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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 AllanPoe5 q. [- c& V& B% \- H' l

. Z/ y% e: Y$ d! K. M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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7 z4 @9 R; P( h+ x4 ], HAS 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." \+ b$ @( C6 p# \- L. I
   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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0 v- W( u: ^5 h  i& HI must do him the justice to say, however, that when he made up his: J9 ~- v0 W( |% ^7 S( t& \# A
mind finally to settle in that town, it was under the impression that
+ S2 a0 B3 P. Uno newspaper, and consequently no editor, existed in that particular1 Z8 W, y. c0 R1 N1 u. M. g
section of the country. In establishing 'The Tea-Pot' he expected to
$ `2 X, ?7 t/ i: z" Q* T2 R; ahave the field all to himself. I feel confident he never would have
2 ^6 G; _; X) Z6 E+ ^dreamed of taking up his residence in Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis6 T+ ?; q! W6 Y7 o# [( n4 H# X! _- Z
had he been aware that, in Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis, there lived/ Y7 S/ g: b: }# j  w+ W
a gentleman named John Smith (if I rightly remember), who for many  c; @5 G* w( K) [
years had there quietly grown fat in editing and publishing the
& V. R7 ^0 V- K6 `8 q& m" Z'Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis Daily News.' It was solely, therefore, on8 H, x) m6 w; t$ B7 N$ r: v
account of having been misinformed, that Mr. Bullet-head found* ]1 N4 A3 c' o- Y5 N5 Y
himself in Alex-suppose we call it Nopolis, 'for short' -- but, as he
, M, e( l9 Y; |; \# \. w0 G/ cdid find himself there, he determined to keep up his character for
/ x5 J2 Z8 {; z" d3 c; L7 Q; {obst -- for firmness, and remain. So remain he did; and he did more;
5 |) N& P5 F$ q. G; z; I2 q; Khe unpacked his press, type, etc., etc., rented an office exactly
) {% i1 ^( |+ @  Qopposite to that of the 'Daily News,' and, on the third morning after8 k/ _# T1 N! Z( Z* [$ h; S
his arrival, issued the first number of 'The Alexan' -- that is to
; u% f/ q& [- {- K* ^+ Esay, of 'The Nopolis Tea-Pot' -- as nearly as I can recollect, this0 `$ T- P4 m: D/ W9 b/ s
was the name of the new paper.
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The leading article, I must admit, was brilliant -- not to say0 O2 v8 B2 Q6 w/ G( \/ ^9 \) r, F
severe. It was especially bitter about things in general -- and as! M! X# _# r6 y+ f8 i6 V
for the editor of 'The Daily News,' he was torn all to pieces in
' j- q: M4 |2 I' ~( |8 Q3 Kparticular. Some of Bullethead's remarks were really so fiery that I
1 p! i4 v/ F. a7 vhave always, since that time, been forced to look upon John Smith,9 A- w& c" [  ~8 ]  X( |
who is still alive, in the light of a salamander. I cannot pretend to
) p8 O: Y/ u( v5 Sgive all the 'Tea-Pot's' paragraphs verbatim, but one of them runs
3 [4 D! N' d+ @- c, Hthus:
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'Oh, yes! -- Oh, we perceive! Oh, no doubt! The editor over the way
/ q; [6 Q" _/ ~6 g) {. V( E- bis a genius -- O, my! Oh, goodness, gracious! -- what is this world
1 F5 ?- w+ c& C# F# ecoming to? Oh, tempora! Oh, Moses!'. P7 A1 @4 B( x8 m( A# i, Z# X* w
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A philippic at once so caustic and so classical, alighted like a, \1 g7 k( s8 s. V
bombshell among the hitherto peaceful citizens of Nopolis. Groups of
/ n, k/ A* y7 q6 N$ Y: yexcited individuals gathered at the corners of the streets. Every one8 `. ~" }3 ~0 {! C% N
awaited, with heartfelt anxiety, the reply of the dignified Smith.
