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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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& F1 b5 A% Q0 C2 T9 q" |- C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
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6 t7 P' r! o0 }( s5 G- EAS 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  h. \% \, @
   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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" s$ b1 I0 `; S. [I must do him the justice to say, however, that when he made up his
* O6 ^9 v3 r3 X, v$ D. Umind finally to settle in that town, it was under the impression that
, ^% @  @/ \% o# w* O7 l+ Zno newspaper, and consequently no editor, existed in that particular: Q: D. V. J2 f  o2 j( g) M" F4 N
section of the country. In establishing 'The Tea-Pot' he expected to$ b/ S, K3 x% r1 ]% j1 j! i
have the field all to himself. I feel confident he never would have
4 R/ |( a+ E7 A( e' I: i. b" ~* t, V1 d' ddreamed of taking up his residence in Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis
( u8 r1 Y6 G5 |, b% Shad he been aware that, in Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis, there lived
3 x0 s/ b6 x: \9 c1 g6 X2 |, `a gentleman named John Smith (if I rightly remember), who for many
9 D- V$ ?9 O- B7 A6 fyears had there quietly grown fat in editing and publishing the* g6 Q; I9 c, @* i3 j
'Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis Daily News.' It was solely, therefore, on4 ~" T* X1 I6 Z0 V( e9 d# V
account of having been misinformed, that Mr. Bullet-head found7 y% G1 u" Q) o
himself in Alex-suppose we call it Nopolis, 'for short' -- but, as he
# p% H, n8 X' Y. J8 Z, zdid find himself there, he determined to keep up his character for, {, j& U; M5 u: `# b5 a( f
obst -- for firmness, and remain. So remain he did; and he did more;3 v' y$ x4 |! Z- I
he unpacked his press, type, etc., etc., rented an office exactly
$ ?; L4 V7 I( q6 e1 F. [! Iopposite to that of the 'Daily News,' and, on the third morning after
! S' T+ T2 r* m- Ihis arrival, issued the first number of 'The Alexan' -- that is to) s2 g) e$ g2 U0 a
say, of 'The Nopolis Tea-Pot' -- as nearly as I can recollect, this
- W: M3 R7 U* I2 T: \/ b1 Gwas the name of the new paper.- o/ X4 _2 e! `3 @% _

# W2 c8 o# x6 a- m3 t2 i9 @The leading article, I must admit, was brilliant -- not to say* l! O# H( j% X
severe. It was especially bitter about things in general -- and as) ?- P/ A$ b" ^4 h6 `1 [
for the editor of 'The Daily News,' he was torn all to pieces in
& q* H" Q& C- E- Q* ~4 d4 @particular. Some of Bullethead's remarks were really so fiery that I
) e, @  L+ R. t2 _have always, since that time, been forced to look upon John Smith,
9 q7 a; T* L0 ?' Cwho is still alive, in the light of a salamander. I cannot pretend to
9 x' D, ~4 D' R) hgive all the 'Tea-Pot's' paragraphs verbatim, but one of them runs
, T/ k1 U5 W1 t: x3 Othus:
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 楼主| 发表于 2009-7-27 21:59 | 显示全部楼层
老杨团队 追求完美
'Oh, yes! -- Oh, we perceive! Oh, no doubt! The editor over the way
' |6 ^6 n$ F& r. h8 v9 ois a genius -- O, my! Oh, goodness, gracious! -- what is this world- ]5 a$ F/ Z# L* j5 o* O  w
coming to? Oh, tempora! Oh, Moses!'
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# Z2 X3 g% `& T3 s; g# BA philippic at once so caustic and so classical, alighted like a
2 Z5 @; T9 b$ R3 m+ V* j/ ybombshell among the hitherto peaceful citizens of Nopolis. Groups of/ E1 W) y3 @2 H- d: Q: ?
excited individuals gathered at the corners of the streets. Every one
' k9 Z4 W* Q  I  {3 o4 {awaited, with heartfelt anxiety, the reply of the dignified Smith.
6 o) P- D8 [' o: ^% HNext morning it appeared as follows:" }5 T! z. |% b& W! P( Y  n

