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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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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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 楼主| 发表于 2009-7-27 21:39 | 显示全部楼层
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.: H$ H3 e& W4 y' y, k7 F
   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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I must do him the justice to say, however, that when he made up his
6 W8 L, k1 n& q; b& S+ K3 Cmind finally to settle in that town, it was under the impression that
3 ^: @" z5 J: U3 y# B4 x" A9 c; Z2 Ano newspaper, and consequently no editor, existed in that particular
% K/ z. c1 |$ U+ B* ysection of the country. In establishing 'The Tea-Pot' he expected to
+ w+ O& \0 }  Ehave the field all to himself. I feel confident he never would have+ J2 G" p) r% M" ~
dreamed of taking up his residence in Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis
, ^, y; O0 A  S( Lhad he been aware that, in Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis, there lived
8 e5 h% _, H- V8 B. {" ^a gentleman named John Smith (if I rightly remember), who for many
  _, g/ B0 M- c" U: `! \* _8 e0 zyears had there quietly grown fat in editing and publishing the
" D2 |& j- C. R, z'Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis Daily News.' It was solely, therefore, on
5 d% g& X; q1 t( eaccount of having been misinformed, that Mr. Bullet-head found" W0 \# y( n3 C* j
himself in Alex-suppose we call it Nopolis, 'for short' -- but, as he
) v2 o" N  F. }+ p* ldid find himself there, he determined to keep up his character for
5 K$ x2 r; k  d# b) F/ k8 ]obst -- for firmness, and remain. So remain he did; and he did more;3 I+ B4 I! v$ g/ {: B$ P* f8 ?; n
he unpacked his press, type, etc., etc., rented an office exactly. D, f. u3 ^: A) K
opposite to that of the 'Daily News,' and, on the third morning after
+ q5 s# A9 a/ C' e; ehis arrival, issued the first number of 'The Alexan' -- that is to' t' `. q! B! a2 s+ x4 f
say, of 'The Nopolis Tea-Pot' -- as nearly as I can recollect, this1 q( ?7 i, B( y" C- ^# J
was the name of the new paper.& A0 p  r1 s; v
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The leading article, I must admit, was brilliant -- not to say( C7 m& j8 W: |& e9 ~! j: X
severe. It was especially bitter about things in general -- and as1 t  Q8 r" y- p; q  H
for the editor of 'The Daily News,' he was torn all to pieces in
" U, y$ |' i3 A1 }particular. Some of Bullethead's remarks were really so fiery that I# ]2 I8 f6 N! i1 S+ W
have always, since that time, been forced to look upon John Smith,
" _0 v  F5 {* V6 R; L- j2 E2 bwho is still alive, in the light of a salamander. I cannot pretend to
* M9 R% W/ G1 b) ?" J' Hgive all the 'Tea-Pot's' paragraphs verbatim, but one of them runs
) x1 `3 I3 G9 s+ ]" U. ~thus:
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'Oh, yes! -- Oh, we perceive! Oh, no doubt! The editor over the way" e* M1 n% ~9 q3 U7 {
is a genius -- O, my! Oh, goodness, gracious! -- what is this world
# w! f$ F# m% D; e/ mcoming to? Oh, tempora! Oh, Moses!'2 V: m: s/ C  t5 Y
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A philippic at once so caustic and so classical, alighted like a
' @. c  G# M/ l' o- \' i! w; b. obombshell among the hitherto peaceful citizens of Nopolis. Groups of
( K. J4 O% Y# |9 E3 X/ Gexcited individuals gathered at the corners of the streets. Every one
1 t9 d* b- K7 Gawaited, with heartfelt anxiety, the reply of the dignified Smith.
