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发表于 2009-7-27 21:35 | 显示全部楼层 |阅读模式
老杨团队,追求完美;客户至上,服务到位!
X-ing a Paragraph—————Edgar AllanPoe
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: Z7 ~" n" x; s/ y$ r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 ' a) J! {* @, l  L: p
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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.8 l3 S) v, c$ C( T* u) [1 e
   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 # a2 m  v7 n( e, n4 ?
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I must do him the justice to say, however, that when he made up his
+ Z/ V, K6 g! u5 W/ W5 h0 bmind finally to settle in that town, it was under the impression that8 d) ]' r' ~: L4 O3 W
no newspaper, and consequently no editor, existed in that particular
% t- U! O7 P4 R; X6 C: G4 usection of the country. In establishing 'The Tea-Pot' he expected to
2 v6 [# L% Z" e* uhave the field all to himself. I feel confident he never would have
9 p/ k" C. I0 @8 J% y. H5 e  u+ R/ \dreamed of taking up his residence in Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis
, m, Q- x# e  X+ |9 ihad he been aware that, in Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis, there lived
3 Q) d0 O8 R6 O/ w  f8 La gentleman named John Smith (if I rightly remember), who for many1 T0 z$ M1 D5 |7 l' f! g2 A5 Y% v
years had there quietly grown fat in editing and publishing the5 R* j( D  e8 }- E; {: Q& I' C- o
'Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis Daily News.' It was solely, therefore, on' u# k3 ~; x9 i
account of having been misinformed, that Mr. Bullet-head found
* z% G- e$ l4 F$ W1 phimself in Alex-suppose we call it Nopolis, 'for short' -- but, as he2 |: Q. s8 }# ?. W# |& M* F* C
did find himself there, he determined to keep up his character for: F0 }7 D: \* c' J0 g
obst -- for firmness, and remain. So remain he did; and he did more;" g6 n8 S+ U: x1 R4 p: v
he unpacked his press, type, etc., etc., rented an office exactly
8 b" m5 {( l* v" H) nopposite to that of the 'Daily News,' and, on the third morning after
6 v8 m6 P+ w( Y2 Ahis arrival, issued the first number of 'The Alexan' -- that is to
" V. A' Z0 k0 _  e- Z+ w4 `say, of 'The Nopolis Tea-Pot' -- as nearly as I can recollect, this) o9 N2 B! P9 s$ Y) w3 r! O! t
was the name of the new paper.3 c: f' s6 z* f% b& L

- i4 }; j9 c* Y& f( |& BThe leading article, I must admit, was brilliant -- not to say
5 D" g# k+ P  v; a' esevere. It was especially bitter about things in general -- and as
4 l3 ]: \" P9 Rfor the editor of 'The Daily News,' he was torn all to pieces in
/ r# y$ E+ N& p; S+ h* q+ Zparticular. Some of Bullethead's remarks were really so fiery that I# Y0 C. j5 d; i  V8 X
have always, since that time, been forced to look upon John Smith,: [  k" S7 \. \5 C1 V, L7 U8 o0 |
who is still alive, in the light of a salamander. I cannot pretend to
% h9 ?5 C* k* v2 }1 x) Zgive all the 'Tea-Pot's' paragraphs verbatim, but one of them runs
: b: ]1 C) M. K9 ^' Y& T- zthus:
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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( ~$ G, P; H3 v' ^8 p
is a genius -- O, my! Oh, goodness, gracious! -- what is this world5 x# p' X# K, ?' |
coming to? Oh, tempora! Oh, Moses!'
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. y/ U2 k7 ?- m, U9 ?A philippic at once so caustic and so classical, alighted like a! B2 x+ _# X$ i( u' b  X; {8 W' ~/ J
bombshell among the hitherto peaceful citizens of Nopolis. Groups of
8 N' ]0 t6 E9 B8 B9 hexcited individuals gathered at the corners of the streets. Every one
% S. b+ f7 @. `: Vawaited, with heartfelt anxiety, the reply of the dignified Smith.
