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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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$ b; W2 [% j! V- h5 I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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, Y+ ~$ c! I$ f! MAS 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.
) i! R1 q( K% |3 s2 `& b6 L   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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/ t  z/ `% i/ Q. g: D6 o$ vI must do him the justice to say, however, that when he made up his
; R3 e7 u1 A% u: |5 r6 q: lmind finally to settle in that town, it was under the impression that) E$ }4 ]. B1 @. J8 [
no newspaper, and consequently no editor, existed in that particular1 L7 }' @( A5 H) {9 a
section of the country. In establishing 'The Tea-Pot' he expected to
+ E. w" [' j7 P' J) F8 H' Fhave the field all to himself. I feel confident he never would have
+ [% \; n: w2 pdreamed of taking up his residence in Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis
: `9 v7 J- B2 x: w1 j- b# Ehad he been aware that, in Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis, there lived1 p3 y0 q2 [3 w0 x; B) S& k; [; y
a gentleman named John Smith (if I rightly remember), who for many
5 L- h) t; `) ?years had there quietly grown fat in editing and publishing the5 x' f# E) A8 m
'Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis Daily News.' It was solely, therefore, on8 y  d5 v+ O% C! U; D( }; Y  o
account of having been misinformed, that Mr. Bullet-head found
- [) u, Z6 V6 L8 c4 Xhimself in Alex-suppose we call it Nopolis, 'for short' -- but, as he* j/ W- ]" X+ M3 {$ {6 v  @  O
did find himself there, he determined to keep up his character for; I1 v2 C9 Y. \# n  b0 c0 d8 l
obst -- for firmness, and remain. So remain he did; and he did more;
0 ^9 Y( L: M/ khe unpacked his press, type, etc., etc., rented an office exactly
& ?" O) F4 S8 Z: L4 M+ N  c( `7 sopposite to that of the 'Daily News,' and, on the third morning after$ G" R0 T' y" H5 I6 D8 k  Z4 j
his arrival, issued the first number of 'The Alexan' -- that is to' p# A& [1 t6 f% T- G. ^7 {+ V
say, of 'The Nopolis Tea-Pot' -- as nearly as I can recollect, this
- K/ r  t. m/ ?  n5 \+ owas the name of the new paper.. v3 m1 n& z6 R5 Q/ q- y9 }# t

8 M/ ^7 `" }) e4 |3 C# u( N4 T7 _The leading article, I must admit, was brilliant -- not to say
( x) Y. l+ W! J! G* y9 N4 ksevere. It was especially bitter about things in general -- and as7 H8 B- ~/ {/ p1 p8 h3 G
for the editor of 'The Daily News,' he was torn all to pieces in
8 @. b0 a3 M9 `$ m; oparticular. Some of Bullethead's remarks were really so fiery that I
* U* e- d9 _/ P$ ?& j2 n( h( @# |have always, since that time, been forced to look upon John Smith,: [( K/ h- F  g4 e" @" x! ^
who is still alive, in the light of a salamander. I cannot pretend to# }& l0 w3 x) g9 j0 J+ F3 b2 Q
give all the 'Tea-Pot's' paragraphs verbatim, but one of them runs
6 [% n# W) s2 p# m$ n, E: x# {thus:
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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
" s" C( E8 z* Iis a genius -- O, my! Oh, goodness, gracious! -- what is this world$ b% q( U% L1 L* }* b
coming to? Oh, tempora! Oh, Moses!'
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/ _$ W% G/ U, y' `: j5 ?A philippic at once so caustic and so classical, alighted like a7 z3 e% P) m* R: i9 ^
bombshell among the hitherto peaceful citizens of Nopolis. Groups of
; B% d2 f# J* s5 N/ wexcited individuals gathered at the corners of the streets. Every one, g9 {. O8 C& z# h; e0 n. ^4 E
awaited, with heartfelt anxiety, the reply of the dignified Smith.! p/ [, {# g& |9 \: y
Next morning it appeared as follows:
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7 O4 R2 c# W, d3 w'We quote from "The Tea-Pot" of yesterday the subjoined paragraph:4 E, }6 g8 W' S1 a' {0 Q& t
"Oh, yes! Oh, we perceive! Oh, no doubt! Oh, my! Oh, goodness! Oh,4 l4 i3 H- ~' y  G- J
tempora! Oh, Moses!" Why, the fellow is all O! That accounts for his
- d4 B/ z# O% K4 y* _# ureasoning in a circle, and explains why there is neither beginning: b% T9 n; ^2 ~3 J# i% |, k+ k
nor end to him, nor to anything he says. We really do not believe the: H5 E1 h. o& U  B
vagabond can write a word that hasn't an O in it. Wonder if this( P' s$ f9 T) ]7 p2 {& N
O-ing is a habit of his? By-the-by, he came away from Down-East in a$ L4 I' X0 D/ _$ f. _3 z. K
great hurry. Wonder if he O's as much there as he does here? "O! it
+ `- z1 h/ l2 v. s/ j& fis pitiful."'. x" h+ v5 T! h& @

