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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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6 o: d- A' s- k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./ g! J( M3 F8 m4 q& ^
   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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+ r. k1 w7 v4 l1 tI must do him the justice to say, however, that when he made up his
: Y$ d. O5 y- L" o1 w  m& V* V, Amind finally to settle in that town, it was under the impression that# ~6 v$ D  B( @0 }" p# T
no newspaper, and consequently no editor, existed in that particular0 R( B' l: `6 [# M3 s# c
section of the country. In establishing 'The Tea-Pot' he expected to
$ o+ n3 P. l  ?* S7 R4 N- vhave the field all to himself. I feel confident he never would have
! Y7 u1 X& W: p* s" ]+ X; ?9 Z* idreamed of taking up his residence in Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis
, J( a5 s0 c* w& ~9 v5 J, ?$ Qhad he been aware that, in Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis, there lived
& O  ?/ d( Z: r6 c  U) n1 {  ia gentleman named John Smith (if I rightly remember), who for many6 c" V* l% e  S. d; R; X6 s/ ^
years had there quietly grown fat in editing and publishing the
5 F9 h' G# i& j  Y$ D'Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis Daily News.' It was solely, therefore, on
6 S) t7 }# Z6 _8 E7 C. N% Waccount of having been misinformed, that Mr. Bullet-head found- g  H* C9 ^8 a: d7 e
himself in Alex-suppose we call it Nopolis, 'for short' -- but, as he: t  t% I/ g' [* y6 c! x  m) C6 p
did find himself there, he determined to keep up his character for
9 S& C" w( f7 R5 R% ~$ i/ xobst -- for firmness, and remain. So remain he did; and he did more;
- Z/ S5 n- Z  \8 yhe unpacked his press, type, etc., etc., rented an office exactly
6 J% F& Q4 N0 o; M  F4 lopposite to that of the 'Daily News,' and, on the third morning after( C( Y) A; W$ U
his arrival, issued the first number of 'The Alexan' -- that is to
% S3 ]) P/ t' j( _0 p* Qsay, of 'The Nopolis Tea-Pot' -- as nearly as I can recollect, this5 V: x1 X* ], D- O
was the name of the new paper.
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. G/ v# h& Z( b( h, J1 {5 r# k9 kThe leading article, I must admit, was brilliant -- not to say
& r% ]0 n5 b2 b$ z% o, dsevere. It was especially bitter about things in general -- and as
& O: A# t3 v! W6 mfor the editor of 'The Daily News,' he was torn all to pieces in; F+ O; i1 I8 c7 P; l& z* p
particular. Some of Bullethead's remarks were really so fiery that I, ?, j8 ?) S, P9 L) ?# W
have always, since that time, been forced to look upon John Smith,
; p* F8 y2 n  t- Z2 p3 dwho is still alive, in the light of a salamander. I cannot pretend to+ F! T: L* h. ^* O3 q
give all the 'Tea-Pot's' paragraphs verbatim, but one of them runs
! h) Y' J" \" ?9 B. Fthus:
大型搬家
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'Oh, yes! -- Oh, we perceive! Oh, no doubt! The editor over the way) E4 L9 `# y0 W5 }# R
is a genius -- O, my! Oh, goodness, gracious! -- what is this world5 ]1 K" U$ h) r# L1 H
coming to? Oh, tempora! Oh, Moses!'! L; t5 q6 Y; J: y& i
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A philippic at once so caustic and so classical, alighted like a* S9 ?; o  [- A% G. ?7 b& o! ^
bombshell among the hitherto peaceful citizens of Nopolis. Groups of8 q+ ]: [; O: e; m% M
excited individuals gathered at the corners of the streets. Every one% l( S4 U- [$ \; h! ~# k
awaited, with heartfelt anxiety, the reply of the dignified Smith.
