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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: V8 `5 p5 ~" b: R3 {

8 x6 }1 {& z' J7 {" |/ ~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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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.1 j- m8 l, c' ~" c0 g! v+ D
   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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 楼主| 发表于 2009-7-27 21:57 | 显示全部楼层
本帖最后由 rainbowfish 于 2009-7-27 23:29 编辑
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& a& y3 c2 g5 r2 H& ]( e  l( WI must do him the justice to say, however, that when he made up his
3 {4 l/ Q, \6 F" r5 g, V' hmind finally to settle in that town, it was under the impression that8 C: i( E8 K5 L0 T  H% q
no newspaper, and consequently no editor, existed in that particular" y* V+ T* S, J2 n& u1 C  H
section of the country. In establishing 'The Tea-Pot' he expected to
* V: N9 a  o# o, i& l8 khave the field all to himself. I feel confident he never would have
% g6 l( ~, ~9 ldreamed of taking up his residence in Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis1 w5 C6 @1 w2 K& @8 s9 ?
had he been aware that, in Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis, there lived: Z; d' i3 [& w- q: _9 [
a gentleman named John Smith (if I rightly remember), who for many- Q2 _1 O" J  U1 J- [
years had there quietly grown fat in editing and publishing the
" M+ ?6 d- ?3 D$ r1 R'Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis Daily News.' It was solely, therefore, on0 ]8 ^9 O7 G4 k/ N) V( J
account of having been misinformed, that Mr. Bullet-head found1 \# {# z# R3 `' f5 o$ u
himself in Alex-suppose we call it Nopolis, 'for short' -- but, as he
  Z, Y5 \3 F# o; n5 ]# \did find himself there, he determined to keep up his character for
1 V5 Y. P! ?9 x  Y8 Oobst -- for firmness, and remain. So remain he did; and he did more;- L( ^9 R9 j6 N
he unpacked his press, type, etc., etc., rented an office exactly; o- J1 N1 a# Z; S
opposite to that of the 'Daily News,' and, on the third morning after$ {% E" n+ K0 i7 W  S5 U
his arrival, issued the first number of 'The Alexan' -- that is to
% y' ~9 W, l+ O# G8 i- Asay, of 'The Nopolis Tea-Pot' -- as nearly as I can recollect, this1 J0 k; s" ^& `! x
was the name of the new paper.
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The leading article, I must admit, was brilliant -- not to say
: N* T' ~& \1 j( x# d& xsevere. It was especially bitter about things in general -- and as+ ?  c! h6 u( E. U) L
for the editor of 'The Daily News,' he was torn all to pieces in" v+ G) M4 h0 r8 K
particular. Some of Bullethead's remarks were really so fiery that I
. x7 F# I) P6 ^- h7 i' E2 jhave always, since that time, been forced to look upon John Smith,4 q2 \7 B( ]6 p
who is still alive, in the light of a salamander. I cannot pretend to
1 s) h: D. `/ W+ S1 D, n# N7 i5 kgive all the 'Tea-Pot's' paragraphs verbatim, but one of them runs
4 i9 C! }/ |9 sthus:
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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 way/ |* o) `! M8 }0 N3 w+ B4 k
is a genius -- O, my! Oh, goodness, gracious! -- what is this world6 z( i% A/ t* Q& F( Q6 C$ l5 p0 n
coming to? Oh, tempora! Oh, Moses!'
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A philippic at once so caustic and so classical, alighted like a
. Q' e$ S. N0 U9 }! Mbombshell among the hitherto peaceful citizens of Nopolis. Groups of
# D! J" g8 D2 Z7 h  Bexcited individuals gathered at the corners of the streets. Every one, u6 y8 B$ m% e  t" {
awaited, with heartfelt anxiety, the reply of the dignified Smith.
