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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 AllanPoe1 v1 Y1 m, p: q/ Y" M* Y% `

# S2 d. ?* b- K" w7 b  ]7 ?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.. C3 L) G& }, M, R  p$ ^
   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- l* o5 f# O8 A! y
mind finally to settle in that town, it was under the impression that
5 j* ~0 d7 v9 ^% M- J# [no newspaper, and consequently no editor, existed in that particular/ F9 y; {' W& c, z
section of the country. In establishing 'The Tea-Pot' he expected to
2 O/ P5 b  o1 \9 R* yhave the field all to himself. I feel confident he never would have
, z9 z. N" N/ V/ Z4 ]dreamed of taking up his residence in Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis
, E7 f8 q: ~2 q5 v5 ohad he been aware that, in Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis, there lived7 o& K0 p* M( H
a gentleman named John Smith (if I rightly remember), who for many
1 }# K8 D  }* _) k7 a, z$ V: Iyears had there quietly grown fat in editing and publishing the$ b/ T" m% b( j+ {
'Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis Daily News.' It was solely, therefore, on4 p7 k6 z3 p3 P: s5 }
account of having been misinformed, that Mr. Bullet-head found
  D; G0 x7 B1 g- x) X/ L% s* Qhimself in Alex-suppose we call it Nopolis, 'for short' -- but, as he
" s. @5 O' W& Idid find himself there, he determined to keep up his character for) r% x& I. A3 j" \
obst -- for firmness, and remain. So remain he did; and he did more;9 A5 Z5 f. A, s4 e
he unpacked his press, type, etc., etc., rented an office exactly
+ }* _; S# I/ Zopposite to that of the 'Daily News,' and, on the third morning after
6 A3 C' }9 W4 R" @his arrival, issued the first number of 'The Alexan' -- that is to% l2 o% K$ E( w2 j
say, of 'The Nopolis Tea-Pot' -- as nearly as I can recollect, this
) |7 w8 o- Z5 R/ D4 iwas the name of the new paper.
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: L! J4 v! D' w8 w8 ?6 x! O" fThe leading article, I must admit, was brilliant -- not to say
' [4 q! k/ b2 x8 ~& u  H6 jsevere. It was especially bitter about things in general -- and as3 M2 {- C6 |! v: Y
for the editor of 'The Daily News,' he was torn all to pieces in6 K. H0 }8 s( l8 Z1 m" Q3 H+ F
particular. Some of Bullethead's remarks were really so fiery that I) g& |5 k: ]1 m
have always, since that time, been forced to look upon John Smith,
& T" u+ j9 F) Z2 w( xwho is still alive, in the light of a salamander. I cannot pretend to4 f2 H3 r+ Z0 N9 ?; _
give all the 'Tea-Pot's' paragraphs verbatim, but one of them runs5 |- K0 T& x$ ?4 L
thus:
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 楼主| 发表于 2009-7-27 21:59 | 显示全部楼层
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'Oh, yes! -- Oh, we perceive! Oh, no doubt! The editor over the way
2 a& _8 [. F- Sis a genius -- O, my! Oh, goodness, gracious! -- what is this world
  r6 j+ _+ s1 u" M. Vcoming to? Oh, tempora! Oh, Moses!'% w4 w; B- U8 X4 b3 Y4 b

2 Y, d" h5 }  U# ^A philippic at once so caustic and so classical, alighted like a. }! c- R% _! {  O! j
bombshell among the hitherto peaceful citizens of Nopolis. Groups of
+ \4 o( R& H8 j+ P+ fexcited individuals gathered at the corners of the streets. Every one
" l; B. U/ ^- g9 t$ D+ aawaited, with heartfelt anxiety, the reply of the dignified Smith.+ ]# C: g+ ^/ I! S7 T
Next morning it appeared as follows:
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'We quote from "The Tea-Pot" of yesterday the subjoined paragraph:+ R$ e" {* s8 `
"Oh, yes! Oh, we perceive! Oh, no doubt! Oh, my! Oh, goodness! Oh,/ {- E8 \# B5 H4 a
tempora! Oh, Moses!" Why, the fellow is all O! That accounts for his" g/ h4 m2 h; N9 Y
reasoning in a circle, and explains why there is neither beginning
! p: g2 ]# k+ [! b- w& ynor end to him, nor to anything he says. We really do not believe the4 c" `7 [+ F5 @. k, K
vagabond can write a word that hasn't an O in it. Wonder if this
( L6 W) ]4 G) `1 Z) }# ~9 TO-ing is a habit of his? By-the-by, he came away from Down-East in a
; _( j1 S7 Q5 h) X& C. T6 H' x9 ]6 O1 vgreat hurry. Wonder if he O's as much there as he does here? "O! it
  c5 ?! w( T' ris pitiful."'