& k, T# m) q6 tNext morning it appeared as follows:
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'We quote from "The Tea-Pot" of yesterday the subjoined paragraph:, O$ n2 B: |( \0 n" H
"Oh, yes! Oh, we perceive! Oh, no doubt! Oh, my! Oh, goodness! Oh,
3 A  d! g* j& {5 d! H) O4 _tempora! Oh, Moses!" Why, the fellow is all O! That accounts for his
4 u/ S$ Y' q! Y5 r: x7 I4 {reasoning in a circle, and explains why there is neither beginning" U  r5 e* U( G2 ~5 B7 p" v
nor end to him, nor to anything he says. We really do not believe the
6 @6 p$ q+ {/ O( q' ivagabond can write a word that hasn't an O in it. Wonder if this
6 e& d$ U( a$ v$ m/ [  [* [" WO-ing is a habit of his? By-the-by, he came away from Down-East in a! e$ }# X( m; Q4 Z( ^9 |
great hurry. Wonder if he O's as much there as he does here? "O! it) w& Y0 T1 H7 S6 [
is pitiful."'& t- B9 V: E# t# k
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The indignation of Mr. Bullet-head at these scandalous insinuations,
# ~. ]+ |& p& i: L! fI shall not attempt to describe. On the eel-skinning principle,
8 {% E- X( C2 r) ]( Q$ ihowever, he did not seem to be so much incensed at the attack upon
" U7 V9 C6 ^  U3 G6 `3 u" Z0 H5 Vhis integrity as one might have imagined. It was the sneer at his8 |9 K( p  Y% v" V; z. C. B0 V
style that drove him to desperation. What! -- he Touch-and-go
+ T) M$ z& V' t6 y  C4 ?Bullet-head! -- not able to write a word without an O in it! He would
' R  a3 {# n6 m6 n/ f6 Bsoon let the jackanapes see that he was mistaken. Yes! he would let
+ n8 w  `0 R' v. Zhim see how much he was mistaken, the puppy! He, Touch-and-go
6 k0 \9 F; @+ w6 wBullet-head, of Frogpondium, would let Mr. John Smith perceive that  K7 A' X2 F$ w( V, r/ d# Z' ]( X8 F* ]
he, Bullet-head, could indite, if it so pleased him, a whole1 q3 t6 l" l+ s, ~, z- k
paragraph -- aye! a whole article -- in which that contemptible vowel
. R8 Z! M$ W! p# s8 i: `3 {1 qshould not once -- not even once -- make its appearance. But no; --
' f" t) x' u  g9 _6 @: {that would be yielding a point to the said John Smith. He,9 ~, Y2 E: _5 p  {: e2 \
Bullet-head, would make no alteration in his style, to suit the
% s+ s$ ]1 L5 g6 o- {caprices of any Mr. Smith in Christendom. Perish so vile a thought!
$ |- m! B. ?) e( TThe O forever; He would persist in the O. He would be as O-wy as O-wy6 v- Q2 V6 k) |
could be.
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1 {: L5 m6 ~* ]" f* f% BBurning with the chivalry of this determination, the great+ t2 b& x( ~/ u$ U
Touch-and-go, in the next 'Tea-Pot,' came out merely with this simple
5 w: e8 {/ T. C: k% _* g& obut resolute paragraph, in reference to this unhappy affair:1 P! z# J" A7 p9 F, L  D
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'The editor of the "Tea-Pot" has the honor of advising the editor of
' ^& l! a" [+ ~' F" J7 Q0 V2 Y$ Mthe "Gazette" that he (the "Tea-Pot") will take an opportunity in
# \& f% P. n5 ]( W' p6 S$ p1 S6 htomorrow morning's paper, of convincing him (the "Daily News") that he- p; E$ h6 r3 t9 h
(the "Tea-Pot") both can and will be his own master, as regards
* u0 B5 E+ h% s4 `style; he (the "Tea-Pot") intending to show him (the "Daily News") the
+ E; j1 _" i# N* tsupreme, and indeed the withering contempt with which the criticism- D6 h4 \" `; c. V/ T) N
of him (the "Daily News") inspires the independent bosom of him (the
" A: t' o# F; p"TeaPot") by composing for the especial gratification (?) of him (the
  p+ o. A* y& Q, d"Daily News") a leading article, of some extent, in which the beautiful
* P* {8 R, R$ P2 L# R/ h& Tvowel -- the emblem of Eternity -- yet so offensive to the9 J5 [. c; S5 I: {# B
hyper-exquisite delicacy of him (the "Daily News") shall most certainly" A5 |) @4 g& U! `- l
not be avoided by his (the "Daily News") most obedient, humble" r7 n: \5 v0 V7 C8 ~  m
servant, the "Tea-Pot." "So much for Buckingham!"', e$ E- v5 Q. V! e0 u/ v) u