+ e' n+ U2 z, ^5 E* ]' pNext morning it appeared as follows:
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'We quote from "The Tea-Pot" of yesterday the subjoined paragraph:/ t) ?$ p5 o; L5 v8 A5 g/ }
"Oh, yes! Oh, we perceive! Oh, no doubt! Oh, my! Oh, goodness! Oh,: J* J! Y4 B) k2 O) s9 W- m/ \1 o
tempora! Oh, Moses!" Why, the fellow is all O! That accounts for his
* z& T( a! n" m' s* |; Breasoning in a circle, and explains why there is neither beginning7 w5 E* U# W% r9 S' C" P6 e
nor end to him, nor to anything he says. We really do not believe the
' W8 K% A% U" O3 u2 \" E; m- Vvagabond can write a word that hasn't an O in it. Wonder if this
* T- O9 L) W% H  U; AO-ing is a habit of his? By-the-by, he came away from Down-East in a1 t9 l* C2 X& a. R" E
great hurry. Wonder if he O's as much there as he does here? "O! it: x9 B- P9 b4 B- c0 k8 z; n) ?. R
is pitiful."'+ N2 z4 F- b/ m' u

8 j( z  s9 r# k/ _The indignation of Mr. Bullet-head at these scandalous insinuations,2 x$ J: P8 r. G- D. f
I shall not attempt to describe. On the eel-skinning principle,
. b, G3 H4 r* U, v9 qhowever, he did not seem to be so much incensed at the attack upon5 @0 Q, i; T; z4 [* |
his integrity as one might have imagined. It was the sneer at his
8 z- X  s9 k! @4 o. ?% jstyle that drove him to desperation. What! -- he Touch-and-go' N7 V  c( q, o1 v2 B5 D/ {
Bullet-head! -- not able to write a word without an O in it! He would
% X: Z2 O. x6 U" c/ V3 Dsoon let the jackanapes see that he was mistaken. Yes! he would let6 F5 D- _1 M- ~. S2 X2 k2 Z9 Z
him see how much he was mistaken, the puppy! He, Touch-and-go$ b0 o* K3 C9 z% B: b4 k' c! f
Bullet-head, of Frogpondium, would let Mr. John Smith perceive that. g2 ]7 i! Z$ o3 p) C; K, d8 P
he, Bullet-head, could indite, if it so pleased him, a whole
; ^6 _% ^) j! _5 X7 k: E$ s7 eparagraph -- aye! a whole article -- in which that contemptible vowel
8 w, q! f' D8 F, K2 g' L8 o* sshould not once -- not even once -- make its appearance. But no; --
& J; t) U; u0 _/ othat would be yielding a point to the said John Smith. He,
9 ]& ]5 ?  _7 ?' W: W( @Bullet-head, would make no alteration in his style, to suit the
& W. z# @! L+ n9 ]" _/ Ycaprices of any Mr. Smith in Christendom. Perish so vile a thought!
+ k0 ]# D: D, H$ i& v7 C0 M# Y/ qThe O forever; He would persist in the O. He would be as O-wy as O-wy, P/ q+ c( z* u* @  l# ?
could be.
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Burning with the chivalry of this determination, the great
7 E1 Q. u% f7 k) hTouch-and-go, in the next 'Tea-Pot,' came out merely with this simple3 z3 H/ {8 B4 w
but resolute paragraph, in reference to this unhappy affair:: h+ J9 m; Q9 s! t' G+ g) G# n

- [1 \" L7 ?. G& [( {'The editor of the "Tea-Pot" has the honor of advising the editor of4 d( \0 d& w6 N% z4 p; ~
the "Gazette" that he (the "Tea-Pot") will take an opportunity in) q5 P8 s# p* t  o
tomorrow morning's paper, of convincing him (the "Daily News") that he
* M( A( B: k  D3 H(the "Tea-Pot") both can and will be his own master, as regards% s3 x$ S! ^- V; {2 S* R: e) R' ?8 J
style; he (the "Tea-Pot") intending to show him (the "Daily News") the
9 @% u# X3 d9 K/ a0 Psupreme, and indeed the withering contempt with which the criticism% ]5 e. a6 I; }$ ~( n4 q
of him (the "Daily News") inspires the independent bosom of him (the
- S+ w' i  W! L& e0 q0 W& n"TeaPot") by composing for the especial gratification (?) of him (the
& @/ @: o$ S' {( j4 s6 a! ["Daily News") a leading article, of some extent, in which the beautiful: k: i" n/ f7 z, |1 m3 G& [
vowel -- the emblem of Eternity -- yet so offensive to the2 w8 H! I, q1 h
hyper-exquisite delicacy of him (the "Daily News") shall most certainly, x0 V* g  e, q: ?* b4 ^
not be avoided by his (the "Daily News") most obedient, humble
0 r. [+ T' J' N% G5 dservant, the "Tea-Pot." "So much for Buckingham!"'
