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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
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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   x! _* a9 m0 L- Q1 W+ u0 s+ o+ _
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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.* h! n& C* l  e% S2 z! _  c; U6 ]
   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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- n4 k5 m9 n* n: vI must do him the justice to say, however, that when he made up his4 t% J! Q7 |; p  i* W8 n2 j* f
mind finally to settle in that town, it was under the impression that
6 {7 M* T+ X9 ^0 i$ ~9 [) eno newspaper, and consequently no editor, existed in that particular1 ]. M( G* z5 U9 b( P+ B3 L5 K
section of the country. In establishing 'The Tea-Pot' he expected to" f/ y. b: g: }3 F  k
have the field all to himself. I feel confident he never would have0 [3 }: f- r9 q
dreamed of taking up his residence in Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis
1 \; j# i8 z4 ~# @! Jhad he been aware that, in Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis, there lived
3 @* `/ G( Q/ p3 M/ Z6 E' ja gentleman named John Smith (if I rightly remember), who for many4 ?: _/ X% R$ O# K" \, W
years had there quietly grown fat in editing and publishing the
% L  T- ^3 V3 C) |9 {$ t7 ~' Q'Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis Daily News.' It was solely, therefore, on0 q+ M7 s. a8 x3 U4 }. j& H
account of having been misinformed, that Mr. Bullet-head found
, Q) B$ i+ t( i- ?+ C) U, L$ k, ehimself in Alex-suppose we call it Nopolis, 'for short' -- but, as he: F' d4 E% Q7 E% y+ \  I: q; k# Q% L
did find himself there, he determined to keep up his character for$ Q  p8 c3 O( ~/ v
obst -- for firmness, and remain. So remain he did; and he did more;# v! s# O( ?3 u
he unpacked his press, type, etc., etc., rented an office exactly( j1 X9 u6 O& K( c7 X
opposite to that of the 'Daily News,' and, on the third morning after( h! c7 g  V( L, ?4 K# Z! a! g& N
his arrival, issued the first number of 'The Alexan' -- that is to
  ]4 Y7 S+ F% ^  rsay, of 'The Nopolis Tea-Pot' -- as nearly as I can recollect, this
  ?: X6 Y  Q; n# g5 Qwas the name of the new paper.. H8 b2 V3 p- M8 Z$ t
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The leading article, I must admit, was brilliant -- not to say
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for the editor of 'The Daily News,' he was torn all to pieces in' v% ?6 {. u0 e! o4 Z2 w+ S- b, j
particular. Some of Bullethead's remarks were really so fiery that I
+ Y6 s( ?, Q9 h2 c7 R9 khave always, since that time, been forced to look upon John Smith,
6 j" R5 u( Y! N; z! Y# Zwho is still alive, in the light of a salamander. I cannot pretend to1 m& w2 j7 l  g7 u
give all the 'Tea-Pot's' paragraphs verbatim, but one of them runs
9 i- M8 O! R. }9 O8 x1 Zthus:
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老杨团队 追求完美
'Oh, yes! -- Oh, we perceive! Oh, no doubt! The editor over the way
/ o+ K- Z3 l# O8 _is a genius -- O, my! Oh, goodness, gracious! -- what is this world
3 j1 w: @& ^! ?5 pcoming to? Oh, tempora! Oh, Moses!'
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A philippic at once so caustic and so classical, alighted like a0 r* c" A! T8 S, q. K3 m
bombshell among the hitherto peaceful citizens of Nopolis. Groups of
9 R9 P$ T$ ^2 w, Uexcited individuals gathered at the corners of the streets. Every one
$ i9 [* D) [9 ], W' ?/ P" Z( Sawaited, with heartfelt anxiety, the reply of the dignified Smith.+ |' j6 _# K$ D, c) M# [
Next morning it appeared as follows:
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3 D$ ]3 j2 e8 a, |8 }' [$ n'We quote from "The Tea-Pot" of yesterday the subjoined paragraph:& ~4 L' m" S1 t+ W
"Oh, yes! Oh, we perceive! Oh, no doubt! Oh, my! Oh, goodness! Oh,$ p# b8 }0 ^- g4 ~7 P
tempora! Oh, Moses!" Why, the fellow is all O! That accounts for his
) ?' p) t% y3 s7 X) F1 Yreasoning in a circle, and explains why there is neither beginning
9 p4 W4 V' e, q* c" Jnor end to him, nor to anything he says. We really do not believe the
, B9 i# R- a. e3 Vvagabond can write a word that hasn't an O in it. Wonder if this
0 [8 s: z# D4 a/ _6 kO-ing is a habit of his? By-the-by, he came away from Down-East in a  y( f" R5 n& _! E) a
great hurry. Wonder if he O's as much there as he does here? "O! it9 q  H" X8 j) B& X
is pitiful."'