5 i2 k* H8 u$ M! ]$ f7 j7 c'We quote from "The Tea-Pot" of yesterday the subjoined paragraph:' K) q9 z* Z, `4 {' g' ^3 i0 r
"Oh, yes! Oh, we perceive! Oh, no doubt! Oh, my! Oh, goodness! Oh,' ^( _* _- z9 h# Z! M
tempora! Oh, Moses!" Why, the fellow is all O! That accounts for his
0 N( c- s. H8 F* r+ u+ x" ireasoning in a circle, and explains why there is neither beginning) R* F8 T1 c+ o3 w0 F+ R
nor end to him, nor to anything he says. We really do not believe the* _6 B' L# \% c9 {
vagabond can write a word that hasn't an O in it. Wonder if this7 n( S% L: Q4 g5 k/ I8 `$ U
O-ing is a habit of his? By-the-by, he came away from Down-East in a. `8 S2 Y  f! @8 |8 ^
great hurry. Wonder if he O's as much there as he does here? "O! it6 S$ b2 T9 M: X1 L) o2 t3 w  ]. L
is pitiful."'7 d* Q* M% Y: T* p: u

6 F( R  T1 M" Q/ V0 BThe indignation of Mr. Bullet-head at these scandalous insinuations,8 u- ^7 t! q7 _3 z
I shall not attempt to describe. On the eel-skinning principle,
" E' D9 J! U) c4 Z  @! phowever, he did not seem to be so much incensed at the attack upon
. Q. u  j2 ]6 `( q/ |* e: Ihis integrity as one might have imagined. It was the sneer at his9 J( \, H+ k6 e8 S
style that drove him to desperation. What! -- he Touch-and-go
1 R% v. F: z; m  m) GBullet-head! -- not able to write a word without an O in it! He would0 }  d  f+ e, J7 @3 C$ `
soon let the jackanapes see that he was mistaken. Yes! he would let
$ u8 Y' R! e/ |( s' S# |) k% vhim see how much he was mistaken, the puppy! He, Touch-and-go
. w$ I+ v( O  _, JBullet-head, of Frogpondium, would let Mr. John Smith perceive that
4 p2 \* J: R5 Hhe, Bullet-head, could indite, if it so pleased him, a whole
9 j+ K  o- z6 E8 Fparagraph -- aye! a whole article -- in which that contemptible vowel4 p0 O. Z( V. [, G
should not once -- not even once -- make its appearance. But no; --
, `7 a2 \# U  p8 O5 L9 M& |" athat would be yielding a point to the said John Smith. He,& y. _1 b) u7 ], P3 }* @& m+ W) T
Bullet-head, would make no alteration in his style, to suit the; R3 L& r# K; K- f' ?0 B2 {
caprices of any Mr. Smith in Christendom. Perish so vile a thought!
8 {+ y: m+ u7 o$ R. M) F: _The O forever; He would persist in the O. He would be as O-wy as O-wy5 t! x/ \4 z, d2 p" u' Z
could be.
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9 h) z' s! c; `) A$ Q1 lBurning with the chivalry of this determination, the great2 y# H3 v/ b+ w$ F& m
Touch-and-go, in the next 'Tea-Pot,' came out merely with this simple
: x; k" K3 w$ a5 \) _# V% ^0 _( Tbut resolute paragraph, in reference to this unhappy affair:) v- D/ R+ J: e# v1 q+ Q- J
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'The editor of the "Tea-Pot" has the honor of advising the editor of
+ Q$ x& z# _& u7 t3 H. J8 d- pthe "Gazette" that he (the "Tea-Pot") will take an opportunity in7 k: z4 m: u9 Q, C
tomorrow morning's paper, of convincing him (the "Daily News") that he
% R8 R3 ~7 Q0 O/ M(the "Tea-Pot") both can and will be his own master, as regards
! ?7 y- C2 v  y) ustyle; he (the "Tea-Pot") intending to show him (the "Daily News") the