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In fulfilment of the awful threat thus darkly intimated rather than5 K6 ~; ~: u" @2 T  m: I0 x
decidedly enunciated, the great Bullet-head, turning a deaf ear to( N: F3 ]0 S3 |# ~. w
all entreaties for 'copy,' and simply requesting his foreman to 'go  p5 Y8 s  e. F& P; D2 ]2 w: L2 L7 H
to the d-l,' when he (the foreman) assured him (the 'Tea-Pot'!) that9 ^1 ]. v/ M* l( w
it was high time to 'go to press': turning a deaf ear to everything,1 }4 ^2 v/ K9 E3 x1 Q( d  R! Y0 j
I say, the great Bullet-head sat up until day-break, consuming the+ i7 w, p3 ~# M* I6 D8 k) \
midnight oil, and absorbed in the composition of the really& {% I; R7 Q3 Q! P0 h1 \) y' G, r
unparalleled paragraph, which follows:-1 X9 M) C* H6 R

5 b* c  D+ ?1 J& }* S& F'So ho, John! how now? Told you so, you know. Don't crow, another
9 l$ a6 |, @; O; @& ]1 `/ [2 dtime, before you're out of the woods! Does your mother know you're
  u3 X, @- B# E7 {out? Oh, no, no! -- so go home at once, now, John, to your odious old
; Z' R0 e% @6 {6 x3 e. i3 }, g& |woods of Concord! Go home to your woods, old owl -- go! You won't!( e: h6 y0 E- o+ Q& F: c( P
Oh, poh, poh, don't do so! You've got to go, you know! So go at once,
  Z7 Y3 A3 U( y9 \/ ?and don't go slow, for nobody owns you here, you know! Oh! John,
/ K8 f$ _- v4 S; x. @" m) pJohn, if you don't go you're no homo -- no! You're only a fowl, an
6 W) P  t( f; C9 yowl, a cow, a sow, -- a doll, a poll; a poor, old,
" U; G- s! r; p  t1 H- l$ kgood-for-nothing-to-nobody, log, dog, hog, or frog, come out of a1 M0 j  n% C4 \7 Q2 p! Y6 M
Concord bog. Cool, now -- cool! Do be cool, you fool! None of your
+ Q8 ^, N1 B. d& W" b. o- Pcrowing, old cock! Don't frown so -- don't! Don't hollo, nor howl nor
2 d- D; w: s- f2 K. agrowl, nor bow-wow-wow! Good Lord, John, how you do look! Told you
% o3 K# Z  E% ~. Q7 w" s9 O; Q, [" Mso, you know -- but stop rolling your goose of an old poll about so,
0 x* a% r* D; J% r2 Uand 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
2 t$ I$ k' |' ]6 @# d# wTouch-and-go could do nothing more than that night.  He handed his article to
( f) ?- t: J# P3 ethe 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+ b' z* O0 q8 l  O1 @
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( p0 ~+ V2 C% A' m2 U- O; \
describe his feelings of horror when his fingers came out of it without a9 a* @8 }/ ^% p7 _5 u" a1 Z
letter in them? who can tell of his astonishment and anger when he realized that the little box was completely empty?  Not a single
* G2 p* V2 a. A4 ylittle-o was in the little-o box; and, glancing fearfully at the! ^' ~1 k1 g8 E4 H5 ]* w( _; [
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
  N  @( p$ d0 [2 U! {/ Z, Awithout no o's.'1 L" e- }  i" Z- O& e. z
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'What do you mean by that?' said the chief, who was  very
6 P1 ]+ ?# U  z, H* u% langry at being kept from his bed so late.& v0 |( f6 Q3 ^9 X3 G6 m: g8 m

/ s  |  a0 O3 \+ l( H0 D'Well, sir, there isn't an o in the office, neither a big one nor a
- |0 W7 @: B+ P& C( S6 Hlittle one!'
