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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 AllanPoe
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! u7 j( h! y, F: F9 \* t7 N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- U& ^; B0 b
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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.7 }- L7 M2 r! i1 ^, M
   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
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I must do him the justice to say, however, that when he made up his
* l6 L& i- }: f  ?4 smind finally to settle in that town, it was under the impression that
, q+ P+ B! ~4 U! I; H/ ?no newspaper, and consequently no editor, existed in that particular
" Q5 H1 v) k/ asection of the country. In establishing 'The Tea-Pot' he expected to
' }' @4 u- `: `have the field all to himself. I feel confident he never would have+ \2 h8 t! Y3 h. {
dreamed of taking up his residence in Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis! F) g2 z- M3 M
had he been aware that, in Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis, there lived5 `4 l: A9 p# A/ r
a gentleman named John Smith (if I rightly remember), who for many
" ?1 {: Z. ?: w6 A# |  kyears had there quietly grown fat in editing and publishing the0 c  }3 [4 _0 @& _4 y
'Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis Daily News.' It was solely, therefore, on: P( U4 Z- D# _1 d% E/ v/ E. V
account of having been misinformed, that Mr. Bullet-head found
7 h5 v& v) W# f4 v" Q# jhimself in Alex-suppose we call it Nopolis, 'for short' -- but, as he# E$ V0 j4 x! [; i" B
did find himself there, he determined to keep up his character for
! y$ @" ~2 O2 ~( P' ?2 ^; Eobst -- for firmness, and remain. So remain he did; and he did more;
- }$ N/ ?0 O9 ^0 che unpacked his press, type, etc., etc., rented an office exactly" g# G: C% T, Z: _2 J/ ~
opposite to that of the 'Daily News,' and, on the third morning after
3 d  B$ w$ U8 o( mhis arrival, issued the first number of 'The Alexan' -- that is to2 \* M' v: a7 D
say, of 'The Nopolis Tea-Pot' -- as nearly as I can recollect, this3 K' g# o, ^7 H1 v0 B
was the name of the new paper.
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* W2 J7 U6 c) y  M: M' J( x' M2 wThe leading article, I must admit, was brilliant -- not to say
. |( R, \# w- m$ z5 Z- w6 Qsevere. It was especially bitter about things in general -- and as1 Y4 N& K" c+ J5 C; j
for the editor of 'The Daily News,' he was torn all to pieces in
3 K6 m6 \9 l7 p. Vparticular. Some of Bullethead's remarks were really so fiery that I5 y7 f" u6 \4 ]& O7 S
have always, since that time, been forced to look upon John Smith,. [! e  f5 W1 R: v3 f
who is still alive, in the light of a salamander. I cannot pretend to* e4 C5 z5 H- Z2 |
give all the 'Tea-Pot's' paragraphs verbatim, but one of them runs, D% D; M8 _3 f5 T, ~: X$ P
thus:
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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
# D# k& u0 O+ s. ^+ qis a genius -- O, my! Oh, goodness, gracious! -- what is this world
, |/ @6 o9 y- [8 j: W" p0 g; Ucoming to? Oh, tempora! Oh, Moses!'
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4 p- Q/ T. `9 n! y1 b0 I2 O( JA philippic at once so caustic and so classical, alighted like a
* O! U! \1 }$ @7 Ybombshell among the hitherto peaceful citizens of Nopolis. Groups of  P; M% {0 b( I9 D+ W
excited individuals gathered at the corners of the streets. Every one
! @- U+ }6 J+ |7 v" g- j4 `awaited, with heartfelt anxiety, the reply of the dignified Smith.' R, l) W$ o3 Z7 t3 i
Next morning it appeared as follows:
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'We quote from "The Tea-Pot" of yesterday the subjoined paragraph:
5 D# t# u3 Q4 C& `1 |$ ?2 T"Oh, yes! Oh, we perceive! Oh, no doubt! Oh, my! Oh, goodness! Oh,
4 o: o( I' k1 R; Z/ u- ztempora! Oh, Moses!" Why, the fellow is all O! That accounts for his! X, q6 [, _* v4 {" e9 C2 K
reasoning in a circle, and explains why there is neither beginning
1 [0 e8 Y9 ^! Gnor end to him, nor to anything he says. We really do not believe the1 U8 ^' B) G/ I8 U; L. x3 R% V
vagabond can write a word that hasn't an O in it. Wonder if this" Z4 o# e0 ?; ~- y
O-ing is a habit of his? By-the-by, he came away from Down-East in a/ o, y: W( v0 B- _
great hurry. Wonder if he O's as much there as he does here? "O! it4 b8 Z& v8 w  D! R3 D/ \
is pitiful."'