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The indignation of Mr. Bullet-head at these scandalous insinuations,  v, s9 f2 S& j4 z/ C2 C* E7 s; U
I shall not attempt to describe. On the eel-skinning principle,' R6 q2 Z: Y$ B7 `8 o  }6 |5 |4 f0 [: }
however, he did not seem to be so much incensed at the attack upon
/ T( _! F9 E2 _' Y( M$ e7 v4 s) Ehis integrity as one might have imagined. It was the sneer at his
9 }4 y6 p2 b( j8 X, astyle that drove him to desperation. What! -- he Touch-and-go! ]9 c6 S% {9 F& Z5 c
Bullet-head! -- not able to write a word without an O in it! He would& E1 G  l! V$ \8 h. S* V5 p% W
soon let the jackanapes see that he was mistaken. Yes! he would let6 M5 m0 n5 [& S5 t) @
him see how much he was mistaken, the puppy! He, Touch-and-go0 D# v6 v* X+ e$ N, c% S! E
Bullet-head, of Frogpondium, would let Mr. John Smith perceive that
( X6 s0 K- ^; q/ Ehe, Bullet-head, could indite, if it so pleased him, a whole
2 H5 F* k7 N' M+ ?paragraph -- aye! a whole article -- in which that contemptible vowel  @1 v5 P- n: o
should not once -- not even once -- make its appearance. But no; --0 S+ S9 }* I+ \8 O2 F8 c. M
that would be yielding a point to the said John Smith. He,+ l  H: z  `3 \$ o( I+ e+ D1 D
Bullet-head, would make no alteration in his style, to suit the
3 T* {0 ^5 A, j4 }# i& M% t: g) M- Lcaprices of any Mr. Smith in Christendom. Perish so vile a thought!3 R! c7 Z; `3 h/ T2 }
The O forever; He would persist in the O. He would be as O-wy as O-wy5 H$ e8 Q8 M1 X8 N/ r/ N; v
could be.
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 楼主| 发表于 2009-7-27 21:59 | 显示全部楼层
本帖最后由 rainbowfish 于 2009-7-27 23:33 编辑
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8 D& k) T8 M1 p' }* l. {# SBurning with the chivalry of this determination, the great& U. h' t7 H7 v1 S+ M; f/ k0 B  Q
Touch-and-go, in the next 'Tea-Pot,' came out merely with this simple6 Z* a- F6 e" E2 e1 Y( F
but resolute paragraph, in reference to this unhappy affair:$ ^- ~2 w+ f6 w/ c- O: v2 o: ]

' ]7 j  a3 _) l3 r6 b9 x# s. l'The editor of the "Tea-Pot" has the honor of advising the editor of
2 T$ W* p* j6 E# q+ L3 Kthe "Gazette" that he (the "Tea-Pot") will take an opportunity in: H4 m, {5 i. [5 h
tomorrow morning's paper, of convincing him (the "Daily News") that he! g% T3 P1 k8 k' \  E
(the "Tea-Pot") both can and will be his own master, as regards. Z5 t1 e2 R! C% O
style; he (the "Tea-Pot") intending to show him (the "Daily News") the
6 p: i: n8 l9 H  R6 csupreme, and indeed the withering contempt with which the criticism
6 `+ p1 h: r- k, q' E" cof him (the "Daily News") inspires the independent bosom of him (the
, @: f2 G( J, I5 P: Q"TeaPot") by composing for the especial gratification (?) of him (the
1 _; \1 l) e5 i- U; L! z, E"Daily News") a leading article, of some extent, in which the beautiful
) p5 N* Z5 a6 _% j2 `' vvowel -- the emblem of Eternity -- yet so offensive to the
7 O: ~  @$ g. P$ K/ t* [. n! U( ~hyper-exquisite delicacy of him (the "Daily News") shall most certainly
+ G6 a% y5 K; B( @% E* ~' ~& e1 Gnot be avoided by his (the "Daily News") most obedient, humble$ |- c' A: t. m1 |
servant, the "Tea-Pot." "So much for Buckingham!"'