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In fulfilment of the awful threat thus darkly intimated rather than7 {8 h; X$ {* g1 r
decidedly enunciated, the great Bullet-head, turning a deaf ear to9 ~( E8 t$ C) C$ g4 t1 f5 k
all entreaties for 'copy,' and simply requesting his foreman to 'go
% Q6 F/ G" S$ [  b2 M7 W9 ito the d-l,' when he (the foreman) assured him (the 'Tea-Pot'!) that
" {, j  C% y2 [/ [# w* v9 d7 }it was high time to 'go to press': turning a deaf ear to everything,
( n: ^2 M+ G: f( T# j' P! f9 FI say, the great Bullet-head sat up until day-break, consuming the
9 g! K4 n8 S2 e1 i4 Omidnight oil, and absorbed in the composition of the really# M" @5 G" W7 r2 V- c" _( Q
unparalleled paragraph, which follows:-
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5 K$ f  Z+ k  b: k7 A4 l  O'So ho, John! how now? Told you so, you know. Don't crow, another
( x0 d7 ]; U% R- v5 {: ]; Q4 B# Q! qtime, before you're out of the woods! Does your mother know you're
+ }# Z+ W+ R9 s+ G0 t" `8 Hout? Oh, no, no! -- so go home at once, now, John, to your odious old5 L% H# F7 B$ v- Z
woods of Concord! Go home to your woods, old owl -- go! You won't!
4 l) f2 G: l5 }Oh, poh, poh, don't do so! You've got to go, you know! So go at once,2 H# }" f( S: F  ~2 Y6 z* I
and don't go slow, for nobody owns you here, you know! Oh! John,
+ X; \1 i& B; i7 W! uJohn, if you don't go you're no homo -- no! You're only a fowl, an/ s) F! {5 b5 v
owl, a cow, a sow, -- a doll, a poll; a poor, old,
( [/ i+ C  f( k' Zgood-for-nothing-to-nobody, log, dog, hog, or frog, come out of a
+ A% E" M* R( K# ZConcord bog. Cool, now -- cool! Do be cool, you fool! None of your
' Q7 S7 Y  A  Q& u! v6 D) a/ Lcrowing, old cock! Don't frown so -- don't! Don't hollo, nor howl nor
/ \: r8 u* ^4 N- f( O+ Vgrowl, nor bow-wow-wow! Good Lord, John, how you do look! Told you6 X4 o  [) C4 T  I9 k8 ~
so, you know -- but stop rolling your goose of an old poll about so,5 {0 F8 O2 v1 c3 H% |) n4 H+ d
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
3 ~$ [& _4 o$ ATouch-and-go could do nothing more than that night.  He handed his article to/ ]& D% N& h, L( V& A1 k
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
- `: o  e$ h0 [+ @' Qlooked 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. W4 s5 s  S: w  D1 u
describe his feelings of horror when his fingers came out of it without a  I7 X1 b# a5 |+ 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
8 C/ L9 U3 u1 n$ j; xlittle-o was in the little-o box; and, glancing fearfully at the% S* `/ e3 e8 q; u
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
( I+ h4 I1 g  B8 u6 ywithout no o's.'
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8 w( n2 p( c! }4 ~. a, M1 u# b'What do you mean by that?' said the chief, who was  very
) A' V7 \" T. Y3 _. tangry 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 a3 o! @7 O/ p7 `6 t5 j0 R
little one!'( Q2 T4 w: @* r& ?% v
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'What -- what has happened to all those that were in the box?'% y7 G7 g& d7 S0 R" s% V" A3 c' I
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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.'  b7 t7 [& U4 `6 p' h5 \* A; p$ S1 l- c
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'I haven't a doubt of it,' replied the chief angrily, turning
" A  W# e; A+ u! D& i1 vpurple with rage 'but I tell you what you do, Bob, that's a good boy
. g0 E1 ?; T# S2 |. r( s-- you go over to the Daily News the first chance you get, and take every one of their: z3 z6 h2 k0 k/ F* g2 Y" {$ S/ Q
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'Right,' replied Bob. 'I'll go,7 S; H: O  ~$ d5 ]0 B% |& i
I'll show them a thing or two; but what about that* W1 F4 k$ y+ w  b6 G0 s0 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
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'Trouble enough. Is it a long paragraph, Bob?'
