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'Wery well,' replied Bob, 'here goes it!' and off he hurried to his1 I1 }+ v, L+ n. I
case, muttering as he went: 'Considdeble vell, them ere expressions,
; t; O5 K6 E7 `perticcler for a man as doesn't swar. So I's to gouge out all their
- {& F$ p7 o7 w9 f9 G! s9 Veyes, eh? and d-n all their gizzards! Vell! this here's the chap as
2 \4 r/ X! O/ V3 X0 t# ~is just able for to do it.' The fact is that although Bob was but
- b2 G8 u" t$ t# A6 wtwelve years old and four feet high, he was equal to any amount of
$ X ]( `* R4 J( Kfight, in a small way.
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% `& J3 R" [' c0 C- ^9 ?8 [The exigency here described is by no means of rare occurrence in
1 Z: @+ y* N& {, ]$ rprinting-offices; and I cannot tell how to account for it, but the5 h' ?8 v" ?9 J) V" L/ D/ ~
fact is indisputable, that when the exigency does occur, it almost6 L* P4 K4 S' F) N
always happens that x is adopted as a substitute for the letter3 X# @- n. S. [$ Y% t- w: m
deficient. The true reason, perhaps, is that x is rather the most
( K% j. S: P& S7 G4 w8 |superabundant letter in the cases, or at least was so in the old
! \$ w* }# ?) M8 R9 Ztimes -- long enough to render the substitution in question an
2 u$ m& e) T9 Q1 Z: |habitual thing with printers. As for Bob, he would have considered it) a0 {) z! N% }* M4 }
heretical to employ any other character, in a case of this kind, than
; b6 f9 M" w: e- gthe x to which he had been accustomed.5 d/ B7 h# n5 T6 T/ ~8 n. B4 ?
8 t: x) K2 K) _1 N9 s'I shell have to x this ere paragrab,' said he to himself, as he read
A4 Q' x- G1 k2 [it over in astonishment, 'but it's jest about the awfulest o-wy
7 T" Q% Y( X, Oparagrab I ever did see': so x it he did, unflinchingly, and to press
8 a; }9 C. W2 `: e' ait went x-ed.$ [9 U/ _, J4 B* y }
& K# B0 C% ~! X; f& B! X1 c4 l1 rNext morning the population of Nopolis were taken all aback by7 j C! l& k; N& A
reading 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& Q2 F7 F' M: }7 C, i7 p
time, befxre yxu're xut xf the wxxds! Dxes yxur mxther knxw yxu're) Z4 i" ^, p# J6 C, ]
xut? Xh, nx, nx! -- sx gx hxme at xnce, nxw, Jxhn, tx yxur xdixus xld+ ^5 p) p# O0 v8 X; j7 k
wxxds xf Cxncxrd! Gx hxme tx yxur wxxds, xld xwl, -- gx! Yxu wxn't?0 Z+ f4 t2 A2 X# e
Xh, pxh, pxh, Jxhn, dxn't dx sx! Yxu've gxt tx gx, yxu knxw, sx gx at/ W/ H1 d9 @1 |& y! g: a
xnce, and dxn't gx slxw; fxr nxbxdy xwns yxu here, yxu knxw. Xh,3 D* A! I% I' h4 ?
Jxhn, Jxhn, Jxhn, if yxu dxn't gx yxu're nx hxmx -- nx! Yxu're xnly a3 R5 M* {' V" E, R5 S
fxwl, an xwl; a cxw, a sxw; a dxll, a pxll; a pxxr xld9 M& G0 s9 ]/ R. Q* c6 \
gxxd-fxr-nxthing-tx-nxbxdy, lxg, dxg, hxg, xr frxg, cxme xut xf a
) W* V' ~8 P2 z3 r# X& YCxncxrd bxg. Cxxl, nxw -- cxxl! Dx be cxxl, yxu fxxl! Nxne xf yxur2 [4 `" @0 @; T" K3 J
crxwing, xld cxck! Dxn't frxwn sx -- dxn't! Dxn't hxllx, nxr hxwl,
, a; ?+ x; H4 |" onxr grxwl, nxr bxw-wxw-wxw! Gxxd Lxrd, Jxhn, hxw yxu dx lxxk! Txld# F3 y, P- J( r
yxu sx, yxu knxw, -- but stxp rxlling yxur gxxse xf an xld pxll abxut
0 d ]% y) a- J- @% @sx, and gx and drxwn yxur sxrrxws in a bxwl!' |
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