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) U+ j6 W- t3 S. q' G' rBurning with the chivalry of this determination, the great
) I$ u: `/ h+ E& w) j/ I- XTouch-and-go, in the next 'Tea-Pot,' came out merely with this simple
( W; P$ G. k" i- t0 I4 x, K) f5 gbut resolute paragraph, in reference to this unhappy affair:0 b; g9 W }2 g7 \3 w- N
' }4 ?6 j9 k3 |9 n" F7 Q: _'The editor of the "Tea-Pot" has the honor of advising the editor of' j$ |: h$ i/ c2 z& K1 `% u* n
the "Gazette" that he (the "Tea-Pot") will take an opportunity in: q7 S2 k* [0 F# D2 w" ?* Q4 v) w
tomorrow morning's paper, of convincing him (the "Daily News") that he
1 j4 X9 r. h: |7 x/ F3 U- x5 ?4 \(the "Tea-Pot") both can and will be his own master, as regards
5 Z5 I+ }& B( ?# m8 o6 ostyle; he (the "Tea-Pot") intending to show him (the "Daily News") the
: k, G; P, v9 [, d, O+ z. Asupreme, and indeed the withering contempt with which the criticism
4 L6 S5 b% y7 vof him (the "Daily News") inspires the independent bosom of him (the6 I/ s% ?8 a8 u% H' \
"TeaPot") by composing for the especial gratification (?) of him (the
! ~, J# q4 X6 S+ Z% R+ ?"Daily News") a leading article, of some extent, in which the beautiful2 I6 T# u9 x( I4 b2 b' B- \
vowel -- the emblem of Eternity -- yet so offensive to the
% H8 b3 x! I7 a; P! ]- Vhyper-exquisite delicacy of him (the "Daily News") shall most certainly8 V% c5 H& A$ Z" `
not be avoided by his (the "Daily News") most obedient, humble
8 q/ [& ~" n* y r: N0 b. N* Wservant, the "Tea-Pot." "So much for Buckingham!"'# G# |% f) t" A+ Y4 u
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In fulfilment of the awful threat thus darkly intimated rather than+ }) \1 u, o o" a' s. d
decidedly enunciated, the great Bullet-head, turning a deaf ear to A) m& j% K. i3 I+ D% `# s4 \
all entreaties for 'copy,' and simply requesting his foreman to 'go
& Z# K; F4 Z; X6 oto the d-l,' when he (the foreman) assured him (the 'Tea-Pot'!) that; Q2 n( N& F1 x4 N9 C/ F/ H0 k
it was high time to 'go to press': turning a deaf ear to everything,$ l! m& v4 ^ W$ M
I say, the great Bullet-head sat up until day-break, consuming the% s# u8 P8 T2 F7 Z' L
midnight oil, and absorbed in the composition of the really
, L0 a0 X4 T- H: V+ y. nunparalleled paragraph, which follows:-- K. p9 t. [ S8 N" c5 J7 }- y
: V: K- a/ H- v7 {0 B( O6 V'So ho, John! how now? Told you so, you know. Don't crow, another
6 {# Z( h; @3 |4 Y [6 c6 o: xtime, before you're out of the woods! Does your mother know you're2 z8 O( T0 N/ g8 t1 s: d, K
out? Oh, no, no! -- so go home at once, now, John, to your odious old
5 r7 {1 w6 z% f4 b. v5 qwoods of Concord! Go home to your woods, old owl -- go! You won't!) |' U4 Z5 K' G0 @+ a
Oh, poh, poh, don't do so! You've got to go, you know! So go at once,
. i8 ]: R& \+ gand don't go slow, for nobody owns you here, you know! Oh! John,5 }, X* S5 x8 E' ?
John, if you don't go you're no homo -- no! You're only a fowl, an* {5 T7 S1 X9 q: P0 x$ X9 ]8 j
owl, a cow, a sow, -- a doll, a poll; a poor, old,
% s; r* [6 V0 e/ C, {good-for-nothing-to-nobody, log, dog, hog, or frog, come out of a; }$ P3 p7 n% l3 ]. L
Concord bog. Cool, now -- cool! Do be cool, you fool! None of your
( M5 z+ l* I/ Q4 ^4 dcrowing, old cock! Don't frown so -- don't! Don't hollo, nor howl nor
" L+ ~; ~8 y! F; Ggrowl, nor bow-wow-wow! Good Lord, John, how you do look! Told you
' i. r! k, a' Y4 T( X; e0 I! Jso, you know -- but stop rolling your goose of an old poll about so,
8 r& X" \* c8 J# r% G" Nand go and drown your sorrows in a bowl!' |
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