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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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+ o8 n) z( H# X, w( T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.
, R( |( D4 n# [   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 ' n0 p9 i2 E. P

' n% [9 j, c% ^. {' iI must do him the justice to say, however, that when he made up his7 ~0 s! }3 O$ Q+ [
mind finally to settle in that town, it was under the impression that% T2 W9 D: y- t( Y! L* r7 r
no newspaper, and consequently no editor, existed in that particular
+ N# R: \& G- u* A% c5 P( m( ssection of the country. In establishing 'The Tea-Pot' he expected to
. z, K( M% Y& @4 W9 ~have the field all to himself. I feel confident he never would have
. C4 g- Y& ?; xdreamed of taking up his residence in Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis; |, g5 A* I# w% U- `9 s* h9 F
had he been aware that, in Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis, there lived
1 e* B$ g" ^3 m5 _8 |9 u2 _1 Da gentleman named John Smith (if I rightly remember), who for many
  g) ~6 Q5 l" N4 R3 x: A/ Y: Kyears had there quietly grown fat in editing and publishing the6 ~. X* X8 u4 M' {* L
'Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis Daily News.' It was solely, therefore, on- V" ?* J7 j+ W) p+ ?% N9 l
account of having been misinformed, that Mr. Bullet-head found
+ L1 z; s& W, [% n( Xhimself in Alex-suppose we call it Nopolis, 'for short' -- but, as he+ _' K/ ?, Z! Q1 j# i7 v
did find himself there, he determined to keep up his character for& b7 G: |9 o& e. p; ~
obst -- for firmness, and remain. So remain he did; and he did more;
% V- P. @2 f" y& Jhe unpacked his press, type, etc., etc., rented an office exactly1 w- Q" h, o' ~" i) v: q9 b
opposite to that of the 'Daily News,' and, on the third morning after
4 I. x$ T$ b9 }/ f8 zhis arrival, issued the first number of 'The Alexan' -- that is to
1 O% e# Q6 S; O' ~4 S" n% fsay, of 'The Nopolis Tea-Pot' -- as nearly as I can recollect, this* R$ Z5 N2 H! J4 B- E* z9 r, a4 T
was the name of the new paper.$ n' f# J8 ]& r1 @8 d  R% _

8 l5 o! q0 d7 m4 H% n9 s/ @The leading article, I must admit, was brilliant -- not to say
+ e0 ?0 H8 G8 [severe. It was especially bitter about things in general -- and as* U: B5 ^8 X2 D% B7 B
for the editor of 'The Daily News,' he was torn all to pieces in# s* Z. L; B0 A9 N) D- C
particular. Some of Bullethead's remarks were really so fiery that I! C' {2 Z4 _, t- u
have always, since that time, been forced to look upon John Smith,
2 p* Y5 P0 Y3 owho is still alive, in the light of a salamander. I cannot pretend to
( c$ i9 d$ v4 a; h1 B7 d4 Vgive all the 'Tea-Pot's' paragraphs verbatim, but one of them runs9 i7 q! E9 {! I  d8 P
thus:
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'Oh, yes! -- Oh, we perceive! Oh, no doubt! The editor over the way. n7 X8 {, B. @) F* W/ L/ T
is a genius -- O, my! Oh, goodness, gracious! -- what is this world
% K  y* F) m0 S& T  [( m3 ncoming to? Oh, tempora! Oh, Moses!'
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A philippic at once so caustic and so classical, alighted like a2 W- d/ S4 _- i8 c/ H+ W2 i
bombshell among the hitherto peaceful citizens of Nopolis. Groups of
1 {2 J" y' X% B$ x, q8 ]excited individuals gathered at the corners of the streets. Every one$ x8 j% r' I" u( O8 O
awaited, with heartfelt anxiety, the reply of the dignified Smith.