$ y3 `5 }- e8 q8 o& q. INext morning it appeared as follows:" s# z1 j# o5 ~$ }1 k/ r

7 ~$ W0 F% X" l'We quote from "The Tea-Pot" of yesterday the subjoined paragraph:
5 e7 e1 q. M6 L" b"Oh, yes! Oh, we perceive! Oh, no doubt! Oh, my! Oh, goodness! Oh,6 b2 U4 v! \0 }6 v7 k% Y
tempora! Oh, Moses!" Why, the fellow is all O! That accounts for his3 Y* I" |2 k" n' m# J
reasoning in a circle, and explains why there is neither beginning
; u2 [. H7 j/ q/ n# |nor end to him, nor to anything he says. We really do not believe the! U0 \" H5 j2 e# S( L! [! t9 b
vagabond can write a word that hasn't an O in it. Wonder if this
- R' }% L* V4 c2 B! o2 Z# g8 `O-ing is a habit of his? By-the-by, he came away from Down-East in a
- h8 e, ~. J% G- ggreat hurry. Wonder if he O's as much there as he does here? "O! it( b$ G; a' f/ g' [, Z* I
is pitiful."'
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The indignation of Mr. Bullet-head at these scandalous insinuations,8 ]$ U; l" i! y- B' _
I shall not attempt to describe. On the eel-skinning principle,- E- U0 T/ d' k# Y3 F5 `. a
however, he did not seem to be so much incensed at the attack upon
( g) p9 \" u1 k5 C4 phis integrity as one might have imagined. It was the sneer at his
) b) r/ ^' s5 U& i0 u0 K) Bstyle that drove him to desperation. What! -- he Touch-and-go
4 I5 f/ @9 {9 B9 F( Y0 zBullet-head! -- not able to write a word without an O in it! He would
( q) E( u! W# T9 W0 T! l* Wsoon let the jackanapes see that he was mistaken. Yes! he would let" u9 u1 k# }1 J* h
him see how much he was mistaken, the puppy! He, Touch-and-go
1 L; s9 O) }- ]! {' w1 \1 }Bullet-head, of Frogpondium, would let Mr. John Smith perceive that: m2 q; |8 y! d, Z* w
he, Bullet-head, could indite, if it so pleased him, a whole% v6 B+ g; W9 r% Q8 d) G9 d/ {
paragraph -- aye! a whole article -- in which that contemptible vowel
. p5 f8 X  s3 z% f" Tshould not once -- not even once -- make its appearance. But no; --9 r9 d# {2 k) j' d/ v) T3 s
that would be yielding a point to the said John Smith. He,8 x2 m% q$ S1 q9 a9 N
Bullet-head, would make no alteration in his style, to suit the
3 H! o  x1 r4 s1 W% E" [) Ocaprices of any Mr. Smith in Christendom. Perish so vile a thought!
3 v9 g6 `3 g* b: Z. KThe O forever; He would persist in the O. He would be as O-wy as O-wy
* C' S/ S4 v7 ycould be.
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本帖最后由 rainbowfish 于 2009-7-27 23:33 编辑
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  e4 W# k2 q' }; aBurning with the chivalry of this determination, the great
, e( ~$ X3 w6 q- I) C" h0 dTouch-and-go, in the next 'Tea-Pot,' came out merely with this simple0 d  A1 Q4 y8 y
but resolute paragraph, in reference to this unhappy affair:
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  O5 `* \$ R2 ]8 X) p- I'The editor of the "Tea-Pot" has the honor of advising the editor of
2 J; \$ ^7 u  w, Athe "Gazette" that he (the "Tea-Pot") will take an opportunity in
; B3 ], ?) z' Y7 Ztomorrow morning's paper, of convincing him (the "Daily News") that he
) F6 x* N* f3 |5 v( o; D; o1 g(the "Tea-Pot") both can and will be his own master, as regards
* U9 D, n3 e- Gstyle; he (the "Tea-Pot") intending to show him (the "Daily News") the
4 U" @9 i% h! Dsupreme, and indeed the withering contempt with which the criticism6 N& z8 E6 a+ Z7 L! O
of him (the "Daily News") inspires the independent bosom of him (the
# E+ j. B0 `7 [! ?1 h" o9 V"TeaPot") by composing for the especial gratification (?) of him (the
4 L  F0 X+ X* ~4 p% u+ c"Daily News") a leading article, of some extent, in which the beautiful* [1 Y) P6 Z' ?: V2 h7 h" ~' v7 A9 d
vowel -- the emblem of Eternity -- yet so offensive to the6 p0 R" I& {/ Z; S  G+ |( Z. {
hyper-exquisite delicacy of him (the "Daily News") shall most certainly' c: u; [  T2 D7 d9 U. `
not be avoided by his (the "Daily News") most obedient, humble
' x9 V9 J2 y6 v# f; R0 dservant, the "Tea-Pot." "So much for Buckingham!"'
