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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 AllanPoe7 g4 d6 v5 ?3 k

, }7 ]! }+ S4 A% e, x7 l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 # Y) B, w$ C; Y3 d1 r% V
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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." D# j$ h2 d% }- `8 B, P
   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 2 x  a% J0 i9 N! J

  z$ n! q0 e: f2 a' }$ eI must do him the justice to say, however, that when he made up his: t) A* @5 @& b# |0 z& n
mind finally to settle in that town, it was under the impression that
3 |1 m5 z$ K! {no newspaper, and consequently no editor, existed in that particular" v0 g9 P3 L# \0 c7 \
section of the country. In establishing 'The Tea-Pot' he expected to
5 [* g* S3 {3 s+ q6 j/ o5 }have the field all to himself. I feel confident he never would have
% }- K" d9 V! ]! @1 G! ~; Hdreamed of taking up his residence in Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis
1 Z: K4 a" m$ U, C; z: k) l: C$ Y& Uhad he been aware that, in Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis, there lived7 E: k+ o5 q" t5 ?
a gentleman named John Smith (if I rightly remember), who for many
) v) v. ~# d) `' u2 N  L* G( ]years had there quietly grown fat in editing and publishing the6 C7 z2 [5 _& ]
'Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis Daily News.' It was solely, therefore, on; G9 {7 L& F8 }* ]3 {
account of having been misinformed, that Mr. Bullet-head found7 u( Q+ Z1 P" V+ q: v3 t3 H0 |
himself in Alex-suppose we call it Nopolis, 'for short' -- but, as he
$ |$ u4 }. n# R, ]2 ?5 pdid find himself there, he determined to keep up his character for
2 P  i& B9 C/ ?obst -- for firmness, and remain. So remain he did; and he did more;. F+ H& o1 K) K* l4 J" I
he unpacked his press, type, etc., etc., rented an office exactly
! ^' `9 Y4 Y- g2 `5 z7 L/ }; Aopposite to that of the 'Daily News,' and, on the third morning after/ x! v2 x) {; F" u: w7 [6 v
his arrival, issued the first number of 'The Alexan' -- that is to
2 ?% |9 m* `$ P. f* Y, lsay, of 'The Nopolis Tea-Pot' -- as nearly as I can recollect, this
% i8 j5 `/ S0 Q5 z  Jwas the name of the new paper.
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The leading article, I must admit, was brilliant -- not to say
9 K  q( _# x" nsevere. It was especially bitter about things in general -- and as: M3 w+ ?$ D. n2 y% q; [
for the editor of 'The Daily News,' he was torn all to pieces in1 e$ |. J9 B7 h4 m" k# o
particular. Some of Bullethead's remarks were really so fiery that I# W$ a2 _& f3 K6 O3 N" n
have always, since that time, been forced to look upon John Smith,: P( X$ b$ D. A
who is still alive, in the light of a salamander. I cannot pretend to+ z1 G- @9 g& x  `# _
give all the 'Tea-Pot's' paragraphs verbatim, but one of them runs
! {# ^! |3 t/ V( o6 G; b4 xthus:
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 楼主| 发表于 2009-7-27 21:59 | 显示全部楼层
老杨团队 追求完美
'Oh, yes! -- Oh, we perceive! Oh, no doubt! The editor over the way) @8 N0 N$ I: Z# N
is a genius -- O, my! Oh, goodness, gracious! -- what is this world: \2 g& [' j, G$ D/ J
coming to? Oh, tempora! Oh, Moses!'# E2 [; ~  ^! B+ R0 N! Q+ v