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# y0 t. S& a! G% g8 H& @'What -- what has happened to all those that were in the box?'0 M/ |) n' K5 f& }# D
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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.'! w8 k( i7 B, e
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'I haven't a doubt of it,' replied the chief angrily, turning+ H! ]0 r9 A& r3 P# ^+ g5 C
purple with rage 'but I tell you what you do, Bob, that's a good boy
  ]6 V4 M8 z0 p! s8 ~5 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 s3 L& O# s% b, @5 @
I'll show them a thing or two; but what about that
, l% m0 ^5 g3 k# k8 l" ?" cparagraph? 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?': ]9 d" {( @0 ]
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'I Shouldn't call it a very long paragrab.'
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1 v7 o0 p6 i3 R% K: O/ ]( P" Q8 y5 o'Ah, well, then! Do the best you can with it! We must get it ready,'
& [5 \3 @' _) U9 q. x* }: bsaid the chief, who was buried in work; 'just put in; x" h3 z& |0 [/ ]
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
老杨团队,追求完美;客户至上,服务到位!
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/ y3 }2 q( z- J0 d) s
case, muttering as he went: 'Considdeble vell, them ere expressions,) ]: G6 Z" M/ a% [& w. B! U
perticcler for a man as doesn't swar. So I's to gouge out all their6 P9 O: B6 k$ O5 _$ q& w% A/ \
eyes, eh? and d-n all their gizzards! Vell! this here's the chap as
8 i- G2 M- s) U% @% v4 Bis just able for to do it.' The fact is that although Bob was but" e* j) F8 B4 t8 p
twelve years old and four feet high, he was equal to any amount of' e9 ?, d* W) v- z! ]* [
fight, in a small way.: R  Z, W, P" O
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The exigency here described is by no means of rare occurrence in7 E1 \/ P: ]7 C4 x2 h
printing-offices; and I cannot tell how to account for it, but the5 c* z4 |' P) X/ q) a. s
fact is indisputable, that when the exigency does occur, it almost7 {" T5 [, c: T. z0 q5 x! U
always happens that x is adopted as a substitute for the letter9 P: G- i" Q1 _2 m7 W2 }% O
deficient. The true reason, perhaps, is that x is rather the most+ l0 E2 D. g( i$ P% j
superabundant letter in the cases, or at least was so in the old" s! H& C4 U; d$ m$ u6 d
times -- long enough to render the substitution in question an: t  `4 A6 X; Y7 q- O% a
habitual thing with printers. As for Bob, he would have considered it
# v& v1 d4 d* I/ I4 Q9 C9 @1 E, x* B. hheretical to employ any other character, in a case of this kind, than
6 U/ p, e) m0 O0 N: o# V. y* athe x to which he had been accustomed.
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'I shell have to x this ere paragrab,' said he to himself, as he read4 v! `4 s! h( N) l+ U9 _& u0 U3 }
it over in astonishment, 'but it's jest about the awfulest o-wy
5 v4 t$ C6 a' ~2 t' N5 @0 x5 oparagrab I ever did see': so x it he did, unflinchingly, and to press
, K7 z1 w1 y3 O& g; w( iit went x-ed.+ N/ ?) P5 L! `1 o7 x2 |# m6 M
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Next morning the population of Nopolis were taken all aback by
2 k( ]. c. D+ A. K; Dreading in 'The Tea-Pot,' the following extraordinary leader:
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'Sx hx, Jxhn! hxw nxw? Txld yxu sx, yxu knxw. Dxn't crxw, anxther  @: z! j4 }( \3 ^
time, befxre yxu're xut xf the wxxds! Dxes yxur mxther knxw yxu're# `" L2 w' o+ d2 U
xut? Xh, nx, nx! -- sx gx hxme at xnce, nxw, Jxhn, tx yxur xdixus xld
, I; P  V+ s$ m+ |, xwxxds xf Cxncxrd! Gx hxme tx yxur wxxds, xld xwl, -- gx! Yxu wxn't?