8 E1 K+ m" J6 [& s! F( @4 yNext morning it appeared as follows:( b  g  O8 e9 _
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'We quote from "The Tea-Pot" of yesterday the subjoined paragraph:
: `( S7 H; o' @6 k8 V"Oh, yes! Oh, we perceive! Oh, no doubt! Oh, my! Oh, goodness! Oh,
5 z- c* U7 D4 a( {2 ptempora! Oh, Moses!" Why, the fellow is all O! That accounts for his4 {  s5 J8 c6 \- n# W/ C
reasoning in a circle, and explains why there is neither beginning! v5 Y& H+ m! k. \: J
nor end to him, nor to anything he says. We really do not believe the# b' s# {6 `% X* Z4 z+ f9 i
vagabond can write a word that hasn't an O in it. Wonder if this  G, z& H: S$ C6 Z; u
O-ing is a habit of his? By-the-by, he came away from Down-East in a$ J( E* x2 c' Q% A; d/ Y
great hurry. Wonder if he O's as much there as he does here? "O! it1 q1 u1 u# b! I" u8 o
is pitiful."'- t( \4 u5 K! Y# B  v' i' ~

4 b2 t6 d* T- d6 uThe indignation of Mr. Bullet-head at these scandalous insinuations,0 C5 X4 A  |( ~# H3 f
I shall not attempt to describe. On the eel-skinning principle,
0 R5 u. Y4 r$ I8 Fhowever, he did not seem to be so much incensed at the attack upon
/ o7 _5 v4 O/ W5 M2 v: K% k! Phis integrity as one might have imagined. It was the sneer at his
" u* @: A* f0 `8 f$ V7 y4 Y, E; x' kstyle that drove him to desperation. What! -- he Touch-and-go
. K8 x3 r9 e$ ]  XBullet-head! -- not able to write a word without an O in it! He would
+ z4 E8 ^+ D) P: s: U* f0 W: rsoon let the jackanapes see that he was mistaken. Yes! he would let
1 l  T) C- ]3 {7 G5 [: n6 E0 b! Dhim see how much he was mistaken, the puppy! He, Touch-and-go# `5 ~$ w3 i# y* K
Bullet-head, of Frogpondium, would let Mr. John Smith perceive that
/ I1 ~' H0 F* y1 T" ahe, Bullet-head, could indite, if it so pleased him, a whole
7 l( Z8 h  o" `" e- I/ j5 ^2 v1 j  cparagraph -- aye! a whole article -- in which that contemptible vowel
" @) W1 k+ c* q# r2 [) r3 Rshould not once -- not even once -- make its appearance. But no; --
$ v0 ]( ^- }$ x5 v, \. r, zthat would be yielding a point to the said John Smith. He,- Q- \1 V  Z0 K& M/ U6 a1 o
Bullet-head, would make no alteration in his style, to suit the
! O  r) _  b' w8 I. Wcaprices of any Mr. Smith in Christendom. Perish so vile a thought!
5 q3 Y6 i2 @; UThe O forever; He would persist in the O. He would be as O-wy as O-wy/ y$ }, e1 n- ]8 V; G
could be.
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/ E* c! D+ Y- E$ F- DBurning with the chivalry of this determination, the great
$ T7 o6 w% \# I0 S" E9 iTouch-and-go, in the next 'Tea-Pot,' came out merely with this simple% Q5 Y9 [3 V# Q3 I2 a+ `% b
but resolute paragraph, in reference to this unhappy affair:$ d7 f. D, u2 H) m0 o3 \& \
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'The editor of the "Tea-Pot" has the honor of advising the editor of
' B5 X% Z) I3 X4 sthe "Gazette" that he (the "Tea-Pot") will take an opportunity in% h( S) ?- z3 c4 c
tomorrow morning's paper, of convincing him (the "Daily News") that he
$ ^% s  S0 c3 M  c, W0 r% U) ](the "Tea-Pot") both can and will be his own master, as regards5 f; ~. ~6 v! H" K% m
style; he (the "Tea-Pot") intending to show him (the "Daily News") the
  {8 O4 z# S; D: x5 Ysupreme, and indeed the withering contempt with which the criticism
. H3 K' x0 R3 I. ?of him (the "Daily News") inspires the independent bosom of him (the8 M7 i  E8 _$ [
"TeaPot") by composing for the especial gratification (?) of him (the
9 X9 g; C! [9 R* G4 W+ ["Daily News") a leading article, of some extent, in which the beautiful% c' C% W! J$ ]- X
vowel -- the emblem of Eternity -- yet so offensive to the
" G: u# a6 L& m, `5 L' qhyper-exquisite delicacy of him (the "Daily News") shall most certainly
