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发表于 2009-7-27 21:35 | 显示全部楼层 |阅读模式
老杨团队,追求完美;客户至上,服务到位!
X-ing a Paragraph—————Edgar AllanPoe* I8 D3 y  o- a  s
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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 # G5 K/ M1 G! B) j2 c- F+ i7 T3 ?, @" i
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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.
; ]7 {: }7 {3 S. }+ ?2 q7 Y   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 - R; p! k3 z) O! X- u
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I must do him the justice to say, however, that when he made up his7 x- X6 M4 K  J- n2 }; `' W$ I
mind finally to settle in that town, it was under the impression that, [( W* K4 K# V( |: G" F/ F
no newspaper, and consequently no editor, existed in that particular1 [: x" H9 S2 _" |/ {
section of the country. In establishing 'The Tea-Pot' he expected to
3 r0 }2 L% e) bhave the field all to himself. I feel confident he never would have
$ Y+ p$ n- J1 c* U( Hdreamed of taking up his residence in Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis
  @) B, A& z  n  h5 qhad he been aware that, in Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis, there lived* Y; [( }1 o( J6 O5 k. g) P
a gentleman named John Smith (if I rightly remember), who for many
+ g* D' ?9 n! n0 |( ryears had there quietly grown fat in editing and publishing the$ J4 v# ^* i3 W! K- G1 M
'Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis Daily News.' It was solely, therefore, on
! l  c5 F* T6 ?& T* V- Saccount of having been misinformed, that Mr. Bullet-head found4 N7 x" u( S/ [  a2 A4 j
himself in Alex-suppose we call it Nopolis, 'for short' -- but, as he2 t; ^/ z+ m. s* B8 n& H5 S; p9 c; Z
did find himself there, he determined to keep up his character for
4 |3 E4 p8 E! fobst -- for firmness, and remain. So remain he did; and he did more;" V, K3 A; s0 |$ K) d: [
he unpacked his press, type, etc., etc., rented an office exactly$ J; `: N4 b* d' b9 T; E+ s" Z
opposite to that of the 'Daily News,' and, on the third morning after
7 D( Q* _9 Q) G/ c; @: chis arrival, issued the first number of 'The Alexan' -- that is to
1 x! ~$ F' y; F% c4 Msay, of 'The Nopolis Tea-Pot' -- as nearly as I can recollect, this* b5 k; O' x- w
was the name of the new paper.
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) p0 K) B. }# a- r5 A0 J, O7 fThe leading article, I must admit, was brilliant -- not to say
0 |: ?2 c: \* j2 Rsevere. It was especially bitter about things in general -- and as
1 b! e: o' D8 u3 M" efor the editor of 'The Daily News,' he was torn all to pieces in
- O$ \- [- t2 v3 z% D1 g* {particular. Some of Bullethead's remarks were really so fiery that I
# H% _! [! W# o9 j4 z$ a8 @$ @have always, since that time, been forced to look upon John Smith,! Y/ d* M+ ?2 i1 @: Y  M* [5 J1 T
who is still alive, in the light of a salamander. I cannot pretend to8 x4 o3 g  _6 F( q% o. b1 |% Z
give all the 'Tea-Pot's' paragraphs verbatim, but one of them runs. J+ O2 \0 ]# |
thus:
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'Oh, yes! -- Oh, we perceive! Oh, no doubt! The editor over the way
, L6 t. F  Y+ d% v6 Sis a genius -- O, my! Oh, goodness, gracious! -- what is this world
6 j' w3 G$ l# G  {2 _/ Tcoming to? Oh, tempora! Oh, Moses!'4 D" S3 `9 G1 e; t& f7 d9 V