- y7 j8 c5 k& w) c3 k  K& y0 mA philippic at once so caustic and so classical, alighted like a! l3 {1 K* b5 @# @
bombshell among the hitherto peaceful citizens of Nopolis. Groups of+ Y, u1 I1 g* f/ `. H0 T9 }( i0 T- n1 Y
excited individuals gathered at the corners of the streets. Every one
1 n* u; g6 A$ p  R8 ?awaited, with heartfelt anxiety, the reply of the dignified Smith.. `8 E' @, L  ?. j
Next morning it appeared as follows:
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'We quote from "The Tea-Pot" of yesterday the subjoined paragraph:- }0 |2 @) G" K* Y* f$ X+ t6 R
"Oh, yes! Oh, we perceive! Oh, no doubt! Oh, my! Oh, goodness! Oh,
# l, i' J& d7 Z' Wtempora! Oh, Moses!" Why, the fellow is all O! That accounts for his
$ h* @9 [/ @: Treasoning in a circle, and explains why there is neither beginning5 Z, ~6 O/ O1 y) Q' ]" M
nor end to him, nor to anything he says. We really do not believe the# A& t( U: x' q9 m: ]
vagabond can write a word that hasn't an O in it. Wonder if this
7 \! H# u* l' r9 w+ rO-ing is a habit of his? By-the-by, he came away from Down-East in a& f) \& |. I3 e6 q
great hurry. Wonder if he O's as much there as he does here? "O! it1 |. Q5 m) q5 E5 L- `3 C& K% b# l
is pitiful."'
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The indignation of Mr. Bullet-head at these scandalous insinuations,
9 Y8 S, q. F, K" u  AI shall not attempt to describe. On the eel-skinning principle,
" r0 g% e5 B3 P1 U: R4 mhowever, he did not seem to be so much incensed at the attack upon6 X9 y' a3 \$ I% K
his integrity as one might have imagined. It was the sneer at his1 Z: G) T: {$ }" Q6 |6 r
style that drove him to desperation. What! -- he Touch-and-go
' ]# d; f& M6 S* r1 Q1 l" eBullet-head! -- not able to write a word without an O in it! He would
% {4 ]7 W  e" t5 a/ a( e+ M% Csoon let the jackanapes see that he was mistaken. Yes! he would let5 L  i( ]0 c% X5 f2 J
him see how much he was mistaken, the puppy! He, Touch-and-go0 {/ Q, G/ |; g0 \
Bullet-head, of Frogpondium, would let Mr. John Smith perceive that+ H6 G( u, q" j
he, Bullet-head, could indite, if it so pleased him, a whole$ ?' b+ q- ]6 T, L! ]# U+ l/ U
paragraph -- aye! a whole article -- in which that contemptible vowel$ M" R% Q! I6 L: h/ W
should not once -- not even once -- make its appearance. But no; --
! @. _: U: n& {) P' F& v/ ithat would be yielding a point to the said John Smith. He,$ N0 ?) r2 _4 E
Bullet-head, would make no alteration in his style, to suit the
8 S: x5 T0 Q& l% D- u4 fcaprices of any Mr. Smith in Christendom. Perish so vile a thought!
& _3 t) c, }4 V& HThe O forever; He would persist in the O. He would be as O-wy as O-wy, C& E% }0 k- D, q: V
could be.
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本帖最后由 rainbowfish 于 2009-7-27 23:33 编辑
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Burning with the chivalry of this determination, the great
$ G6 t; N5 O  P1 QTouch-and-go, in the next 'Tea-Pot,' came out merely with this simple( E; y2 @- n& U$ l  ]3 L$ `
but resolute paragraph, in reference to this unhappy affair:9 h+ {5 \1 O9 ]8 z# R1 g2 p8 u

- ]0 Y: z+ m$ X'The editor of the "Tea-Pot" has the honor of advising the editor of: u5 Q- g# }$ H; P$ O
the "Gazette" that he (the "Tea-Pot") will take an opportunity in
$ w6 O$ {: X, R0 R9 G% |tomorrow morning's paper, of convincing him (the "Daily News") that he: w3 p* B# ?& R6 |
(the "Tea-Pot") both can and will be his own master, as regards  I1 A3 `- |% K, R
style; he (the "Tea-Pot") intending to show him (the "Daily News") the
) g6 }, L& n5 A7 d# m, fsupreme, and indeed the withering contempt with which the criticism0 h' r6 u, ^$ h) z+ B2 s* f
of him (the "Daily News") inspires the independent bosom of him (the( P& G) W  a( ]
"TeaPot") by composing for the especial gratification (?) of him (the
, D5 w0 ^$ O5 g! t9 J"Daily News") a leading article, of some extent, in which the beautiful$ k. Y  }5 K% t5 _' D% k8 J" i) E
vowel -- the emblem of Eternity -- yet so offensive to the; D/ S; m1 C5 V6 Y% n
hyper-exquisite delicacy of him (the "Daily News") shall most certainly+ }- ~2 U% t+ v
not be avoided by his (the "Daily News") most obedient, humble, x8 e/ [$ ^1 Z
servant, the "Tea-Pot." "So much for Buckingham!"') }9 P6 @2 c1 Q4 z, H) \/ d. I