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The indignation of Mr. Bullet-head at these scandalous insinuations,
" H- f  x4 t" C4 rI shall not attempt to describe. On the eel-skinning principle,2 d( L$ _' j; W# Z. r$ E" S% j: Y( g
however, he did not seem to be so much incensed at the attack upon
6 j" z2 B0 ?& [8 |, m. Khis integrity as one might have imagined. It was the sneer at his% o# B2 x  Y3 b1 M4 a
style that drove him to desperation. What! -- he Touch-and-go* X) V$ M% Y7 w" n
Bullet-head! -- not able to write a word without an O in it! He would( f+ u3 {7 j# U& b/ w
soon let the jackanapes see that he was mistaken. Yes! he would let
9 r, T# x* K! Bhim see how much he was mistaken, the puppy! He, Touch-and-go. q7 f5 w$ P3 w' ^0 I3 M& Y
Bullet-head, of Frogpondium, would let Mr. John Smith perceive that
* `, ~& p# i: H. D$ u$ ^he, Bullet-head, could indite, if it so pleased him, a whole* D6 P9 f0 Z% x9 n
paragraph -- aye! a whole article -- in which that contemptible vowel% i- {8 t- Q. N7 Z0 G6 l9 o
should not once -- not even once -- make its appearance. But no; --, |5 E9 E, e% \2 a
that would be yielding a point to the said John Smith. He,* y) t& c; q& B$ R7 q
Bullet-head, would make no alteration in his style, to suit the
5 h; q- H; R, r: D, Xcaprices of any Mr. Smith in Christendom. Perish so vile a thought!* q: K. l- p7 K( f: f  i7 z$ j
The O forever; He would persist in the O. He would be as O-wy as O-wy
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Burning with the chivalry of this determination, the great
% [: L: X4 }# t8 yTouch-and-go, in the next 'Tea-Pot,' came out merely with this simple
3 S" [6 a8 l, Y# }but resolute paragraph, in reference to this unhappy affair:" F) y3 W# U. T$ x# Q$ ^6 U

: }1 @. d8 c5 O: b; z  |/ v* ^* o: q'The editor of the "Tea-Pot" has the honor of advising the editor of1 i( v# j) S+ {! W9 g" O1 O
the "Gazette" that he (the "Tea-Pot") will take an opportunity in- H6 g& U. P* l& p9 y
tomorrow morning's paper, of convincing him (the "Daily News") that he9 b& Q: e; W1 T- ?
(the "Tea-Pot") both can and will be his own master, as regards3 f( [6 ]& h% A/ z: {
style; he (the "Tea-Pot") intending to show him (the "Daily News") the
" m7 V. U% Z8 E8 X& n2 f6 tsupreme, and indeed the withering contempt with which the criticism
: ^+ y/ e4 @( j# jof him (the "Daily News") inspires the independent bosom of him (the. \. g, S8 R2 l; R; v7 E
"TeaPot") by composing for the especial gratification (?) of him (the
/ G  G: s7 _  F" h, a"Daily News") a leading article, of some extent, in which the beautiful; {% ^% g) e7 F1 g* B
vowel -- the emblem of Eternity -- yet so offensive to the% h$ j* w& b4 O& j% G! }& s
hyper-exquisite delicacy of him (the "Daily News") shall most certainly% V6 _9 V' O& d+ Z
not be avoided by his (the "Daily News") most obedient, humble0 ~9 ]4 D' M' |) n6 D5 V
servant, the "Tea-Pot." "So much for Buckingham!"'