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) R! o8 F* E+ u! M& GIn fulfilment of the awful threat thus darkly intimated rather than: q1 s) K, Y6 z
decidedly enunciated, the great Bullet-head, turning a deaf ear to0 [1 o: [- p- L1 o, R. ?$ k
all entreaties for 'copy,' and simply requesting his foreman to 'go
. O- a7 R3 T/ G+ v9 ito the d-l,' when he (the foreman) assured him (the 'Tea-Pot'!) that& Z' y1 ^. S& I
it was high time to 'go to press': turning a deaf ear to everything,1 I" |3 ~. y" E0 W
I say, the great Bullet-head sat up until day-break, consuming the5 H" e2 K" s2 }# n9 n1 ?
midnight oil, and absorbed in the composition of the really2 z! ]1 t: x. |5 D; S# m1 v
unparalleled paragraph, which follows:-# J( a# m. K* o& t1 S4 o

  n, g9 |5 }5 H& A; S'So ho, John! how now? Told you so, you know. Don't crow, another- c2 {: @! K7 B0 {
time, before you're out of the woods! Does your mother know you're
9 ~0 ~: O5 W) C2 D; lout? Oh, no, no! -- so go home at once, now, John, to your odious old
5 d. H" b- J$ t  e. W9 M% lwoods of Concord! Go home to your woods, old owl -- go! You won't!+ M  v( f0 c( U2 i: x
Oh, poh, poh, don't do so! You've got to go, you know! So go at once,
; V' H4 h' N- z! f2 {6 ?and don't go slow, for nobody owns you here, you know! Oh! John,
4 \( e8 u$ d5 |9 EJohn, if you don't go you're no homo -- no! You're only a fowl, an8 d* \4 p% F3 k5 @. b- K) Q
owl, a cow, a sow, -- a doll, a poll; a poor, old,) t7 a/ l/ q) ~
good-for-nothing-to-nobody, log, dog, hog, or frog, come out of a7 b: N  j1 _# z1 q. M& A3 n  U3 R
Concord bog. Cool, now -- cool! Do be cool, you fool! None of your
/ d, r  ^  S7 _5 `" R0 g! Kcrowing, old cock! Don't frown so -- don't! Don't hollo, nor howl nor
0 t5 |( L; S* l4 agrowl, nor bow-wow-wow! Good Lord, John, how you do look! Told you
) I7 i4 O: _  B1 g, `) ?7 wso, you know -- but stop rolling your goose of an old poll about so,( D$ p  n9 X. B
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 great0 H6 p1 \% B8 z5 [2 H0 H- R
Touch-and-go could do nothing more than that night.  He handed his article to
1 X, D& ?! {$ M5 U0 `: J. z/ Kthe 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
8 u1 z' O$ W- Blooked 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
5 n/ n% \& R4 K% d) t1 }5 \describe his feelings of horror when his fingers came out of it without a- `9 t& y* @: R7 a* z" S
letter in them? who can tell of his astonishment and anger when he realized that the little box was completely empty?  Not a single9 w1 K0 z6 A- p* c% E' K
little-o was in the little-o box; and, glancing fearfully at the( h( s# |6 l, s$ K) N$ C$ }7 F- a
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
" o# @- g9 [4 l) A- C$ I0 g# f8 T, Wwithout no o's.'
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! V" n: A7 Z; b'What do you mean by that?' said the chief, who was  very) A- g: W& D' c. Q
angry at being kept from his bed so late.
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, m: v8 D! |# e' a- v/ d3 e'Well, sir, there isn't an o in the office, neither a big one nor a! H8 C, ?$ f' m4 ?
little one!'
