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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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+ F/ y. W7 i. W/ o; @( ]& |; f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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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.* p' ?6 q3 j1 n0 F% f0 I* |6 E; g& r
   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, S4 e7 ?6 `, q; F
mind finally to settle in that town, it was under the impression that
  s. {9 L0 e5 V6 r7 D) wno newspaper, and consequently no editor, existed in that particular6 v) F2 E7 g5 J! r9 q/ c8 N4 Q
section of the country. In establishing 'The Tea-Pot' he expected to/ K5 E* @% \) _: u: l8 b3 m1 m: R- K
have the field all to himself. I feel confident he never would have. p3 z$ {, S- Z
dreamed of taking up his residence in Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis- B9 P* T* O) D. \
had he been aware that, in Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis, there lived) X+ b9 a( I+ z9 p3 S/ y
a gentleman named John Smith (if I rightly remember), who for many/ v; A; {3 i+ n: C* Z+ F
years had there quietly grown fat in editing and publishing the
! w  O2 F6 ]8 h7 `8 q( @'Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis Daily News.' It was solely, therefore, on
$ E( {2 I$ y# s. G, paccount of having been misinformed, that Mr. Bullet-head found
- i$ b& l; O/ W" Ehimself in Alex-suppose we call it Nopolis, 'for short' -- but, as he
& D& |# M! G, g! D  j1 q0 ddid find himself there, he determined to keep up his character for3 E& B! a: x. E8 H+ O
obst -- for firmness, and remain. So remain he did; and he did more;6 H9 H0 l+ }, H% X+ N
he unpacked his press, type, etc., etc., rented an office exactly
6 d5 `5 A( _0 N) v8 iopposite to that of the 'Daily News,' and, on the third morning after
' L: `& r! q; y% M  yhis arrival, issued the first number of 'The Alexan' -- that is to
3 b; g4 Q  \/ C/ }5 ksay, of 'The Nopolis Tea-Pot' -- as nearly as I can recollect, this" Q5 c. B/ M% V6 n2 _" P3 p9 A
was the name of the new paper.
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The leading article, I must admit, was brilliant -- not to say
! s6 J. h2 z" a8 Q. Ssevere. It was especially bitter about things in general -- and as
# k7 K  W% c; J& s0 k# }; kfor the editor of 'The Daily News,' he was torn all to pieces in
3 U- U! x0 J* ?. Hparticular. Some of Bullethead's remarks were really so fiery that I6 Q3 n& }# m4 _
have always, since that time, been forced to look upon John Smith,
& k- K4 h- {6 s1 P9 T! Bwho is still alive, in the light of a salamander. I cannot pretend to
% \! m) G- O, x; rgive all the 'Tea-Pot's' paragraphs verbatim, but one of them runs! Y% u7 C1 {3 g! J3 d
thus:
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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 way2 {2 J/ n( ^/ |0 X. ?: {6 B
is a genius -- O, my! Oh, goodness, gracious! -- what is this world
- E8 U4 N6 J" e* X! P: ?" pcoming to? Oh, tempora! Oh, Moses!'
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+ b2 g3 G6 r0 WA philippic at once so caustic and so classical, alighted like a+ j& K, p( f7 H
bombshell among the hitherto peaceful citizens of Nopolis. Groups of4 L( W% ^; s2 S$ Y' b6 X
excited individuals gathered at the corners of the streets. Every one1 j( [3 s1 `6 T+ i0 V  n: I
awaited, with heartfelt anxiety, the reply of the dignified Smith., h- X% s/ D. n/ e* g
Next morning it appeared as follows:
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/ {) o1 y' h! H" X'We quote from "The Tea-Pot" of yesterday the subjoined paragraph:
8 D9 b# y9 b" D3 H9 {"Oh, yes! Oh, we perceive! Oh, no doubt! Oh, my! Oh, goodness! Oh,
8 L# y/ G* S& a9 `" ~tempora! Oh, Moses!" Why, the fellow is all O! That accounts for his+ H  ~/ q& D. r0 s
reasoning in a circle, and explains why there is neither beginning( [6 `) Q, X% D: m
nor end to him, nor to anything he says. We really do not believe the
# V' c- O0 N2 k2 e. c/ g! Z( mvagabond can write a word that hasn't an O in it. Wonder if this
' T; i: H. U( i  vO-ing is a habit of his? By-the-by, he came away from Down-East in a1 P9 z6 b- b- c0 y$ f! [, p, g
great hurry. Wonder if he O's as much there as he does here? "O! it8 Q7 f3 z  ^  I7 D' A& ]5 f
is pitiful."'