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1 S8 l5 V! P: xThe indignation of Mr. Bullet-head at these scandalous insinuations,
4 s( W2 }6 _9 a5 @# s; U2 MI shall not attempt to describe. On the eel-skinning principle,- B1 F' T( ^7 A8 V7 q
however, he did not seem to be so much incensed at the attack upon3 G- v, T: L, v9 T7 h$ D! @
his integrity as one might have imagined. It was the sneer at his5 Y* |3 G) m0 R3 t# _/ h
style that drove him to desperation. What! -- he Touch-and-go; n+ M4 d& l# u# H
Bullet-head! -- not able to write a word without an O in it! He would
  W9 P' k% M  t( ~4 p3 isoon let the jackanapes see that he was mistaken. Yes! he would let
. X1 e' [  L3 E; `9 B$ B9 W. R9 K* \him see how much he was mistaken, the puppy! He, Touch-and-go1 x* ^+ }* z& F; H
Bullet-head, of Frogpondium, would let Mr. John Smith perceive that
$ G. f, {, F; z8 f; D( zhe, Bullet-head, could indite, if it so pleased him, a whole
# z8 Y6 K2 X# R( V/ Gparagraph -- aye! a whole article -- in which that contemptible vowel9 }4 z4 _7 t5 w' l; W" b. u0 M
should not once -- not even once -- make its appearance. But no; --7 }8 Y2 J5 o1 [0 @7 @
that would be yielding a point to the said John Smith. He,
8 _+ E$ [; t  }% t& L8 C' q2 hBullet-head, would make no alteration in his style, to suit the8 {9 z: m' r7 M
caprices of any Mr. Smith in Christendom. Perish so vile a thought!: l3 R" q. ?) O* @! s6 Y6 O
The O forever; He would persist in the O. He would be as O-wy as O-wy2 m/ ^& I  H! X& F
could be.
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本帖最后由 rainbowfish 于 2009-7-27 23:33 编辑
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! v5 i4 U" Z: ^% d: RBurning with the chivalry of this determination, the great1 ?6 @7 o& O1 N" ?! z
Touch-and-go, in the next 'Tea-Pot,' came out merely with this simple1 {+ U# p* ?  E7 G& f: V
but resolute paragraph, in reference to this unhappy affair:
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+ C3 I1 ~& ?7 F$ l% g'The editor of the "Tea-Pot" has the honor of advising the editor of
1 T, h0 M* G- T3 h0 f, \5 ^the "Gazette" that he (the "Tea-Pot") will take an opportunity in
& v2 F% Z3 f9 p* b5 S, A, c5 ptomorrow morning's paper, of convincing him (the "Daily News") that he* Y; j% U' w4 n- G9 ^7 d
(the "Tea-Pot") both can and will be his own master, as regards
2 |( |, N- m6 e  g) Z5 ~$ r" xstyle; he (the "Tea-Pot") intending to show him (the "Daily News") the
) g$ y  V7 _' h7 [8 O& n3 ysupreme, and indeed the withering contempt with which the criticism/ i) v) z" r4 g6 A; x8 w+ u  l
of him (the "Daily News") inspires the independent bosom of him (the6 k& u8 ]0 g: \& V7 H* v" q) S: O. r6 r
"TeaPot") by composing for the especial gratification (?) of him (the, [7 [+ O" r& O, P4 \; T6 {1 C0 O
"Daily News") a leading article, of some extent, in which the beautiful* x% Q3 R/ \. J9 x/ m) [) Z9 u7 o8 e
vowel -- the emblem of Eternity -- yet so offensive to the( j% g, ^6 ]/ @2 Q  B9 e7 i
hyper-exquisite delicacy of him (the "Daily News") shall most certainly3 d" l+ P  y1 r
not be avoided by his (the "Daily News") most obedient, humble
& a7 M8 K) u7 S5 B, P% Z" D" Vservant, the "Tea-Pot." "So much for Buckingham!"'6 H7 w$ T3 u+ N% y, o

0 M- J! q; n7 B8 {0 @% }2 c3 N. _In fulfilment of the awful threat thus darkly intimated rather than
4 t! U# Z$ n& g. p5 P! idecidedly enunciated, the great Bullet-head, turning a deaf ear to
% c3 V( x  ]+ q8 fall entreaties for 'copy,' and simply requesting his foreman to 'go
+ V/ f9 Q- i& @7 s- @to the d-l,' when he (the foreman) assured him (the 'Tea-Pot'!) that
& [" {% J& x2 q# h% i$ X0 Yit was high time to 'go to press': turning a deaf ear to everything,- @- y7 m2 J8 O! l