# M% P; ]! u7 TNext morning it appeared as follows:
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'We quote from "The Tea-Pot" of yesterday the subjoined paragraph:
1 k( D7 E3 o- m- d6 b0 a5 y# a( D"Oh, yes! Oh, we perceive! Oh, no doubt! Oh, my! Oh, goodness! Oh,
. Z( V7 L! g9 Q+ f5 I( [tempora! Oh, Moses!" Why, the fellow is all O! That accounts for his
, |( o6 R& [5 q6 l0 Wreasoning in a circle, and explains why there is neither beginning6 i# l" W! h# P2 I$ s7 d) B
nor end to him, nor to anything he says. We really do not believe the
+ D: Y* J$ Y4 o! |$ \7 tvagabond can write a word that hasn't an O in it. Wonder if this0 a' c2 U4 C8 Q8 U; n
O-ing is a habit of his? By-the-by, he came away from Down-East in a
3 M6 J" W- Q  M/ G+ T  xgreat hurry. Wonder if he O's as much there as he does here? "O! it
7 Y; o$ }2 B  Y5 l( Zis pitiful."'* x7 m* L1 h0 ?+ B7 t

" ]/ F% A% z! r5 |; Q5 gThe indignation of Mr. Bullet-head at these scandalous insinuations,& J9 q- ]- u$ X) c
I shall not attempt to describe. On the eel-skinning principle,! e" b  t0 k' A& R( W& E
however, he did not seem to be so much incensed at the attack upon8 A! u6 h3 m2 [% }
his integrity as one might have imagined. It was the sneer at his& L$ `, s- m. m' B1 C% Z8 F
style that drove him to desperation. What! -- he Touch-and-go& N. a: ?: ~) H( @
Bullet-head! -- not able to write a word without an O in it! He would
# |- T* X/ T3 L/ r4 O# G; ^* Jsoon let the jackanapes see that he was mistaken. Yes! he would let; e4 L/ z" P# t' E7 m
him see how much he was mistaken, the puppy! He, Touch-and-go
: ]& P  q5 Z, z( B4 LBullet-head, of Frogpondium, would let Mr. John Smith perceive that: m: f' c& f. K* i. ?
he, Bullet-head, could indite, if it so pleased him, a whole6 h% ?, {- E+ Y9 d8 _7 P( D) u
paragraph -- aye! a whole article -- in which that contemptible vowel
+ L+ w7 W9 ]7 ?$ c" L$ Kshould not once -- not even once -- make its appearance. But no; --
6 a! c. g. W& x% w7 j  l; fthat would be yielding a point to the said John Smith. He,* }, X0 H4 i/ Q- l
Bullet-head, would make no alteration in his style, to suit the5 q8 F& F* l. O0 @: X
caprices of any Mr. Smith in Christendom. Perish so vile a thought!2 v) W8 o8 r* Q8 ?' B# w0 H
The O forever; He would persist in the O. He would be as O-wy as O-wy
  [8 w! ^7 ~" T0 scould be.
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Burning with the chivalry of this determination, the great3 N5 X' {3 A3 d: X  l: K, V+ k
Touch-and-go, in the next 'Tea-Pot,' came out merely with this simple
) s0 [/ x( G4 n( t5 f5 Wbut resolute paragraph, in reference to this unhappy affair:- N) C9 }) u; L: u$ d& Q+ f

, l8 _8 J. g6 p8 V' [9 B'The editor of the "Tea-Pot" has the honor of advising the editor of
$ z, K0 J- F$ @( G9 kthe "Gazette" that he (the "Tea-Pot") will take an opportunity in
/ u3 `) T9 t/ Q; ?tomorrow morning's paper, of convincing him (the "Daily News") that he
* L7 L1 R( A9 y1 l(the "Tea-Pot") both can and will be his own master, as regards
, k* p/ G/ R9 c5 L; d( f7 nstyle; he (the "Tea-Pot") intending to show him (the "Daily News") the9 i/ \; H' @- C' x" w. o
supreme, and indeed the withering contempt with which the criticism7 B( C- a) ~* o# i% w3 j: A) p
of him (the "Daily News") inspires the independent bosom of him (the9 C, s+ i: A: h) q
"TeaPot") by composing for the especial gratification (?) of him (the
( g8 t5 j+ j7 g1 f"Daily News") a leading article, of some extent, in which the beautiful( w6 S5 o8 ]) n. ?; A, f+ N
vowel -- the emblem of Eternity -- yet so offensive to the
* O( `9 U9 E0 B' y9 ~. Z* l/ Qhyper-exquisite delicacy of him (the "Daily News") shall most certainly% P6 y% h5 }) o1 y2 e# a' f