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; _/ O+ I. o/ j- \1 WThe indignation of Mr. Bullet-head at these scandalous insinuations,
% p; G$ w% S3 _2 g' yI shall not attempt to describe. On the eel-skinning principle,& N: {5 o1 i, n# y. ^0 g
however, he did not seem to be so much incensed at the attack upon
8 _* ?1 O  B5 S: n4 |his integrity as one might have imagined. It was the sneer at his  o* q; o+ y! B7 R* R/ [
style that drove him to desperation. What! -- he Touch-and-go# s* L) p: H! z* p3 b) K0 o1 d
Bullet-head! -- not able to write a word without an O in it! He would
: k* w& A. X% c! p4 esoon let the jackanapes see that he was mistaken. Yes! he would let
# E2 ~% [. s( @: L6 f/ jhim see how much he was mistaken, the puppy! He, Touch-and-go
. D, z/ j3 \! d3 b; N( x1 h0 ?Bullet-head, of Frogpondium, would let Mr. John Smith perceive that) \: `# n- a# m! h' @5 W: i
he, Bullet-head, could indite, if it so pleased him, a whole1 F5 y$ R9 `1 d; e
paragraph -- aye! a whole article -- in which that contemptible vowel
/ E# \* O+ I  g  L3 M  Lshould not once -- not even once -- make its appearance. But no; --6 X0 q4 c- e& V, N! b5 ?$ j8 x
that would be yielding a point to the said John Smith. He,
2 Y5 Q$ C4 U& @2 y' M6 zBullet-head, would make no alteration in his style, to suit the  D& P; j3 F; j7 x& C
caprices of any Mr. Smith in Christendom. Perish so vile a thought!9 V9 \+ _' O4 c! m+ S/ P
The O forever; He would persist in the O. He would be as O-wy as O-wy& {7 l" W1 @8 z
could be.
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  q4 Y1 h2 O/ V* m1 B2 u  iBurning with the chivalry of this determination, the great
! ~7 h" G# X& S" b) y4 R2 STouch-and-go, in the next 'Tea-Pot,' came out merely with this simple
+ v: V/ R% J7 Y! F: W% X% Qbut resolute paragraph, in reference to this unhappy affair:: @+ i% R& H# l! Y3 x+ W

' O9 O' Q! ]2 _, p'The editor of the "Tea-Pot" has the honor of advising the editor of
0 D& r* K9 |6 s7 @+ e- Ithe "Gazette" that he (the "Tea-Pot") will take an opportunity in
0 t7 T0 M- M2 `+ _0 ]tomorrow morning's paper, of convincing him (the "Daily News") that he6 I7 I. B( D% ]* Z# _- t
(the "Tea-Pot") both can and will be his own master, as regards0 n: k1 q; V, O, [* R/ L; w
style; he (the "Tea-Pot") intending to show him (the "Daily News") the  D# \) }: B% f- m& N% i$ }
supreme, and indeed the withering contempt with which the criticism
$ T1 K8 e$ e9 Y  [4 ?) dof him (the "Daily News") inspires the independent bosom of him (the
9 M  w( h) y4 d: `& H"TeaPot") by composing for the especial gratification (?) of him (the2 C* _7 z: S; @) g( y1 d
"Daily News") a leading article, of some extent, in which the beautiful2 v: b  W  y) ?' r5 a, _8 N3 o  g, n
vowel -- the emblem of Eternity -- yet so offensive to the- P1 h+ b9 w  F, |* R2 T
hyper-exquisite delicacy of him (the "Daily News") shall most certainly& B( ]* p! l" Q* J' L% [5 X
not be avoided by his (the "Daily News") most obedient, humble
4 _! s1 Y7 Y$ }3 I. A3 M2 Dservant, the "Tea-Pot." "So much for Buckingham!"'