I say, the great Bullet-head sat up until day-break, consuming the
9 S' s( f) D  L1 @6 Mmidnight oil, and absorbed in the composition of the really
5 U+ C4 B+ I3 ]( n% v& aunparalleled paragraph, which follows:-! C6 ?, O' I; P4 y2 u3 M5 X8 Q: O

8 c* K& ~+ i7 @+ K: {'So ho, John! how now? Told you so, you know. Don't crow, another; ~0 J# ]1 a0 l, {
time, before you're out of the woods! Does your mother know you're0 |, v( P, p* t
out? Oh, no, no! -- so go home at once, now, John, to your odious old
5 M) G' i- ]2 \2 F" Ywoods of Concord! Go home to your woods, old owl -- go! You won't!
' J5 L9 }4 T# E* Q' z$ s# HOh, poh, poh, don't do so! You've got to go, you know! So go at once,3 e: Z2 q6 J& L9 j1 B, j0 t
and don't go slow, for nobody owns you here, you know! Oh! John,/ }; h/ N& [- s3 |
John, if you don't go you're no homo -- no! You're only a fowl, an
1 E+ J: Y9 w5 Oowl, a cow, a sow, -- a doll, a poll; a poor, old,
  v8 Z) L; n2 |1 k7 `6 sgood-for-nothing-to-nobody, log, dog, hog, or frog, come out of a
3 m1 }% o+ z9 g5 R4 V5 u/ DConcord bog. Cool, now -- cool! Do be cool, you fool! None of your5 L5 y. p/ I- {* _: H3 d
crowing, old cock! Don't frown so -- don't! Don't hollo, nor howl nor0 H- `+ A  W/ x4 {3 R1 K$ _
growl, nor bow-wow-wow! Good Lord, John, how you do look! Told you
, f$ B" W6 g/ V# K0 p' I9 e' n  O+ Sso, you know -- but stop rolling your goose of an old poll about so,
7 D+ o: _# Z8 a* c" |$ _3 u3 J6 `) jand 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 great5 |, y( d6 Q* q8 y3 u9 c# u' f- G
Touch-and-go could do nothing more than that night.  He handed his article to
! }8 u1 v' r) {the printer's boy who was waiting, and walked slowly home to bed.. I. H! p' d: z( O" p
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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
& O8 w& Y0 R# Z: S- Klooked 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 can9 R& K8 Q1 }! `) _. i0 N0 W
describe his feelings of horror when his fingers came out of it without a
+ r* U  p3 Q( ?+ }3 bletter in them? who can tell of his astonishment and anger when he realized that the little box was completely empty?  Not a single5 A' G/ N/ z; t8 {! A1 t5 N8 A
little-o was in the little-o box; and, glancing fearfully at the
6 Z; ^* x& L( s9 a+ g( bcapital-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 nothing3 o' l' i. q  h; ?3 u
without no o's.'; a8 n$ F9 H- b9 B7 ?! J, B9 M" m
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'What do you mean by that?' said the chief, who was  very- }4 {7 p6 x; n0 k* o
angry at being kept from his bed so late.8 j) R" h+ b' S+ o
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'Well, sir, there isn't an o in the office, neither a big one nor a, E( R7 n; ]" R' u8 M3 p9 M
little one!'
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'What -- what has happened to all those that were in the box?'4 n" }& S  c: q9 g0 Y+ D: {# I+ H
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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.'  G- U% s+ N+ _; A. j% v

& k" Y5 p5 z- k- F7 Z' k9 R'I haven't a doubt of it,' replied the chief angrily, turning
) J; C% l6 Y1 f* Gpurple with rage 'but I tell you what you do, Bob, that's a good boy7 ?3 r% _2 o+ y. S7 ?$ |( Q  p
-- 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,6 k; N) m* @! N. R% n. E
I'll show them a thing or two; but what about that
3 `3 E6 W( l6 X$ p3 f% dparagraph? 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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1 [. d' O' R) B$ I" T# f: \'I Shouldn't call it a very long paragrab.'