6 F+ K  d3 a, T3 z% e& Xnot be avoided by his (the "Daily News") most obedient, humble
0 W; x  \! F' Y/ g* xservant, the "Tea-Pot." "So much for Buckingham!"'
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( c" t, J5 u, QIn fulfilment of the awful threat thus darkly intimated rather than
" y$ U1 w" g: c6 n; g$ F  R1 bdecidedly enunciated, the great Bullet-head, turning a deaf ear to+ _. ~" N( c$ k9 l" g, H
all entreaties for 'copy,' and simply requesting his foreman to 'go
$ E, J3 h  z( C7 h& ^$ cto the d-l,' when he (the foreman) assured him (the 'Tea-Pot'!) that
" x5 _& ?" T  x( P. k; Uit was high time to 'go to press': turning a deaf ear to everything,* m2 J9 H0 u. A+ [7 Z5 ^. B
I say, the great Bullet-head sat up until day-break, consuming the
; r+ k3 N8 b3 F8 ~9 F  x9 Ymidnight oil, and absorbed in the composition of the really9 E/ h2 p  P1 i9 \% H% F. Y8 J& A
unparalleled paragraph, which follows:-
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; z5 o3 T; G& u3 e7 K$ B5 k% E+ ^'So ho, John! how now? Told you so, you know. Don't crow, another2 Z7 M4 M# a$ r! T8 o
time, before you're out of the woods! Does your mother know you're0 z  I  ^# E( _% h1 O. `' f
out? Oh, no, no! -- so go home at once, now, John, to your odious old/ v1 E. f- E; E
woods of Concord! Go home to your woods, old owl -- go! You won't!
8 f/ g8 Q* }7 q, H4 G& Y3 zOh, poh, poh, don't do so! You've got to go, you know! So go at once,
4 l( o- _% B7 p1 O% N' Q. k7 rand don't go slow, for nobody owns you here, you know! Oh! John,
! ^2 D! `. A& \: M# `- Z$ m4 EJohn, if you don't go you're no homo -- no! You're only a fowl, an
' m5 p# N& {: o1 |owl, a cow, a sow, -- a doll, a poll; a poor, old,0 x( Q. J/ |+ }, T9 R% I
good-for-nothing-to-nobody, log, dog, hog, or frog, come out of a! k3 R4 g$ v, ^! e+ Z
Concord bog. Cool, now -- cool! Do be cool, you fool! None of your5 E5 t; P3 T& u! l
crowing, old cock! Don't frown so -- don't! Don't hollo, nor howl nor
: W" F! r0 D2 a. r) ?growl, nor bow-wow-wow! Good Lord, John, how you do look! Told you' E/ |. g* P6 h
so, you know -- but stop rolling your goose of an old poll about so,
; B& f( p% K( P+ |" Yand 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
& r9 W- e) k5 RTouch-and-go could do nothing more than that night.  He handed his article to
- k5 A" x9 `/ o; Qthe printer's boy who was waiting, and walked slowly home to bed.
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4 G/ u$ [) N" QThe 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
3 Y* J. Q8 r+ X0 Flooked 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
) H, ~5 S8 g' F- Tdescribe his feelings of horror when his fingers came out of it without a
) i, ^8 ?  f: d. ?/ mletter in them? who can tell of his astonishment and anger when he realized that the little box was completely empty?  Not a single0 P6 Z4 N- J  k( s
little-o was in the little-o box; and, glancing fearfully at the
9 R  Q, H* r6 Ecapital-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+ C7 X) W, z7 I; \
without no o's.'3 }$ u6 _+ R; g% x2 o* M$ q1 x; _

/ f! _& G: A2 @! ~'What do you mean by that?' said the chief, who was  very7 x, V' g/ {5 [# n' I# r8 y6 F
angry at being kept from his bed so late.& _5 @1 d  \5 b( j+ J
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'Well, sir, there isn't an o in the office, neither a big one nor a7 r" P3 t4 o- w% B/ Y2 G5 j
little one!'
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'What -- what has happened to all those that were in the box?'0 {+ k( r8 `# ~( c$ x) f' }  A

0 ~5 E0 v4 v7 m& v'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.') D4 L* w& g* `! o
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'I haven't a doubt of it,' replied the chief angrily, turning5 q" J6 I: N" N+ m) u. j1 y
purple with rage 'but I tell you what you do, Bob, that's a good boy6 [+ p. _+ ~: L
-- you go over to the Daily News the first chance you get, and take every one of their) ~' y' p2 X  ]: }* X1 ^0 W
i's .'$ H; w0 `3 \4 l4 S- g: U
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'Right,' replied Bob. 'I'll go,! T/ A$ @) Q& ?* |- ~
I'll show them a thing or two; but what about that6 L9 |9 r& Z( h
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?') ?% \: T" ~  `
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'I Shouldn't call it a very long paragrab.'