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'I Shouldn't call it a very long paragrab.'
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" t7 X: H( P: x: Y7 }' a9 o'Ah, well, then! Do the best you can with it! We must get it ready,'
3 Y3 h9 [; D  N, e5 `( hsaid the chief, who was buried in work; 'just put in; @8 `' r% g+ P5 `) U
some 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( e. p4 k- x7 g2 v. V( ~$ ]
case, muttering as he went: 'Considdeble vell, them ere expressions,
- C5 E$ r$ Y; J, B* A2 B9 P. J+ mperticcler for a man as doesn't swar. So I's to gouge out all their
. F4 F  @8 \- D# J  O. J4 `4 Y4 [; s# ^eyes, eh? and d-n all their gizzards! Vell! this here's the chap as, z* k' j/ G: I
is just able for to do it.' The fact is that although Bob was but
1 ]2 a, l! c: @+ K7 _0 B) \0 Q3 Ptwelve years old and four feet high, he was equal to any amount of8 P7 a) ]! \8 W6 d& `* N4 [( m
fight, in a small way.
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The exigency here described is by no means of rare occurrence in# e$ G9 L) o$ Z( M, b4 a" ~( S# f
printing-offices; and I cannot tell how to account for it, but the
, k/ ~& {5 x0 [0 o6 Tfact is indisputable, that when the exigency does occur, it almost* R% d! z4 T7 n9 z
always happens that x is adopted as a substitute for the letter! {% v- x7 k4 V. ], ~8 C
deficient. The true reason, perhaps, is that x is rather the most# b1 U1 b3 ?! S8 g4 T# R
superabundant letter in the cases, or at least was so in the old
& H7 t; y1 \& `/ W, l- u# R8 dtimes -- long enough to render the substitution in question an/ V0 P# X! E  B  s2 s
habitual thing with printers. As for Bob, he would have considered it
4 S* S/ U/ c* S4 s: [( D" Sheretical to employ any other character, in a case of this kind, than; Y# g% `0 v* f9 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. _% u2 H6 T( Q
it over in astonishment, 'but it's jest about the awfulest o-wy
( W$ b7 r4 @, m1 Jparagrab I ever did see': so x it he did, unflinchingly, and to press. {! h+ ?+ _& |- t) A5 N# s
it went x-ed.& ~( }0 K+ i; E9 k

* F( ]  g: }& O& m  Q" n& a( `Next morning the population of Nopolis were taken all aback by9 Z; @6 [" l2 b( N/ D- ]9 `- z
reading in 'The Tea-Pot,' the following extraordinary leader:( S: b* ?5 ^' r' H/ Z/ D* g
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'Sx hx, Jxhn! hxw nxw? Txld yxu sx, yxu knxw. Dxn't crxw, anxther
1 Y+ v2 g$ O& j; x' z  ttime, befxre yxu're xut xf the wxxds! Dxes yxur mxther knxw yxu're0 ^8 O* D0 R+ [$ A  N
xut? Xh, nx, nx! -- sx gx hxme at xnce, nxw, Jxhn, tx yxur xdixus xld) e7 w5 ~! U8 K4 U) x
wxxds xf Cxncxrd! Gx hxme tx yxur wxxds, xld xwl, -- gx! Yxu wxn't?