7 W$ Z, Z) l# L% y( D: o% AThe indignation of Mr. Bullet-head at these scandalous insinuations,# U& I# V7 D7 Q5 _0 h
I shall not attempt to describe. On the eel-skinning principle,, ^( q0 b4 t# f
however, he did not seem to be so much incensed at the attack upon
4 p+ l- P0 Y$ _2 b  W; d6 {) Ehis integrity as one might have imagined. It was the sneer at his5 U7 c" ~4 ]; z% k
style that drove him to desperation. What! -- he Touch-and-go6 }9 t( _1 T: N9 z& A! C
Bullet-head! -- not able to write a word without an O in it! He would( I6 S. C+ ?/ {& a
soon let the jackanapes see that he was mistaken. Yes! he would let$ z: I% P/ `! t
him see how much he was mistaken, the puppy! He, Touch-and-go
( }, g' M+ G4 ~  g0 x6 KBullet-head, of Frogpondium, would let Mr. John Smith perceive that. t/ A$ ^! n1 Y: d
he, Bullet-head, could indite, if it so pleased him, a whole0 Z2 {5 p, R# {# M) A* k
paragraph -- aye! a whole article -- in which that contemptible vowel$ ?- c* o  m6 w8 [6 I" ^* G2 x5 H
should not once -- not even once -- make its appearance. But no; --
) Q2 [/ G9 [7 a3 j& j" x' zthat would be yielding a point to the said John Smith. He,
8 d" m$ u5 P! V$ E1 aBullet-head, would make no alteration in his style, to suit the
, J& P- o# G  ]9 U. h& g+ A  \2 Vcaprices of any Mr. Smith in Christendom. Perish so vile a thought!
, q/ f5 g0 U" h! T7 M; c7 v" X4 @The O forever; He would persist in the O. He would be as O-wy as O-wy
+ }5 q( e1 A( V1 i& K; Pcould be.
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本帖最后由 rainbowfish 于 2009-7-27 23:33 编辑
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Burning with the chivalry of this determination, the great
0 _; c$ h# R! W3 s& `Touch-and-go, in the next 'Tea-Pot,' came out merely with this simple
. {) b' h1 r4 k0 f. {  G, {+ Ebut resolute paragraph, in reference to this unhappy affair:
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'The editor of the "Tea-Pot" has the honor of advising the editor of
. j) I: u4 o+ m  ?4 ]& O: Fthe "Gazette" that he (the "Tea-Pot") will take an opportunity in9 O2 T1 D" ]; Y
tomorrow morning's paper, of convincing him (the "Daily News") that he
4 a, j: x  s' ^. Z$ s  z(the "Tea-Pot") both can and will be his own master, as regards! m! V: r5 Y) G, Q( g/ r/ I
style; he (the "Tea-Pot") intending to show him (the "Daily News") the, p% o3 y, v% t; C4 J1 G, m+ r0 W& f
supreme, and indeed the withering contempt with which the criticism
+ y9 O* W3 {; v+ r6 J! |9 Fof him (the "Daily News") inspires the independent bosom of him (the* i8 g2 h8 O. X/ |2 B0 l  X
"TeaPot") by composing for the especial gratification (?) of him (the
( Z" z: j9 u& ^  B+ j"Daily News") a leading article, of some extent, in which the beautiful, Q6 e% m  s3 C5 y& G4 K4 [
vowel -- the emblem of Eternity -- yet so offensive to the" @) C4 Q; Z, |; n& k
hyper-exquisite delicacy of him (the "Daily News") shall most certainly
9 n: M+ V, \* E" snot be avoided by his (the "Daily News") most obedient, humble- w0 g: a8 Y2 D  o) B; q# {
servant, the "Tea-Pot." "So much for Buckingham!"'' u6 |9 H3 K- m

