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: w. D, k* V4 N6 E3 Y8 c# S5 C5 JBurning with the chivalry of this determination, the great. f* n+ ~0 Z5 O! T
Touch-and-go, in the next 'Tea-Pot,' came out merely with this simple% L z6 o O4 W) @- [# i/ @
but resolute paragraph, in reference to this unhappy affair:& v$ J( d a I
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'The editor of the "Tea-Pot" has the honor of advising the editor of; k$ R. X8 v7 |
the "Gazette" that he (the "Tea-Pot") will take an opportunity in
% I: {) `' T% S6 x: @tomorrow morning's paper, of convincing him (the "Daily News") that he# ^5 p- H) [+ t* w& I9 r0 Z# x
(the "Tea-Pot") both can and will be his own master, as regards/ ^3 o8 \7 `1 [7 i, W. z( Y
style; he (the "Tea-Pot") intending to show him (the "Daily News") the
$ J p6 ~, N6 B& C8 R/ zsupreme, and indeed the withering contempt with which the criticism& s, L9 Q: \+ B' d) p# K
of him (the "Daily News") inspires the independent bosom of him (the
7 o, D9 [; F5 X0 g' ?$ h# u"TeaPot") by composing for the especial gratification (?) of him (the2 B" M- }3 X/ [, P9 A1 c6 K3 c1 K8 r0 L! {
"Daily News") a leading article, of some extent, in which the beautiful
7 V) {; X. U; ?9 q: hvowel -- the emblem of Eternity -- yet so offensive to the8 b+ ]: @' Z! b" x, [" B
hyper-exquisite delicacy of him (the "Daily News") shall most certainly
3 |9 x3 X7 X! s! Mnot be avoided by his (the "Daily News") most obedient, humble/ H$ W" M' i0 ?) y" y) S
servant, the "Tea-Pot." "So much for Buckingham!"'
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In fulfilment of the awful threat thus darkly intimated rather than
$ C x' ?: m' _0 E) e% Bdecidedly enunciated, the great Bullet-head, turning a deaf ear to# t( Z" P& X3 \& J
all entreaties for 'copy,' and simply requesting his foreman to 'go ]2 n: a* t) R4 Z3 c2 K
to the d-l,' when he (the foreman) assured him (the 'Tea-Pot'!) that
( @" ^, i' {) `8 K- m" Jit was high time to 'go to press': turning a deaf ear to everything,
9 `8 `' u% Q9 G6 U* QI say, the great Bullet-head sat up until day-break, consuming the' c& _& \: ~6 \+ E" y2 |
midnight oil, and absorbed in the composition of the really( N G6 @. U, p
unparalleled paragraph, which follows:-; x$ s9 S% X; f
% w8 A9 X$ |6 w'So ho, John! how now? Told you so, you know. Don't crow, another
! u, l' h) ?! m2 ?+ [% O7 R, p# X; d6 ftime, before you're out of the woods! Does your mother know you're
- R K4 K$ e. `$ q8 cout? Oh, no, no! -- so go home at once, now, John, to your odious old
8 F4 P! t' B+ B# _, J7 o$ ]woods of Concord! Go home to your woods, old owl -- go! You won't!" B9 `7 [7 c+ [3 t
Oh, poh, poh, don't do so! You've got to go, you know! So go at once,( B0 }% G$ M+ U; Q& P: c
and don't go slow, for nobody owns you here, you know! Oh! John,6 B2 b `, w/ ]4 X) g) B! O
John, if you don't go you're no homo -- no! You're only a fowl, an
, V! I3 t, u, U9 c/ Fowl, a cow, a sow, -- a doll, a poll; a poor, old,
! z: H0 }! B8 z" g1 j" kgood-for-nothing-to-nobody, log, dog, hog, or frog, come out of a
4 a7 f, ]8 _4 }3 L& d8 fConcord bog. Cool, now -- cool! Do be cool, you fool! None of your; O9 A" f0 c; b6 ~0 f
crowing, old cock! Don't frown so -- don't! Don't hollo, nor howl nor
$ r% \6 o- I4 L/ r( m: V2 sgrowl, nor bow-wow-wow! Good Lord, John, how you do look! Told you7 p( v2 Y2 z2 u# a
so, you know -- but stop rolling your goose of an old poll about so,! A# S% W8 z2 K& e9 \/ d# T
and go and drown your sorrows in a bowl!' |
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