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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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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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: n' a) D; j- c4 b" hAS 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.
/ R7 s! p, u" n3 m2 C, w; S   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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- |7 u( n% A' ]- J6 ?6 h9 @I must do him the justice to say, however, that when he made up his
, F& v& y$ x3 Ymind finally to settle in that town, it was under the impression that- J4 b' Y- Z4 C
no newspaper, and consequently no editor, existed in that particular0 o  t4 f8 D6 |3 v
section of the country. In establishing 'The Tea-Pot' he expected to$ t* U' m  x" m* S# J) F
have the field all to himself. I feel confident he never would have: i2 J7 r$ ~+ n; M: p
dreamed of taking up his residence in Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis
1 B+ u$ s( ?  a8 u3 mhad he been aware that, in Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis, there lived
. y0 D$ N9 _" `* Ya gentleman named John Smith (if I rightly remember), who for many
2 m- o& J. T0 ]" m$ Hyears had there quietly grown fat in editing and publishing the
& j' @9 y# S) y/ M8 \. I- f'Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis Daily News.' It was solely, therefore, on: x9 f  X+ v$ b9 W# y/ n8 m
account of having been misinformed, that Mr. Bullet-head found) h6 d& ^' _: Q& ]; Z, ^# D
himself in Alex-suppose we call it Nopolis, 'for short' -- but, as he& e1 M2 r4 \6 w3 h: \  N
did find himself there, he determined to keep up his character for
$ C+ I/ O& `( H( Z  Qobst -- for firmness, and remain. So remain he did; and he did more;0 X! d7 h$ K( Z9 v; A+ e/ q8 j
he unpacked his press, type, etc., etc., rented an office exactly
! }/ _2 {8 [+ w7 Y4 G  y) L; @opposite to that of the 'Daily News,' and, on the third morning after
- Y4 i, z! K4 E$ u/ this arrival, issued the first number of 'The Alexan' -- that is to! S. Y/ g) q! U! I% {" i: U) x
say, of 'The Nopolis Tea-Pot' -- as nearly as I can recollect, this8 }  @* M! ~) k9 H, ]
was the name of the new paper.
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) `9 Z# x: `# _% a, y! J- oThe leading article, I must admit, was brilliant -- not to say
5 w7 J; v. l% c' m! S% X2 Fsevere. It was especially bitter about things in general -- and as
- B/ |3 j- w/ q: {2 t9 Sfor the editor of 'The Daily News,' he was torn all to pieces in
' U. l9 T9 {* R& W4 c# Wparticular. Some of Bullethead's remarks were really so fiery that I
5 W9 C, L0 H6 Thave always, since that time, been forced to look upon John Smith,0 ?0 N# H+ [$ D
who is still alive, in the light of a salamander. I cannot pretend to+ f+ o$ R. X; j8 }. n3 u, [& j# S
give all the 'Tea-Pot's' paragraphs verbatim, but one of them runs
' I: h3 ], ~# a( E6 ~- f& J) Lthus:
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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 L7 Q2 Z8 M. p3 a9 e/ Z( Y
is a genius -- O, my! Oh, goodness, gracious! -- what is this world
* n' }9 h6 d6 [& n) m; mcoming to? Oh, tempora! Oh, Moses!'$ I# q; ]; R1 k' x/ p- G

8 A7 O. o- ~% ~- ?' LA philippic at once so caustic and so classical, alighted like a$ X9 u; e1 D, y: O) z- O
bombshell among the hitherto peaceful citizens of Nopolis. Groups of7 q* s: ?$ _( f' {2 G4 o% H/ D4 ]4 f
excited individuals gathered at the corners of the streets. Every one
  N0 H' y, W1 Q7 o! ^6 z6 ?awaited, with heartfelt anxiety, the reply of the dignified Smith.) }. C* j! l# r
Next morning it appeared as follows:6 B& O$ }5 a! V$ c2 }

( q: D4 D% {# {; \/ p'We quote from "The Tea-Pot" of yesterday the subjoined paragraph:8 r; ]0 f& L5 `2 E$ l
"Oh, yes! Oh, we perceive! Oh, no doubt! Oh, my! Oh, goodness! Oh,
' z+ l1 j% J  e+ b) atempora! Oh, Moses!" Why, the fellow is all O! That accounts for his% J" T& n: h2 A2 m
reasoning in a circle, and explains why there is neither beginning
2 S: s! f9 C4 t5 n. F! r# mnor end to him, nor to anything he says. We really do not believe the
3 l: J" r' v& T+ H0 Q4 X6 Cvagabond can write a word that hasn't an O in it. Wonder if this
3 X" B6 t1 c/ k& n8 K1 BO-ing is a habit of his? By-the-by, he came away from Down-East in a- ]9 P, [3 E- j+ x
great hurry. Wonder if he O's as much there as he does here? "O! it" G/ d3 N- M3 c9 h+ L- d% v! V
is pitiful."'
