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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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# y2 r# e9 K# W2 e" P& ^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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本帖最后由 rainbowfish 于 2009-7-27 22:45 编辑
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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.) J# T: Y6 [! `
   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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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
& S( k+ n/ n" zmind finally to settle in that town, it was under the impression that4 M/ T' U- e8 h0 w0 v
no newspaper, and consequently no editor, existed in that particular
7 }% g7 s+ ~% Fsection of the country. In establishing 'The Tea-Pot' he expected to3 y" B, a: \7 W; P8 G& b% g- ~
have the field all to himself. I feel confident he never would have) L9 _( L1 R# g5 \
dreamed of taking up his residence in Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis. s" \8 j& l+ @
had he been aware that, in Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis, there lived
: I3 r" \- d: m. ra gentleman named John Smith (if I rightly remember), who for many& q2 a9 J) k6 |0 B1 o2 `
years had there quietly grown fat in editing and publishing the
# D/ T# R3 F8 N0 H/ S: ['Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis Daily News.' It was solely, therefore, on
9 g. z3 ~) M6 i0 k  maccount of having been misinformed, that Mr. Bullet-head found
; K) S* i; \5 z( X. ]$ r# K0 fhimself in Alex-suppose we call it Nopolis, 'for short' -- but, as he1 \/ G5 h+ r. a* T* |+ K- w+ E
did find himself there, he determined to keep up his character for7 p8 j% c1 L7 p
obst -- for firmness, and remain. So remain he did; and he did more;! L  J5 W7 e, I: h+ X
he unpacked his press, type, etc., etc., rented an office exactly
- y* y, x& o$ h; m. j& }9 dopposite to that of the 'Daily News,' and, on the third morning after4 D" e* }) |' v' V" k8 W
his arrival, issued the first number of 'The Alexan' -- that is to. [& l% P0 U) W1 x' F
say, of 'The Nopolis Tea-Pot' -- as nearly as I can recollect, this
9 O' j4 M& O, y; [1 R6 Mwas the name of the new paper.% D4 u- z& H9 A! V
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The leading article, I must admit, was brilliant -- not to say" U9 \! Y  q3 K$ i4 I! k
severe. It was especially bitter about things in general -- and as
0 K. X/ e. i0 k1 \$ A& Q, [2 `for the editor of 'The Daily News,' he was torn all to pieces in& w9 F0 _8 T! P# T# Y( [0 e+ W
particular. Some of Bullethead's remarks were really so fiery that I  `9 M. e: \/ v( C4 G: U4 v
have always, since that time, been forced to look upon John Smith,; q* ]) s5 r5 u4 X* u
who is still alive, in the light of a salamander. I cannot pretend to( T# b, h& H# M3 q! ?
give all the 'Tea-Pot's' paragraphs verbatim, but one of them runs6 A# L/ B9 ~; G
thus:
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'Oh, yes! -- Oh, we perceive! Oh, no doubt! The editor over the way- V/ n6 y) Q; W5 j! X) I& o
is a genius -- O, my! Oh, goodness, gracious! -- what is this world- R) ?9 t& Y% i4 Q9 i( v7 t! W
coming to? Oh, tempora! Oh, Moses!'
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: a1 `1 O5 t6 \1 |4 CA philippic at once so caustic and so classical, alighted like a5 W/ F9 s3 a4 e' f  @; L
bombshell among the hitherto peaceful citizens of Nopolis. Groups of
  {: o+ E2 o2 |  _excited individuals gathered at the corners of the streets. Every one9 }/ H# c3 N: \8 N) V# Q
awaited, with heartfelt anxiety, the reply of the dignified Smith.