not be avoided by his (the "Daily News") most obedient, humble1 x# z  z, c6 x
servant, the "Tea-Pot." "So much for Buckingham!"'/ i8 m  I6 |, M. y( V% y( R

- f" ~/ \9 q6 Y) b) w' q4 R# |; ]In fulfilment of the awful threat thus darkly intimated rather than
, `& e5 w. I3 l6 W1 ]& c# u: `decidedly enunciated, the great Bullet-head, turning a deaf ear to; K& {* ^+ `( f0 Y# C: b" V# O
all entreaties for 'copy,' and simply requesting his foreman to 'go
. w7 s/ N- h) d3 u: u% H% @; t: tto the d-l,' when he (the foreman) assured him (the 'Tea-Pot'!) that: {0 w1 z% \) `3 H1 X
it was high time to 'go to press': turning a deaf ear to everything,% f' ?# @& l& D' v( e3 E( T& l2 a
I say, the great Bullet-head sat up until day-break, consuming the7 ~. a$ h/ q. \0 v3 ~3 K; {* ]+ |
midnight oil, and absorbed in the composition of the really
1 U9 \* l, p8 {" T  L" i! t% l1 m8 tunparalleled paragraph, which follows:-
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0 A  j: |1 b! T- Y'So ho, John! how now? Told you so, you know. Don't crow, another/ D7 x  _6 W! G0 m) e
time, before you're out of the woods! Does your mother know you're4 m; x5 W; ^9 Q" b3 S
out? Oh, no, no! -- so go home at once, now, John, to your odious old0 y7 q0 w9 P4 p- X; v
woods of Concord! Go home to your woods, old owl -- go! You won't!- k+ M% ~8 l! n; g# }" t
Oh, poh, poh, don't do so! You've got to go, you know! So go at once,
4 l( A. {' J! X0 o$ {and don't go slow, for nobody owns you here, you know! Oh! John,4 K+ F; D0 T5 e. X2 [
John, if you don't go you're no homo -- no! You're only a fowl, an# u. r0 [9 ?8 j5 m. i2 t5 \$ {* O0 S, o
owl, a cow, a sow, -- a doll, a poll; a poor, old,% Z; A4 \) T5 B$ q! T
good-for-nothing-to-nobody, log, dog, hog, or frog, come out of a2 T, m' @! q5 F6 c& ~2 l6 r! a
Concord bog. Cool, now -- cool! Do be cool, you fool! None of your
7 H7 ^$ @' h3 i9 fcrowing, old cock! Don't frown so -- don't! Don't hollo, nor howl nor9 S6 }$ e! d8 O: ^; l  F
growl, nor bow-wow-wow! Good Lord, John, how you do look! Told you; A9 R2 M3 o1 \3 W0 z8 w" B- Z; _. {
so, you know -- but stop rolling your goose of an old poll about so,
7 f* e2 r& Q' @: ]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$ l' _6 k2 \2 r. [3 K( t/ }
Touch-and-go could do nothing more than that night.  He handed his article to
' @2 H, r5 k; c/ G. {the 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
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In the first place, of course, -- as the opening word was 'So,' -- he! v0 o* O2 v1 Z$ M
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
- j- a' n2 |! ^: zdescribe his feelings of horror when his fingers came out of it without a/ Y: K# x- u- G, M+ R
letter in them? who can tell of his astonishment and anger when he realized that the little box was completely empty?  Not a single) Y. b8 f# K6 i; _) R' Z1 y% c
little-o was in the little-o box; and, glancing fearfully at the
  j. J; [+ |5 ?; Z0 z/ qcapital-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( r9 A. e; T" Q
without no o's.'0 }9 I- \* F# W* i; k! u
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'What do you mean by that?' said the chief, who was  very
4 Q$ w9 _: v% J' n, mangry at being kept from his bed so late.
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! [0 c& X2 H* D) J( t6 G5 j'Well, sir, there isn't an o in the office, neither a big one nor a
* P5 }/ v0 n) ]little one!'
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* s" Y# e8 N, I* V'What -- what has happened to all those that were in the box?'