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'What -- what has happened to all those that were in the box?'+ N! L8 M) K: Y) g9 h' a5 L

% Z6 |* k$ W) k/ ]- }'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.'9 ~8 M7 T/ E' ^; [; h9 n
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'I haven't a doubt of it,' replied the chief angrily, turning
% Q* {3 x1 R7 Tpurple with rage 'but I tell you what you do, Bob, that's a good boy
; L' G* b" G$ t5 @$ b3 N4 q% Q-- you go over to the Daily News the first chance you get, and take every one of their
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, W5 @- h) b8 W& s( Q$ t'Right,' replied Bob. 'I'll go,! _: P( S( V5 V2 F  V
I'll show them a thing or two; but what about that* a  f7 [1 ^5 [! t# V0 N  f
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?') P7 Q7 F; C- d; }

+ e4 k5 _) U* \; y; v2 b. i'I Shouldn't call it a very long paragrab.'
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% Z7 I* J' l- P" V/ |, G3 l'Ah, well, then! Do the best you can with it! We must get it ready,'
, Y8 m9 Q1 V. o, S2 Bsaid the chief, who was buried in work; 'just put in
& n& i7 l* R8 gsome 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
( s0 z& A" }: j8 Ycase, muttering as he went: 'Considdeble vell, them ere expressions,) X$ C8 `  L+ o- J# _
perticcler for a man as doesn't swar. So I's to gouge out all their
9 O! y! y6 J! E/ L# n# q' eeyes, eh? and d-n all their gizzards! Vell! this here's the chap as" R: R6 ?% i  p. B- K% K4 {
is just able for to do it.' The fact is that although Bob was but
5 ?* ~' x+ _7 Z1 wtwelve years old and four feet high, he was equal to any amount of( A2 ?" v3 n  x) U/ p
fight, in a small way.3 M8 M" S0 s, v3 w0 l+ H. n# z
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The exigency here described is by no means of rare occurrence in, D: }; k4 B/ G0 s
printing-offices; and I cannot tell how to account for it, but the
" @" N6 Q' |% n' pfact is indisputable, that when the exigency does occur, it almost5 ^# d" O) y. e% S6 ?
always happens that x is adopted as a substitute for the letter" u" g' [% v  B
deficient. The true reason, perhaps, is that x is rather the most
& V! O  G- u" }7 `5 A! }( I# Nsuperabundant letter in the cases, or at least was so in the old4 b/ t5 W/ c; e$ }  \) h/ C" @7 F
times -- long enough to render the substitution in question an
- E7 Y- F& g7 n# f0 u. Yhabitual thing with printers. As for Bob, he would have considered it
0 P2 j9 R$ J% n; R1 qheretical to employ any other character, in a case of this kind, than% d" H/ I9 \4 c
the x to which he had been accustomed.7 m: @" ^% c- J4 ]4 P" S
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'I shell have to x this ere paragrab,' said he to himself, as he read
$ k/ R  `& g! _4 Q  U6 }6 hit over in astonishment, 'but it's jest about the awfulest o-wy0 U6 O) W8 B' a; i- w" S& o
paragrab I ever did see': so x it he did, unflinchingly, and to press
( z$ x' E4 p5 _' ]  i7 Y2 Lit went x-ed.