) A/ D6 v2 q0 y3 i* BNext morning it appeared as follows:( f/ v; @, ?3 ^& U8 s9 g! P3 I

* h: g) }, P! [; O'We quote from "The Tea-Pot" of yesterday the subjoined paragraph:! n% Y6 z( i5 ?! ~
"Oh, yes! Oh, we perceive! Oh, no doubt! Oh, my! Oh, goodness! Oh,
) \# n  P  u" {/ Q8 vtempora! Oh, Moses!" Why, the fellow is all O! That accounts for his4 ^: l' a. G" K2 T; P9 I: j
reasoning in a circle, and explains why there is neither beginning- n% V' }( G1 w/ e
nor end to him, nor to anything he says. We really do not believe the
1 I' T' M; b) V! Y& Y' fvagabond can write a word that hasn't an O in it. Wonder if this
# V9 r9 f; O4 J9 w  n6 _7 T; y3 y. pO-ing is a habit of his? By-the-by, he came away from Down-East in a( M8 X- }5 E( g% U: L8 I
great hurry. Wonder if he O's as much there as he does here? "O! it
- l+ V3 i3 e6 `$ s, Ris pitiful."'
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The indignation of Mr. Bullet-head at these scandalous insinuations,# l2 c/ |* \; V6 @) |  w5 H: y
I shall not attempt to describe. On the eel-skinning principle,
5 H' t4 P7 u5 E! k3 Ihowever, he did not seem to be so much incensed at the attack upon: E5 Q- O7 W/ G2 P# o
his integrity as one might have imagined. It was the sneer at his
0 m' s9 ^/ c" R  [style that drove him to desperation. What! -- he Touch-and-go
- w1 D) b* c; m( s# N0 C, O# SBullet-head! -- not able to write a word without an O in it! He would# i# M# A" Y- F1 B
soon let the jackanapes see that he was mistaken. Yes! he would let
7 l, ^( T  R4 I4 b1 phim see how much he was mistaken, the puppy! He, Touch-and-go. Y+ H# T: z0 {" |
Bullet-head, of Frogpondium, would let Mr. John Smith perceive that" k$ ^5 Q/ o% T# x+ u9 g0 Q
he, Bullet-head, could indite, if it so pleased him, a whole
" @" {7 @, q# ~4 Y3 G' }paragraph -- aye! a whole article -- in which that contemptible vowel
6 U5 d; m; K- T" f9 M* e1 Yshould not once -- not even once -- make its appearance. But no; --9 t' p+ f- N$ y2 ?! u' z, {
that would be yielding a point to the said John Smith. He,
* y. F  g" ^" XBullet-head, would make no alteration in his style, to suit the/ w5 ^. q- H9 ]* f( z8 ?
caprices of any Mr. Smith in Christendom. Perish so vile a thought!! z& g3 f1 z  R0 q: Y
The O forever; He would persist in the O. He would be as O-wy as O-wy
$ V. y8 `! r: ]" ecould be.
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本帖最后由 rainbowfish 于 2009-7-27 23:33 编辑
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! i; J8 W/ N" L6 oBurning with the chivalry of this determination, the great
  O! V) g' }  [# R; z, i; jTouch-and-go, in the next 'Tea-Pot,' came out merely with this simple- _! m/ P; Y( W# f: a; C6 h7 Z
but resolute paragraph, in reference to this unhappy affair:8 D! j, x* O& u  c1 l
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'The editor of the "Tea-Pot" has the honor of advising the editor of( g  z9 `' ~: j8 R3 F  E
the "Gazette" that he (the "Tea-Pot") will take an opportunity in
$ f. X) T3 h( c: Ctomorrow morning's paper, of convincing him (the "Daily News") that he
7 z, Q2 u* r4 ]2 F7 e4 _% W(the "Tea-Pot") both can and will be his own master, as regards
, K+ v* m5 q2 _& o  Q% \% lstyle; he (the "Tea-Pot") intending to show him (the "Daily News") the. Y, ?% U( D  t: d% A  Y
supreme, and indeed the withering contempt with which the criticism
+ e. K, K) k+ [# l1 ]( dof him (the "Daily News") inspires the independent bosom of him (the
9 T$ p2 j1 O9 |& X: g- ?"TeaPot") by composing for the especial gratification (?) of him (the
) m' `4 H& D' T3 z- K# V9 y- y4 E"Daily News") a leading article, of some extent, in which the beautiful
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hyper-exquisite delicacy of him (the "Daily News") shall most certainly7 X) W) [5 A2 R