/ j, \1 T9 }* i9 oXh, pxh, pxh, Jxhn, dxn't dx sx! Yxu've gxt tx gx, yxu knxw, sx gx at
4 g0 K$ r: E7 Xxnce, and dxn't gx slxw; fxr nxbxdy xwns yxu here, yxu knxw. Xh,7 @0 z/ H$ A5 W+ N3 B- ~
Jxhn, Jxhn, Jxhn, if yxu dxn't gx yxu're nx hxmx -- nx! Yxu're xnly a
9 M7 W6 r. k' ^) M- cfxwl, an xwl; a cxw, a sxw; a dxll, a pxll; a pxxr xld: y9 h) Y% E" ^
gxxd-fxr-nxthing-tx-nxbxdy, lxg, dxg, hxg, xr frxg, cxme xut xf a
' X% R/ l! d; y0 K. m2 \' yCxncxrd bxg. Cxxl, nxw -- cxxl! Dx be cxxl, yxu fxxl! Nxne xf yxur7 X9 g. D1 R/ q6 b
crxwing, xld cxck! Dxn't frxwn sx -- dxn't! Dxn't hxllx, nxr hxwl,
7 \/ f* D: ]* b* }0 z2 J6 jnxr grxwl, nxr bxw-wxw-wxw! Gxxd Lxrd, Jxhn, hxw yxu dx lxxk! Txld& ]! l. R, |- v. s$ [4 ?' y: D
yxu sx, yxu knxw, -- but stxp rxlling yxur gxxse xf an xld pxll abxut
0 X! ^  x# r9 C  isx, and gx and drxwn yxur sxrrxws in a bxwl!'
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The uproar occasioned by this mystical and cabalistical article, is: W4 H# J, _# g1 `6 z+ q8 ^
not to be conceived. The first definite idea entertained by the
5 f* i' Z# p3 X0 a" F, W/ H6 hpopulace was, that some diabolical treason lay concealed in the
* G! m) Z. }/ e4 z) ~hieroglyphics; and there was a general rush to Bullet-head's
) z, J. j& x, _  k8 d7 {: zresidence, for the purpose of riding him on a rail; but that
" F2 f* \+ K6 G3 h1 `! k! }9 igentleman was nowhere to be found. He had vanished, no one could tell
+ q% I5 o* j& P+ M. e7 ]) C/ 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: @. N* R2 G; T$ O1 `# C# m
subsided; leaving behind it, by way of sediment, quite a medley of
9 A& D" L5 b5 G2 z% R, a' z: lopinion about this unhappy affair.
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5 n3 ~+ E' a  _! P/ o6 XOne gentleman thought the whole an X-ellent joke.
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: f9 K! e5 \% j' _- qAnother said that, indeed, Bullet-head had shown much X-uberance of8 \; U, t; k  |4 x1 F
fancy.
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1 c  a: A. X9 A+ o* r/ [6 rA third admitted him X-entric, but no more.
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+ s/ M' X5 v2 q5 g1 R0 ]  |  vA fourth could only suppose it the Yankee's design to X-press, in a0 H7 Q4 j) j" h% \* s! y+ d( `
general way, his X-asperation.
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! c% ~$ @- F0 D7 r' m; m'Say, rather, to set an X-ample to posterity,' suggested a fifth.+ P( I7 a2 M, s# p) L9 J# l/ ]
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That Bullet-head had been driven to an extremity, was clear to all;
- {& N4 q/ T% e& ]/ a- ^9 Xand in fact, since that editor could not be found, there was some
" s( \2 w6 B3 A/ V" Rtalk about lynching the other one.
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The more common conclusion, however, was that the affair was, simply,
6 X6 }% y. B" J1 @1 w) M5 _X-traordinary and in-X-plicable. Even the town mathematician8 f, m. L  Q+ R9 a9 J
confessed that he could make nothing of so dark a problem. X, every.  V1 d; O# }0 U! i9 W) v6 q0 w
body knew, was an unknown quantity; but in this case (as he properly
, O% J) t1 D1 m" h* kobserved), there was an unknown quantity of X./ m. ]: [( @1 {$ J0 ^6 ^
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The opinion of Bob, the devil (who kept dark about his having 'X-ed
. E5 m' [" i3 D8 p9 m" mthe paragrab'), did not meet with so much attention as I think it
. R$ X4 O- y6 @- }" j$ ydeserved, although it was very openly and very fearlessly expressed.
( [9 w2 n$ B- S: VHe said that, for his part, he had no doubt about the matter at all,
) A. p; j3 u6 ]  W& x2 Y6 athat it was a clear case, that Mr. Bullet-head 'never could be( m" l" F  n) a7 ~( t- j! C# m
persuaded fur to drink like other folks, but vas continually. F3 Z2 J/ z# Y# l# H$ o; j
a-svigging o' that ere blessed XXX ale, and as a naiteral" b9 B8 |  `" H* N$ r
consekvence, it just puffed him up savage, and made him X (cross) in9 j1 k1 o8 h, G# @5 V( R
the X-treme.'
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