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The indignation of Mr. Bullet-head at these scandalous insinuations,/ i4 y( |, m% X' j$ k( t" D
I shall not attempt to describe. On the eel-skinning principle,
: R. W% V, G! y8 m0 l& yhowever, he did not seem to be so much incensed at the attack upon
% w5 U0 S! u& b4 i6 o* P1 Vhis integrity as one might have imagined. It was the sneer at his
! L  x' e$ C7 A/ L; X3 v4 U, ^$ x$ pstyle that drove him to desperation. What! -- he Touch-and-go
. e+ }' g. z3 ^3 v) j( q- [# TBullet-head! -- not able to write a word without an O in it! He would& ]& Z  d; L- R( t3 _
soon let the jackanapes see that he was mistaken. Yes! he would let2 r; ~7 N* w9 h0 Y4 B
him see how much he was mistaken, the puppy! He, Touch-and-go
, m9 U8 W, x# ~8 tBullet-head, of Frogpondium, would let Mr. John Smith perceive that2 t2 ?" m" X3 I3 F
he, Bullet-head, could indite, if it so pleased him, a whole
1 r7 G5 a; E% Iparagraph -- aye! a whole article -- in which that contemptible vowel7 S5 m6 @/ h. L. `" E
should not once -- not even once -- make its appearance. But no; --
7 o3 ^4 _$ m* {, [2 r: O- g1 Othat would be yielding a point to the said John Smith. He," o3 d/ u( C( \6 O
Bullet-head, would make no alteration in his style, to suit the
) ^8 F' W8 d" Y# ]* xcaprices of any Mr. Smith in Christendom. Perish so vile a thought!
8 y; F  l, l1 }: W1 ]The O forever; He would persist in the O. He would be as O-wy as O-wy1 S. p3 z) O" p
could be.
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& k% X" f! @' g0 s. l# ~% b) uBurning with the chivalry of this determination, the great$ x8 }5 k; m6 Y4 o& q4 }
Touch-and-go, in the next 'Tea-Pot,' came out merely with this simple
8 D3 T+ `0 ]. j8 {* Ibut resolute paragraph, in reference to this unhappy affair:  @# s9 K& Q# t5 h5 B! {# [
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'The editor of the "Tea-Pot" has the honor of advising the editor of- Q  H2 A) T9 w7 e9 u
the "Gazette" that he (the "Tea-Pot") will take an opportunity in4 e0 }- Q6 G6 O5 ~' C# a
tomorrow morning's paper, of convincing him (the "Daily News") that he
) L- j7 b; V' }( F' K7 M9 }(the "Tea-Pot") both can and will be his own master, as regards! K5 K; o' a- c' d7 c; v
style; he (the "Tea-Pot") intending to show him (the "Daily News") the& _1 d2 z# ^- K2 [4 {+ N
supreme, and indeed the withering contempt with which the criticism
' y& b% |3 U9 u# y" \of him (the "Daily News") inspires the independent bosom of him (the% a, x! l, ^4 n# v2 @; f7 C0 G/ _
"TeaPot") by composing for the especial gratification (?) of him (the
" R0 ~! q# _% B7 j"Daily News") a leading article, of some extent, in which the beautiful6 _+ G% m& o/ ^
vowel -- the emblem of Eternity -- yet so offensive to the) i; c8 K& v( y& Y2 A. H
hyper-exquisite delicacy of him (the "Daily News") shall most certainly& J* Q5 D5 f& J8 A4 }