not be avoided by his (the "Daily News") most obedient, humble
4 |* a) W* t  @$ @  M2 mservant, the "Tea-Pot." "So much for Buckingham!"'% h) T# [2 O% I+ M" T! W
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In fulfilment of the awful threat thus darkly intimated rather than0 d3 |$ a' ]( o6 J' A' l
decidedly enunciated, the great Bullet-head, turning a deaf ear to
2 g* u5 _+ P  |* g% y* _2 rall entreaties for 'copy,' and simply requesting his foreman to 'go
2 [6 h9 J; F: Wto the d-l,' when he (the foreman) assured him (the 'Tea-Pot'!) that
5 Y/ `% I" M3 Z) K7 xit was high time to 'go to press': turning a deaf ear to everything,
2 ^6 V( J; E$ N# D7 [" x2 a5 z0 ?; b- DI say, the great Bullet-head sat up until day-break, consuming the
' T0 z$ q9 x/ b1 vmidnight oil, and absorbed in the composition of the really) H3 M! g( H' G% Y
unparalleled paragraph, which follows:-3 s$ g' V9 }! Z0 }) j/ c

; g0 e. P" ^+ P" j5 J2 i'So ho, John! how now? Told you so, you know. Don't crow, another9 v. j/ K: M1 j- `
time, before you're out of the woods! Does your mother know you're: {; e3 u: i' m
out? Oh, no, no! -- so go home at once, now, John, to your odious old  c; C3 P3 ]. I% }' x
woods of Concord! Go home to your woods, old owl -- go! You won't!
, W0 Z1 j( C; A8 ]& N$ ?) Y' yOh, poh, poh, don't do so! You've got to go, you know! So go at once,
. E3 v5 o0 O# y7 p# U8 t3 K# Band don't go slow, for nobody owns you here, you know! Oh! John,! q2 i, U/ Q- ~8 Q
John, if you don't go you're no homo -- no! You're only a fowl, an
: V7 o* b, j! e3 s7 b2 cowl, a cow, a sow, -- a doll, a poll; a poor, old,
6 p: D% y% f4 m/ Q" L( }' D" b! bgood-for-nothing-to-nobody, log, dog, hog, or frog, come out of a
- K7 Y( v, p3 Z' S; vConcord bog. Cool, now -- cool! Do be cool, you fool! None of your
0 |* Q" I: y+ ~crowing, old cock! Don't frown so -- don't! Don't hollo, nor howl nor. E+ R% X8 g% N( J5 P  R
growl, nor bow-wow-wow! Good Lord, John, how you do look! Told you$ i( o6 B3 ~" ^6 f9 J
so, you know -- but stop rolling your goose of an old poll about so,( F( `% q7 [+ g3 Z9 U% c4 J* U
and 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
% I( ]' `" w. ^6 [9 T* J/ b' oTouch-and-go could do nothing more than that night.  He handed his article to
" d2 \. a* k6 k0 K# H, N& _the printer's boy who was waiting, and walked slowly home to bed.
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, a, E+ ]* k1 [1 n' N: u" OThe 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,' -- he7 }0 O& z1 u, C1 b! T  {  {$ c$ N0 D
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% I" g! I: U' E
describe his feelings of horror when his fingers came out of it without a
" I( Q- {% e$ W6 p9 }letter in them? who can tell of his astonishment and anger when he realized that the little box was completely empty?  Not a single
  g% e8 l  i; P, X, `# t9 C" |little-o was in the little-o box; and, glancing fearfully at the* I/ q& }! r, p; q) }- q
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 nothing6 o3 Z6 A7 u3 ?: u# D& T8 x
without no o's.'# W8 Q7 j# ?! y: b
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'What do you mean by that?' said the chief, who was  very+ I) c! j0 x, u% b
angry at being kept from his bed so late.
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& j& w$ l, l* t. u& X% L3 U'Well, sir, there isn't an o in the office, neither a big one nor a
8 S, s' `% U$ clittle one!'4 C: s+ P& ~. O% I

( Q! i' k+ N) N' X6 l, ]'What -- what has happened to all those that were in the box?'6 I  G. P- ]1 Z/ B
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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.'