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/ S+ B. O! ], t'Ah, well, then! Do the best you can with it! We must get it ready,'3 {$ C- ]+ |9 _. N, e  p
said the chief, who was buried in work; 'just put in
* ~: I  T! q; x2 S" esome 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 his% L2 b, n3 D6 {
case, muttering as he went: 'Considdeble vell, them ere expressions," u& h! s: ~  c/ C
perticcler for a man as doesn't swar. So I's to gouge out all their, w" A' P! D: f( f" l5 x
eyes, eh? and d-n all their gizzards! Vell! this here's the chap as
/ N* {  F# E2 b+ s) z+ U: F' Bis just able for to do it.' The fact is that although Bob was but
% |1 f& v' T" Rtwelve years old and four feet high, he was equal to any amount of
  b# {. O' [, O* nfight, in a small way.+ u" V4 s% |% B) j( i

- o/ t6 M, k+ Q( q  |The exigency here described is by no means of rare occurrence in4 J7 ]2 x- j# D9 \9 [. t
printing-offices; and I cannot tell how to account for it, but the
; _" u$ N6 D- s1 m" D1 i; Dfact is indisputable, that when the exigency does occur, it almost/ |. Q# _, H: U& D
always happens that x is adopted as a substitute for the letter+ E4 G, Q2 w0 S0 w" Q, ]
deficient. The true reason, perhaps, is that x is rather the most+ O+ G# h0 W" ~0 S( d+ X
superabundant letter in the cases, or at least was so in the old, V, x/ o2 Y( D0 G4 }1 g
times -- long enough to render the substitution in question an3 ^- m; [; w. O; ~: p: B
habitual thing with printers. As for Bob, he would have considered it" }' ~) H0 N) Y
heretical to employ any other character, in a case of this kind, than
' I" V, T5 o  o( b; E) lthe x to which he had been accustomed.+ s4 O4 M9 G" P9 b7 b2 T
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'I shell have to x this ere paragrab,' said he to himself, as he read
8 S& H3 q+ y5 K7 a- A, x& v# hit over in astonishment, 'but it's jest about the awfulest o-wy0 r" h" `! X# _: ~$ d
paragrab I ever did see': so x it he did, unflinchingly, and to press' Q9 H4 `: L$ _4 V( n
it went x-ed.. h3 I- ]6 s  y' p7 B9 E; [9 r

0 e1 w7 r" A. L2 y5 aNext morning the population of Nopolis were taken all aback by
6 m, |9 n1 z# T4 w6 Yreading in 'The Tea-Pot,' the following extraordinary leader:
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) w- i: \7 t, Y* b'Sx hx, Jxhn! hxw nxw? Txld yxu sx, yxu knxw. Dxn't crxw, anxther1 V' R, ?5 y: u7 ]4 x
time, befxre yxu're xut xf the wxxds! Dxes yxur mxther knxw yxu're
$ ~7 Y! C: S4 c1 c4 W8 y2 h- zxut? Xh, nx, nx! -- sx gx hxme at xnce, nxw, Jxhn, tx yxur xdixus xld
2 Z; R& }* N5 S2 U4 C3 Qwxxds xf Cxncxrd! Gx hxme tx yxur wxxds, xld xwl, -- gx! Yxu wxn't?5 P* d2 A/ T) @1 e& U" d
Xh, pxh, pxh, Jxhn, dxn't dx sx! Yxu've gxt tx gx, yxu knxw, sx gx at2 u, F0 F# w3 |4 i
xnce, and dxn't gx slxw; fxr nxbxdy xwns yxu here, yxu knxw. Xh,) t2 k* V# D! F& K& g. R
Jxhn, Jxhn, Jxhn, if yxu dxn't gx yxu're nx hxmx -- nx! Yxu're xnly a
% a% ?# a# z7 y% u# K2 V2 Y$ Gfxwl, an xwl; a cxw, a sxw; a dxll, a pxll; a pxxr xld
) F4 J+ u4 M* m( q. M0 L) _gxxd-fxr-nxthing-tx-nxbxdy, lxg, dxg, hxg, xr frxg, cxme xut xf a1 ?0 O" }9 T! f" \& Z, f' o3 _
Cxncxrd bxg. Cxxl, nxw -- cxxl! Dx be cxxl, yxu fxxl! Nxne xf yxur
) |: ?5 J6 n- ~% [  }" d" Ucrxwing, xld cxck! Dxn't frxwn sx -- dxn't! Dxn't hxllx, nxr hxwl,4 E% Y! b- o3 o9 m: R- x
nxr grxwl, nxr bxw-wxw-wxw! Gxxd Lxrd, Jxhn, hxw yxu dx lxxk! Txld; o( c4 @" C0 Y' ^, q
yxu sx, yxu knxw, -- but stxp rxlling yxur gxxse xf an xld pxll abxut
% V9 Y1 V0 M0 j7 D' B& N3 Nsx, and gx and drxwn yxur sxrrxws in a bxwl!'