. T) W; [3 N  s! }  n* X; JXh, pxh, pxh, Jxhn, dxn't dx sx! Yxu've gxt tx gx, yxu knxw, sx gx at- f; p+ |" G: {. C" f
xnce, and dxn't gx slxw; fxr nxbxdy xwns yxu here, yxu knxw. Xh,
1 M/ h( Q  L' M$ zJxhn, Jxhn, Jxhn, if yxu dxn't gx yxu're nx hxmx -- nx! Yxu're xnly a) \: Q. ?/ B: o
fxwl, an xwl; a cxw, a sxw; a dxll, a pxll; a pxxr xld
0 k# s8 Q* \8 u) cgxxd-fxr-nxthing-tx-nxbxdy, lxg, dxg, hxg, xr frxg, cxme xut xf a* f* D+ }! X/ R4 g. v- S2 K
Cxncxrd bxg. Cxxl, nxw -- cxxl! Dx be cxxl, yxu fxxl! Nxne xf yxur
+ c+ K/ {/ i0 @1 G+ [crxwing, xld cxck! Dxn't frxwn sx -- dxn't! Dxn't hxllx, nxr hxwl,2 D8 @0 b4 G$ l" ?) I& d
nxr grxwl, nxr bxw-wxw-wxw! Gxxd Lxrd, Jxhn, hxw yxu dx lxxk! Txld
7 I8 ~! e# r4 k( `% k! Cyxu sx, yxu knxw, -- but stxp rxlling yxur gxxse xf an xld pxll abxut
- x+ }$ n& b: {0 r3 Usx, and gx and drxwn yxur sxrrxws in a bxwl!'
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The uproar occasioned by this mystical and cabalistical article, is; @; `3 u2 D/ B  G. `0 \
not to be conceived. The first definite idea entertained by the
4 ~- F! {% r5 v% r. Lpopulace was, that some diabolical treason lay concealed in the7 T& h% B5 G3 T- v9 \  @/ l
hieroglyphics; and there was a general rush to Bullet-head's8 t# N: O1 w% b+ [* Y) W# s" V
residence, for the purpose of riding him on a rail; but that4 ^8 [$ j8 a5 |3 m* V1 J
gentleman was nowhere to be found. He had vanished, no one could tell) Y9 J* ~; Y/ R, G. x& T
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+ F4 I+ e9 E3 h# h: @
subsided; leaving behind it, by way of sediment, quite a medley of0 T8 h" j5 W$ x- a9 X& s
opinion about this unhappy affair.* g) ~( \) ^0 O" u2 S/ d
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One gentleman thought the whole an X-ellent joke.
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" h6 \9 h; ^0 {- M0 cAnother said that, indeed, Bullet-head had shown much X-uberance of
, I; K( i1 e8 C/ n6 B3 Dfancy.  t8 D2 ^- ]# a; g: R$ d
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A third admitted him X-entric, but no more.
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, d# s* O7 d# V2 m- qA fourth could only suppose it the Yankee's design to X-press, in a8 \6 Q# J/ v  ]! \" |6 h9 c1 ?0 k) d
general way, his X-asperation.5 F' A$ T$ k* F. D( N; |
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'Say, rather, to set an X-ample to posterity,' suggested a fifth.9 \8 s5 F# j5 [- h2 k; q
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That Bullet-head had been driven to an extremity, was clear to all;
+ y+ }5 O7 q. Q& T: Vand in fact, since that editor could not be found, there was some' _/ X0 m5 x7 y* C! ^" K
talk about lynching the other one.
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The more common conclusion, however, was that the affair was, simply,: s+ x7 ~1 _% Y2 ?' F
X-traordinary and in-X-plicable. Even the town mathematician
# T9 n" b  l! c2 u5 Fconfessed that he could make nothing of so dark a problem. X, every.
5 z0 r4 h) q& I6 W7 O& nbody knew, was an unknown quantity; but in this case (as he properly
3 e3 G) A# s$ ^: Yobserved), there was an unknown quantity of X.
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) Z& X9 p0 v! T& o2 J8 g" Y8 P. tThe opinion of Bob, the devil (who kept dark about his having 'X-ed
  O3 O5 {- Y. Ithe paragrab'), did not meet with so much attention as I think it
% I1 z( l' s) S+ _! ?: v5 i% Kdeserved, although it was very openly and very fearlessly expressed.
1 b+ e0 I% B/ ?6 @& a+ w0 |/ B) nHe said that, for his part, he had no doubt about the matter at all,
- W, [9 N( C3 }that it was a clear case, that Mr. Bullet-head 'never could be
: M. O. c. x* B; X0 [/ J+ O! Q- Cpersuaded fur to drink like other folks, but vas continually
0 ?1 \0 Z$ s% m8 W: ^7 V! M, ~a-svigging o' that ere blessed XXX ale, and as a naiteral+ v1 D  k# ]- c& U9 i6 }8 \6 `% P
consekvence, it just puffed him up savage, and made him X (cross) in0 B2 _5 ]. [% g2 m: d
the X-treme.'
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