not be avoided by his (the "Daily News") most obedient, humble
2 J& E% o2 e' nservant, the "Tea-Pot." "So much for Buckingham!"'
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3 {" D' A" }3 R+ q: u* y  HIn fulfilment of the awful threat thus darkly intimated rather than
& z; M; X7 N' p" D  Udecidedly enunciated, the great Bullet-head, turning a deaf ear to& q" m3 [4 ~2 j- Z- R% T" ~
all entreaties for 'copy,' and simply requesting his foreman to 'go" s! x/ L4 c% A! H5 `. K% j
to the d-l,' when he (the foreman) assured him (the 'Tea-Pot'!) that
9 W5 e* [% [9 R: ?it was high time to 'go to press': turning a deaf ear to everything,
8 d+ Q+ J5 K* m" t  t! yI say, the great Bullet-head sat up until day-break, consuming the! a/ Q' u, D3 k5 S3 r
midnight oil, and absorbed in the composition of the really+ n( i) N. @+ V  T/ _3 h4 @
unparalleled paragraph, which follows:-
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'So ho, John! how now? Told you so, you know. Don't crow, another  E6 v" x# ^  M* `* b2 e4 n5 h
time, before you're out of the woods! Does your mother know you're
$ U) b( c% B  z" U" N" Kout? Oh, no, no! -- so go home at once, now, John, to your odious old
% S/ h+ c1 E8 d: Dwoods of Concord! Go home to your woods, old owl -- go! You won't!
) j) N! U0 [. Y8 R% r0 @3 gOh, poh, poh, don't do so! You've got to go, you know! So go at once,  U0 e* t2 E" `5 f4 H
and don't go slow, for nobody owns you here, you know! Oh! John,- b( z; f+ W8 \
John, if you don't go you're no homo -- no! You're only a fowl, an+ T- Q6 l9 O% u6 H' X4 p
owl, a cow, a sow, -- a doll, a poll; a poor, old,
+ I7 ^! H5 j6 ~: m" d+ ggood-for-nothing-to-nobody, log, dog, hog, or frog, come out of a
  }6 T* k. G6 A# @% ]! bConcord bog. Cool, now -- cool! Do be cool, you fool! None of your
& D# n. w  n' S9 P- u6 Wcrowing, old cock! Don't frown so -- don't! Don't hollo, nor howl nor
1 }5 e6 f/ d' hgrowl, nor bow-wow-wow! Good Lord, John, how you do look! Told you
, N9 z3 Q' ~( j8 t; x+ }; K# [so, you know -- but stop rolling your goose of an old poll about so,4 x" `' S2 T1 y% ]
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
" H& ^5 Z) Q% f2 M+ J$ k; lTouch-and-go could do nothing more than that night.  He handed his article to9 ~6 t* U# F( u
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
# i0 S# E& Z) [% \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 can4 A( J  ]0 h8 \: i2 {+ P9 W5 R; o; O
describe his feelings of horror when his fingers came out of it without a
& {& z- a4 Y: N0 O! yletter in them? who can tell of his astonishment and anger when he realized that the little box was completely empty?  Not a single
  r2 `& K6 i! x, I! q6 V7 Ylittle-o was in the little-o box; and, glancing fearfully at the. E- Q) _; C* x3 [3 S) I6 T+ W
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 nothing8 w9 N& J( X6 H4 N/ J; t
without no o's.'
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'What do you mean by that?' said the chief, who was  very
! W& e* t0 M% M: f1 r4 ~# wangry at being kept from his bed so late." a2 X4 U/ p, `( t' E* f
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'Well, sir, there isn't an o in the office, neither a big one nor a' u7 v. ^; ^# q; C! y
little one!'
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4 t2 M7 G3 L7 \4 L7 c'What -- what has happened to all those that were in the box?'5 I& B& f% O. l8 Q) e& \

- B+ I9 V/ X7 f'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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+ e' a  }: k/ L: Q# S$ M* ~$ M'I haven't a doubt of it,' replied the chief angrily, turning- u* |/ r' _/ J2 v
purple with rage 'but I tell you what you do, Bob, that's a good boy
) A( q" h# _: K8 d0 K( F-- you go over to the Daily News the first chance you get, and take every one of their6 |6 ^! J: |! `2 q5 m! [' o
i's .'
