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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: N9 |; a" N% S$ L4 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 $ m, j3 I% f0 D/ b% V7 e9 d

3 u. V. u+ P7 ^# ~) W, g* W7 H) N' GAS 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.
- H6 E3 ?9 i0 d( M) _( f   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 3 d1 ~: ~8 c/ H3 I( |) _
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I must do him the justice to say, however, that when he made up his
( }% u! I# ~, L* Z+ jmind finally to settle in that town, it was under the impression that
- k! M6 c0 v% `1 Bno newspaper, and consequently no editor, existed in that particular* W* w* |  v& c& l
section of the country. In establishing 'The Tea-Pot' he expected to
. a- [  Z& W2 l& x9 v1 D2 R4 \; D5 Zhave the field all to himself. I feel confident he never would have! _" k2 a, m0 N8 s0 C
dreamed of taking up his residence in Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis
* W$ G* C! {. j9 E) yhad he been aware that, in Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis, there lived
0 S9 R- c$ |% G( |+ C1 L% |a gentleman named John Smith (if I rightly remember), who for many
# I! s" b0 z  g: O; Gyears had there quietly grown fat in editing and publishing the' Q$ M) T. L. z' d$ a" j% Q- a- i
'Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis Daily News.' It was solely, therefore, on
+ j) x) E5 y- C6 `" u6 caccount of having been misinformed, that Mr. Bullet-head found5 j2 |1 i) Z8 x6 O; a' m
himself in Alex-suppose we call it Nopolis, 'for short' -- but, as he
4 x* K& G0 z  G% k- T6 J. Hdid find himself there, he determined to keep up his character for9 S# A( v; v2 o8 t$ i1 [2 Q0 H/ o
obst -- for firmness, and remain. So remain he did; and he did more;
+ F2 t7 P% W$ P7 \he unpacked his press, type, etc., etc., rented an office exactly) z5 I8 q. n; |* X
opposite to that of the 'Daily News,' and, on the third morning after9 ^8 k+ O/ z; F; W( y
his arrival, issued the first number of 'The Alexan' -- that is to
/ [9 b) F; u; h+ R7 Y1 Ssay, of 'The Nopolis Tea-Pot' -- as nearly as I can recollect, this( L: W% o: Y( O% f
was the name of the new paper.
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The leading article, I must admit, was brilliant -- not to say
1 _: e% R8 w3 d. xsevere. It was especially bitter about things in general -- and as
  t* i' f7 A3 y  z9 K* Hfor the editor of 'The Daily News,' he was torn all to pieces in* o* v# Q/ J  M$ b+ @5 s
particular. Some of Bullethead's remarks were really so fiery that I2 z' c: C6 l% a8 u% n: B1 [3 ?: S
have always, since that time, been forced to look upon John Smith,
0 ~! \8 d" {' [' lwho is still alive, in the light of a salamander. I cannot pretend to- M: o  h, q. m
give all the 'Tea-Pot's' paragraphs verbatim, but one of them runs
; ~* U/ Z9 Q, {& j3 ]; a2 _+ d/ Mthus:
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 楼主| 发表于 2009-7-27 21:59 | 显示全部楼层
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'Oh, yes! -- Oh, we perceive! Oh, no doubt! The editor over the way
2 b- E% W6 m' V+ cis a genius -- O, my! Oh, goodness, gracious! -- what is this world
( |& l- O) J8 L7 d; gcoming to? Oh, tempora! Oh, Moses!'
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, D) V! E+ Y, ?3 |6 C) {+ s" FA philippic at once so caustic and so classical, alighted like a
+ N, f0 n( U" |4 W: n1 S/ m5 w8 Qbombshell among the hitherto peaceful citizens of Nopolis. Groups of
0 _5 I# Y9 e& B3 D: W6 Xexcited individuals gathered at the corners of the streets. Every one
+ x6 N! S6 U! `3 W$ jawaited, with heartfelt anxiety, the reply of the dignified Smith.