3 E- k* Q: _2 p6 Y8 ~Next morning it appeared as follows:4 d5 B+ B( Y2 |- H: U" B
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'We quote from "The Tea-Pot" of yesterday the subjoined paragraph:
, c+ u% D8 Y( d+ j/ I7 R, m, S  E"Oh, yes! Oh, we perceive! Oh, no doubt! Oh, my! Oh, goodness! Oh,# J& I+ u( Y, c- P
tempora! Oh, Moses!" Why, the fellow is all O! That accounts for his0 J. m& e; s+ T9 I  a: U9 C0 |
reasoning in a circle, and explains why there is neither beginning) }& l9 f- `4 N. `
nor end to him, nor to anything he says. We really do not believe the* \* ~6 ^7 _2 n! p6 o
vagabond can write a word that hasn't an O in it. Wonder if this1 I/ _1 B/ \! D3 u1 z! c; d
O-ing is a habit of his? By-the-by, he came away from Down-East in a
3 s/ ?% t/ c: q% G% @4 ]great hurry. Wonder if he O's as much there as he does here? "O! it
9 R# L6 ~3 A) i7 x% y5 d( @# N0 kis pitiful."'
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The indignation of Mr. Bullet-head at these scandalous insinuations,
4 T8 t" `6 ~. k' Q% U% k* V* QI shall not attempt to describe. On the eel-skinning principle,
! ^4 K+ D# Z3 X0 I$ phowever, he did not seem to be so much incensed at the attack upon
5 E! I! a' V) K5 R1 Khis integrity as one might have imagined. It was the sneer at his
7 q, f* s1 ~4 U1 e. x/ Qstyle that drove him to desperation. What! -- he Touch-and-go
2 i( Q) R5 \2 oBullet-head! -- not able to write a word without an O in it! He would
: [& |' n: W3 o. I2 Ssoon let the jackanapes see that he was mistaken. Yes! he would let
* e4 m& x$ }5 U7 u7 R2 D( Y4 _him see how much he was mistaken, the puppy! He, Touch-and-go2 V( t4 Z% s; {  H3 N' I
Bullet-head, of Frogpondium, would let Mr. John Smith perceive that" K. a0 F- X9 p! N- B
he, Bullet-head, could indite, if it so pleased him, a whole& o! F) m% A/ P# M- U, R
paragraph -- aye! a whole article -- in which that contemptible vowel3 e* [9 O, R- C
should not once -- not even once -- make its appearance. But no; --
! A& @: z& O% Pthat would be yielding a point to the said John Smith. He,
' |' D# U* d1 b$ ]* d9 ^Bullet-head, would make no alteration in his style, to suit the5 d( p, }$ ?0 y, k: g
caprices of any Mr. Smith in Christendom. Perish so vile a thought!) s: A" a- p/ j3 P
The O forever; He would persist in the O. He would be as O-wy as O-wy" a) @. \. I6 ~. h7 F9 ~
could be.
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Burning with the chivalry of this determination, the great) b3 l8 W) T! v( l
Touch-and-go, in the next 'Tea-Pot,' came out merely with this simple7 I: L  d" }  F: \" |
but resolute paragraph, in reference to this unhappy affair:2 H9 C4 ^: {6 l# i& ?

, q# I* E$ }) S5 w'The editor of the "Tea-Pot" has the honor of advising the editor of
( c4 U: w/ K9 b/ Y, H5 kthe "Gazette" that he (the "Tea-Pot") will take an opportunity in
% J! y# {/ V/ m* `, k, `tomorrow morning's paper, of convincing him (the "Daily News") that he" b( T$ C+ f, V6 V( C$ q0 W
(the "Tea-Pot") both can and will be his own master, as regards
) ?% {7 G" S  j' b! t: K8 ]5 \style; he (the "Tea-Pot") intending to show him (the "Daily News") the
& N9 M" ]5 v( e, C$ T/ Z; ]' |! lsupreme, and indeed the withering contempt with which the criticism
2 _. c2 h% H& n' c: u0 Mof him (the "Daily News") inspires the independent bosom of him (the
4 }0 [& ^6 _5 w; M- @% d5 Z$ u"TeaPot") by composing for the especial gratification (?) of him (the
+ }- u: Y7 b; d"Daily News") a leading article, of some extent, in which the beautiful/ e$ w, B% J* p$ I& ^( X
vowel -- the emblem of Eternity -- yet so offensive to the