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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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( T/ N  f$ L6 c( m( c'I haven't a doubt of it,' replied the chief angrily, turning
$ a: X  Q7 v. N. h* w; ^8 e, upurple with rage 'but I tell you what you do, Bob, that's a good boy
+ P: l! M! L% P( p1 q& u-- you go over to the Daily News the first chance you get, and take every one of their& z) P2 p, @. k& k; x8 i/ k
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'Right,' replied Bob. 'I'll go,2 r/ T- P9 ]/ U: E. p' E3 v) A( f
I'll show them a thing or two; but what about that
7 S3 f* p- a. }# i% X' Hparagraph? 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?'" s2 B# `9 d* Y$ D' a: S1 Y9 F
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'I Shouldn't call it a very long paragrab.'8 J1 _- K3 M8 {- `& `. X6 n

0 }0 F; {: }% A( @'Ah, well, then! Do the best you can with it! We must get it ready,'
; a& }1 j  D* T; L2 k0 A! hsaid the chief, who was buried in work; 'just put in! E9 _2 P+ B" H) N/ B7 H) r8 A
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
! C& z$ m$ v: v* ]& h* r+ b( ocase, muttering as he went: 'Considdeble vell, them ere expressions,
; M4 E1 R" h+ p; t: P9 hperticcler for a man as doesn't swar. So I's to gouge out all their
2 e9 n, @. I) S" _! Z& O8 ]  geyes, eh? and d-n all their gizzards! Vell! this here's the chap as# i* x# I: l  M3 \. ]# i
is just able for to do it.' The fact is that although Bob was but! C$ b3 K' m0 d" y2 R
twelve years old and four feet high, he was equal to any amount of/ M! L* ~2 h) \7 w. U
fight, in a small way.
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2 `5 a, O2 u# G1 M* [The exigency here described is by no means of rare occurrence in
5 W8 u5 k8 E0 m. A) S0 f8 xprinting-offices; and I cannot tell how to account for it, but the
& E' q& S4 j& S. S/ dfact is indisputable, that when the exigency does occur, it almost" w" _$ j, [% Q+ M
always happens that x is adopted as a substitute for the letter
+ n: |4 i4 R  f/ D% N, Wdeficient. The true reason, perhaps, is that x is rather the most
& K' p& p' ]1 B4 qsuperabundant letter in the cases, or at least was so in the old
, K: l# ]: r$ O9 f' \) v/ Dtimes -- long enough to render the substitution in question an+ F. j5 P- T. I  C9 j  P/ \
habitual thing with printers. As for Bob, he would have considered it
0 A( j: M, j% R/ x, _: X5 W1 W; ?heretical to employ any other character, in a case of this kind, than$ w; z- M- k$ N1 L6 N
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 read1 G$ @: k' a6 s3 Z6 S0 ?3 V8 W, j
it over in astonishment, 'but it's jest about the awfulest o-wy
) G# D1 U: n8 ^, A) R- uparagrab I ever did see': so x it he did, unflinchingly, and to press
% O! P6 l; H  G* y2 q! t0 dit went x-ed.
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- F' @1 a8 @9 B1 PNext morning the population of Nopolis were taken all aback by
2 q4 {, ~, E( A. [% F) V; r) Greading in 'The Tea-Pot,' the following extraordinary leader:
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'Sx hx, Jxhn! hxw nxw? Txld yxu sx, yxu knxw. Dxn't crxw, anxther: Z- x8 O% x6 Z( c, y- I+ h
time, befxre yxu're xut xf the wxxds! Dxes yxur mxther knxw yxu're/ |5 d+ z" q6 {
xut? Xh, nx, nx! -- sx gx hxme at xnce, nxw, Jxhn, tx yxur xdixus xld
8 I/ [+ ]* |- B8 V" R8 x/ Rwxxds xf Cxncxrd! Gx hxme tx yxur wxxds, xld xwl, -- gx! Yxu wxn't?$ k- |2 X& a0 {" N) r1 F
Xh, pxh, pxh, Jxhn, dxn't dx sx! Yxu've gxt tx gx, yxu knxw, sx gx at" z$ Y+ y; _6 v! @* s" a
xnce, and dxn't gx slxw; fxr nxbxdy xwns yxu here, yxu knxw. Xh,
2 b0 w% ^4 i4 [; |8 PJxhn, Jxhn, Jxhn, if yxu dxn't gx yxu're nx hxmx -- nx! Yxu're xnly a# o% B' p, Q; k1 b2 x! r, o
fxwl, an xwl; a cxw, a sxw; a dxll, a pxll; a pxxr xld
# S8 x+ }: T. s0 {, b/ W$ F) jgxxd-fxr-nxthing-tx-nxbxdy, lxg, dxg, hxg, xr frxg, cxme xut xf a/ m! k3 F; O  n3 _8 r$ V" @
Cxncxrd bxg. Cxxl, nxw -- cxxl! Dx be cxxl, yxu fxxl! Nxne xf yxur/ ~* i* X( A5 Q
crxwing, xld cxck! Dxn't frxwn sx -- dxn't! Dxn't hxllx, nxr hxwl,
: H+ v# r% ~5 o/ U3 Snxr grxwl, nxr bxw-wxw-wxw! Gxxd Lxrd, Jxhn, hxw yxu dx lxxk! Txld- I, G$ r# E  `; k
yxu sx, yxu knxw, -- but stxp rxlling yxur gxxse xf an xld pxll abxut1 v7 e# p" {7 `2 M( X4 S+ O! q
sx, and gx and drxwn yxur sxrrxws in a bxwl!'