9 E' _# c8 D( [/ T8 vNext morning it appeared as follows:
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+ G, ~# i/ Q0 `5 m% _( V* f'We quote from "The Tea-Pot" of yesterday the subjoined paragraph:
5 y: h5 L; B6 u! |; j' D0 P9 x; ]( I/ i"Oh, yes! Oh, we perceive! Oh, no doubt! Oh, my! Oh, goodness! Oh,
* W1 n; C& c$ _tempora! Oh, Moses!" Why, the fellow is all O! That accounts for his( o" V+ I; @' [/ |6 n/ n- d1 Y7 _
reasoning in a circle, and explains why there is neither beginning
" g4 y- S1 w( d. o5 O2 Bnor end to him, nor to anything he says. We really do not believe the
3 W: e4 ?% _( n- b& R8 ivagabond can write a word that hasn't an O in it. Wonder if this) A) `2 z. r# X. y1 R6 E
O-ing is a habit of his? By-the-by, he came away from Down-East in a
- D  a2 c8 @$ Q! W/ u! |% Wgreat hurry. Wonder if he O's as much there as he does here? "O! it
4 A5 o7 y- g/ Iis pitiful."'
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The indignation of Mr. Bullet-head at these scandalous insinuations,* O, Y6 f. z5 w* F: ]  c1 e' k
I shall not attempt to describe. On the eel-skinning principle,
; y0 \+ G- {. O. r6 ohowever, he did not seem to be so much incensed at the attack upon4 ?! \  U% [% h% _$ n
his integrity as one might have imagined. It was the sneer at his
8 i7 _5 O! k& s+ S2 R7 I( ostyle that drove him to desperation. What! -- he Touch-and-go* X0 F' b# d8 g! L
Bullet-head! -- not able to write a word without an O in it! He would
! D: C% S8 d% x) U6 k' vsoon let the jackanapes see that he was mistaken. Yes! he would let
& z2 j/ Q6 ~% ]" o( y- g1 C3 i, J# ^him see how much he was mistaken, the puppy! He, Touch-and-go
( _6 Y" e/ f" Q+ V8 h! dBullet-head, of Frogpondium, would let Mr. John Smith perceive that1 g1 F" n  V6 U# M. s3 G
he, Bullet-head, could indite, if it so pleased him, a whole
! K( t+ ]& O5 y7 ?& L, Qparagraph -- aye! a whole article -- in which that contemptible vowel% A# J$ p1 f, ^/ T! F( `
should not once -- not even once -- make its appearance. But no; --
: {1 N6 ~$ Z/ c0 wthat would be yielding a point to the said John Smith. He,
7 h2 x4 j9 ?! n/ H* I7 ^Bullet-head, would make no alteration in his style, to suit the
5 B* e9 W; o: scaprices of any Mr. Smith in Christendom. Perish so vile a thought!7 l: \0 w8 J, q; d
The O forever; He would persist in the O. He would be as O-wy as O-wy
: K1 q$ J+ P* D1 M3 S: y! ]could be.
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本帖最后由 rainbowfish 于 2009-7-27 23:33 编辑 9 L+ [3 Q" k" n, J# K7 S
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Burning with the chivalry of this determination, the great2 Y( t- l( @7 B
Touch-and-go, in the next 'Tea-Pot,' came out merely with this simple. x: y) F3 K# S% A" u8 s" V- Y
but resolute paragraph, in reference to this unhappy affair:2 g( S2 ^* `) ]* X$ J. x* v

. [8 u0 C& r1 k'The editor of the "Tea-Pot" has the honor of advising the editor of
  X& d! C) N3 b+ Z5 l8 cthe "Gazette" that he (the "Tea-Pot") will take an opportunity in
2 N0 e6 F2 ]( I0 @5 O) F; B1 _0 ?tomorrow morning's paper, of convincing him (the "Daily News") that he. z5 ^$ {0 z  n& I* s
(the "Tea-Pot") both can and will be his own master, as regards
* q; f: r' A' D3 y: \style; he (the "Tea-Pot") intending to show him (the "Daily News") the
) r6 G* z( P3 I  ~  V- r1 ksupreme, and indeed the withering contempt with which the criticism$ Z8 j2 S, k  J' n2 f9 F
