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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- f8 E! D5 `+ X/ ^

  Y9 m% j( g" {/ H# \% s( z! T7 h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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8 \8 {! ]8 l% f' t# f* KAS 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.4 g' W' y7 b/ F" L% H& x) U
   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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I must do him the justice to say, however, that when he made up his
' X. |" P( `" `" ymind finally to settle in that town, it was under the impression that& _" A  F0 A( Z2 Y, h
no newspaper, and consequently no editor, existed in that particular  n8 k/ h9 M6 g) \* @2 {  y  N$ b$ z
section of the country. In establishing 'The Tea-Pot' he expected to
  D* v* Z* Q/ J1 ~. w$ fhave the field all to himself. I feel confident he never would have
5 w6 B$ n, Q$ \8 t8 ?* Y9 ydreamed of taking up his residence in Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis4 N* j, m" ~1 H1 o% v: `
had he been aware that, in Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis, there lived+ J/ s0 Y# T( O1 {: P/ ~
a gentleman named John Smith (if I rightly remember), who for many4 f5 `1 `# d8 P" t8 O2 ~
years had there quietly grown fat in editing and publishing the. u) J! T' v' Z% x; t) f4 D
'Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis Daily News.' It was solely, therefore, on
' d; y/ b! n! n. G* Uaccount of having been misinformed, that Mr. Bullet-head found
- n/ ~- T7 m+ O( B6 l4 dhimself in Alex-suppose we call it Nopolis, 'for short' -- but, as he
" G) v% U$ K* X5 g) V& Q7 p/ Kdid find himself there, he determined to keep up his character for
" y& f& E; Y. ~8 a' b9 N; gobst -- for firmness, and remain. So remain he did; and he did more;
8 b7 O1 [1 W2 p6 W7 ^he unpacked his press, type, etc., etc., rented an office exactly7 @! R# o* P9 m! y6 L5 N' {
opposite to that of the 'Daily News,' and, on the third morning after$ J9 d+ w+ t0 ?
his arrival, issued the first number of 'The Alexan' -- that is to
/ m! ]* a% s' n0 l: P1 o! c" Bsay, of 'The Nopolis Tea-Pot' -- as nearly as I can recollect, this
2 K" Q/ w2 _/ h; D# nwas the name of the new paper.
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6 b2 u0 N, @: LThe leading article, I must admit, was brilliant -- not to say) I+ g4 m, u2 S: m4 L$ a
severe. It was especially bitter about things in general -- and as
8 w6 h5 S. w4 cfor the editor of 'The Daily News,' he was torn all to pieces in$ r+ V; B8 V/ P% X; H3 v
particular. Some of Bullethead's remarks were really so fiery that I
% a+ G! D+ e0 M- K( Zhave always, since that time, been forced to look upon John Smith,6 h' [6 i' [: d- H+ t$ k
who is still alive, in the light of a salamander. I cannot pretend to( C) @# ?* g) X' @7 v1 D2 [0 J, M
give all the 'Tea-Pot's' paragraphs verbatim, but one of them runs
' f) }1 g7 M( w! u7 M. Cthus:
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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
) {# B0 _7 v1 A$ R+ I5 }8 Ris a genius -- O, my! Oh, goodness, gracious! -- what is this world; |8 q1 \- ^! e
coming to? Oh, tempora! Oh, Moses!'
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& {" u+ R2 ~5 c( s0 j% o2 O( c& kA philippic at once so caustic and so classical, alighted like a( I6 L  O$ Y( E& Q1 u. r
bombshell among the hitherto peaceful citizens of Nopolis. Groups of, r% d5 z/ s& s9 }# j2 O0 g4 g
excited individuals gathered at the corners of the streets. Every one0 k7 W! e' H' m: [' X+ f4 _/ o7 e
awaited, with heartfelt anxiety, the reply of the dignified Smith.) E- i9 ]: Y6 e
Next morning it appeared as follows:
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'We quote from "The Tea-Pot" of yesterday the subjoined paragraph:
0 z0 P. C7 m* l5 a8 t$ C" Y5 W"Oh, yes! Oh, we perceive! Oh, no doubt! Oh, my! Oh, goodness! Oh,& Q8 X$ M0 ~& s$ J4 j; _& x
tempora! Oh, Moses!" Why, the fellow is all O! That accounts for his
4 L) S* u) @0 ~' }- M7 }8 `reasoning in a circle, and explains why there is neither beginning! [# |! a4 ^( A6 p6 |( I
nor end to him, nor to anything he says. We really do not believe the, t1 b9 y% @$ I4 K, X1 P7 V