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( B: g8 |3 t, `' e2 q7 [) O) Q! lIn fulfilment of the awful threat thus darkly intimated rather than
* T* I3 y& e8 Z' |- [decidedly enunciated, the great Bullet-head, turning a deaf ear to
, X) S8 T5 |6 o" E. P3 `all entreaties for 'copy,' and simply requesting his foreman to 'go
. z. N3 e  |0 J. Jto the d-l,' when he (the foreman) assured him (the 'Tea-Pot'!) that
( {/ B8 `2 o2 b# [  `it was high time to 'go to press': turning a deaf ear to everything,* t% @- {6 T" ]' m* Z3 k! z4 E) J
I say, the great Bullet-head sat up until day-break, consuming the& l' K: z' l1 |0 I& \$ b
midnight oil, and absorbed in the composition of the really
) q3 h- D" `+ ]unparalleled paragraph, which follows:-* M3 u5 c. r& }; [' g6 N0 ]8 c
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'So ho, John! how now? Told you so, you know. Don't crow, another
, N* l) C- U  r2 b% Z) itime, before you're out of the woods! Does your mother know you're- m* w- @( \+ B& L3 }$ y
out? Oh, no, no! -- so go home at once, now, John, to your odious old
  r7 a) \% }# x6 p4 x* n1 L2 Nwoods of Concord! Go home to your woods, old owl -- go! You won't!
/ Q8 M3 j% Z0 iOh, poh, poh, don't do so! You've got to go, you know! So go at once,& S( ?" r# W  n+ s
and don't go slow, for nobody owns you here, you know! Oh! John,  e+ \  }- ~- l
John, if you don't go you're no homo -- no! You're only a fowl, an
% c: R+ I% s. L# ^; }' }owl, a cow, a sow, -- a doll, a poll; a poor, old,/ |1 ]2 Q" c' F# o" R& o8 |8 h/ d
good-for-nothing-to-nobody, log, dog, hog, or frog, come out of a$ S3 `+ o5 k& H# q, h
Concord bog. Cool, now -- cool! Do be cool, you fool! None of your
7 B  K! Q/ j* ucrowing, old cock! Don't frown so -- don't! Don't hollo, nor howl nor. c/ K0 g% N* C  U, B
growl, nor bow-wow-wow! Good Lord, John, how you do look! Told you
/ Q* T5 \4 N7 d% vso, you know -- but stop rolling your goose of an old poll about so,3 D5 Q& P) E" 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
' E8 i' E. ~3 w7 \' z' _Touch-and-go could do nothing more than that night.  He handed his article to
, r( K. s3 V" j, d" i, xthe printer's boy who was waiting, and walked slowly home to bed.& Q5 ~. g+ q) [; W
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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
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
" B6 l, N5 N) ilooked 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
6 A9 ~* X3 c! z8 gdescribe his feelings of horror when his fingers came out of it without a1 N0 o$ f5 T+ O  R, Z3 U
letter in them? who can tell of his astonishment and anger when he realized that the little box was completely empty?  Not a single
, n/ d, p; x! qlittle-o was in the little-o box; and, glancing fearfully at the; C2 q+ T2 G8 ^
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 nothing
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5 }* u) D% b3 B  X* C3 J'What do you mean by that?' said the chief, who was  very8 i( L4 X* D+ K. p5 `* w  ]
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 a9 ?% q+ S8 v: l) @" \
little one!'
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# |$ g9 h1 W3 ^+ Q/ T'What -- what has happened to all those that were in the box?'+ }/ \/ p& ]: S4 j. t! w3 Z
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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.'3 \# N, X- |$ N6 k3 T( L4 ?