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'Right,' replied Bob. 'I'll go,
& h$ A9 j1 n8 i( `* l; ?I'll show them a thing or two; but what about that
* O6 p5 A# X5 m  f2 e( Qparagraph? 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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'I Shouldn't call it a very long paragrab.'% ]: Q* |2 x# E  ^# a0 q: ~
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'Ah, well, then! Do the best you can with it! We must get it ready,'0 `' t8 V$ r; P+ ]
said the chief, who was buried in work; 'just put in
& J6 O. M7 g' esome other letter for o; nobody's going to read the man's nonsense in any case.'
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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
8 Q  v; o' ^$ L9 Hcase, muttering as he went: 'Considdeble vell, them ere expressions,. C7 \+ P/ @; d& E( ?
perticcler for a man as doesn't swar. So I's to gouge out all their; K& |4 Y& z2 W$ I3 \' o3 J
eyes, eh? and d-n all their gizzards! Vell! this here's the chap as
+ d$ ^- _! E* x; L! s; p! Pis just able for to do it.' The fact is that although Bob was but
, F0 i# }; Z+ k5 }% I3 g; Ptwelve years old and four feet high, he was equal to any amount of8 `7 C* S" ?, N% R( ^4 I
fight, in a small way.+ k3 `# m+ {* n
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The exigency here described is by no means of rare occurrence in
+ i" Z' R5 Y- N5 D+ l: d2 p5 _printing-offices; and I cannot tell how to account for it, but the
5 ^: R9 C3 C; Kfact is indisputable, that when the exigency does occur, it almost% `7 A' R4 D4 F& G) s
always happens that x is adopted as a substitute for the letter
: z' i9 r& Z+ D, A3 k4 P: Udeficient. The true reason, perhaps, is that x is rather the most
2 Q; N' k5 Z2 isuperabundant letter in the cases, or at least was so in the old
' `3 g$ B( Z' o$ L3 p2 Atimes -- long enough to render the substitution in question an
1 w# j+ D+ ]& Q  p- Jhabitual thing with printers. As for Bob, he would have considered it! O( W8 s- `% G% k
heretical to employ any other character, in a case of this kind, than2 G: D) N/ y) o/ w+ ~; t/ V( A
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 read
: J) o3 B( a! h1 s. d' Sit over in astonishment, 'but it's jest about the awfulest o-wy
" e2 Z' q4 s' n0 F1 N6 Fparagrab I ever did see': so x it he did, unflinchingly, and to press
. ]; _* W% I- {2 \it went x-ed.
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# \& z1 e' Q+ u: `Next morning the population of Nopolis were taken all aback by
: `5 `' p: ^/ r3 M7 Dreading in 'The Tea-Pot,' the following extraordinary leader:
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5 E8 c/ b: D3 U: X4 }: T'Sx hx, Jxhn! hxw nxw? Txld yxu sx, yxu knxw. Dxn't crxw, anxther
' ?/ P& L( L+ U$ ?0 D% `time, befxre yxu're xut xf the wxxds! Dxes yxur mxther knxw yxu're
  R1 s2 L& f1 P; r) L6 [+ w  Zxut? Xh, nx, nx! -- sx gx hxme at xnce, nxw, Jxhn, tx yxur xdixus xld
4 l+ y0 _' V8 f- n3 Q% p+ ~. [wxxds xf Cxncxrd! Gx hxme tx yxur wxxds, xld xwl, -- gx! Yxu wxn't?3 E/ ~/ z' t5 R6 b  W( K- o
Xh, pxh, pxh, Jxhn, dxn't dx sx! Yxu've gxt tx gx, yxu knxw, sx gx at
9 c8 }5 O0 J$ \; xxnce, and dxn't gx slxw; fxr nxbxdy xwns yxu here, yxu knxw. Xh,3 K* i( Q- V* d+ P  ^" D4 i( m
Jxhn, Jxhn, Jxhn, if yxu dxn't gx yxu're nx hxmx -- nx! Yxu're xnly a. }* F; t( V! d
fxwl, an xwl; a cxw, a sxw; a dxll, a pxll; a pxxr xld
( b6 K/ ]* Z/ _. Pgxxd-fxr-nxthing-tx-nxbxdy, lxg, dxg, hxg, xr frxg, cxme xut xf a- T5 L3 s. i! i' N( {$ e; h