7 |7 \9 `! s/ ?6 Msupreme, and indeed the withering contempt with which the criticism
2 B9 G; |% O5 \& {" H7 Mof him (the "Daily News") inspires the independent bosom of him (the
7 _5 W: g8 P6 n5 u$ w# Z"TeaPot") by composing for the especial gratification (?) of him (the
$ D  k: {+ {- s7 k, P4 H$ z4 l"Daily News") a leading article, of some extent, in which the beautiful# l! g7 ?3 ]5 X  v# u
vowel -- the emblem of Eternity -- yet so offensive to the
. ~' W& Q! x1 d" B5 v$ i5 e0 y) ghyper-exquisite delicacy of him (the "Daily News") shall most certainly
* s" \6 s6 g5 _$ o' c- l; j' `8 Cnot be avoided by his (the "Daily News") most obedient, humble
  d; P7 t3 Z$ R" k$ C% d" [' Fservant, the "Tea-Pot." "So much for Buckingham!"'( }0 t' s: ]0 x  T9 [+ r
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In fulfilment of the awful threat thus darkly intimated rather than
$ B0 `2 b: i. X" j1 q/ r4 Kdecidedly enunciated, the great Bullet-head, turning a deaf ear to
* \: k+ H. H: v  J& v; @all entreaties for 'copy,' and simply requesting his foreman to 'go, X. B2 I* v' Y* W' e
to the d-l,' when he (the foreman) assured him (the 'Tea-Pot'!) that
8 B) j$ j1 R8 _$ ?6 C# M$ e; jit was high time to 'go to press': turning a deaf ear to everything,# \* {( D) M$ w* F# H, F
I say, the great Bullet-head sat up until day-break, consuming the
3 m) ~. M7 r9 I0 _7 a% Rmidnight oil, and absorbed in the composition of the really
; n8 n# W+ A0 Z4 l4 Hunparalleled paragraph, which follows:-
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9 F! z3 H. [/ X( M/ C/ W' q; l'So ho, John! how now? Told you so, you know. Don't crow, another% M) p# U4 o5 C7 i" S
time, before you're out of the woods! Does your mother know you're
! X0 e3 E7 _5 c* q' \2 Z, o5 cout? Oh, no, no! -- so go home at once, now, John, to your odious old. i! p+ d0 R5 O" u& W9 ^- d
woods of Concord! Go home to your woods, old owl -- go! You won't!  F0 E4 m4 J. v% O2 l4 B: r! l
Oh, poh, poh, don't do so! You've got to go, you know! So go at once,& T5 S% H3 R% \: T4 `
and don't go slow, for nobody owns you here, you know! Oh! John,
" L- e/ J( K( K0 @John, if you don't go you're no homo -- no! You're only a fowl, an
$ x9 L; c+ ~, S+ y4 rowl, a cow, a sow, -- a doll, a poll; a poor, old,8 a2 E  E2 Q! r0 c6 i& P
good-for-nothing-to-nobody, log, dog, hog, or frog, come out of a5 I0 v# \( }' z' y* ]9 O; f: i6 |
Concord bog. Cool, now -- cool! Do be cool, you fool! None of your' R) F: D9 ~: l& t6 D1 U6 e
crowing, old cock! Don't frown so -- don't! Don't hollo, nor howl nor
$ K! g# b: E; S$ e- Hgrowl, nor bow-wow-wow! Good Lord, John, how you do look! Told you6 b) n- B$ _8 k4 X% L* R& l
so, you know -- but stop rolling your goose of an old poll about so,7 |& Z  I' U3 L. R. S
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
9 C7 [2 t. r! Q  B, cTouch-and-go could do nothing more than that night.  He handed his article to9 G% o- S: T* M- V2 c" N
the printer's boy who was waiting, and walked slowly home to bed.8 s$ m) Y1 x' y% T3 D

