 鲜花( 20)  鸡蛋( 0)
|

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 his3 @* ]4 D" S: w% v) \
case, muttering as he went: 'Considdeble vell, them ere expressions,9 x8 o0 M0 i* A- x n, @- a
perticcler for a man as doesn't swar. So I's to gouge out all their
: x5 z1 J+ P" V8 O8 D& t2 Zeyes, eh? and d-n all their gizzards! Vell! this here's the chap as
6 `+ E% U6 M) i" h6 z, vis just able for to do it.' The fact is that although Bob was but) \6 \ g% O! c) N9 U- }5 a
twelve years old and four feet high, he was equal to any amount of5 G) S2 h0 s- N j; w
fight, in a small way.
) [, S ~, S5 Q& ~! A( `0 J3 K, J4 l' V* V6 j2 R9 C: Y
The exigency here described is by no means of rare occurrence in
7 Y9 @: v' F; m k5 X* @/ Wprinting-offices; and I cannot tell how to account for it, but the
( _ U3 z+ L1 ^ U# ~+ Ofact is indisputable, that when the exigency does occur, it almost9 }. f9 z, h+ ]" \0 Z
always happens that x is adopted as a substitute for the letter6 D* E M0 {0 X6 l. r/ L h6 k5 R
deficient. The true reason, perhaps, is that x is rather the most
0 p+ F; N# f5 a/ q0 Lsuperabundant letter in the cases, or at least was so in the old" A2 }& F. z8 `% U, v, ~
times -- long enough to render the substitution in question an
% R+ @# C+ X) C' C) dhabitual thing with printers. As for Bob, he would have considered it) X/ L a k) n, {
heretical to employ any other character, in a case of this kind, than
7 p& f0 m: _8 j7 {. `* v! @the x to which he had been accustomed.3 A2 _0 G4 l5 i; w5 O! v& X
+ J( `) [7 G7 M3 L5 N! K8 z6 _
'I shell have to x this ere paragrab,' said he to himself, as he read
/ c2 Y# x, i$ v. Q# C, Q: _it over in astonishment, 'but it's jest about the awfulest o-wy" k! H9 L, N* c0 d: C8 I
paragrab I ever did see': so x it he did, unflinchingly, and to press
" C7 r. y- ]) ]. `, v( a1 ?% S6 qit went x-ed.
* C# Y; E5 g8 \ N, S. y. s0 a. N4 v/ h" I8 ^* M- f" C
Next morning the population of Nopolis were taken all aback by
& s6 @! M! o& c* M2 P6 f2 r5 creading in 'The Tea-Pot,' the following extraordinary leader:
7 N4 l* Z/ E/ G8 P1 Y; B1 n$ B' O* j3 I W5 @9 X9 ^4 D% I
'Sx hx, Jxhn! hxw nxw? Txld yxu sx, yxu knxw. Dxn't crxw, anxther# N( Q! x. f8 d3 m9 C q. \& \
time, befxre yxu're xut xf the wxxds! Dxes yxur mxther knxw yxu're8 l2 H+ H& `3 I
xut? Xh, nx, nx! -- sx gx hxme at xnce, nxw, Jxhn, tx yxur xdixus xld
! ^3 ^, S/ g2 x, W0 p$ _wxxds xf Cxncxrd! Gx hxme tx yxur wxxds, xld xwl, -- gx! Yxu wxn't?
. j2 h0 A' K/ e' \. _$ EXh, pxh, pxh, Jxhn, dxn't dx sx! Yxu've gxt tx gx, yxu knxw, sx gx at6 }: B1 k1 o' Q4 z* ]4 {
xnce, and dxn't gx slxw; fxr nxbxdy xwns yxu here, yxu knxw. Xh,5 N1 Z6 E% m: G# J
Jxhn, Jxhn, Jxhn, if yxu dxn't gx yxu're nx hxmx -- nx! Yxu're xnly a
: b: e( O1 h6 A# Y7 j2 F, nfxwl, an xwl; a cxw, a sxw; a dxll, a pxll; a pxxr xld
; y8 B3 P( o& ?( H7 h& Y, }gxxd-fxr-nxthing-tx-nxbxdy, lxg, dxg, hxg, xr frxg, cxme xut xf a
) T! X0 |) x/ X; i' @: i4 q4 E9 ]0 [2 KCxncxrd bxg. Cxxl, nxw -- cxxl! Dx be cxxl, yxu fxxl! Nxne xf yxur
( u3 e6 A! } s0 ] ]; B" Wcrxwing, xld cxck! Dxn't frxwn sx -- dxn't! Dxn't hxllx, nxr hxwl,
& N% l5 a7 d: O0 X! znxr grxwl, nxr bxw-wxw-wxw! Gxxd Lxrd, Jxhn, hxw yxu dx lxxk! Txld
& n' D# f: P: c+ cyxu sx, yxu knxw, -- but stxp rxlling yxur gxxse xf an xld pxll abxut* S$ u7 o1 _1 X' ?
sx, and gx and drxwn yxur sxrrxws in a bxwl!' |
|