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In fulfilment of the awful threat thus darkly intimated rather than$ `% D2 z6 o& s% C9 j) }  u% m
decidedly enunciated, the great Bullet-head, turning a deaf ear to, A2 u+ l8 ~  e) V" l" z
all entreaties for 'copy,' and simply requesting his foreman to 'go1 _+ J% X. k1 D
to the d-l,' when he (the foreman) assured him (the 'Tea-Pot'!) that
% A% B7 ~& p) P& [! Z3 Xit was high time to 'go to press': turning a deaf ear to everything,7 R' [9 I; |, L4 x, n" {
I say, the great Bullet-head sat up until day-break, consuming the% g# Z2 y& j! i% U6 e; ~1 U
midnight oil, and absorbed in the composition of the really
% g- }* W7 b6 S3 f4 ]0 S' Runparalleled paragraph, which follows:-  O4 G1 o1 \" [# H- i# Z

8 i3 S1 j  |8 G- N. B4 w, o'So ho, John! how now? Told you so, you know. Don't crow, another
# S$ V% g- \- I6 M+ J. ftime, before you're out of the woods! Does your mother know you're
) C, Q9 [7 w0 i6 z; hout? Oh, no, no! -- so go home at once, now, John, to your odious old. k" S$ }* R5 Y6 Q  M% Z
woods of Concord! Go home to your woods, old owl -- go! You won't!
4 ?) T0 E5 w7 [3 X! E/ b6 O. G( e6 Z) QOh, poh, poh, don't do so! You've got to go, you know! So go at once,
# c) Q  h( W6 \5 S3 A; Eand don't go slow, for nobody owns you here, you know! Oh! John,0 }& v0 ]2 ^4 d6 A, X2 s" Z
John, if you don't go you're no homo -- no! You're only a fowl, an
: W( W, ?5 U3 sowl, a cow, a sow, -- a doll, a poll; a poor, old,; A2 \( n' D& T/ |! J$ O: n, V! k8 W: r7 Q
good-for-nothing-to-nobody, log, dog, hog, or frog, come out of a; s+ L" I& t- `  g
Concord bog. Cool, now -- cool! Do be cool, you fool! None of your
3 r! m: k2 d: B$ z" {crowing, old cock! Don't frown so -- don't! Don't hollo, nor howl nor8 v% f. u) p# \( w
growl, nor bow-wow-wow! Good Lord, John, how you do look! Told you
) Z5 i/ C4 z- ?. h( Eso, you know -- but stop rolling your goose of an old poll about so,
3 K  l% O% u* 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( z7 j$ `; a$ G7 f3 V
Touch-and-go could do nothing more than that night.  He handed his article to
, s: A! M& X# W- [$ jthe printer's boy who was waiting, and walked slowly home to bed.
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4 R4 _& q) M  F- ~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+ y% c! B5 Y: l' V3 s6 L# ?4 ~
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 can9 Q% m0 P  X& {
describe his feelings of horror when his fingers came out of it without a
2 V- p3 b$ A3 Aletter in them? who can tell of his astonishment and anger when he realized that the little box was completely empty?  Not a single! R9 s+ m+ I* }  X: G& l
little-o was in the little-o box; and, glancing fearfully at the
: K' x/ V3 h' f( P' 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 nothing
" G4 A4 \/ o6 H3 ]& S# iwithout no o's.'
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) O; Q1 E; S0 a8 ?'What do you mean by that?' said the chief, who was  very
8 z" {! c- l9 U6 Wangry at being kept from his bed so late.
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8 g! N" n& k/ X: `6 L7 }! h: G'Well, sir, there isn't an o in the office, neither a big one nor a
4 w* a% b  q, }" Nlittle one!'
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6 T& c$ a3 H$ b( o'What -- what has happened to all those that were in the box?'
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' b1 Z& J9 W% Y6 M+ I7 B1 c- w& e) 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.'3 a$ P2 B1 }# O1 ]& _7 y1 g

1 R. M5 i- L6 b; G'I haven't a doubt of it,' replied the chief angrily, turning/ z+ o% m; t) J# L- m
purple with rage 'but I tell you what you do, Bob, that's a good boy
% L+ @. p) q& j/ X' ^. P-- you go over to the Daily News the first chance you get, and take every one of their+ A) v) o$ I3 }0 b
i's .'