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The uproar occasioned by this mystical and cabalistical article, is
% y4 A) o+ J  O; B* _5 bnot to be conceived. The first definite idea entertained by the5 Q, }% v5 C/ G( d, x" v/ h- E1 ]% A
populace was, that some diabolical treason lay concealed in the& r5 M% P+ h8 T/ E! `( M
hieroglyphics; and there was a general rush to Bullet-head's
: ^4 o; }9 X4 g8 cresidence, for the purpose of riding him on a rail; but that
' f. ~& ?" K) A4 ygentleman was nowhere to be found. He had vanished, no one could tell
: s$ N6 y# h3 C- Z5 y( Thow; 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
' p( n# E3 X3 N5 Bsubsided; leaving behind it, by way of sediment, quite a medley of
7 a( c0 z# a; q9 N. Fopinion about this unhappy affair.
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6 f0 N% [$ G# J. D/ MOne gentleman thought the whole an X-ellent joke.; ~0 Q; u% V& f( U9 s) t

( N9 A; ?4 H, w" M+ B% M4 }4 ?Another said that, indeed, Bullet-head had shown much X-uberance of
$ F! W( x. z. `; t" X7 m: [fancy.
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' b" j  \- S3 X9 C2 J, IA third admitted him X-entric, but no more.: M+ q# u( G. V8 c4 `* A9 ]: w
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A fourth could only suppose it the Yankee's design to X-press, in a
/ \+ c& C5 W, o$ c/ c* ^general way, his X-asperation.4 [" u) V. J. `9 m1 X
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'Say, rather, to set an X-ample to posterity,' suggested a fifth.5 V7 q" n8 u6 ?, R. q$ x

+ [' F( P5 l/ L# m& M& nThat Bullet-head had been driven to an extremity, was clear to all;( y7 I- V5 z7 ~
and in fact, since that editor could not be found, there was some$ f" Y; {/ L% M% x5 ~$ ?1 m% \
talk about lynching the other one.
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The more common conclusion, however, was that the affair was, simply,
5 g1 H: M; F  R8 UX-traordinary and in-X-plicable. Even the town mathematician
/ {( m) R) O1 ~, G7 x" Oconfessed that he could make nothing of so dark a problem. X, every.! A* p9 i- C( o* o( J$ D- ]" _& w
body knew, was an unknown quantity; but in this case (as he properly* a  L& G. R) _: ]$ Z& B
observed), there was an unknown quantity of X.$ ]$ c4 Z* }1 B

7 w/ a: [' H1 y: ?& s' F( mThe opinion of Bob, the devil (who kept dark about his having 'X-ed
3 w( U' E7 R' M2 qthe paragrab'), did not meet with so much attention as I think it
; t0 F( R; _& ^: Kdeserved, although it was very openly and very fearlessly expressed.$ b2 _5 [% K3 f3 T+ U
He said that, for his part, he had no doubt about the matter at all,+ c8 i0 E0 M) B% z! x% A! U
that it was a clear case, that Mr. Bullet-head 'never could be$ S) g  t) \8 [+ u) ?" L
persuaded fur to drink like other folks, but vas continually# S9 o6 B, C3 X3 ~3 F' ?
a-svigging o' that ere blessed XXX ale, and as a naiteral
' N: ^3 b  P0 o) M+ B9 h$ Iconsekvence, it just puffed him up savage, and made him X (cross) in" d1 R8 p0 s3 F9 v& l& l0 j
the X-treme.'
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