  i; D7 V2 g8 q" @9 m( p5 KIn fulfilment of the awful threat thus darkly intimated rather than, C" b+ M% h& q) D
decidedly enunciated, the great Bullet-head, turning a deaf ear to
- y7 h: ^8 Z8 O! ]all entreaties for 'copy,' and simply requesting his foreman to 'go
9 k( C( f6 W& H( {" y% x0 vto the d-l,' when he (the foreman) assured him (the 'Tea-Pot'!) that$ T8 T6 k% w7 j8 `; U& w
it was high time to 'go to press': turning a deaf ear to everything,
( f+ b; r! y) I4 u: fI say, the great Bullet-head sat up until day-break, consuming the
: F( L3 w0 F* Gmidnight oil, and absorbed in the composition of the really0 F+ r& h2 R$ k/ s" Q& {& |
unparalleled paragraph, which follows:-
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'So ho, John! how now? Told you so, you know. Don't crow, another
9 v3 m$ Z% {/ Y* K, Ttime, before you're out of the woods! Does your mother know you're+ ?  \2 Y$ S. _3 m
out? Oh, no, no! -- so go home at once, now, John, to your odious old
  y0 O) B7 x$ n7 c2 fwoods of Concord! Go home to your woods, old owl -- go! You won't!
# _9 ]9 P8 a" ]$ w6 t2 COh, poh, poh, don't do so! You've got to go, you know! So go at once,0 U5 q& h0 ^. l  p, ?2 \6 z7 I
and don't go slow, for nobody owns you here, you know! Oh! John,
3 e8 H& u5 g! ]9 h+ B  `" G- \John, if you don't go you're no homo -- no! You're only a fowl, an. `$ n# W# z7 q1 A& U7 N
owl, a cow, a sow, -- a doll, a poll; a poor, old,$ U+ X. z3 Z$ F
good-for-nothing-to-nobody, log, dog, hog, or frog, come out of a: s0 T3 f7 |( N
Concord bog. Cool, now -- cool! Do be cool, you fool! None of your  `4 V7 Z. b/ n0 T* F2 t: c
crowing, old cock! Don't frown so -- don't! Don't hollo, nor howl nor4 g! W2 i0 e; D5 D
growl, nor bow-wow-wow! Good Lord, John, how you do look! Told you+ F& D  `! N1 {- [
so, you know -- but stop rolling your goose of an old poll about so,/ _/ [6 }; j: o8 r* i# N
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
2 H- F; O8 ?" F9 ]Touch-and-go could do nothing more than that night.  He handed his article to
8 e; W0 v0 ?, F: C! pthe printer's boy who was waiting, and walked slowly home to bed.& l/ F2 @! D+ e

6 A. ]! ~- d& ?2 I: h7 x! ?3 t7 jThe 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,' -- he1 l& I: v* t& ^! y3 U6 v, \
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
: E, A7 }: U4 w1 ^9 G0 N, ?8 Cdescribe his feelings of horror when his fingers came out of it without a; v. \7 ]+ c) R% N6 V/ |
letter in them? who can tell of his astonishment and anger when he realized that the little box was completely empty?  Not a single
# m, ?  _. I& Y  q2 t+ U$ s( v/ r6 {little-o was in the little-o box; and, glancing fearfully at the6 w& n2 O9 N& ?
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+ K6 o- T% W4 t$ D+ o% x
without no o's.'
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'What do you mean by that?' said the chief, who was  very
$ Q/ d7 G9 v$ a; i- ^$ Vangry at being kept from his bed so late.
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. C6 ~. k2 ~1 L" @'Well, sir, there isn't an o in the office, neither a big one nor a$ x# i2 }+ ^, L! T' x
little one!'7 _) y# U& F5 n' h$ |
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'What -- what has happened to all those that were in the box?'+ m" e* v. d  J; M

( ~: j( G  r% M'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.', V$ i" F4 z% ~2 t, t2 n

& u: ]/ T9 y" ?% b'I haven't a doubt of it,' replied the chief angrily, turning7 y% U$ }1 D1 F5 T6 w: b( u
purple with rage 'but I tell you what you do, Bob, that's a good boy
/ g1 f/ i; y  }4 y: W, F# x. G-- you go over to the Daily News the first chance you get, and take every one of their
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& X, N, E5 H) F* y'Right,' replied Bob. 'I'll go,
$ @. @6 H' S8 Q2 v. ?I'll show them a thing or two; but what about that
+ [4 E4 ~' t0 Z, zparagraph? 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?': F2 J  K% I4 G" m5 F  M" t  `