8 Y: t" u' b0 aThe 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,' -- he
9 B: M8 q: N( a: F: Vlooked 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
& n8 z" R/ |+ ?5 ?- I9 T: s5 m% D  Pdescribe his feelings of horror when his fingers came out of it without a
( O  n/ A( |! b1 Z5 A% Z5 xletter in them? who can tell of his astonishment and anger when he realized that the little box was completely empty?  Not a single
2 C# O; ]8 g2 k! T7 ~little-o was in the little-o box; and, glancing fearfully at the
+ J. z$ p; x" b# q( f2 I% acapital-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
8 ^6 ]" L) C2 y( W" uwithout no o's.', k" S* N0 l" I; m! |0 `
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'What do you mean by that?' said the chief, who was  very
+ g3 {- f% v' G- ~# O3 `angry at being kept from his bed so late.
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'Well, sir, there isn't an o in the office, neither a big one nor a/ c) [7 b. y( X# S; Q
little one!'
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* e$ R3 \1 Z8 \* }. o; Z9 P7 K'What -- what has happened to all those that were in the box?'  d% J* d/ G1 a/ S! e9 S

; h# E( R. t: {; J( F# O'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.'4 R; k4 U; C! _  y# x: g( j

  c% p. v6 d5 m: w4 u# O'I haven't a doubt of it,' replied the chief angrily, turning
7 H- |+ I: O, }% u  bpurple with rage 'but I tell you what you do, Bob, that's a good boy6 ^6 f. G& O% b! R6 }% _0 n
-- you go over to the Daily News the first chance you get, and take every one of their
; b4 k9 D% x% Q" wi's .'
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'Right,' replied Bob. 'I'll go,
( J! n& Y3 e+ h' NI'll show them a thing or two; but what about that
8 l, p7 n- g! {  `, i# @- ?, nparagraph? 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
老杨团队,追求完美;客户至上,服务到位!
'Trouble enough. Is it a long paragraph, Bob?'( k2 l) Y1 P9 c9 X  f7 g

2 r, d! R! ]  N4 \- r8 {5 F'I Shouldn't call it a very long paragrab.'- S0 i9 U: c  G
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'Ah, well, then! Do the best you can with it! We must get it ready,'% L: q; M0 s0 s) l, m* |
said the chief, who was buried in work; 'just put in' @6 W7 a" l; \" I" l
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
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: c0 l* g) S" g: z/ m" a! f
case, muttering as he went: 'Considdeble vell, them ere expressions,
) j1 [/ a( L2 Y; M5 ^perticcler for a man as doesn't swar. So I's to gouge out all their
' C9 C- C9 c- w: |; |eyes, eh? and d-n all their gizzards! Vell! this here's the chap as
6 D: s1 Q- I6 [2 E" D$ ?/ C1 _is just able for to do it.' The fact is that although Bob was but$ F+ N* Y: j- Z9 d' z
twelve years old and four feet high, he was equal to any amount of* l) n# j( A2 q2 t' Q
fight, in a small way.0 v- g* }9 _4 O4 f% _
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The exigency here described is by no means of rare occurrence in
9 q5 W3 }% e9 _) ?/ y' }printing-offices; and I cannot tell how to account for it, but the
; a5 c, l2 V: Z# j1 e6 n" b6 L6 e  Cfact is indisputable, that when the exigency does occur, it almost) G; p9 ]5 |2 U6 T0 z7 s4 y6 |
always happens that x is adopted as a substitute for the letter
' D9 p$ V9 O$ E- adeficient. The true reason, perhaps, is that x is rather the most- J- R; q' Y) H7 O4 Y
superabundant letter in the cases, or at least was so in the old" w% h$ Y& ^4 T! z9 g; |
times -- long enough to render the substitution in question an
7 D% D7 L  u8 D; k7 w+ s& ahabitual thing with printers. As for Bob, he would have considered it; h" V% N; h; m: O/ O- y; [
heretical to employ any other character, in a case of this kind, than+ n: P0 M" ?: e0 L
the x to which he had been accustomed.
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. e7 Q. D/ a, |( \+ u( Z- f8 y5 L'I shell have to x this ere paragrab,' said he to himself, as he read$ \/ I/ i/ Y6 f5 \3 i
it over in astonishment, 'but it's jest about the awfulest o-wy' S0 h+ R2 Q3 g3 B3 J  E
paragrab I ever did see': so x it he did, unflinchingly, and to press( e$ z+ u3 x7 z9 Q& J# t
it went x-ed.* b1 T  P5 o5 L7 q* Q' c
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Next morning the population of Nopolis were taken all aback by- ?' [9 C- h8 L+ f  w
reading in 'The Tea-Pot,' the following extraordinary leader:. }; f# p/ l8 y4 D  m* k  I1 |

