funparalleled paragraph, which follows:-7 G% n! Q, s e! h7 a" [+ H! t
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'So ho, John! how now? Told you so, you know. Don't crow, another
" X9 K% T5 j% W) e6 xtime, before you're out of the woods! Does your mother know you're
- L% m# o. e2 ]out? Oh, no, no! -- so go home at once, now, John, to your odious old
- s6 H' V* ^8 Nwoods of Concord! Go home to your woods, old owl -- go! You won't!
. w4 D$ H$ N5 F. H K# wOh, poh, poh, don't do so! You've got to go, you know! So go at once,
3 v' |. e5 d/ Iand don't go slow, for nobody owns you here, you know! Oh! John,
, F& k. n' n0 I: c4 l5 B' OJohn, if you don't go you're no homo -- no! You're only a fowl, an( H: }1 r- |2 i. c7 t; q
owl, a cow, a sow, -- a doll, a poll; a poor, old,
1 I* s Q, V5 [# K8 a) P/ `9 Hgood-for-nothing-to-nobody, log, dog, hog, or frog, come out of a
9 r" |# \1 f: Q) w' GConcord bog. Cool, now -- cool! Do be cool, you fool! None of your
, c0 X/ q* T+ _! ocrowing, old cock! Don't frown so -- don't! Don't hollo, nor howl nor
9 B" U* x; { ?, e) `4 k8 _growl, nor bow-wow-wow! Good Lord, John, how you do look! Told you
/ D5 {/ Y) n/ b0 Yso, you know -- but stop rolling your goose of an old poll about so,, d/ j2 a. z, E& v
and go and drown your sorrows in a bowl!' |
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