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'I haven't a doubt of it,' replied the chief angrily, turning; j( F2 v1 i! L4 p9 G4 }' ^4 S
purple with rage 'but I tell you what you do, Bob, that's a good boy- F0 w- x- d( u) i" _; K# a, A  X
-- you go over to the Daily News the first chance you get, and take every one of their
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' b' {8 n. f+ G( Y& k0 J'Right,' replied Bob. 'I'll go," a' J9 I+ X" P. M7 ]/ ~3 M3 O
I'll show them a thing or two; but what about that
' u7 y2 y: `  }0 F6 V# Eparagraph? 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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4 |' I& q. L+ r9 ^'I Shouldn't call it a very long paragrab.'7 z  i/ |  P) {! [  C' {
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'Ah, well, then! Do the best you can with it! We must get it ready,'- @- ]7 p3 x' }$ u
said the chief, who was buried in work; 'just put in
1 w3 D! Z7 o* q8 L; Q5 Ssome 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' @2 R- F: j. k4 {/ `( f7 I- `
case, muttering as he went: 'Considdeble vell, them ere expressions,( ?, B# ~# ~: _0 `6 I( V# _5 i/ r
perticcler for a man as doesn't swar. So I's to gouge out all their+ S/ K8 P9 W( Z
eyes, eh? and d-n all their gizzards! Vell! this here's the chap as
+ {# t8 G( F8 y  u/ xis just able for to do it.' The fact is that although Bob was but
. t( ^8 ^  J, B% i$ U" a# `2 `twelve years old and four feet high, he was equal to any amount of- o4 k  v) W) x( H+ G
fight, in a small way.
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/ t. t0 h  a: \2 E" F4 DThe exigency here described is by no means of rare occurrence in
3 |  Q" ]3 a; A0 `0 p: Wprinting-offices; and I cannot tell how to account for it, but the
* F/ s8 @6 l, O8 l" P+ S$ I  ^7 a( ufact is indisputable, that when the exigency does occur, it almost  X1 v+ H$ e+ ?( }. W
always happens that x is adopted as a substitute for the letter
; m1 v' X3 q, \deficient. The true reason, perhaps, is that x is rather the most
* A! N! U* u5 w9 S0 lsuperabundant letter in the cases, or at least was so in the old
7 i1 ]) H( p/ r' t. J: xtimes -- long enough to render the substitution in question an0 [; ]. l0 D, {* ~0 k# o
habitual thing with printers. As for Bob, he would have considered it
' @, b: z+ H2 |' L1 O/ Z8 kheretical to employ any other character, in a case of this kind, than! N3 K5 E+ O( }6 O8 s- s
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 read
3 h) m( j8 {! m- N3 _  W+ rit over in astonishment, 'but it's jest about the awfulest o-wy
+ I( E0 I8 R8 Q2 v+ j. I8 Y4 x5 ^paragrab I ever did see': so x it he did, unflinchingly, and to press
) L6 G. Z# g$ H4 _4 K! [1 T* I" cit went x-ed.
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Next morning the population of Nopolis were taken all aback by
" s1 R7 l. j$ v1 F& s7 Greading in 'The Tea-Pot,' the following extraordinary leader:
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  A+ \( I& y! N3 c3 f' V: |% X/ U  p'Sx hx, Jxhn! hxw nxw? Txld yxu sx, yxu knxw. Dxn't crxw, anxther: w1 B6 L- J+ g% v* u
time, befxre yxu're xut xf the wxxds! Dxes yxur mxther knxw yxu're5 `* M1 ?- ^% W6 z. M
xut? Xh, nx, nx! -- sx gx hxme at xnce, nxw, Jxhn, tx yxur xdixus xld" u9 R8 U+ l2 X2 k) N4 z5 N* p
wxxds xf Cxncxrd! Gx hxme tx yxur wxxds, xld xwl, -- gx! Yxu wxn't?