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. F( X3 Y7 U: ]+ D'Right,' replied Bob. 'I'll go,2 {: \+ _1 s; r
I'll show them a thing or two; but what about that2 ~% K+ e) U3 t$ p, P, Z
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
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'Trouble enough. Is it a long paragraph, Bob?'3 a4 ^& `8 a4 x

* _3 [6 Z. n3 b1 h& s1 ?, X'I Shouldn't call it a very long paragrab.'
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! b, _4 e3 Z( K7 J'Ah, well, then! Do the best you can with it! We must get it ready,'& f  F" j' V+ _' e/ X' s& D
said the chief, who was buried in work; 'just put in: ^7 L/ F7 A! g$ S; Z6 g
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
* p* L) c2 F' lcase, muttering as he went: 'Considdeble vell, them ere expressions,$ w( B2 f$ ~2 P/ |% K1 H5 u' ]
perticcler for a man as doesn't swar. So I's to gouge out all their, x- O  H5 B6 _6 V0 C
eyes, eh? and d-n all their gizzards! Vell! this here's the chap as
% D0 Y# M+ x1 u" n! I5 His just able for to do it.' The fact is that although Bob was but
0 y0 U% ?" ]3 s# A' ttwelve years old and four feet high, he was equal to any amount of
" u5 q" n4 y$ j; J* zfight, in a small way.
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The exigency here described is by no means of rare occurrence in
! \* [6 i) z: V; Q1 \5 W8 Tprinting-offices; and I cannot tell how to account for it, but the8 p8 X' Y* }$ I- l# x/ c. G+ J2 ]) O! B, p
fact is indisputable, that when the exigency does occur, it almost
- K0 i( R& c# P% {! j% c4 D! walways happens that x is adopted as a substitute for the letter* ^$ s, s' Z2 T9 o' d/ m9 _  Q
deficient. The true reason, perhaps, is that x is rather the most' @" T& _3 m, l: P8 [6 D
superabundant letter in the cases, or at least was so in the old" S& D9 p$ e" C0 g' c2 t0 f% v. I
times -- long enough to render the substitution in question an
9 _8 _9 O! b$ w/ t( ghabitual thing with printers. As for Bob, he would have considered it
6 o. F2 L- W" q1 C" ~5 [! Y( X) pheretical to employ any other character, in a case of this kind, than/ a( g' i* y6 q) X2 r; c
the 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 read2 D+ I7 r- P% r2 h3 O2 |6 ^
it over in astonishment, 'but it's jest about the awfulest o-wy
$ s% h5 B+ ?# F& c+ F( Vparagrab I ever did see': so x it he did, unflinchingly, and to press
$ _8 r. k$ ^6 n2 J8 [, D6 [it went x-ed.
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, v. Y( A. I1 `Next morning the population of Nopolis were taken all aback by' H: ]4 |! ?9 U2 @  e6 x
reading in 'The Tea-Pot,' the following extraordinary leader:
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7 W  q4 w( z& |1 x$ h( Y) F5 n'Sx hx, Jxhn! hxw nxw? Txld yxu sx, yxu knxw. Dxn't crxw, anxther
9 u, S7 z: ~  c5 d& o3 E6 z4 j5 ytime, befxre yxu're xut xf the wxxds! Dxes yxur mxther knxw yxu're; m, Y' b+ s0 c: J  q% n
xut? Xh, nx, nx! -- sx gx hxme at xnce, nxw, Jxhn, tx yxur xdixus xld3 B) p+ e% R6 S0 a: U
wxxds xf Cxncxrd! Gx hxme tx yxur wxxds, xld xwl, -- gx! Yxu wxn't?