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'I haven't a doubt of it,' replied the chief angrily, turning/ H/ u7 C: a% X* ?) g; g
purple with rage 'but I tell you what you do, Bob, that's a good boy% l  G% n" k8 W2 U
-- you go over to the Daily News the first chance you get, and take every one of their
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'Right,' replied Bob. 'I'll go,5 ^% E/ u$ C% l
I'll show them a thing or two; but what about that6 ]8 s- v* c" f6 i" Z" |) w
paragraph? 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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- h8 s. [! l; A- @1 k4 W'I Shouldn't call it a very long paragrab.'3 U* y( A( i$ I+ O! w% k2 n

$ `% k0 j' k1 [+ I& }: H'Ah, well, then! Do the best you can with it! We must get it ready,'. O$ i6 F  |" H4 s% ?0 e: ?
said the chief, who was buried in work; 'just put in0 n0 E/ ^" D% B- h
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: f' u  p& {* C! M2 R% P9 A# B
case, muttering as he went: 'Considdeble vell, them ere expressions,1 [4 ~) V* ^, l% b/ `. q9 D2 z
perticcler for a man as doesn't swar. So I's to gouge out all their
, G7 |( y! e" f# q$ b- _1 P. Deyes, eh? and d-n all their gizzards! Vell! this here's the chap as
/ T2 @7 \$ v+ _8 m3 D! Mis just able for to do it.' The fact is that although Bob was but; C* d) Y* j; x* u; p! v
twelve years old and four feet high, he was equal to any amount of4 f+ R0 J+ ^. V
fight, in a small way.% p* \% v4 J! e7 D

' B: X  x* b9 ?; \0 C. ^8 V; vThe exigency here described is by no means of rare occurrence in& i/ ~) e2 W1 Q# v
printing-offices; and I cannot tell how to account for it, but the
5 Q* ^! U1 ^% @* T/ J9 xfact is indisputable, that when the exigency does occur, it almost
4 Y2 B: |& N3 ^0 ~; W7 P7 z" Aalways happens that x is adopted as a substitute for the letter
; L4 H4 d% ^2 Q( a; cdeficient. The true reason, perhaps, is that x is rather the most6 k- U1 ]% v! u9 N3 V4 a2 s+ R. k
superabundant letter in the cases, or at least was so in the old6 l2 `7 U! n* `3 q. R# [
times -- long enough to render the substitution in question an  I  @# Q2 a% B2 B" P& k
habitual thing with printers. As for Bob, he would have considered it
; {4 z& M+ y5 o5 bheretical to employ any other character, in a case of this kind, than- s' K7 z3 z/ G# o
the x to which he had been accustomed.
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, o* h8 p1 U5 l- f* ^'I shell have to x this ere paragrab,' said he to himself, as he read
) i& w: R4 r; ?/ n3 lit over in astonishment, 'but it's jest about the awfulest o-wy
$ I5 ^8 V0 {/ ?6 yparagrab I ever did see': so x it he did, unflinchingly, and to press# v! w9 V5 \% S5 t9 x. j
it went x-ed.
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Next morning the population of Nopolis were taken all aback by* z3 Y) Q. r! r& _7 Y8 U$ z
reading in 'The Tea-Pot,' the following extraordinary leader:- k' g( ~- F! A" z+ r

  q* {$ W4 q3 d% t1 {+ o- {'Sx hx, Jxhn! hxw nxw? Txld yxu sx, yxu knxw. Dxn't crxw, anxther7 p1 P2 ~7 o  D2 Q
time, befxre yxu're xut xf the wxxds! Dxes yxur mxther knxw yxu're
$ E" k, x. A* H1 s! P5 G8 r5 Jxut? Xh, nx, nx! -- sx gx hxme at xnce, nxw, Jxhn, tx yxur xdixus xld
) ]  i6 i* ~8 S0 `wxxds xf Cxncxrd! Gx hxme tx yxur wxxds, xld xwl, -- gx! Yxu wxn't?6 p  H0 N& y- k# r2 o
Xh, pxh, pxh, Jxhn, dxn't dx sx! Yxu've gxt tx gx, yxu knxw, sx gx at
/ B' R( ?  w- R. Q# J6 y8 bxnce, and dxn't gx slxw; fxr nxbxdy xwns yxu here, yxu knxw. Xh,% O. n" v8 H: c; S
Jxhn, Jxhn, Jxhn, if yxu dxn't gx yxu're nx hxmx -- nx! Yxu're xnly a3 c& x; I4 J9 q9 ~% o
fxwl, an xwl; a cxw, a sxw; a dxll, a pxll; a pxxr xld