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  g6 |6 o" ?" o! J2 m3 t'Ah, well, then! Do the best you can with it! We must get it ready,'& H/ n7 O( W: s8 Q$ _+ {  I" ?7 T: h
said the chief, who was buried in work; 'just put in% P5 a' |3 H! y3 H) h. R
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' W+ `' q, K. P; i/ y( _( {
case, muttering as he went: 'Considdeble vell, them ere expressions,. y9 A9 R$ a- B- A7 n4 B$ e
perticcler for a man as doesn't swar. So I's to gouge out all their, [* N" r  @# p9 K- L9 D1 E( ^- Z
eyes, eh? and d-n all their gizzards! Vell! this here's the chap as' j3 w# r- S7 e/ w' V1 a
is just able for to do it.' The fact is that although Bob was but
/ j5 E, Q4 ]2 z: h& Otwelve years old and four feet high, he was equal to any amount of
% V5 z+ H  Y5 ?+ V! Pfight, in a small way.$ b) J( E3 N$ B: V. t1 Z8 }
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The exigency here described is by no means of rare occurrence in# N' i+ `4 I6 h( I
printing-offices; and I cannot tell how to account for it, but the
! K4 [* x3 D0 Z; X% rfact is indisputable, that when the exigency does occur, it almost1 ]+ N7 t) ^4 Z! f- }2 ~1 D; {
always happens that x is adopted as a substitute for the letter
6 m. S3 h, i$ N1 c- D7 l' s9 Edeficient. The true reason, perhaps, is that x is rather the most
2 ^7 i8 l( @# b7 `/ Qsuperabundant letter in the cases, or at least was so in the old
+ G$ ?: x, a2 g! qtimes -- long enough to render the substitution in question an0 j( \/ i$ `; S4 U* x+ V
habitual thing with printers. As for Bob, he would have considered it
: q) {/ G% A8 u! Y4 Eheretical to employ any other character, in a case of this kind, than# r) t: v1 o: N! o) i! c  Z# e
the x to which he had been accustomed.
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: e! I4 z2 V& `) g, z* M: M'I shell have to x this ere paragrab,' said he to himself, as he read8 X& D. ?! K+ U  P1 i
it over in astonishment, 'but it's jest about the awfulest o-wy
3 T/ z; j9 n( Y% F; n% L" v: jparagrab I ever did see': so x it he did, unflinchingly, and to press
% I  t3 f, T7 U2 S" k* m. |it went x-ed.
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. p) r/ ~! ?+ }* l( wNext morning the population of Nopolis were taken all aback by
  A! O7 _: e' W/ Dreading in 'The Tea-Pot,' the following extraordinary leader:
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1 i- P, ?$ {# _# R5 P8 K. E" C7 r+ S'Sx hx, Jxhn! hxw nxw? Txld yxu sx, yxu knxw. Dxn't crxw, anxther
9 Y) K. z8 K& I+ }0 r8 K& c$ K2 vtime, befxre yxu're xut xf the wxxds! Dxes yxur mxther knxw yxu're2 I# b0 F! x" c1 v* g5 Q  S
xut? Xh, nx, nx! -- sx gx hxme at xnce, nxw, Jxhn, tx yxur xdixus xld# M8 H; v+ m$ Q7 m
wxxds xf Cxncxrd! Gx hxme tx yxur wxxds, xld xwl, -- gx! Yxu wxn't?