% j5 M8 c* j/ Q' w( f/ uhyper-exquisite delicacy of him (the "Daily News") shall most certainly
  Q# s% U4 p% o& D; F3 {0 unot be avoided by his (the "Daily News") most obedient, humble4 n. Z% @( P, {' x
servant, the "Tea-Pot." "So much for Buckingham!"'- F1 |3 {3 s. J* m
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In fulfilment of the awful threat thus darkly intimated rather than
* G: ]. }# t! Y+ O2 vdecidedly enunciated, the great Bullet-head, turning a deaf ear to9 `6 B& ^, Y; b1 @, M
all entreaties for 'copy,' and simply requesting his foreman to 'go
) z! s6 {8 h- u) f% Q2 N2 @% L" Ato the d-l,' when he (the foreman) assured him (the 'Tea-Pot'!) that
  ]4 v" \8 l' b. i0 w, C" Kit was high time to 'go to press': turning a deaf ear to everything,2 W" ~' f: M3 G$ _6 d, w# d* _! L
I say, the great Bullet-head sat up until day-break, consuming the1 p4 L2 s1 G; j
midnight oil, and absorbed in the composition of the really
3 |* ~! T% T; _( b6 S# bunparalleled paragraph, which follows:-
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" j& i. g; w; k'So ho, John! how now? Told you so, you know. Don't crow, another
2 @2 Q7 e7 l# ]+ Atime, before you're out of the woods! Does your mother know you're& f' t' ^& M  [' C5 @
out? Oh, no, no! -- so go home at once, now, John, to your odious old
) d( [3 q. c! lwoods of Concord! Go home to your woods, old owl -- go! You won't!! Y2 O" S& o- l
Oh, poh, poh, don't do so! You've got to go, you know! So go at once,9 \% A! C! L5 \* N- [4 v- `2 E
and don't go slow, for nobody owns you here, you know! Oh! John,
. E* p* l0 w/ V& vJohn, if you don't go you're no homo -- no! You're only a fowl, an2 r$ U, f: |, I9 T3 q/ D5 R
owl, a cow, a sow, -- a doll, a poll; a poor, old,
5 [! T$ x6 N1 V% ^5 Wgood-for-nothing-to-nobody, log, dog, hog, or frog, come out of a
/ \" e7 K% }- ]/ E9 |% iConcord bog. Cool, now -- cool! Do be cool, you fool! None of your
% L" G' B1 r  Q$ h; Ecrowing, old cock! Don't frown so -- don't! Don't hollo, nor howl nor
: X. b" h! {# V  s; Fgrowl, nor bow-wow-wow! Good Lord, John, how you do look! Told you
8 _: [, i9 }( T4 u# ?so, you know -- but stop rolling your goose of an old poll about so,
, |! C  E6 u! Q" W: ~) M, j: Aand 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* K% u, V$ N) D3 w0 _
Touch-and-go could do nothing more than that night.  He handed his article to
& B& c5 M! U% ?) q& R) Q8 v7 I/ ^the printer's boy who was waiting, and walked slowly home to bed.- m" H! x+ `  k5 c
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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; K4 `0 o# D% t# l
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
$ C0 x9 M2 S( f& }9 C, jdescribe his feelings of horror when his fingers came out of it without a
5 D$ W7 ]1 i- y  ?& G5 ?0 nletter in them? who can tell of his astonishment and anger when he realized that the little box was completely empty?  Not a single
! p% b! K( |; t0 V% G0 }/ Xlittle-o was in the little-o box; and, glancing fearfully at the" Z% @" z4 {/ `" n9 s
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
! D" \, E6 @4 O+ Q$ J0 g# nwithout no o's.') ~# f# H( s/ \: X: ~5 L* q7 _
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'What do you mean by that?' said the chief, who was  very* m6 X# C9 i# P4 Z  `, J8 F
angry 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 a/ z2 S2 p( U* l( `3 e; J
little one!'
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! V3 l! I. t5 u'What -- what has happened to all those that were in the box?'
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5 }2 r2 o- ~+ o+ B'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.'7 }% @5 k# _" S) ?