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3 I3 x" ]- d% \/ z2 R# [  D( R" kIn fulfilment of the awful threat thus darkly intimated rather than
$ x( P- x9 V5 r8 ?/ wdecidedly enunciated, the great Bullet-head, turning a deaf ear to
" l9 T7 v7 D' P3 eall entreaties for 'copy,' and simply requesting his foreman to 'go
$ V0 V% k7 b$ U1 V; m, ~! p+ T1 q# fto the d-l,' when he (the foreman) assured him (the 'Tea-Pot'!) that# o) L, T; B+ p8 d) n, V( G
it was high time to 'go to press': turning a deaf ear to everything,0 J. l: c& J9 T  \1 o) q
I say, the great Bullet-head sat up until day-break, consuming the4 \: u. V! [$ Q+ L# V' t
midnight oil, and absorbed in the composition of the really' b% X3 |3 D. s/ k* W* Y% L
unparalleled paragraph, which follows:-& |2 h7 z& u( n- C5 [* ?9 l

' `9 F7 }$ h5 V+ Q$ Z'So ho, John! how now? Told you so, you know. Don't crow, another$ B+ S& T) h" |; ]  H2 Y, u1 U
time, before you're out of the woods! Does your mother know you're% Y: Q% V# }8 j) r2 O' a
out? Oh, no, no! -- so go home at once, now, John, to your odious old% L" e* T' |& ]: B; k
woods of Concord! Go home to your woods, old owl -- go! You won't!
' K: v2 m* G; Z$ LOh, poh, poh, don't do so! You've got to go, you know! So go at once,
% H1 T. f: W" _- `# F1 ^! Fand don't go slow, for nobody owns you here, you know! Oh! John,
) z( A  S/ T# VJohn, if you don't go you're no homo -- no! You're only a fowl, an
/ c7 m) _% r) X% s! G/ Nowl, a cow, a sow, -- a doll, a poll; a poor, old,1 ?3 c( V: Z- f2 e( M  i! w5 O
good-for-nothing-to-nobody, log, dog, hog, or frog, come out of a
  |2 v6 n* |5 G9 a( ]- L9 }# r( SConcord bog. Cool, now -- cool! Do be cool, you fool! None of your
0 u; a8 X0 N" c1 U9 hcrowing, old cock! Don't frown so -- don't! Don't hollo, nor howl nor
% ~: L1 k  h- C. @8 Ggrowl, nor bow-wow-wow! Good Lord, John, how you do look! Told you( I# r6 G. W) N  P
so, you know -- but stop rolling your goose of an old poll about so,
. i7 U1 T7 R3 n& v: n$ band 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
. a6 h# k( w; z. i3 k# v, KTouch-and-go could do nothing more than that night.  He handed his article to
, p0 x$ T; e0 r# mthe printer's boy who was waiting, and walked slowly home to bed.- W* X& P6 q! u( a( M

0 K2 S% U& O) z3 d4 d: OThe 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
老杨团队,追求完美;客户至上,服务到位!
In the first place, of course, -- as the opening word was 'So,' -- he
! J! h3 Z, o) w" F; ]$ dlooked 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
( l4 @5 Y( Q1 d. p6 Idescribe his feelings of horror when his fingers came out of it without a1 m; M6 W" v8 h# o
letter in them? who can tell of his astonishment and anger when he realized that the little box was completely empty?  Not a single
$ u4 R! c+ o* }little-o was in the little-o box; and, glancing fearfully at the
2 A+ \( X# S- c. v6 Y$ s. K& kcapital-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
8 u4 E& I1 R7 D8 K# {7 Twithout no o's.'
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'What do you mean by that?' said the chief, who was  very
3 i: n1 W* Z, Y+ Qangry 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 a2 z4 M. S: z  G0 I+ W; Y
little one!'
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% P: S" W$ P+ D7 F5 \'What -- what has happened to all those that were in the box?'
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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.'