; T; L5 R. i; w8 e* [" w$ i( r% AXh, pxh, pxh, Jxhn, dxn't dx sx! Yxu've gxt tx gx, yxu knxw, sx gx at% t) N4 \0 Y6 j2 l1 v, m
xnce, and dxn't gx slxw; fxr nxbxdy xwns yxu here, yxu knxw. Xh,
0 ]! N' j# K/ s! n4 D& Q- gJxhn, Jxhn, Jxhn, if yxu dxn't gx yxu're nx hxmx -- nx! Yxu're xnly a
& M' `* Z9 j5 k5 s5 dfxwl, an xwl; a cxw, a sxw; a dxll, a pxll; a pxxr xld& j, Z& n/ p6 d& X9 Y* s, G
gxxd-fxr-nxthing-tx-nxbxdy, lxg, dxg, hxg, xr frxg, cxme xut xf a! x! l2 g) Y7 l5 \/ b: P
Cxncxrd bxg. Cxxl, nxw -- cxxl! Dx be cxxl, yxu fxxl! Nxne xf yxur* ]9 I( i) W' T$ G) ?" n8 Y5 \5 x
crxwing, xld cxck! Dxn't frxwn sx -- dxn't! Dxn't hxllx, nxr hxwl,; g( N% N# h) ~1 Z
nxr grxwl, nxr bxw-wxw-wxw! Gxxd Lxrd, Jxhn, hxw yxu dx lxxk! Txld
& O9 e0 ^+ e: m, n+ H2 U$ w' Uyxu sx, yxu knxw, -- but stxp rxlling yxur gxxse xf an xld pxll abxut
, V* P% ?- |8 c' P* \7 {sx, 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, is
$ {" J5 R6 G- \* D5 U2 anot to be conceived. The first definite idea entertained by the
" p8 v% M- v+ N5 }8 F* \6 mpopulace was, that some diabolical treason lay concealed in the
2 p* h! F3 ^! D/ Z* Ihieroglyphics; and there was a general rush to Bullet-head's8 n# ]% H3 y. l: q; p- M3 |
residence, for the purpose of riding him on a rail; but that
) g% e  ]6 ?$ J" E; Q' n3 mgentleman was nowhere to be found. He had vanished, no one could tell
. R! r* w  C4 f. n1 P- G& N" d" ohow; and not even the ghost of him has ever been seen since.: ]" d0 V9 O$ K
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Unable to discover its legitimate object, the popular fury at length7 F! w) L! j! B. g& [9 ^
subsided; leaving behind it, by way of sediment, quite a medley of3 l1 h% K1 @- Z' n: H4 V, q
opinion about this unhappy affair.
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One gentleman thought the whole an X-ellent joke.( w/ F0 t1 l# t/ W& J. a. L

) f0 r, }* D) ?5 C" [- f9 G5 W7 fAnother said that, indeed, Bullet-head had shown much X-uberance of
! e9 Q  r9 |$ t" V1 jfancy.
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0 L9 [6 M; S' n: ?: h: g  rA third admitted him X-entric, but no more.
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A fourth could only suppose it the Yankee's design to X-press, in a
9 d+ S3 k4 U2 G6 _% Vgeneral way, his X-asperation.
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'Say, rather, to set an X-ample to posterity,' suggested a fifth.+ l1 J/ b! h  d. F( d
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That Bullet-head had been driven to an extremity, was clear to all;- C: G" l* S) q$ w
and in fact, since that editor could not be found, there was some
; V5 O! ~. b0 M7 t# o4 @* Etalk about lynching the other one.
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The more common conclusion, however, was that the affair was, simply,
/ @$ j- {9 v6 V- r" X4 jX-traordinary and in-X-plicable. Even the town mathematician8 ]* Q- \2 j3 R, E: D5 _( Y0 H. Q
confessed that he could make nothing of so dark a problem. X, every.9 {( S; M# m8 Z
body knew, was an unknown quantity; but in this case (as he properly0 p8 l' R& g2 e0 o$ p: s$ ?& A. r* v
observed), there was an unknown quantity of X.
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# `$ u, w, K6 W9 tThe opinion of Bob, the devil (who kept dark about his having 'X-ed+ Q2 A* v2 M* E# N/ c! l4 X7 u0 X" D
the paragrab'), did not meet with so much attention as I think it! L% \% a& U. F. B8 L) f8 }
deserved, although it was very openly and very fearlessly expressed.7 k8 G% c6 B) |( e
He said that, for his part, he had no doubt about the matter at all,
! w- ~: F# o- e. Y7 I# V' w0 s* Qthat it was a clear case, that Mr. Bullet-head 'never could be
- j5 B9 A. j- ?) spersuaded fur to drink like other folks, but vas continually' E* q' s2 y9 X- {( O- N0 L( \
a-svigging o' that ere blessed XXX ale, and as a naiteral
) a4 `; ?) i) W. Aconsekvence, it just puffed him up savage, and made him X (cross) in% I! G. t6 [! f" f
the X-treme.'
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