( p! e2 R# j3 F'I haven't a doubt of it,' replied the chief angrily, turning
# x% p0 S) |7 X- @0 |% F, y8 |" hpurple with rage 'but I tell you what you do, Bob, that's a good boy, @# [" ^: l  s, }9 w$ w- _8 v- H+ P# F
-- you go over to the Daily News the first chance you get, and take every one of their5 Z! P) O& r. B& q
i's .'% N6 D0 f; N6 w: b; {; C$ G
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'Right,' replied Bob. 'I'll go,
3 E: J+ Q; G- @( uI'll show them a thing or two; but what about that. A; j! p' p$ L& V3 Y
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.'7 c7 b# ]# u: G% u5 }3 l
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'Ah, well, then! Do the best you can with it! We must get it ready,'7 i  L; Y- y+ c2 Z1 ~" w- F' q, l
said the chief, who was buried in work; 'just put in9 A( L0 x5 Q$ @$ n
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
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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 his9 E: A. O9 t$ c& G, S" i
case, muttering as he went: 'Considdeble vell, them ere expressions,
1 M* n6 _+ S$ B! N; k. e2 s8 y! t, ^0 ?perticcler for a man as doesn't swar. So I's to gouge out all their
6 [" n$ X8 H/ d. X6 a# aeyes, eh? and d-n all their gizzards! Vell! this here's the chap as" T- H2 i. V! k0 E  q' M4 J
is just able for to do it.' The fact is that although Bob was but$ Q8 I* w1 N2 R6 W* _
twelve years old and four feet high, he was equal to any amount of& V3 k* N5 a6 M
fight, in a small way.
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The exigency here described is by no means of rare occurrence in4 E) B. q/ a, T7 N6 a+ q
printing-offices; and I cannot tell how to account for it, but the
& T  B& H; z- s. e' rfact is indisputable, that when the exigency does occur, it almost: T/ i$ |6 v5 K0 b& }' J- D
always happens that x is adopted as a substitute for the letter
8 d% Z6 S" @$ i5 R6 i4 ydeficient. The true reason, perhaps, is that x is rather the most) `5 t/ I6 O; y+ L* s8 O
superabundant letter in the cases, or at least was so in the old
1 ^/ [( k" Z+ L0 ~6 a" l  ]* Q/ stimes -- long enough to render the substitution in question an
: k( c9 T5 H0 uhabitual thing with printers. As for Bob, he would have considered it$ L0 t$ l6 Z2 A0 m
heretical to employ any other character, in a case of this kind, than4 S3 ]5 @8 _- ?
the x to which he had been accustomed.& x. r8 {! i4 ~0 ]% K8 q
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'I shell have to x this ere paragrab,' said he to himself, as he read
2 U$ h" [% J4 n$ wit over in astonishment, 'but it's jest about the awfulest o-wy
6 \, o! t7 M2 l8 V5 Wparagrab I ever did see': so x it he did, unflinchingly, and to press. F/ y9 G# z! t7 U9 j
it went x-ed.
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Next morning the population of Nopolis were taken all aback by
8 F, H5 v; A* V# ?) Q) A$ e+ Rreading in 'The Tea-Pot,' the following extraordinary leader:
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1 p7 _, T- w/ c% S- ]'Sx hx, Jxhn! hxw nxw? Txld yxu sx, yxu knxw. Dxn't crxw, anxther1 b0 j1 Z3 O3 K- A9 V* q
time, befxre yxu're xut xf the wxxds! Dxes yxur mxther knxw yxu're5 C' L. x$ H9 G
xut? Xh, nx, nx! -- sx gx hxme at xnce, nxw, Jxhn, tx yxur xdixus xld0 j$ L7 Q. B7 P6 e  A6 G
wxxds xf Cxncxrd! Gx hxme tx yxur wxxds, xld xwl, -- gx! Yxu wxn't?3 g( m0 j3 X3 O) _- i. F% U
Xh, pxh, pxh, Jxhn, dxn't dx sx! Yxu've gxt tx gx, yxu knxw, sx gx at
8 ~  r- |, K6 T' S6 T8 f$ Mxnce, and dxn't gx slxw; fxr nxbxdy xwns yxu here, yxu knxw. Xh,
2 x/ p' t7 `: ?6 D1 g3 u* @& g6 gJxhn, Jxhn, Jxhn, if yxu dxn't gx yxu're nx hxmx -- nx! Yxu're xnly a. i! y9 ~" @+ ^5 n8 J