* _. Y7 z+ n* _'Sx hx, Jxhn! hxw nxw? Txld yxu sx, yxu knxw. Dxn't crxw, anxther
* [/ }% n. B% x' r( Etime, befxre yxu're xut xf the wxxds! Dxes yxur mxther knxw yxu're
6 B) |, K; I6 R4 y, D$ F& dxut? Xh, nx, nx! -- sx gx hxme at xnce, nxw, Jxhn, tx yxur xdixus xld
0 D  _# ]( a$ S6 Rwxxds xf Cxncxrd! Gx hxme tx yxur wxxds, xld xwl, -- gx! Yxu wxn't?# k8 R8 o9 ?, e
Xh, pxh, pxh, Jxhn, dxn't dx sx! Yxu've gxt tx gx, yxu knxw, sx gx at1 p+ V4 Q1 w" c8 ~$ @) `% _
xnce, and dxn't gx slxw; fxr nxbxdy xwns yxu here, yxu knxw. Xh,
; V- j3 D; q7 g; ]5 y* dJxhn, Jxhn, Jxhn, if yxu dxn't gx yxu're nx hxmx -- nx! Yxu're xnly a
' _* a7 V7 Q7 U) F5 Ffxwl, an xwl; a cxw, a sxw; a dxll, a pxll; a pxxr xld4 N) t0 d. z' X% x) ?/ `$ {) b
gxxd-fxr-nxthing-tx-nxbxdy, lxg, dxg, hxg, xr frxg, cxme xut xf a- A8 Y# ]9 S+ W, [8 _1 x# s/ G4 L; w
Cxncxrd bxg. Cxxl, nxw -- cxxl! Dx be cxxl, yxu fxxl! Nxne xf yxur2 c/ W2 ?: r+ |" H% j8 T
crxwing, xld cxck! Dxn't frxwn sx -- dxn't! Dxn't hxllx, nxr hxwl,: N/ L- h6 r2 n# q9 ~/ P5 a
nxr grxwl, nxr bxw-wxw-wxw! Gxxd Lxrd, Jxhn, hxw yxu dx lxxk! Txld
, f( F) }8 K, G. T; O1 Xyxu sx, yxu knxw, -- but stxp rxlling yxur gxxse xf an xld pxll abxut
6 O6 Q3 X: L- t5 Z  Ssx, 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, is2 r7 n7 s# {) S% x- f8 o5 {- r
not to be conceived. The first definite idea entertained by the
" u3 l7 M' O( a$ {populace was, that some diabolical treason lay concealed in the
" z: J; v& {7 ?hieroglyphics; and there was a general rush to Bullet-head's" l; T3 L5 O6 g6 k. P1 h9 {
residence, for the purpose of riding him on a rail; but that
6 t6 Q1 H8 Y5 e! ^: ugentleman was nowhere to be found. He had vanished, no one could tell! |+ q& X% S9 Y. k
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 length2 O$ S2 \& S, T7 I0 w9 `! J& I% {. E
subsided; leaving behind it, by way of sediment, quite a medley of8 M9 }/ a9 d% D5 ?" E& H
opinion about this unhappy affair." R# z; a9 L2 D3 o/ k

: o. m3 v" k- c/ bOne gentleman thought the whole an X-ellent joke.
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Another said that, indeed, Bullet-head had shown much X-uberance of6 c  y0 e7 r5 Z
fancy.
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A third admitted him X-entric, but no more.
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A fourth could only suppose it the Yankee's design to X-press, in a
& ~  F# M+ A7 \, Tgeneral way, his X-asperation.5 B6 Y" o# B' }8 e! a: k7 U! J) a
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'Say, rather, to set an X-ample to posterity,' suggested a fifth.8 }7 X, t: K$ r2 a
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That Bullet-head had been driven to an extremity, was clear to all;+ ]" t0 ?, M' {) q: P0 q6 t9 q
and in fact, since that editor could not be found, there was some! N& q- D: f3 M% y4 b. ?  I% I) L
talk about lynching the other one.
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The more common conclusion, however, was that the affair was, simply,
" L6 P3 d1 v- a7 GX-traordinary and in-X-plicable. Even the town mathematician, U+ j) J+ y' v; `1 M1 |% q
confessed that he could make nothing of so dark a problem. X, every.  \5 _3 q/ J* k& c3 n9 o
body knew, was an unknown quantity; but in this case (as he properly" H& z* S: S; ]* l0 C; {. K
observed), 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
; P( [  ?' g5 V1 fthe paragrab'), did not meet with so much attention as I think it
: j- H4 c9 u+ `3 e- U7 b) ^deserved, although it was very openly and very fearlessly expressed.
& N7 P) l- I7 ~$ D5 O1 gHe said that, for his part, he had no doubt about the matter at all,
5 i% D- o( [2 }+ g4 vthat it was a clear case, that Mr. Bullet-head 'never could be
# F- i0 M5 K9 `1 X8 kpersuaded fur to drink like other folks, but vas continually
2 p& D1 \% e! G0 v0 z* B  u4 [# `4 ga-svigging o' that ere blessed XXX ale, and as a naiteral& E  h7 L  T4 m; c8 G$ U
consekvence, it just puffed him up savage, and made him X (cross) in! a! ~/ Q: c# S4 m5 h
the X-treme.'
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