& s4 g$ f7 E, JIn fulfilment of the awful threat thus darkly intimated rather than
/ L# @6 a# @$ }- O9 `1 Adecidedly enunciated, the great Bullet-head, turning a deaf ear to
; y9 z) Q$ J+ Oall entreaties for 'copy,' and simply requesting his foreman to 'go
* ?, z( k  `3 D: Yto the d-l,' when he (the foreman) assured him (the 'Tea-Pot'!) that
3 h+ o7 j7 C& c+ {; g% s& Lit was high time to 'go to press': turning a deaf ear to everything,0 ]. x$ {* E- L# C
I say, the great Bullet-head sat up until day-break, consuming the0 s3 C1 v$ V/ X4 i2 r
midnight oil, and absorbed in the composition of the really
* }( J/ K3 q$ H  U: iunparalleled paragraph, which follows:-
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'So ho, John! how now? Told you so, you know. Don't crow, another
8 a6 b1 s' Q! ]+ |: Z' h# Gtime, before you're out of the woods! Does your mother know you're0 W9 g% {0 O# g) T2 y( K2 w' c
out? Oh, no, no! -- so go home at once, now, John, to your odious old
) R4 d2 K- c  h6 Xwoods of Concord! Go home to your woods, old owl -- go! You won't!
1 n; y/ w+ {" ^6 y: JOh, poh, poh, don't do so! You've got to go, you know! So go at once,
% W- i; V9 ?+ o" Fand don't go slow, for nobody owns you here, you know! Oh! John,
" ]& l5 E! p" D+ C/ s! PJohn, if you don't go you're no homo -- no! You're only a fowl, an, y# P9 X9 }9 s% J
owl, a cow, a sow, -- a doll, a poll; a poor, old,( O8 g* @. W' \5 Y" `
good-for-nothing-to-nobody, log, dog, hog, or frog, come out of a
7 J" B9 P6 Q# s/ k+ ]Concord bog. Cool, now -- cool! Do be cool, you fool! None of your
, S- S7 L+ y. ^crowing, old cock! Don't frown so -- don't! Don't hollo, nor howl nor
- ?- l$ E( h. }' `- L7 b) mgrowl, nor bow-wow-wow! Good Lord, John, how you do look! Told you
2 p' ?  P# S$ g2 Qso, you know -- but stop rolling your goose of an old poll about so,
. ^5 C* H1 ^. `# z$ }$ Vand 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
; V) |' B) d) {( t8 K+ @* MTouch-and-go could do nothing more than that night.  He handed his article to
2 {2 T9 Q' q7 g! \1 ithe 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
. F/ h7 D! J8 m- {+ k# h2 {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& \% K3 F2 d4 W4 T2 D) D
describe his feelings of horror when his fingers came out of it without a# o! k8 }# r. I; W1 |+ P) H& p
letter in them? who can tell of his astonishment and anger when he realized that the little box was completely empty?  Not a single
  [6 }' r! s; C, i/ I7 D* z0 Q  D0 |little-o was in the little-o box; and, glancing fearfully at the- y  B4 e- t6 X: w# @+ _6 H& y
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
7 y7 a  Z% y6 J( T+ v9 T" twithout no o's.'1 N6 y( p; Y- u
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'What do you mean by that?' said the chief, who was  very
* Q3 W8 E) y1 p3 d( @angry at being kept from his bed so late.
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- h! z8 S! w0 n, S& @1 O'Well, sir, there isn't an o in the office, neither a big one nor a