of him (the "Daily News") inspires the independent bosom of him (the9 f  p0 T( [! g# ^. m4 {
"TeaPot") by composing for the especial gratification (?) of him (the
- d5 I1 I3 a! W; @"Daily News") a leading article, of some extent, in which the beautiful/ a" Q! S' U. `3 W
vowel -- the emblem of Eternity -- yet so offensive to the- o. X, F- a0 D0 [- d
hyper-exquisite delicacy of him (the "Daily News") shall most certainly& E, C( W& a* j: \3 E
not be avoided by his (the "Daily News") most obedient, humble( P* f4 X  l* X! O! r. l
servant, the "Tea-Pot." "So much for Buckingham!"'4 ]5 j0 G# j7 I

. U  \8 K  q, PIn fulfilment of the awful threat thus darkly intimated rather than. X4 {8 [3 {4 a( f5 ?% D0 K
decidedly enunciated, the great Bullet-head, turning a deaf ear to% D" j8 D1 k/ I6 Z8 D7 D- [1 ^1 w. ]
all entreaties for 'copy,' and simply requesting his foreman to 'go, L, x% X. F9 g7 w6 ]% |
to the d-l,' when he (the foreman) assured him (the 'Tea-Pot'!) that
" i0 K- a9 f+ v2 qit was high time to 'go to press': turning a deaf ear to everything,# P: ?+ z; Y: F0 g4 p; p' Y
I say, the great Bullet-head sat up until day-break, consuming the$ W1 |) O: V8 ^( j. ~- S
midnight oil, and absorbed in the composition of the really2 S3 f# t3 S# Q! T
unparalleled paragraph, which follows:-$ j: _% a3 Z1 s5 |: F& D
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'So ho, John! how now? Told you so, you know. Don't crow, another
5 V' e5 G5 a8 Q# ]6 h# ~" W3 k2 F% O$ {time, before you're out of the woods! Does your mother know you're
$ U! O" s6 i$ R3 Aout? Oh, no, no! -- so go home at once, now, John, to your odious old* b. w/ i9 [* s3 N8 u' _
woods of Concord! Go home to your woods, old owl -- go! You won't!, K9 S! Q  N; a" Y9 p8 s' L5 H7 a
Oh, poh, poh, don't do so! You've got to go, you know! So go at once,
' ?6 a+ p2 m" i! w3 U' x4 kand don't go slow, for nobody owns you here, you know! Oh! John,
" w3 p8 W$ F: t: pJohn, if you don't go you're no homo -- no! You're only a fowl, an$ g: p; f6 |$ z5 ?9 Q7 H$ u
owl, a cow, a sow, -- a doll, a poll; a poor, old,# Q% ]- D/ ~. Y9 @
good-for-nothing-to-nobody, log, dog, hog, or frog, come out of a( h2 `) @# G, @* V' a* [
Concord bog. Cool, now -- cool! Do be cool, you fool! None of your
% `  }% ~& Z1 ?crowing, old cock! Don't frown so -- don't! Don't hollo, nor howl nor
' f+ n, j* D/ [7 Xgrowl, nor bow-wow-wow! Good Lord, John, how you do look! Told you1 D1 h3 E$ ]0 j& {* U, }4 w3 D
so, you know -- but stop rolling your goose of an old poll about so,
+ d" i4 Z, A* y. i1 g8 ?3 Kand 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
- R2 q/ e6 o6 ?Touch-and-go could do nothing more than that night.  He handed his article to  R" q) p7 [0 J' ~0 ^* n5 ^- B& L$ j
the printer's boy who was waiting, and walked slowly home to bed.5 x- r& n% z+ e

# O9 l8 H7 E" f( kThe 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
" {6 g- _) G/ W4 M/ tlooked 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" m5 N9 _) ?/ I' B% j% `5 k: U$ x: |
describe his feelings of horror when his fingers came out of it without a
* R( G& K4 g4 `letter in them? who can tell of his astonishment and anger when he realized that the little box was completely empty?  Not a single$ {; X/ p$ Z4 U
little-o was in the little-o box; and, glancing fearfully at the
' U' W4 t, ^% O' Hcapital-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
, F  q! u$ a2 ^& \5 a" ^4 Ewithout no o's.'