Cxncxrd bxg. Cxxl, nxw -- cxxl! Dx be cxxl, yxu fxxl! Nxne xf yxur
) u9 ]  ?, Y' ?* s8 C  H7 s2 R/ ]crxwing, xld cxck! Dxn't frxwn sx -- dxn't! Dxn't hxllx, nxr hxwl,0 Y; J7 _, E: ?8 c+ u* j
nxr grxwl, nxr bxw-wxw-wxw! Gxxd Lxrd, Jxhn, hxw yxu dx lxxk! Txld9 Y$ `' ^, P, c% C+ b) z. J
yxu sx, yxu knxw, -- but stxp rxlling yxur gxxse xf an xld pxll abxut
4 I0 I  [% w' z9 \sx, 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, is
! x! Y; T4 r! S+ q, gnot to be conceived. The first definite idea entertained by the# h7 S  p4 o9 l# A8 y/ b3 f/ m
populace was, that some diabolical treason lay concealed in the
1 g% r, X/ H5 @; `hieroglyphics; and there was a general rush to Bullet-head's) a# }+ m+ N8 C( I! I% H9 F3 d
residence, for the purpose of riding him on a rail; but that
. T# h1 ^  b; ]( n6 S/ T8 egentleman was nowhere to be found. He had vanished, no one could tell
/ S9 I4 q. [  s: x, n- Yhow; 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! H2 c5 \9 q9 [4 {3 C  V4 ^
subsided; leaving behind it, by way of sediment, quite a medley of
3 F# t' S7 p9 q. C: _4 w: Xopinion about this unhappy affair.8 s; t+ S; W+ x7 G2 D7 @3 y
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One gentleman thought the whole an X-ellent joke.; E$ ], D7 j  `
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Another said that, indeed, Bullet-head had shown much X-uberance of
, R$ I$ q7 f7 y( y# n3 j+ y/ Zfancy.
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( A) d' E, M5 n3 iA third admitted him X-entric, but no more.
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! q* W) X# k$ Y8 D, H( YA fourth could only suppose it the Yankee's design to X-press, in a
( X, \; P: i0 Xgeneral way, his X-asperation.
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, b. a% N# j8 _$ q7 P* A; T/ Q'Say, rather, to set an X-ample to posterity,' suggested a fifth.
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That Bullet-head had been driven to an extremity, was clear to all;7 M# Y) G" ~+ H- G9 C: x6 `" q1 _
and in fact, since that editor could not be found, there was some
0 h/ y6 E6 g* X4 @0 [: `talk about lynching the other one.
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The more common conclusion, however, was that the affair was, simply,
7 k$ }. n; s. h6 H3 TX-traordinary and in-X-plicable. Even the town mathematician
" }- U( v1 J. t" W; ]8 L! Oconfessed that he could make nothing of so dark a problem. X, every.4 G4 t% O7 p7 g/ f
body knew, was an unknown quantity; but in this case (as he properly
4 p) t8 @0 y. K( b2 e9 Cobserved), there was an unknown quantity of X.3 U6 ?; z# Y8 V: h. k

6 c; \' P" d4 H2 y! xThe opinion of Bob, the devil (who kept dark about his having 'X-ed
- j- s. V. V* [! A" Vthe paragrab'), did not meet with so much attention as I think it2 Q; x. ~2 h' f7 u  z' z
deserved, although it was very openly and very fearlessly expressed.
1 ^1 ~  j' B3 \) Y! CHe said that, for his part, he had no doubt about the matter at all,
" F% x: I: ~  ^+ a5 [* t+ Sthat it was a clear case, that Mr. Bullet-head 'never could be* H4 I" }/ C) G$ D
persuaded fur to drink like other folks, but vas continually: Z) K+ b( e/ O% N/ m/ y; E! a
a-svigging o' that ere blessed XXX ale, and as a naiteral
7 \) l: V3 N; `4 ?consekvence, it just puffed him up savage, and made him X (cross) in! Y. d* K' b* F! \& q9 }, y
the X-treme.'
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