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  A1 M0 y6 g& K0 N! x1 ~'What -- what has happened to all those that were in the box?'
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) K) t- o7 ]9 q2 t9 Q6 k'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.'7 Z% d  A2 w. F8 I3 s( X0 E, i' V' c
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'I haven't a doubt of it,' replied the chief angrily, turning
3 Z- a! ^/ q$ x8 Epurple with rage 'but I tell you what you do, Bob, that's a good boy
. D3 F, G' g9 U-- you go over to the Daily News the first chance you get, and take every one of their
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: K6 A: u# e8 a) c* l3 a'Right,' replied Bob. 'I'll go,
7 }5 j8 l) E- P  iI'll show them a thing or two; but what about that0 H7 Z+ x6 O' Z; S
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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" p! B1 ?3 g6 \1 L4 y& _'I Shouldn't call it a very long paragrab.'
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'Ah, well, then! Do the best you can with it! We must get it ready,'$ |) D9 d1 S1 C2 f3 N
said the chief, who was buried in work; 'just put in7 X5 y2 e; \8 ]5 x/ ]+ `
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# S  M6 M" o; D+ {7 _4 _; W; m
case, muttering as he went: 'Considdeble vell, them ere expressions,
8 N, A# E1 |# ?; d4 [, m% dperticcler for a man as doesn't swar. So I's to gouge out all their
2 y  f' @9 x- X8 ]: l3 m6 [( _eyes, eh? and d-n all their gizzards! Vell! this here's the chap as- e" ^9 @) _7 o* O
is just able for to do it.' The fact is that although Bob was but
1 i- F% k$ u) k1 vtwelve years old and four feet high, he was equal to any amount of( |3 |2 H* g1 [* s) l2 V9 {
fight, in a small way.' g. u2 ~, c6 T# O9 n& w
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The exigency here described is by no means of rare occurrence in
0 F% U# c# ^' g: z8 Z: E' hprinting-offices; and I cannot tell how to account for it, but the
; x- [# [: D5 C$ o9 p+ J5 A) Ifact is indisputable, that when the exigency does occur, it almost( w% u. r8 w& z
always happens that x is adopted as a substitute for the letter& }) V8 _, ^" }! U& }1 k
deficient. The true reason, perhaps, is that x is rather the most( r7 Z5 r3 L/ A; Y3 Q( L
superabundant letter in the cases, or at least was so in the old
& z: l, f7 a/ c% Utimes -- long enough to render the substitution in question an
* L' E* v6 Y) q" y' jhabitual thing with printers. As for Bob, he would have considered it
( S! A4 {. E! m* \  a! K$ fheretical to employ any other character, in a case of this kind, than
1 [" B; _" e3 V& g5 `the x to which he had been accustomed.$ s( M$ b8 B4 ?! G" h3 |* t
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'I shell have to x this ere paragrab,' said he to himself, as he read4 ^$ w( ^# o5 R& ?1 ?* K4 t
it over in astonishment, 'but it's jest about the awfulest o-wy
; P/ F- z3 Q6 I$ V* `paragrab I ever did see': so x it he did, unflinchingly, and to press/ |7 o1 V: \. j- R, D
it went x-ed.3 u* N& P# A; c