) X$ l2 S( Q& d! ^8 Q" V'I Shouldn't call it a very long paragrab.'
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7 m% L4 r4 ^  I% e'Ah, well, then! Do the best you can with it! We must get it ready,'9 _& k' M0 `& q7 M) W; g/ L1 s
said the chief, who was buried in work; 'just put in
. c' E* V  ^0 T, G5 w0 ?$ K2 u, O) `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 his4 f; t- B& C5 y; ?
case, muttering as he went: 'Considdeble vell, them ere expressions,
& u; n& h7 A2 L" T) H: H" Q; n* o1 ]# dperticcler for a man as doesn't swar. So I's to gouge out all their
8 T( Y) U- D$ P7 Z6 teyes, eh? and d-n all their gizzards! Vell! this here's the chap as
' M% N, p) X. l" X0 Yis just able for to do it.' The fact is that although Bob was but+ E. C% N2 u9 f/ b
twelve years old and four feet high, he was equal to any amount of+ g: J2 F& g" Y
fight, in a small way.2 V3 n0 D4 s8 W1 K0 E9 U$ D

  _7 |/ k' ]- b, wThe exigency here described is by no means of rare occurrence in8 b* |3 ~3 a9 X8 l& w$ m4 [& ?9 Q, e
printing-offices; and I cannot tell how to account for it, but the
; j4 i  s6 [5 i% wfact is indisputable, that when the exigency does occur, it almost
5 L6 y0 _% W( Q" d) j1 S' `! palways happens that x is adopted as a substitute for the letter
1 n9 E, S- M" C5 r, Y+ }  I3 hdeficient. The true reason, perhaps, is that x is rather the most' h! {$ R( q$ E" @, Q1 K& N* R8 f
superabundant letter in the cases, or at least was so in the old) t  F$ u1 n, O# d
times -- long enough to render the substitution in question an6 _7 j) f) {4 r5 P* }  f$ h
habitual thing with printers. As for Bob, he would have considered it
; v% y1 H: s4 S; C% }heretical to employ any other character, in a case of this kind, than
' v. H0 f7 ]& v$ f! r" o& O+ J& b% }the x to which he had been accustomed.: f6 h; B& B  C6 t; B+ `
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'I shell have to x this ere paragrab,' said he to himself, as he read
+ |" ~! o" |! Y, @9 oit over in astonishment, 'but it's jest about the awfulest o-wy) Y; W# \- x9 m( T8 }
paragrab I ever did see': so x it he did, unflinchingly, and to press
& A. t9 h1 ~9 J/ H; mit went x-ed.9 X# k( Q% C* W% B- k0 {3 C8 ^

( Q/ d& O" W) |3 t0 o; t& yNext morning the population of Nopolis were taken all aback by
# n. {) a! q" l7 s1 d0 B& sreading in 'The Tea-Pot,' the following extraordinary leader:5 E2 V6 T9 L9 P- u