9 b/ ]% _6 u: L" zA philippic at once so caustic and so classical, alighted like a
7 d4 o* Y, c' A# L7 V, Mbombshell among the hitherto peaceful citizens of Nopolis. Groups of
" E. g+ e6 u* V+ Z* vexcited individuals gathered at the corners of the streets. Every one6 s# U, L  J6 ]5 d5 v
awaited, with heartfelt anxiety, the reply of the dignified Smith.
6 x4 V& M' l7 [% g" ~Next morning it appeared as follows:
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'We quote from "The Tea-Pot" of yesterday the subjoined paragraph:
' p7 P0 I( r$ t! N, k"Oh, yes! Oh, we perceive! Oh, no doubt! Oh, my! Oh, goodness! Oh,
4 L2 M$ H; d8 _  k- vtempora! Oh, Moses!" Why, the fellow is all O! That accounts for his
. b* a* i1 P' w  vreasoning in a circle, and explains why there is neither beginning- _# e" O. R, A9 g1 r
nor end to him, nor to anything he says. We really do not believe the6 S. E; E+ a, v7 `. J
vagabond can write a word that hasn't an O in it. Wonder if this
) y7 A) ^4 m3 S% E3 U: ]O-ing is a habit of his? By-the-by, he came away from Down-East in a
) ?) v/ D3 N% L% Fgreat hurry. Wonder if he O's as much there as he does here? "O! it+ {$ f. e( O  j2 S) ~/ Z
is pitiful."'
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The indignation of Mr. Bullet-head at these scandalous insinuations,
! i7 N. ^( r  ~9 w( fI shall not attempt to describe. On the eel-skinning principle,
% n# L; C( y6 G1 @2 Q; x  Xhowever, he did not seem to be so much incensed at the attack upon
2 m2 x' M" K9 s/ Rhis integrity as one might have imagined. It was the sneer at his/ S8 {/ k6 r# w8 E( B9 q. H
style that drove him to desperation. What! -- he Touch-and-go
2 v) w' d0 c# S8 H" u; ~Bullet-head! -- not able to write a word without an O in it! He would' P4 t/ K. c" x3 K6 b
soon let the jackanapes see that he was mistaken. Yes! he would let
4 d/ I3 {1 B# J' h9 p! @, w0 n, mhim see how much he was mistaken, the puppy! He, Touch-and-go3 ~; L9 u! ], _) R# t& Z3 `) l6 W
Bullet-head, of Frogpondium, would let Mr. John Smith perceive that! s; P- K3 B7 d3 g
he, Bullet-head, could indite, if it so pleased him, a whole: p+ @1 o3 H( M' j
paragraph -- aye! a whole article -- in which that contemptible vowel+ W4 ?* x8 V& f! b
should not once -- not even once -- make its appearance. But no; --/ D) m& I, w  Y# F" n0 F
that would be yielding a point to the said John Smith. He,  B7 r0 P' O+ |
Bullet-head, would make no alteration in his style, to suit the" W" t' x: t! |- Z( n. T+ l4 l+ I7 q
caprices of any Mr. Smith in Christendom. Perish so vile a thought!
# S6 ?4 U8 i! ~9 O8 x: y6 F! D; X& aThe O forever; He would persist in the O. He would be as O-wy as O-wy
  M0 c9 k/ |' y3 ~2 \2 o0 s( jcould be.
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2 ~# E5 f# ]5 u6 F( d# TBurning with the chivalry of this determination, the great/ _0 z8 I, V5 V
Touch-and-go, in the next 'Tea-Pot,' came out merely with this simple
% ]# l. O, }+ F' Tbut resolute paragraph, in reference to this unhappy affair:0 e* a, y" }' h