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4 Y) Q' O; l  F/ t'I haven't a doubt of it,' replied the chief angrily, turning
* ?$ ?# u! _' L' L1 |purple with rage 'but I tell you what you do, Bob, that's a good boy' }$ ]+ Q9 S3 j4 N8 k
-- you go over to the Daily News the first chance you get, and take every one of their' j9 p) r$ N# y. _0 T+ _1 b
i's .'" g) j8 T+ F* \% m) C& _5 t

  v% H. L. e7 {1 j'Right,' replied Bob. 'I'll go,
- ]2 s5 j- u7 m2 q9 @, ~I'll show them a thing or two; but what about that
6 Y* T0 j5 y3 ~, k1 w" Q  tparagraph? 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?'& a0 w. ]* F9 a

! K1 ^' ?4 b0 c% I- ]" m'I Shouldn't call it a very long paragrab.'
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'Ah, well, then! Do the best you can with it! We must get it ready,'
5 w8 l! m+ S% R7 osaid the chief, who was buried in work; 'just put in
/ I9 q  ^3 s6 Z; L' V. Y- Nsome 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
老杨团队,追求完美;客户至上,服务到位!
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
6 X2 a" p2 ~3 r8 |case, muttering as he went: 'Considdeble vell, them ere expressions,
: ^' \+ l# j6 j# D2 q+ M: {perticcler for a man as doesn't swar. So I's to gouge out all their5 N7 q3 `/ m9 A4 K1 T6 h) h( g  t
eyes, eh? and d-n all their gizzards! Vell! this here's the chap as+ B' T2 x1 H6 t5 P" ]6 q; A. G7 D0 {
is just able for to do it.' The fact is that although Bob was but1 d+ l9 d: L* q" J) _5 b. {
twelve years old and four feet high, he was equal to any amount of0 A3 P) p( `6 X$ v8 C$ g2 p
fight, in a small way.
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The exigency here described is by no means of rare occurrence in
  G2 d4 J+ n  z- j  w- Q% Fprinting-offices; and I cannot tell how to account for it, but the0 G  I3 j/ E) ?2 B2 u" I1 m$ r2 Q
fact is indisputable, that when the exigency does occur, it almost) h6 ?0 W6 B4 \) l( j2 e
always happens that x is adopted as a substitute for the letter
/ O) u9 i1 k6 l: Gdeficient. The true reason, perhaps, is that x is rather the most
' O) _1 d( |7 l, U6 c: Fsuperabundant letter in the cases, or at least was so in the old2 N7 B- }5 D  A
times -- long enough to render the substitution in question an
% k: a& U, F0 V  a( l& Khabitual thing with printers. As for Bob, he would have considered it
9 I/ O5 g9 K8 ^/ |heretical to employ any other character, in a case of this kind, than. B8 @$ r$ A6 W6 h; K
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
  h/ X: R2 u1 H! |2 e8 u7 Q5 k1 Hit over in astonishment, 'but it's jest about the awfulest o-wy
  J: G0 ^! {' U3 C- pparagrab I ever did see': so x it he did, unflinchingly, and to press
) M7 ^& ]5 M# @7 I! a5 u' jit went x-ed.
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Next morning the population of Nopolis were taken all aback by" L. O9 j- g/ D
reading in 'The Tea-Pot,' the following extraordinary leader:9 y! _2 b" c- X1 D4 L7 k5 ~& ?
