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'Wery well,' replied Bob, 'here goes it!' and off he hurried to his. H7 r% U. L- r q
case, muttering as he went: 'Considdeble vell, them ere expressions,
! y+ |5 _$ E* u( U" Lperticcler for a man as doesn't swar. So I's to gouge out all their
# A, I u8 J D" Q2 v3 Leyes, eh? and d-n all their gizzards! Vell! this here's the chap as- W' t8 _, T, ^% R' q; O( P }
is just able for to do it.' The fact is that although Bob was but
" R X' L% I: s4 H7 F; J& \! m+ ntwelve years old and four feet high, he was equal to any amount of
: I" B5 l7 |3 G$ R |/ ]5 bfight, in a small way. o( i+ d* P& Q( o8 Q& z Z
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The exigency here described is by no means of rare occurrence in
4 X9 w3 j, C, c$ t7 N* ?% d4 j8 ]printing-offices; and I cannot tell how to account for it, but the$ n& e& V5 f; H; M" z
fact is indisputable, that when the exigency does occur, it almost* a4 m7 g' X0 A! m7 c
always happens that x is adopted as a substitute for the letter
$ q- A" g5 {3 K9 L( D) P' ]deficient. The true reason, perhaps, is that x is rather the most) Z& C+ Z. N% T) j4 Y, o
superabundant letter in the cases, or at least was so in the old- t1 |# e1 f+ x" Q) n% L9 z
times -- long enough to render the substitution in question an3 I3 o( M# h! R: S: p
habitual thing with printers. As for Bob, he would have considered it
D: K' M) V7 B: y" uheretical to employ any other character, in a case of this kind, than8 ?, I- |# |, k6 [. L) H7 D
the x to which he had been accustomed.
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+ F* {: \/ {# E' \'I shell have to x this ere paragrab,' said he to himself, as he read
+ Q5 e1 X8 p/ @: {) rit over in astonishment, 'but it's jest about the awfulest o-wy* W/ o8 I! B. z; Y% q/ l
paragrab I ever did see': so x it he did, unflinchingly, and to press
. i5 I5 G) y' a( D/ \7 [: Uit went x-ed.
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9 g8 W3 j6 s( h& I2 }Next morning the population of Nopolis were taken all aback by
2 s" y8 h" X3 H/ Ureading in 'The Tea-Pot,' the following extraordinary leader:: r3 \' r% b; W& ]. |
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