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Next morning the population of Nopolis were taken all aback by
- r4 V( c+ G8 {# a5 {& R% p0 Jreading in 'The Tea-Pot,' the following extraordinary leader:% f1 R" r8 G$ _5 d1 ]/ F
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'Sx hx, Jxhn! hxw nxw? Txld yxu sx, yxu knxw. Dxn't crxw, anxther
& v8 f: m1 C! p: _. Ctime, befxre yxu're xut xf the wxxds! Dxes yxur mxther knxw yxu're
; J, x' H* d  j2 O9 kxut? Xh, nx, nx! -- sx gx hxme at xnce, nxw, Jxhn, tx yxur xdixus xld, N) m( n) k- A, s+ q) i
wxxds xf Cxncxrd! Gx hxme tx yxur wxxds, xld xwl, -- gx! Yxu wxn't?+ B8 n) k1 ~# Z* _7 r
Xh, pxh, pxh, Jxhn, dxn't dx sx! Yxu've gxt tx gx, yxu knxw, sx gx at, o! c  |3 E6 u5 i- d
xnce, and dxn't gx slxw; fxr nxbxdy xwns yxu here, yxu knxw. Xh,
* a* O, n, r$ g# H9 B" k* eJxhn, Jxhn, Jxhn, if yxu dxn't gx yxu're nx hxmx -- nx! Yxu're xnly a
8 L9 v+ p+ v* s) V0 V- Cfxwl, an xwl; a cxw, a sxw; a dxll, a pxll; a pxxr xld( Q: j- o; B* D: k% _3 m( p
gxxd-fxr-nxthing-tx-nxbxdy, lxg, dxg, hxg, xr frxg, cxme xut xf a4 @& D+ P7 m/ \: @$ D1 m5 m7 C  w
Cxncxrd bxg. Cxxl, nxw -- cxxl! Dx be cxxl, yxu fxxl! Nxne xf yxur& o3 [1 k2 g: E4 V
crxwing, xld cxck! Dxn't frxwn sx -- dxn't! Dxn't hxllx, nxr hxwl,
% l* N' ?# e0 knxr grxwl, nxr bxw-wxw-wxw! Gxxd Lxrd, Jxhn, hxw yxu dx lxxk! Txld
1 O5 a1 |# y8 W2 _yxu sx, yxu knxw, -- but stxp rxlling yxur gxxse xf an xld pxll abxut
- j" I# [3 {2 P2 |' w' k: lsx, 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
, n# e- {! |$ \8 z$ I5 unot to be conceived. The first definite idea entertained by the
$ @# d& x9 j' lpopulace was, that some diabolical treason lay concealed in the6 m6 p) q* m" O2 a2 u- c
hieroglyphics; and there was a general rush to Bullet-head's* u4 R! N8 i/ |
residence, for the purpose of riding him on a rail; but that  K: O$ z% e% e# H# Y# I; ^
gentleman was nowhere to be found. He had vanished, no one could tell4 K" V/ a6 i  ]  |/ D( W, @
how; and not even the ghost of him has ever been seen since.
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: P8 s. @6 R) k. i2 [Unable to discover its legitimate object, the popular fury at length* h2 t  k! b/ Y) U% e6 {& c6 A& d5 j
subsided; leaving behind it, by way of sediment, quite a medley of- D: m, p% c7 F
opinion about this unhappy affair.* `( P% d2 I% e# C2 f
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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 of
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6 C6 h0 e, G, MA 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
8 f  ~8 P0 P7 s) y( C: \* S, s/ J. kgeneral way, his X-asperation.7 ]' }$ N, v$ J+ z% b6 S
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'Say, rather, to set an X-ample to posterity,' suggested a fifth.
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: w9 R4 T! F% F& d! a7 GThat Bullet-head had been driven to an extremity, was clear to all;
1 o+ k+ O- a' r$ x$ \, \$ cand in fact, since that editor could not be found, there was some
# u4 o' p5 @1 M: _" }* q$ ftalk about lynching the other one.
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The more common conclusion, however, was that the affair was, simply,6 t, C3 Q4 a& t0 o/ T
X-traordinary and in-X-plicable. Even the town mathematician
- k/ `* i* C) {; h3 |! X7 econfessed that he could make nothing of so dark a problem. X, every.
0 \$ @# A6 C' C; u6 \/ v! ubody knew, was an unknown quantity; but in this case (as he properly4 R" H7 G! @9 k9 g( |& r* Q' o( u* H
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
8 O6 ]& n& _) P/ j" c4 d1 cthe paragrab'), did not meet with so much attention as I think it. O0 h6 s# L; g$ |' e; t
deserved, although it was very openly and very fearlessly expressed.
) a" b! {3 \0 dHe said that, for his part, he had no doubt about the matter at all,# K4 E9 i5 P* {- u6 _2 F" I
that it was a clear case, that Mr. Bullet-head 'never could be, @% E  R3 R+ q% {
persuaded fur to drink like other folks, but vas continually
: R& O) Q$ B- j0 X" qa-svigging o' that ere blessed XXX ale, and as a naiteral" D. @7 i+ I. L$ W& p
consekvence, it just puffed him up savage, and made him X (cross) in1 f0 j; z# G0 A2 R
the X-treme.'
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