' M! ?. [0 v. a) V3 S/ n'The editor of the "Tea-Pot" has the honor of advising the editor of: x, z/ T3 K& @8 A& k. w8 A
the "Gazette" that he (the "Tea-Pot") will take an opportunity in9 ]8 E: V3 h2 k: z0 _6 ^4 V. V
tomorrow morning's paper, of convincing him (the "Daily News") that he; v" H4 H' [: z8 Y7 i4 u5 A
(the "Tea-Pot") both can and will be his own master, as regards' l1 R8 z6 t0 c
style; he (the "Tea-Pot") intending to show him (the "Daily News") the
# T+ z1 i: t% L1 k( g. qsupreme, and indeed the withering contempt with which the criticism% h9 g0 a7 V' ~" A! S
of him (the "Daily News") inspires the independent bosom of him (the/ x5 o: D- d2 T4 }$ f$ O
"TeaPot") by composing for the especial gratification (?) of him (the
- L' i1 i" W+ p, c# \"Daily News") a leading article, of some extent, in which the beautiful) r0 H$ h# Q7 I- o
vowel -- the emblem of Eternity -- yet so offensive to the
0 L2 l0 x" U8 [  g+ f( d2 vhyper-exquisite delicacy of him (the "Daily News") shall most certainly) W( ~. a( @8 c6 ]+ E4 q5 x: w
not be avoided by his (the "Daily News") most obedient, humble
/ W$ T1 _. ?$ ?2 c' [  Nservant, the "Tea-Pot." "So much for Buckingham!"'
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* ?5 J2 j% U8 U2 L% ^3 R" jIn fulfilment of the awful threat thus darkly intimated rather than( |( W! ]- j( C  {$ e' E6 c) y
decidedly enunciated, the great Bullet-head, turning a deaf ear to  y) u* L/ C/ `4 _
all entreaties for 'copy,' and simply requesting his foreman to 'go5 e! G2 U0 a" s# T- P
to the d-l,' when he (the foreman) assured him (the 'Tea-Pot'!) that5 N. j" J- ^6 M9 @0 Y
it was high time to 'go to press': turning a deaf ear to everything,
9 r6 J! v) N) R: ^7 d) `I say, the great Bullet-head sat up until day-break, consuming the
  N4 v5 M0 p5 O( D& \1 U1 a, bmidnight oil, and absorbed in the composition of the really
. g1 F1 F! W+ G, f/ }unparalleled paragraph, which follows:-
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. [/ H$ v8 W+ g/ t'So ho, John! how now? Told you so, you know. Don't crow, another0 w2 ]; F$ u- s  A, h
time, before you're out of the woods! Does your mother know you're
" Y5 p, I6 O3 kout? Oh, no, no! -- so go home at once, now, John, to your odious old$ P$ G0 ~5 j  J' y; c( P% T! A
woods of Concord! Go home to your woods, old owl -- go! You won't!
- r- E2 D% f0 Q9 U8 B, COh, poh, poh, don't do so! You've got to go, you know! So go at once,
! s. w  }. J( m' s9 Y& Eand don't go slow, for nobody owns you here, you know! Oh! John,
; b$ q( r1 S: rJohn, if you don't go you're no homo -- no! You're only a fowl, an3 W5 T9 Z" k) S0 `+ H& Q$ E
owl, a cow, a sow, -- a doll, a poll; a poor, old,
; n. A% t* D, C  ^7 a- N- Ygood-for-nothing-to-nobody, log, dog, hog, or frog, come out of a* i$ O, [% b" p+ o7 F' ^7 l
Concord bog. Cool, now -- cool! Do be cool, you fool! None of your
' B' J0 c3 S) Q! ncrowing, old cock! Don't frown so -- don't! Don't hollo, nor howl nor% t0 H: z; y/ s# P$ x! O
growl, nor bow-wow-wow! Good Lord, John, how you do look! Told you
# O4 u/ Z% E" Q/ jso, you know -- but stop rolling your goose of an old poll about so,
2 q1 V( y8 y7 x2 eand 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: y! L3 g+ N( l# \& G8 W) T. n$ t
Touch-and-go could do nothing more than that night.  He handed his article to
6 r3 J: Q8 C" q  N+ Pthe printer's boy who was waiting, and walked slowly home to bed.
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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
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
: {; E" g7 n+ m6 Ulooked 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
3 z& T2 a3 ], x* udescribe his feelings of horror when his fingers came out of it without a! c8 U0 ]( k+ c  t5 b, y6 \4 N0 Q" {
letter in them? who can tell of his astonishment and anger when he realized that the little box was completely empty?  Not a single
1 d" k) f  v4 {( l) Mlittle-o was in the little-o box; and, glancing fearfully at the8 v) y6 n: n6 i) q
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
! m8 [6 Z2 w: j9 e1 ewithout no o's.'0 R* w" M7 g( S3 ^8 m4 G. d- m+ X$ h

3 y  F3 m/ B% N5 H" J9 [, r8 D  y'What do you mean by that?' said the chief, who was  very; }  \3 m! j; b: o7 t
angry at being kept from his bed so late.' h; a& T! U3 a) r/ O( b

# F* `# p1 M5 W2 j; |( g) W'Well, sir, there isn't an o in the office, neither a big one nor a, }0 q4 g+ b7 N- H! I2 W
little one!'
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'What -- what has happened to all those that were in the box?'" y9 U/ t2 V$ ]& ]1 x
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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.'3 U' L! L8 I& r3 v! O
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'I haven't a doubt of it,' replied the chief angrily, turning3 q1 s1 [1 t, [  e8 _1 N
purple with rage 'but I tell you what you do, Bob, that's a good boy
8 Q; w* O" }6 d-- you go over to the Daily News the first chance you get, and take every one of their( [1 f: A0 _4 l3 s6 I
i's .'
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4 b+ ^9 v4 `. w2 n* T'Right,' replied Bob. 'I'll go,% i' Y: @3 m, l* K% l$ D
I'll show them a thing or two; but what about that, h2 ]5 c# x* Y% x& m
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.'( [* G5 [8 _4 F# i$ x