% ~: V. J# F5 v8 RNext morning the population of Nopolis were taken all aback by
4 P0 b( S9 N4 e0 @: J5 ?reading in 'The Tea-Pot,' the following extraordinary leader:8 G# p, O0 _) H& |( K1 t6 l

5 q6 [; S- N  K'Sx hx, Jxhn! hxw nxw? Txld yxu sx, yxu knxw. Dxn't crxw, anxther
0 j* L  V) r* ^* N2 u1 D8 M6 s% Ntime, befxre yxu're xut xf the wxxds! Dxes yxur mxther knxw yxu're; F$ Y! |# k* v1 C
xut? Xh, nx, nx! -- sx gx hxme at xnce, nxw, Jxhn, tx yxur xdixus xld) Z- b2 e& ?8 a/ Y
wxxds xf Cxncxrd! Gx hxme tx yxur wxxds, xld xwl, -- gx! Yxu wxn't?4 N' C. ^2 S/ ~/ w3 t" k" `+ o% M9 ^
Xh, pxh, pxh, Jxhn, dxn't dx sx! Yxu've gxt tx gx, yxu knxw, sx gx at# D) r) c1 R3 Z* M  V3 `2 V% G
xnce, and dxn't gx slxw; fxr nxbxdy xwns yxu here, yxu knxw. Xh,; i- L, P/ A9 x5 d5 q, G
Jxhn, Jxhn, Jxhn, if yxu dxn't gx yxu're nx hxmx -- nx! Yxu're xnly a
" d, }8 c. G  A9 lfxwl, an xwl; a cxw, a sxw; a dxll, a pxll; a pxxr xld
+ X. e' Y+ v' t& wgxxd-fxr-nxthing-tx-nxbxdy, lxg, dxg, hxg, xr frxg, cxme xut xf a
7 P  a" \- V& B; Z3 V' LCxncxrd bxg. Cxxl, nxw -- cxxl! Dx be cxxl, yxu fxxl! Nxne xf yxur; j/ O3 w4 E1 q9 T! g6 s
crxwing, xld cxck! Dxn't frxwn sx -- dxn't! Dxn't hxllx, nxr hxwl,+ P& A  ]1 i' A& X
nxr grxwl, nxr bxw-wxw-wxw! Gxxd Lxrd, Jxhn, hxw yxu dx lxxk! Txld' D3 E+ [" S, A6 _- X  B' G7 k- p
yxu sx, yxu knxw, -- but stxp rxlling yxur gxxse xf an xld pxll abxut
  G- E1 M) c" }+ V8 qsx, 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, is2 T, x- v5 h+ a" s; @# S5 F+ N
not to be conceived. The first definite idea entertained by the% @: J3 J0 W5 X, e  K
populace was, that some diabolical treason lay concealed in the
% y3 _" k  X$ c" n+ N7 bhieroglyphics; and there was a general rush to Bullet-head's6 ~$ ?3 ^- _, F. }% d  ~
residence, for the purpose of riding him on a rail; but that
- @2 L* k+ [, P- Ygentleman was nowhere to be found. He had vanished, no one could tell7 m  `  S& {* |+ h' g( N1 G
how; and not even the ghost of him has ever been seen since.' j; n! ?# k0 |6 d

2 Q. z8 j5 `1 \6 b' e6 JUnable to discover its legitimate object, the popular fury at length% O; F# V! g8 R$ m; _- |9 v0 I4 Z
subsided; leaving behind it, by way of sediment, quite a medley of
" D7 S0 V% M: u6 }9 e* gopinion about this unhappy affair.
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$ ?3 a) A4 A8 AOne gentleman thought the whole an X-ellent joke.3 l$ X4 j" O- y
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Another said that, indeed, Bullet-head had shown much X-uberance of" V- n$ ~: n- j6 e5 r0 E" `2 O
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A 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
5 V6 P" t3 n' o7 G6 ~/ [; W9 F! r/ Z# ogeneral way, his X-asperation.
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" M* O& y! m6 c) s: R+ y'Say, rather, to set an X-ample to posterity,' suggested a fifth.$ J- }# @/ s! x) e9 v- G6 o% I
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That Bullet-head had been driven to an extremity, was clear to all;
* f# Z% n# {) g. ?and in fact, since that editor could not be found, there was some' M+ N* E) w& E3 U( r8 m) E7 D
talk about lynching the other one.
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The more common conclusion, however, was that the affair was, simply,
7 d/ o' D' ]) vX-traordinary and in-X-plicable. Even the town mathematician
9 H7 @" p  b% @" ?6 L; H% _' uconfessed that he could make nothing of so dark a problem. X, every.0 {7 a. P4 i3 E9 P4 M
body knew, was an unknown quantity; but in this case (as he properly
; u% a# G8 `9 Q1 }( q/ O* X7 Y: ^observed), there was an unknown quantity of X., i6 `5 w, z9 t; U- _; N

# I7 {( U( s, h. g$ uThe opinion of Bob, the devil (who kept dark about his having 'X-ed
: r, ?. ~2 m2 G3 i0 q+ T5 rthe paragrab'), did not meet with so much attention as I think it( s1 K1 Z* o, j5 p5 ~: x
deserved, although it was very openly and very fearlessly expressed.* X2 r, h. u( N- `) [0 f/ x
He said that, for his part, he had no doubt about the matter at all,( ~: c1 R) E* S% r8 g
that it was a clear case, that Mr. Bullet-head 'never could be
9 t' D# r: P' E! R& D7 E5 H" apersuaded fur to drink like other folks, but vas continually
/ X) D0 g  c3 W4 [a-svigging o' that ere blessed XXX ale, and as a naiteral
% H# ^$ Y, s; m7 d, gconsekvence, it just puffed him up savage, and made him X (cross) in
9 _( ~5 n8 F& c5 y  B+ d: Cthe X-treme.'
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