fxwl, an xwl; a cxw, a sxw; a dxll, a pxll; a pxxr xld
  @! B$ _8 `* ?3 Pgxxd-fxr-nxthing-tx-nxbxdy, lxg, dxg, hxg, xr frxg, cxme xut xf a
3 I5 s4 L8 }2 u7 N) ~/ K% _( KCxncxrd bxg. Cxxl, nxw -- cxxl! Dx be cxxl, yxu fxxl! Nxne xf yxur
7 r. |6 K4 O1 o: Ucrxwing, xld cxck! Dxn't frxwn sx -- dxn't! Dxn't hxllx, nxr hxwl,
% J2 D$ {# f4 _3 J7 P+ Y" Lnxr grxwl, nxr bxw-wxw-wxw! Gxxd Lxrd, Jxhn, hxw yxu dx lxxk! Txld
$ M; L6 T$ W0 Lyxu sx, yxu knxw, -- but stxp rxlling yxur gxxse xf an xld pxll abxut
% |5 X3 \4 z2 S& l( H9 xsx, 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
; c4 h( p. g' t3 b0 snot to be conceived. The first definite idea entertained by the
2 g  g# u3 n' e0 J  |populace was, that some diabolical treason lay concealed in the
0 ?% n1 A* l3 ~9 Mhieroglyphics; and there was a general rush to Bullet-head's/ u5 d" a# S: p6 x: u
residence, for the purpose of riding him on a rail; but that
* v8 C7 v1 G& egentleman was nowhere to be found. He had vanished, no one could tell" {$ N0 [3 [2 L; K
how; and not even the ghost of him has ever been seen since.
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% l# Z; ?5 I- {7 sUnable to discover its legitimate object, the popular fury at length
! _9 `9 [% L, E/ p2 Tsubsided; leaving behind it, by way of sediment, quite a medley of8 q' {" U9 C( N: o
opinion about this unhappy affair.' W$ @8 Q$ z( r1 v/ p

7 n/ Y" j+ m5 U  N" yOne gentleman thought the whole an X-ellent joke.
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& ~, L% [+ @: [! q& |7 hAnother said that, indeed, Bullet-head had shown much X-uberance of+ Z% q3 G. s1 X  \- F" D5 p, {
fancy.
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A third admitted him X-entric, but no more.- J! c7 {; M; C/ n6 J
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A fourth could only suppose it the Yankee's design to X-press, in a
8 k% ?) M- j8 Q9 Fgeneral way, his X-asperation.
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'Say, rather, to set an X-ample to posterity,' suggested a fifth.
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That Bullet-head had been driven to an extremity, was clear to all;
( J& D0 M) y& {  mand in fact, since that editor could not be found, there was some6 n, a% n- Z4 N
talk about lynching the other one.
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The more common conclusion, however, was that the affair was, simply,
1 u' e3 r" Z: j5 }# I9 pX-traordinary and in-X-plicable. Even the town mathematician
' B2 G7 y# S: n. Mconfessed that he could make nothing of so dark a problem. X, every.$ `0 t, ?! y% a
body knew, was an unknown quantity; but in this case (as he properly
- ?6 E4 C  b3 h+ Q3 Pobserved), there was an unknown quantity of X.
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3 f' e. m- @; ?2 j+ XThe opinion of Bob, the devil (who kept dark about his having 'X-ed
# ]" u- H7 h" B7 H1 Othe paragrab'), did not meet with so much attention as I think it7 K5 l% Q) _9 A& x' B2 R" l( K
deserved, although it was very openly and very fearlessly expressed.+ u4 T7 u# b  @9 K  v
He said that, for his part, he had no doubt about the matter at all,. M$ d& ]$ @, @' I0 P) E& n
that it was a clear case, that Mr. Bullet-head 'never could be
  E9 K" @# S& _1 `persuaded fur to drink like other folks, but vas continually
0 l8 m+ @  b. {) E; c3 l" n3 @4 |a-svigging o' that ere blessed XXX ale, and as a naiteral' z7 o- x5 S, e3 |
consekvence, it just puffed him up savage, and made him X (cross) in
/ |( A+ t. \% F$ R6 athe X-treme.'
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