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: ^6 _# I6 P- |) M/ H- L# W1 A'What do you mean by that?' said the chief, who was  very
( S) F9 O9 D1 `5 g+ h. dangry at being kept from his bed so late.. [: ^- J$ m( S* l
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'Well, sir, there isn't an o in the office, neither a big one nor a& V& ~" q+ H! c: l. p
little one!'1 b/ w% q; }( T. \& h
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'What -- what has happened to all those that were in the box?'  x9 W' n0 J% S  T5 G9 B  k

/ t' ]4 _! [3 C. X* t" k9 V  T/ P$ i'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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) D$ p% u! o& [! b( B4 a'I haven't a doubt of it,' replied the chief angrily, turning
& J7 v! I. v- L- H% Tpurple with rage 'but I tell you what you do, Bob, that's a good boy" n. W/ M7 Q1 g/ |) e) I% V
-- 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,) ^1 b; C7 `% t+ I& J; f3 g" C) H
I'll show them a thing or two; but what about that, r/ E  `5 C5 ^6 g+ P
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
老杨团队,追求完美;客户至上,服务到位!
'Trouble enough. Is it a long paragraph, Bob?'2 R! ]0 Z9 c2 f2 _$ s( h

! y$ x# K: e$ m- a. N'I Shouldn't call it a very long paragrab.': U% T7 ^$ i0 ~  U, D) x$ L
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'Ah, well, then! Do the best you can with it! We must get it ready,'! z8 X0 H" B) U/ q
said the chief, who was buried in work; 'just put in: m7 [% w) i" V) x; b
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 u  i6 X: p; m# l# X1 scase, muttering as he went: 'Considdeble vell, them ere expressions,4 z: N* r3 {; W6 P
perticcler for a man as doesn't swar. So I's to gouge out all their6 V- U9 j; r4 q2 g- g% [7 N) O" R
eyes, eh? and d-n all their gizzards! Vell! this here's the chap as
% x3 {- B5 S! Sis just able for to do it.' The fact is that although Bob was but
0 |, _6 K& a; X1 U2 J; {3 mtwelve years old and four feet high, he was equal to any amount of8 H# o/ R) u( k/ |
fight, in a small way.+ t3 b$ C1 a1 r# L5 G) z3 g6 V
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The exigency here described is by no means of rare occurrence in
9 M7 a2 l5 G1 t& a2 F. cprinting-offices; and I cannot tell how to account for it, but the. M/ B1 B9 `& [& ^  _3 @
fact is indisputable, that when the exigency does occur, it almost, X( w0 r& e5 u( t7 D
always happens that x is adopted as a substitute for the letter
# t$ _. R, H; D2 B( n& Udeficient. The true reason, perhaps, is that x is rather the most
$ U. @5 f' U# |* T. J' qsuperabundant letter in the cases, or at least was so in the old
# J- I5 W1 p  o, p, Y# z4 [times -- long enough to render the substitution in question an
( Q  b  _" l! `- ^habitual thing with printers. As for Bob, he would have considered it9 \8 e% G" `  d4 c7 V/ ^9 M: m" N" K
heretical to employ any other character, in a case of this kind, than
6 s4 T( j3 V5 Q: L4 E* [' X8 P0 {the x to which he had been accustomed.
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3 t, h; k) T$ g3 m9 M" g% Q: I'I shell have to x this ere paragrab,' said he to himself, as he read5 m6 Y1 v9 V# o: L; c. X
it over in astonishment, 'but it's jest about the awfulest o-wy
& w! `8 e( o& z3 \' U; X+ f, cparagrab I ever did see': so x it he did, unflinchingly, and to press
* M" U, ?) p3 k- Yit went x-ed.
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Next morning the population of Nopolis were taken all aback by
6 v+ R$ E1 P# W: b$ ^reading in 'The Tea-Pot,' the following extraordinary leader:, {" R+ W# j8 X3 w& A; w! ~* A

. I# J! v6 l8 J'Sx hx, Jxhn! hxw nxw? Txld yxu sx, yxu knxw. Dxn't crxw, anxther9 b1 k, X) C- k+ V# P7 s
time, befxre yxu're xut xf the wxxds! Dxes yxur mxther knxw yxu're
$ G. H( d% A+ w! ?xut? Xh, nx, nx! -- sx gx hxme at xnce, nxw, Jxhn, tx yxur xdixus xld
2 z% G% s/ C3 Pwxxds xf Cxncxrd! Gx hxme tx yxur wxxds, xld xwl, -- gx! Yxu wxn't?. s' `$ {& H, s* F6 ?