  ]5 ~7 j, l1 @% j'Ah, well, then! Do the best you can with it! We must get it ready,'
8 L/ F9 w  B+ l9 C# q: osaid the chief, who was buried in work; 'just put in: k" t/ I" i- b: ]: N  F
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
3 [% S, N; N$ g. @8 p- m- A5 Dcase, muttering as he went: 'Considdeble vell, them ere expressions,. [/ t0 [( C2 i. ]4 P& d
perticcler for a man as doesn't swar. So I's to gouge out all their
. @8 V; A* k% @! veyes, eh? and d-n all their gizzards! Vell! this here's the chap as
2 o- B4 ^! d0 C0 M8 u7 P% zis just able for to do it.' The fact is that although Bob was but
6 c, b& V% `3 h  c+ {; mtwelve years old and four feet high, he was equal to any amount of
4 e5 j2 p0 |6 c; J, T2 h+ lfight, in a small way.
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; c! T6 @3 i- c) Z: W9 g4 aThe exigency here described is by no means of rare occurrence in
0 {) }; D1 l) q4 _% T+ X$ Dprinting-offices; and I cannot tell how to account for it, but the2 ]/ a, z4 w  P
fact is indisputable, that when the exigency does occur, it almost
* Q, l2 \. N: m" yalways happens that x is adopted as a substitute for the letter
( Y# H4 j) B& r" J% r) Y; Udeficient. The true reason, perhaps, is that x is rather the most
/ x5 r1 o) K$ G# P/ b1 V, Z0 tsuperabundant letter in the cases, or at least was so in the old3 {' \. E2 B) n% H( h+ ?6 g  ~
times -- long enough to render the substitution in question an9 @& \$ W0 g2 H
habitual thing with printers. As for Bob, he would have considered it
& ~3 U9 v7 @) J$ m6 u" x# ^heretical to employ any other character, in a case of this kind, than
# n# Z0 D) k, Q! |* _" xthe x to which he had been accustomed.: ]- d% D( _9 i# a( q9 t

* S6 a; Y6 |0 n3 ^9 [! p6 x'I shell have to x this ere paragrab,' said he to himself, as he read
2 i" v& X2 H* ~it over in astonishment, 'but it's jest about the awfulest o-wy
7 G: p! _# _2 a* a5 j, e6 Aparagrab I ever did see': so x it he did, unflinchingly, and to press
* y3 L7 ^. ?, V  g& ]it went x-ed.- V$ I6 [- G- E; n

