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'Wery well,' replied Bob, 'here goes it!' and off he hurried to his. }: w* ?2 g! ~2 S9 m; g2 ^& C) j
case, muttering as he went: 'Considdeble vell, them ere expressions,
" M! b& G% C9 H2 Yperticcler for a man as doesn't swar. So I's to gouge out all their
# l; ?5 r3 D9 k7 f# } M$ ]eyes, eh? and d-n all their gizzards! Vell! this here's the chap as! d4 b9 [8 F) n: L- u
is just able for to do it.' The fact is that although Bob was but
& ~; D: \7 i9 J1 Qtwelve years old and four feet high, he was equal to any amount of
9 V# P0 K0 v ~% A: Efight, in a small way.3 o" r' |, ^. u+ O/ u$ B1 x$ X( V
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The exigency here described is by no means of rare occurrence in
1 b* H3 r2 o" m7 y" rprinting-offices; and I cannot tell how to account for it, but the
1 \! R# }- C$ M D3 d, y$ \fact is indisputable, that when the exigency does occur, it almost: j) S) L; v0 w4 k- l' ~7 l8 X+ ]
always happens that x is adopted as a substitute for the letter+ @, G2 w2 p* W4 n7 \
deficient. The true reason, perhaps, is that x is rather the most
% v' U6 \4 e' ?6 w( _7 isuperabundant letter in the cases, or at least was so in the old
1 v1 o- c, ?' c2 |times -- long enough to render the substitution in question an( y3 O t4 z4 X- \6 V
habitual thing with printers. As for Bob, he would have considered it
$ S) D/ _8 L# [% a% bheretical to employ any other character, in a case of this kind, than) i1 a3 r% `8 V$ c
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
5 G5 X/ o/ o+ {/ [it over in astonishment, 'but it's jest about the awfulest o-wy
- j3 a3 w2 p" Oparagrab I ever did see': so x it he did, unflinchingly, and to press
6 \ U* V- A: w! }( k* O- sit went x-ed.
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Next morning the population of Nopolis were taken all aback by5 c* c) Q+ O& ]
reading in 'The Tea-Pot,' the following extraordinary leader:1 `6 }9 z t3 k3 v- ?7 f* U
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'Sx hx, Jxhn! hxw nxw? Txld yxu sx, yxu knxw. Dxn't crxw, anxther( r4 X* u( Q9 R
time, befxre yxu're xut xf the wxxds! Dxes yxur mxther knxw yxu're
& r0 F' |4 l" O" j2 Sxut? Xh, nx, nx! -- sx gx hxme at xnce, nxw, Jxhn, tx yxur xdixus xld
6 w( q( |4 i2 X0 s9 bwxxds xf Cxncxrd! Gx hxme tx yxur wxxds, xld xwl, -- gx! Yxu wxn't?
. s: Y! t5 Q; H4 S; z! t& wXh, pxh, pxh, Jxhn, dxn't dx sx! Yxu've gxt tx gx, yxu knxw, sx gx at
! k; ^% z, ~4 i. b/ Exnce, and dxn't gx slxw; fxr nxbxdy xwns yxu here, yxu knxw. Xh,
* x! ?' V- R! T4 V' O cJxhn, Jxhn, Jxhn, if yxu dxn't gx yxu're nx hxmx -- nx! Yxu're xnly a3 I- Y* }: e6 S2 R, o
fxwl, an xwl; a cxw, a sxw; a dxll, a pxll; a pxxr xld
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crxwing, xld cxck! Dxn't frxwn sx -- dxn't! Dxn't hxllx, nxr hxwl,
T" W2 H5 ^; s* b6 Nnxr grxwl, nxr bxw-wxw-wxw! Gxxd Lxrd, Jxhn, hxw yxu dx lxxk! Txld6 i2 U9 S% ?1 {; k5 N
yxu sx, yxu knxw, -- but stxp rxlling yxur gxxse xf an xld pxll abxut
$ w) [# O, c7 c5 ]8 j6 Y I9 k& Vsx, and gx and drxwn yxur sxrrxws in a bxwl!' |
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