Xh, pxh, pxh, Jxhn, dxn't dx sx! Yxu've gxt tx gx, yxu knxw, sx gx at
; `3 y  A: w0 t' S" ]xnce, and dxn't gx slxw; fxr nxbxdy xwns yxu here, yxu knxw. Xh,$ k! a) d; n5 `2 W  C: P+ C
Jxhn, Jxhn, Jxhn, if yxu dxn't gx yxu're nx hxmx -- nx! Yxu're xnly a
# b) ^3 {1 q2 u  n1 jfxwl, an xwl; a cxw, a sxw; a dxll, a pxll; a pxxr xld
3 Z8 C" n# A9 B1 qgxxd-fxr-nxthing-tx-nxbxdy, lxg, dxg, hxg, xr frxg, cxme xut xf a3 _. a1 |! R% c9 ^" t1 }; R
Cxncxrd bxg. Cxxl, nxw -- cxxl! Dx be cxxl, yxu fxxl! Nxne xf yxur1 @4 G( `; E  {4 o& \: V- P
crxwing, xld cxck! Dxn't frxwn sx -- dxn't! Dxn't hxllx, nxr hxwl,- i  O7 U) w$ r! \
nxr grxwl, nxr bxw-wxw-wxw! Gxxd Lxrd, Jxhn, hxw yxu dx lxxk! Txld' H' `9 k3 S( d) o  l
yxu sx, yxu knxw, -- but stxp rxlling yxur gxxse xf an xld pxll abxut
( V0 N; k+ Y+ A- Vsx, 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, is4 L( ~! K9 P* _
not to be conceived. The first definite idea entertained by the
9 W. F& q4 J2 Zpopulace was, that some diabolical treason lay concealed in the1 [* ]8 ?. Y) S  L/ M. b
hieroglyphics; and there was a general rush to Bullet-head's9 ]  C9 j, q' e
residence, for the purpose of riding him on a rail; but that" A( w* }8 i$ \2 S
gentleman was nowhere to be found. He had vanished, no one could tell3 ^/ ]' {3 F' L. C* K! N# \
how; 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 length
8 H5 ]9 P: y; A9 C5 Y+ r9 `subsided; leaving behind it, by way of sediment, quite a medley of; u" ~# p' a; L' @
opinion about this unhappy affair.
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One gentleman thought the whole an X-ellent joke.
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Another said that, indeed, Bullet-head had shown much X-uberance of8 V- Z9 t9 {! c
fancy.
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A third admitted him X-entric, but no more.
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/ v6 W* l3 G, V" ]1 gA fourth could only suppose it the Yankee's design to X-press, in a
3 s- q3 [1 B0 W5 D5 Qgeneral way, his X-asperation.
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'Say, rather, to set an X-ample to posterity,' suggested a fifth.
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1 D- e. J2 F! y8 w! f- D- x! _That Bullet-head had been driven to an extremity, was clear to all;
2 z2 }6 X5 _* z9 W, cand in fact, since that editor could not be found, there was some
. n) c6 r$ I8 ]9 dtalk about lynching the other one.
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The more common conclusion, however, was that the affair was, simply,
" u, m. U  ^9 Q* B! tX-traordinary and in-X-plicable. Even the town mathematician
2 o# m' N* V% q6 k/ N/ dconfessed that he could make nothing of so dark a problem. X, every.
5 v( H' I# u% J6 p. S' P  Wbody knew, was an unknown quantity; but in this case (as he properly
. H# i0 P- V7 _$ I, Dobserved), there was an unknown quantity of X.
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$ W4 q' `  i; @( h; @3 H; oThe opinion of Bob, the devil (who kept dark about his having 'X-ed0 K- e! x8 @7 p; O) B1 l
the paragrab'), did not meet with so much attention as I think it2 `6 Z0 a& i& v0 P5 A# s
deserved, although it was very openly and very fearlessly expressed.# \; T. y, C* ~! W9 ]
He said that, for his part, he had no doubt about the matter at all,! F9 ]. o' x$ Z& T4 q6 N8 W
that it was a clear case, that Mr. Bullet-head 'never could be
& o  h- Q3 i+ T1 P. v3 q& g" Mpersuaded fur to drink like other folks, but vas continually
& [0 p6 k6 C! F) R1 \$ z: z% ha-svigging o' that ere blessed XXX ale, and as a naiteral/ s9 i- d$ C1 r
consekvence, it just puffed him up savage, and made him X (cross) in
7 ?  y+ ?* {" }+ {  b6 ]the X-treme.'
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