- F$ k! K2 b  o+ v' @: ^7 J2 wNext morning the population of Nopolis were taken all aback by
  \4 x2 b& ~0 Treading in 'The Tea-Pot,' the following extraordinary leader:' _; ?$ d0 c: [( c5 g1 J
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'Sx hx, Jxhn! hxw nxw? Txld yxu sx, yxu knxw. Dxn't crxw, anxther- C+ }: v. G2 x* D9 ?4 d
time, befxre yxu're xut xf the wxxds! Dxes yxur mxther knxw yxu're
- h' J8 y* M) Axut? Xh, nx, nx! -- sx gx hxme at xnce, nxw, Jxhn, tx yxur xdixus xld
; b* ~& ^) {. D. W+ Fwxxds xf Cxncxrd! Gx hxme tx yxur wxxds, xld xwl, -- gx! Yxu wxn't?- N. t" Y+ ^, E" D% A$ ?
Xh, pxh, pxh, Jxhn, dxn't dx sx! Yxu've gxt tx gx, yxu knxw, sx gx at3 f2 ^) b+ Z) t  a! H( ?# @
xnce, and dxn't gx slxw; fxr nxbxdy xwns yxu here, yxu knxw. Xh,
0 {& q) Q6 @" S; J) xJxhn, Jxhn, Jxhn, if yxu dxn't gx yxu're nx hxmx -- nx! Yxu're xnly a, X  t# \, Y$ |: h4 x5 y3 }
fxwl, an xwl; a cxw, a sxw; a dxll, a pxll; a pxxr xld
& ^2 m- r: \3 {# Y; }! z( wgxxd-fxr-nxthing-tx-nxbxdy, lxg, dxg, hxg, xr frxg, cxme xut xf a9 @! c! l5 E$ D: i
Cxncxrd bxg. Cxxl, nxw -- cxxl! Dx be cxxl, yxu fxxl! Nxne xf yxur$ B* a+ v8 }7 b( w  y
crxwing, xld cxck! Dxn't frxwn sx -- dxn't! Dxn't hxllx, nxr hxwl,
& a  x7 [# S& J. @# t5 m9 a, P/ Onxr grxwl, nxr bxw-wxw-wxw! Gxxd Lxrd, Jxhn, hxw yxu dx lxxk! Txld
- `, b7 |9 A$ v0 {  D; ~, b/ ^3 tyxu sx, yxu knxw, -- but stxp rxlling yxur gxxse xf an xld pxll abxut
  V% l, C( L; b4 N; {7 p) vsx, and gx and drxwn yxur sxrrxws in a bxwl!'
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The uproar occasioned by this mystical and cabalistical article, is
  P: {$ [  H0 z" D, wnot to be conceived. The first definite idea entertained by the
1 d" I/ G& \3 I' ?3 W4 y; I8 R) `populace was, that some diabolical treason lay concealed in the
9 o0 _2 J0 q, T- r: M+ chieroglyphics; and there was a general rush to Bullet-head's& n! Y. T) r$ [$ Q! N& _2 s
residence, for the purpose of riding him on a rail; but that
* r' F  d6 @& Q+ y2 Y4 ~, U0 ?gentleman was nowhere to be found. He had vanished, no one could tell
- K7 \) L- S( v8 `7 Y, Bhow; and not even the ghost of him has ever been seen since.
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Unable to discover its legitimate object, the popular fury at length7 e) R& V# `7 A0 N- X! }
subsided; leaving behind it, by way of sediment, quite a medley of1 d' Q. a2 N+ J  b# T4 A# Y* ?
opinion about this unhappy affair.- B' V7 ^, x( {3 u+ s( z
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One gentleman thought the whole an X-ellent joke.; z* {: n3 {! h4 |9 D$ J
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Another said that, indeed, Bullet-head had shown much X-uberance of
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# [* Q0 F7 q4 g5 J5 l8 o+ UA third admitted him X-entric, but no more.5 T9 ]! e) M/ J9 X- ^2 A1 n

2 P- K& Q) y9 e8 n$ t- S8 Q3 mA fourth could only suppose it the Yankee's design to X-press, in a
2 O1 v- P+ X: v7 n! Pgeneral way, his X-asperation.6 p1 T8 A7 C8 p( d( M7 Z# ~( d0 f8 ~

0 j+ L$ d( c' |! ~/ Z'Say, rather, to set an X-ample to posterity,' suggested a fifth.$ P5 B5 e( X# L% z7 c

2 d  f" j3 U) MThat Bullet-head had been driven to an extremity, was clear to all;
9 z- P7 n. S2 R- x' x% _  Uand in fact, since that editor could not be found, there was some, B/ }, L0 X# ~! ]$ m: L
talk about lynching the other one.
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The more common conclusion, however, was that the affair was, simply,
' C: ^  p) ^3 X& y8 dX-traordinary and in-X-plicable. Even the town mathematician; [/ G$ f7 F3 {4 M
confessed that he could make nothing of so dark a problem. X, every.! N) g  F2 e$ N1 y) U$ U3 b
body knew, was an unknown quantity; but in this case (as he properly$ f* b2 Q5 h6 Y: y
observed), there was an unknown quantity of X.
6 e; R# R/ M3 i8 c: m; S9 ]  U& T
5 u) G( i3 ~- z& R6 b6 B- AThe opinion of Bob, the devil (who kept dark about his having 'X-ed- P: }" w) F& X' Z$ U. m
the paragrab'), did not meet with so much attention as I think it
; M/ B- e6 Q7 i' j) hdeserved, although it was very openly and very fearlessly expressed.
! n4 M& a. f+ l. _2 ~" F* RHe said that, for his part, he had no doubt about the matter at all,
/ {6 d% G- X  Jthat it was a clear case, that Mr. Bullet-head 'never could be
$ i/ m# r- s1 C. Z/ Z. Jpersuaded fur to drink like other folks, but vas continually" ^7 {) j: R: B" w9 O0 m
a-svigging o' that ere blessed XXX ale, and as a naiteral6 A, o8 ]/ R, d: L
consekvence, it just puffed him up savage, and made him X (cross) in
2 l; I5 W. G1 h1 Xthe X-treme.'
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