) O  R5 q; c  o2 {3 UXh, pxh, pxh, Jxhn, dxn't dx sx! Yxu've gxt tx gx, yxu knxw, sx gx at
& X- E3 Z: u5 J9 R; hxnce, and dxn't gx slxw; fxr nxbxdy xwns yxu here, yxu knxw. Xh,
, W$ w% H4 C8 g; ZJxhn, Jxhn, Jxhn, if yxu dxn't gx yxu're nx hxmx -- nx! Yxu're xnly a) B$ i" L9 q( \* ^
fxwl, an xwl; a cxw, a sxw; a dxll, a pxll; a pxxr xld; d9 S6 H( Y6 P  b
gxxd-fxr-nxthing-tx-nxbxdy, lxg, dxg, hxg, xr frxg, cxme xut xf a
  L- [) q; \+ dCxncxrd bxg. Cxxl, nxw -- cxxl! Dx be cxxl, yxu fxxl! Nxne xf yxur
! c  @* Y3 A# ~8 T3 {% ^* [crxwing, xld cxck! Dxn't frxwn sx -- dxn't! Dxn't hxllx, nxr hxwl,; F: k, Q7 I4 \1 j. K
nxr grxwl, nxr bxw-wxw-wxw! Gxxd Lxrd, Jxhn, hxw yxu dx lxxk! Txld, ^8 h2 a3 ~( Q
yxu sx, yxu knxw, -- but stxp rxlling yxur gxxse xf an xld pxll abxut  }6 x9 E) n/ r1 d9 N
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% W" \3 K7 A! Y# u  \1 ^
not to be conceived. The first definite idea entertained by the
7 R# q+ |, n; u/ L7 g2 Bpopulace was, that some diabolical treason lay concealed in the
5 {" _; i) T/ O% @  hhieroglyphics; and there was a general rush to Bullet-head's3 e6 f' a/ M: T, u$ A$ p
residence, for the purpose of riding him on a rail; but that
8 s1 A* ?2 f$ r, P2 @; agentleman was nowhere to be found. He had vanished, no one could tell/ L8 w$ {, ?) K+ w2 P1 x
how; and not even the ghost of him has ever been seen since.
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1 ^5 P4 M- X% p" o. g* aUnable to discover its legitimate object, the popular fury at length) ?' }1 Q, Z! t' z
subsided; leaving behind it, by way of sediment, quite a medley of+ m, Y. W; r  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
' |! t$ n' K, T. S* c0 |; m" Vfancy.
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A third admitted him X-entric, but no more.# ]: [) x3 g: Y6 K

: S) b7 ]: n7 lA fourth could only suppose it the Yankee's design to X-press, in a) Q% c( {, d2 H, A2 N
general way, his X-asperation.
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- ~* ~+ ]) O, _6 T! n6 k'Say, rather, to set an X-ample to posterity,' suggested a fifth.
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7 B( ^, [# J: l& B% K; ?; B* nThat Bullet-head had been driven to an extremity, was clear to all;$ n( @. B6 u, F0 e+ H+ Q; t2 f
and in fact, since that editor could not be found, there was some
/ {( X1 j' q5 z7 ptalk about lynching the other one.
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The more common conclusion, however, was that the affair was, simply,0 _& _3 \7 ?" ~
X-traordinary and in-X-plicable. Even the town mathematician/ \* N5 o2 {: b, b
confessed that he could make nothing of so dark a problem. X, every.; A5 O3 E! _9 ?4 f0 l
body knew, was an unknown quantity; but in this case (as he properly
) W7 H! F1 F9 j/ r: G' F4 hobserved), there was an unknown quantity of X.7 x1 m# |. x2 i3 X/ B' L0 P$ Q. ^: X
. i+ N' c) w9 o+ K" Z2 {% i6 T
The opinion of Bob, the devil (who kept dark about his having 'X-ed
9 v, g7 Q' j" ]. W$ A7 Uthe paragrab'), did not meet with so much attention as I think it
! g; @$ R9 H( T* |( tdeserved, although it was very openly and very fearlessly expressed.
; [7 t; _0 X, H# ~He said that, for his part, he had no doubt about the matter at all,
$ L4 b! i) z/ S+ N0 [7 ithat it was a clear case, that Mr. Bullet-head 'never could be
/ u) p) Y# M% g8 \8 F+ m) qpersuaded fur to drink like other folks, but vas continually
1 k" C6 ~8 s8 e  ha-svigging o' that ere blessed XXX ale, and as a naiteral
" q" t* v' D( S' cconsekvence, it just puffed him up savage, and made him X (cross) in4 C& @( i, S* [% T
the X-treme.'
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