/ r# h& o* ^" c7 t) ], @'Sx hx, Jxhn! hxw nxw? Txld yxu sx, yxu knxw. Dxn't crxw, anxther
( l; I( g" l1 l: U. Y: h, mtime, befxre yxu're xut xf the wxxds! Dxes yxur mxther knxw yxu're% C/ Q- ?' }- B! }" B! v; F6 Y
xut? Xh, nx, nx! -- sx gx hxme at xnce, nxw, Jxhn, tx yxur xdixus xld( s; Q2 K1 s0 p3 u3 ~
wxxds xf Cxncxrd! Gx hxme tx yxur wxxds, xld xwl, -- gx! Yxu wxn't?
6 Z+ v* v- `) z- u& o: cXh, pxh, pxh, Jxhn, dxn't dx sx! Yxu've gxt tx gx, yxu knxw, sx gx at( `" ?0 S+ m1 d" p2 ]
xnce, and dxn't gx slxw; fxr nxbxdy xwns yxu here, yxu knxw. Xh,0 A- `6 v; p( D* J% \' S5 ]
Jxhn, Jxhn, Jxhn, if yxu dxn't gx yxu're nx hxmx -- nx! Yxu're xnly a+ o4 l7 I" o. `* M% @5 [: H
fxwl, an xwl; a cxw, a sxw; a dxll, a pxll; a pxxr xld
5 R& ]& m& P3 u3 g# hgxxd-fxr-nxthing-tx-nxbxdy, lxg, dxg, hxg, xr frxg, cxme xut xf a
" K" J3 ~  d" i# x& l, x3 p. xCxncxrd bxg. Cxxl, nxw -- cxxl! Dx be cxxl, yxu fxxl! Nxne xf yxur
+ \9 H: I  Z' P0 L' @, ncrxwing, xld cxck! Dxn't frxwn sx -- dxn't! Dxn't hxllx, nxr hxwl,* @  e1 {' X/ P" _( J. a# l  Z
nxr grxwl, nxr bxw-wxw-wxw! Gxxd Lxrd, Jxhn, hxw yxu dx lxxk! Txld
) J4 @. r9 D6 N- j. myxu sx, yxu knxw, -- but stxp rxlling yxur gxxse xf an xld pxll abxut" Q; M$ \% Y, o1 `5 B8 u# B) z, C
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, is4 v$ a" p; d+ Z
not to be conceived. The first definite idea entertained by the2 E, A7 @) {' X9 _) E2 f8 F
populace was, that some diabolical treason lay concealed in the6 ?: i- C$ X4 e" M
hieroglyphics; and there was a general rush to Bullet-head's
( O7 K( l- _% H+ P6 a+ a* V, Kresidence, for the purpose of riding him on a rail; but that" A  _% N! T& t# p) ?/ W
gentleman was nowhere to be found. He had vanished, no one could tell& T, F7 Z8 L4 `
how; and not even the ghost of him has ever been seen since.( ]( x' b" ?9 C' w" z1 d

" {  P8 L/ L7 O+ j; @Unable to discover its legitimate object, the popular fury at length
! c6 y) L- @1 r6 o" t5 A: H) p! J# ksubsided; leaving behind it, by way of sediment, quite a medley of2 a: I  L" n- t
opinion about this unhappy affair.( s& [/ l# i% Q$ t- {
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One gentleman thought the whole an X-ellent joke.
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Another said that, indeed, Bullet-head had shown much X-uberance of8 @1 o! O* l& h+ u- t0 E' J
fancy.+ z5 H5 @6 c3 H+ Z& o2 t

, A* e; l9 o9 b6 T; o$ w3 OA third admitted him X-entric, but no more.' c0 w& t/ e& T
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A fourth could only suppose it the Yankee's design to X-press, in a
; |& c2 a' e& s8 w7 e3 u$ ggeneral way, his X-asperation.
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5 J  o1 Q$ _6 d+ O0 e'Say, rather, to set an X-ample to posterity,' suggested a fifth.% ]1 ]( a* @3 T0 m& f

0 G: B3 O0 H: mThat Bullet-head had been driven to an extremity, was clear to all;
2 c4 }2 B+ w1 kand in fact, since that editor could not be found, there was some
; c' O) h1 D9 X* k5 Ptalk about lynching the other one.
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The more common conclusion, however, was that the affair was, simply," [) F! E/ F  T" N! M3 c1 G
X-traordinary and in-X-plicable. Even the town mathematician
! |9 f6 |$ e; j0 q7 O& h3 mconfessed that he could make nothing of so dark a problem. X, every.: {, f. D) c8 D; u! h
body knew, was an unknown quantity; but in this case (as he properly1 T  m& t$ P0 z" O* \3 G' }) |: K
observed), there was an unknown quantity of X.+ c; E" g+ C$ c0 O" ]: j+ U% M4 O: {+ H

  `" `4 v& \  S' R- I% a8 MThe opinion of Bob, the devil (who kept dark about his having 'X-ed9 C) K! r, @0 |! W9 V7 Y$ S
the paragrab'), did not meet with so much attention as I think it
; D  V4 q- Q) Mdeserved, although it was very openly and very fearlessly expressed.2 o, c& Y) N. a; x& S
He said that, for his part, he had no doubt about the matter at all,
1 ?6 e7 L: i9 g; t! U& r0 lthat it was a clear case, that Mr. Bullet-head 'never could be3 Q  D8 s1 T" Q4 B
persuaded fur to drink like other folks, but vas continually. |! L3 R$ K) a& V2 ]2 B* g
a-svigging o' that ere blessed XXX ale, and as a naiteral
: }) s' a+ {! v2 ~+ H5 m" }$ Qconsekvence, it just puffed him up savage, and made him X (cross) in- O9 f) Z8 y9 ^0 t
the X-treme.'
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