+ {7 M/ r4 Z" YXh, pxh, pxh, Jxhn, dxn't dx sx! Yxu've gxt tx gx, yxu knxw, sx gx at, W1 N" I$ l) E9 e2 ?7 w
xnce, and dxn't gx slxw; fxr nxbxdy xwns yxu here, yxu knxw. Xh,9 \: t, x& e* I* ~
Jxhn, Jxhn, Jxhn, if yxu dxn't gx yxu're nx hxmx -- nx! Yxu're xnly a
% O( p9 I% e, K) C8 nfxwl, an xwl; a cxw, a sxw; a dxll, a pxll; a pxxr xld
4 o9 s; G4 @* j5 }: Tgxxd-fxr-nxthing-tx-nxbxdy, lxg, dxg, hxg, xr frxg, cxme xut xf a
* C7 S# V4 a0 BCxncxrd bxg. Cxxl, nxw -- cxxl! Dx be cxxl, yxu fxxl! Nxne xf yxur
9 c+ r( o1 ~5 ^4 G# u% E2 [crxwing, xld cxck! Dxn't frxwn sx -- dxn't! Dxn't hxllx, nxr hxwl,
" V  ]! ]3 ~/ V6 e( Hnxr grxwl, nxr bxw-wxw-wxw! Gxxd Lxrd, Jxhn, hxw yxu dx lxxk! Txld
- T) G* e+ M% l/ y$ c) lyxu sx, yxu knxw, -- but stxp rxlling yxur gxxse xf an xld pxll abxut7 Q8 I0 k7 d9 i- O6 `! R0 e
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
+ F5 G2 y5 r- j$ Unot to be conceived. The first definite idea entertained by the
# Q: a# m1 V5 q" f+ k/ }populace was, that some diabolical treason lay concealed in the
8 [8 S# S3 n* f8 \hieroglyphics; and there was a general rush to Bullet-head's
# E# Q& `  V5 y# b$ {9 t+ Mresidence, for the purpose of riding him on a rail; but that+ m- r- Y2 m$ Q" U7 {- u* A9 p' m
gentleman was nowhere to be found. He had vanished, no one could tell
5 v: l( @. r$ j; ]" t! N$ whow; 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
. g5 m1 `  O: Q$ N0 }; H. d! tsubsided; leaving behind it, by way of sediment, quite a medley of( h; n6 F' ~" U1 y; F/ `5 s" J
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 of' n) a# H6 G0 [! x8 L, A% H
fancy.
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" q& l7 j) l9 g2 `! zA third admitted him X-entric, but no more.: s) R7 t  m: g' \& H# U3 U$ o
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A fourth could only suppose it the Yankee's design to X-press, in a
8 y1 k% d  B. Hgeneral way, his X-asperation.
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3 @+ v5 ?/ C; H3 V'Say, rather, to set an X-ample to posterity,' suggested a fifth.
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That Bullet-head had been driven to an extremity, was clear to all;4 V. `8 x) `$ O0 S* k! t4 l1 ?
and in fact, since that editor could not be found, there was some
* o7 Z/ {9 e" K& O2 [$ k% r& Rtalk about lynching the other one.
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The more common conclusion, however, was that the affair was, simply," c' m) I; }" U$ [* a+ o" b0 c
X-traordinary and in-X-plicable. Even the town mathematician6 Y7 H9 |0 {  w4 I! I; B: {; _* N
confessed that he could make nothing of so dark a problem. X, every.
" J7 |+ y; y' x5 [: g9 jbody knew, was an unknown quantity; but in this case (as he properly, k, |8 q& i7 j
observed), there was an unknown quantity of X.+ I" t3 o. D* H0 ?+ Q
6 N: H" V" O) C/ s  z/ S  R. @
The opinion of Bob, the devil (who kept dark about his having 'X-ed: i8 z! {8 j/ \5 d" w# B
the paragrab'), did not meet with so much attention as I think it
5 k' ]9 {( T( C% ?% G+ n' Z+ I, c# adeserved, although it was very openly and very fearlessly expressed.3 {( t" u6 Z# r
He said that, for his part, he had no doubt about the matter at all,
7 F8 l: I$ }% N9 V1 s& j* wthat it was a clear case, that Mr. Bullet-head 'never could be
: Z+ j- C# x5 gpersuaded fur to drink like other folks, but vas continually5 l$ y$ _2 x* {
a-svigging o' that ere blessed XXX ale, and as a naiteral
, |" N0 u6 U& p3 Y+ v9 F) Pconsekvence, it just puffed him up savage, and made him X (cross) in
. }# I. @8 }, a3 K$ S$ a, L" Lthe X-treme.'
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