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The uproar occasioned by this mystical and cabalistical article, is; k5 W0 {* F- ]" L7 ~" k( i
not to be conceived. The first definite idea entertained by the
+ |6 X$ c/ D0 h) ]5 V- rpopulace was, that some diabolical treason lay concealed in the9 Y  @1 u# \5 w0 O" T
hieroglyphics; and there was a general rush to Bullet-head's
0 i4 f4 @  k' s1 b) Yresidence, for the purpose of riding him on a rail; but that% @& @, l; z) C0 S9 H
gentleman was nowhere to be found. He had vanished, no one could tell7 g& p2 x6 t) c0 a6 f8 q
how; 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- F, d* u9 R4 d% I
subsided; leaving behind it, by way of sediment, quite a medley of
6 T' P* P4 \2 r% C$ E! N$ B, B% O* zopinion about this unhappy affair.
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; R3 v  m* Z. g0 t; bOne gentleman thought the whole an X-ellent joke.! }" y& V) r$ P" M
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Another said that, indeed, Bullet-head had shown much X-uberance of
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7 O, Y$ Q0 f* FA third admitted him X-entric, but no more.; P) z+ i6 Y5 f* e: E3 L
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A fourth could only suppose it the Yankee's design to X-press, in a
, ~' ]$ p8 J/ C3 wgeneral way, his X-asperation.
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'Say, rather, to set an X-ample to posterity,' suggested a fifth.
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" p( d; I% S1 W" [9 @' v* `4 TThat Bullet-head had been driven to an extremity, was clear to all;7 x* A1 }) Q8 c( g$ P
and in fact, since that editor could not be found, there was some- n7 l6 Z9 w" ?1 X0 @+ `1 k8 j
talk about lynching the other one.
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The more common conclusion, however, was that the affair was, simply,
7 L6 I* y# N; ]7 CX-traordinary and in-X-plicable. Even the town mathematician+ G+ ^' @) j, ?% \
confessed that he could make nothing of so dark a problem. X, every.+ z, m7 y' g5 v' E( P
body knew, was an unknown quantity; but in this case (as he properly
# Y- E2 e9 U* z4 A* Robserved), there was an unknown quantity of X.
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The opinion of Bob, the devil (who kept dark about his having 'X-ed
; o3 @* s6 E) X1 X4 cthe paragrab'), did not meet with so much attention as I think it$ Y) Z5 z7 S3 m4 @
deserved, although it was very openly and very fearlessly expressed.  `* t1 E2 d/ ^0 U+ h3 N
He said that, for his part, he had no doubt about the matter at all,; h; D, m( F* r
that it was a clear case, that Mr. Bullet-head 'never could be& q% y  U# |$ x$ Y- [: M
persuaded fur to drink like other folks, but vas continually( S, o2 ]+ W  x% V" D' S9 r
a-svigging o' that ere blessed XXX ale, and as a naiteral& j# U5 f+ o% d6 U
consekvence, it just puffed him up savage, and made him X (cross) in% M4 s6 Q5 R& M; i2 W3 {5 W
the X-treme.'
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