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'Sx hx, Jxhn! hxw nxw? Txld yxu sx, yxu knxw. Dxn't crxw, anxther
1 K5 X2 w" p4 Q& ^: c; ztime, befxre yxu're xut xf the wxxds! Dxes yxur mxther knxw yxu're( V  |' U+ c# i! A5 S1 @
xut? Xh, nx, nx! -- sx gx hxme at xnce, nxw, Jxhn, tx yxur xdixus xld
  i4 x2 r/ y- Z4 U/ p* uwxxds xf Cxncxrd! Gx hxme tx yxur wxxds, xld xwl, -- gx! Yxu wxn't?& |. V* T& l: c  `3 W8 N
Xh, pxh, pxh, Jxhn, dxn't dx sx! Yxu've gxt tx gx, yxu knxw, sx gx at* _+ k& t! I- O+ M8 U- g( i
xnce, and dxn't gx slxw; fxr nxbxdy xwns yxu here, yxu knxw. Xh,
4 q; m( d+ A8 m/ e  H5 h5 r; YJxhn, Jxhn, Jxhn, if yxu dxn't gx yxu're nx hxmx -- nx! Yxu're xnly a
5 N3 U4 ^* x- Z' W% V% bfxwl, an xwl; a cxw, a sxw; a dxll, a pxll; a pxxr xld
4 U7 K2 P- q9 h5 w# g' P. @7 egxxd-fxr-nxthing-tx-nxbxdy, lxg, dxg, hxg, xr frxg, cxme xut xf a; v- t" J( V. R6 @1 B$ g0 B
Cxncxrd bxg. Cxxl, nxw -- cxxl! Dx be cxxl, yxu fxxl! Nxne xf yxur6 u  t! `8 E' Z; @2 [
crxwing, xld cxck! Dxn't frxwn sx -- dxn't! Dxn't hxllx, nxr hxwl,8 A# s4 f* Z& d/ v3 A6 T) s
nxr grxwl, nxr bxw-wxw-wxw! Gxxd Lxrd, Jxhn, hxw yxu dx lxxk! Txld* a' B+ m& h3 \2 |2 x6 s0 K  e
yxu sx, yxu knxw, -- but stxp rxlling yxur gxxse xf an xld pxll abxut
/ z+ v. E8 {$ j+ B+ zsx, 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, is4 d$ D6 T0 X4 H$ `" z
not to be conceived. The first definite idea entertained by the8 G5 |+ `8 O# f, }
populace was, that some diabolical treason lay concealed in the8 M: C/ F4 h% `' m
hieroglyphics; and there was a general rush to Bullet-head's
. C3 @/ H: V' Aresidence, for the purpose of riding him on a rail; but that. c0 p/ I% T6 T) F3 l. Y% |
gentleman was nowhere to be found. He had vanished, no one could tell
5 Q6 P( f6 G+ w- `9 g' ?how; and not even the ghost of him has ever been seen since.* T% @5 t4 O' b  ]: k
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Unable to discover its legitimate object, the popular fury at length; v* I! _0 H# ]7 }+ D% s8 b/ Y
subsided; leaving behind it, by way of sediment, quite a medley of( T+ m0 V6 s7 i% Y- c2 J
opinion about this unhappy affair.0 ^$ A; G6 C$ O3 K% q; c0 L
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One gentleman thought the whole an X-ellent joke.3 Z5 V' S: L+ v$ T# A
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Another said that, indeed, Bullet-head had shown much X-uberance of  X0 i9 g8 q7 `$ m# Z# D% B
fancy.
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A third admitted him X-entric, but no more.
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A fourth could only suppose it the Yankee's design to X-press, in a6 o( y$ l6 f" M8 b/ F; L4 j
general way, his X-asperation.- O3 D7 r; |4 M( E5 ?, c6 X
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'Say, rather, to set an X-ample to posterity,' suggested a fifth.
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" v" m: b# h2 y: V+ O* g7 YThat Bullet-head had been driven to an extremity, was clear to all;5 [7 }8 I8 ]9 I: O) y/ P
and in fact, since that editor could not be found, there was some
; o( \$ B( c1 `6 |talk about lynching the other one.
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The more common conclusion, however, was that the affair was, simply,- F7 n0 G8 k' b( q* A4 L7 ^& L  g
X-traordinary and in-X-plicable. Even the town mathematician
6 S( A6 R: A! q2 ?) Hconfessed that he could make nothing of so dark a problem. X, every.
: ]  W: D; I7 Y) Dbody knew, was an unknown quantity; but in this case (as he properly
: ]% f8 n$ Q) I) {, m9 r% m2 Mobserved), there was an unknown quantity of X.
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The opinion of Bob, the devil (who kept dark about his having 'X-ed
6 {% f7 z8 k4 Q8 [% V* Qthe paragrab'), did not meet with so much attention as I think it- u- O4 ^8 D# S& W. e( Z
deserved, although it was very openly and very fearlessly expressed.- T" \: P# J# @5 w1 v, [. F% x
He said that, for his part, he had no doubt about the matter at all,
3 X0 J6 j6 g5 Rthat it was a clear case, that Mr. Bullet-head 'never could be- j1 \' [, W8 N& a0 A
persuaded fur to drink like other folks, but vas continually% n2 @1 U  d  d* ?
a-svigging o' that ere blessed XXX ale, and as a naiteral
" F- H4 ?. c( R  _+ D4 R, [2 R4 W" _consekvence, it just puffed him up savage, and made him X (cross) in
7 @$ o. |4 O$ x7 Fthe X-treme.'
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