1 L' o* C0 r$ B. G4 ^+ _gxxd-fxr-nxthing-tx-nxbxdy, lxg, dxg, hxg, xr frxg, cxme xut xf a. ^6 h; V1 \4 ~8 {
Cxncxrd bxg. Cxxl, nxw -- cxxl! Dx be cxxl, yxu fxxl! Nxne xf yxur4 G2 j9 R3 d3 j
crxwing, xld cxck! Dxn't frxwn sx -- dxn't! Dxn't hxllx, nxr hxwl,0 y8 B0 {2 X/ {, K
nxr grxwl, nxr bxw-wxw-wxw! Gxxd Lxrd, Jxhn, hxw yxu dx lxxk! Txld5 I# k/ o( B" ~
yxu sx, yxu knxw, -- but stxp rxlling yxur gxxse xf an xld pxll abxut
, a4 N( o+ x- ]# q9 q7 rsx, 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 m1 f$ ^7 F8 I0 k
not to be conceived. The first definite idea entertained by the: L, S" c( u: w5 O: y; B
populace was, that some diabolical treason lay concealed in the- o4 |6 M0 V! S$ O
hieroglyphics; and there was a general rush to Bullet-head's& ~, |- N4 `" F
residence, for the purpose of riding him on a rail; but that3 j; |% e3 F  l! ^' Z" v  G
gentleman was nowhere to be found. He had vanished, no one could tell' I1 G+ t. J  @- R. w+ {
how; and not even the ghost of him has ever been seen since.' u3 O$ Q% F) F+ b( m4 _
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Unable to discover its legitimate object, the popular fury at length
/ B+ g6 X/ {5 L! Z3 E) osubsided; leaving behind it, by way of sediment, quite a medley of
+ c" ^. Y) q* S9 T3 yopinion about this unhappy affair.; Y+ w6 i/ _0 z! p

" h& l) O" d5 n$ j3 b" G8 x% R& zOne gentleman thought the whole an X-ellent joke.; w4 f  c  T1 u" w5 N1 I. t, Z
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Another said that, indeed, Bullet-head had shown much X-uberance of4 O1 F4 v: C* f4 a/ w$ i
fancy.% N: K9 D1 U) f
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A third admitted him X-entric, but no more.
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6 y* N8 d; o  F/ qA fourth could only suppose it the Yankee's design to X-press, in a
( R! h$ k& ~$ {9 |" e8 D: egeneral way, his X-asperation.
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! u  A0 C. c6 n" ?$ p& r'Say, rather, to set an X-ample to posterity,' suggested a fifth.# W+ P4 s, R( [% ?2 S
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That Bullet-head had been driven to an extremity, was clear to all;
# q1 _# D% f: @. l' Eand in fact, since that editor could not be found, there was some! e8 F/ {% c: R
talk about lynching the other one.
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The more common conclusion, however, was that the affair was, simply,6 R3 D% U7 Q& X
X-traordinary and in-X-plicable. Even the town mathematician4 P0 A. @; s' z# N- z, i# g
confessed that he could make nothing of so dark a problem. X, every.
# a! b* ^! f9 ?3 _) P! S5 @- ebody knew, was an unknown quantity; but in this case (as he properly
5 x1 l. _1 L& `0 O% n8 zobserved), there was an unknown quantity of X., P. n+ K' b2 e

' [2 R3 R6 G, t+ b! t5 ]The opinion of Bob, the devil (who kept dark about his having 'X-ed( B* S, H# |" x8 J! o. v( o: P
the paragrab'), did not meet with so much attention as I think it7 U6 F! L% p9 D( D; {2 C: d- F
deserved, although it was very openly and very fearlessly expressed.1 b( y. ^& q1 L% o6 }
He said that, for his part, he had no doubt about the matter at all,
* H* D4 |- p5 p& h/ gthat it was a clear case, that Mr. Bullet-head 'never could be
+ Y8 c9 u3 J. ^" Kpersuaded fur to drink like other folks, but vas continually
9 Z0 ?, @/ H  V% ta-svigging o' that ere blessed XXX ale, and as a naiteral
2 M0 \+ Y; ^3 H/ B5 econsekvence, it just puffed him up savage, and made him X (cross) in
1 c' ~& }6 t9 f3 x* `the X-treme.'
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