vagabond can write a word that hasn't an O in it. Wonder if this1 t, ?* n' R  X; k& @
O-ing is a habit of his? By-the-by, he came away from Down-East in a
& Y- C' r  o$ i: o( Zgreat hurry. Wonder if he O's as much there as he does here? "O! it
% V8 c# l; t) b5 _  o0 ], _is pitiful."'5 R! F- w) d. d4 ~
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The indignation of Mr. Bullet-head at these scandalous insinuations,
4 D( z4 D* q- }; |- SI shall not attempt to describe. On the eel-skinning principle,
' R8 i  B  e9 L; Y9 v4 dhowever, he did not seem to be so much incensed at the attack upon
* W& p( u( c" R: Phis integrity as one might have imagined. It was the sneer at his
  R" C# \$ ~% w5 Q, ?style that drove him to desperation. What! -- he Touch-and-go
: w# d& @) E0 EBullet-head! -- not able to write a word without an O in it! He would
! W$ Q6 j9 A% x, B- ?  \8 o4 \! Gsoon let the jackanapes see that he was mistaken. Yes! he would let
) _3 r/ h. N( \/ M/ Z+ }him see how much he was mistaken, the puppy! He, Touch-and-go; I  S8 G' p5 b: b, L
Bullet-head, of Frogpondium, would let Mr. John Smith perceive that
- h# ?# F' k6 z$ mhe, Bullet-head, could indite, if it so pleased him, a whole
) c* s- y2 r; r. }paragraph -- aye! a whole article -- in which that contemptible vowel
9 m4 n& J8 S4 Y& D. C5 lshould not once -- not even once -- make its appearance. But no; --
* I3 V  y- o- ?that would be yielding a point to the said John Smith. He,7 f+ L+ T3 k, j0 S8 a% U
Bullet-head, would make no alteration in his style, to suit the4 R; L/ @$ u! v- e
caprices of any Mr. Smith in Christendom. Perish so vile a thought!
, w  [4 a) c% m$ R, k$ KThe O forever; He would persist in the O. He would be as O-wy as O-wy; E0 ^! c* @# r+ G* E: c
could be.
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本帖最后由 rainbowfish 于 2009-7-27 23:33 编辑
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( `9 N0 G& P, h' D; @Burning with the chivalry of this determination, the great) V0 X5 ^2 J- p# b- {
Touch-and-go, in the next 'Tea-Pot,' came out merely with this simple) f7 N7 G; S$ O( R+ [  L/ j9 H
but resolute paragraph, in reference to this unhappy affair:3 y% E" n$ j3 Y# l* c, `2 I1 l0 b
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'The editor of the "Tea-Pot" has the honor of advising the editor of. b4 W4 k. H5 V1 c, }; L% E
the "Gazette" that he (the "Tea-Pot") will take an opportunity in$ i1 c, a# X3 v5 K6 e4 M
tomorrow morning's paper, of convincing him (the "Daily News") that he
) s( n4 e+ @+ M" D' s(the "Tea-Pot") both can and will be his own master, as regards
+ C: o7 c; E& ]style; he (the "Tea-Pot") intending to show him (the "Daily News") the
1 s9 e' |# J8 ^+ l& v% ]supreme, and indeed the withering contempt with which the criticism
1 z3 p- q4 t( n/ d. u4 E" @+ D: zof him (the "Daily News") inspires the independent bosom of him (the2 t# e" D( o+ K  D2 H. H
"TeaPot") by composing for the especial gratification (?) of him (the3 b2 I' R- s! r1 h" b! a3 A  L
"Daily News") a leading article, of some extent, in which the beautiful
3 ^2 W9 I8 i! T8 s) }# t5 Qvowel -- the emblem of Eternity -- yet so offensive to the- j2 ^4 e& H5 X3 F  j3 N/ Z
hyper-exquisite delicacy of him (the "Daily News") shall most certainly% @' s1 L/ U) f. @) g; L
not be avoided by his (the "Daily News") most obedient, humble
9 l( Q- L/ \5 i1 F( r- Jservant, the "Tea-Pot." "So much for Buckingham!"'7 ^/ m8 L0 l' y# G

) f- }7 t, w# F& O- h& J% jIn fulfilment of the awful threat thus darkly intimated rather than5 ?! |2 c: }+ L& [" d8 P, ?3 R
decidedly enunciated, the great Bullet-head, turning a deaf ear to: j- A+ ~7 l0 |2 k, b
all entreaties for 'copy,' and simply requesting his foreman to 'go, s" @- c$ J0 a
to the d-l,' when he (the foreman) assured him (the 'Tea-Pot'!) that
" K( q" X; O1 Iit was high time to 'go to press': turning a deaf ear to everything,# x9 U5 R# e1 Q$ H8 Q1 w1 o
I say, the great Bullet-head sat up until day-break, consuming the
  a0 y6 z' @% d( g8 T9 f  f3 z$ Jmidnight oil, and absorbed in the composition of the really
! b/ P- C. Q0 V! g+ B) c4 Munparalleled paragraph, which follows:-
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3 e: O9 e9 m, P/ I* Q. h! s'So ho, John! how now? Told you so, you know. Don't crow, another
/ A: F* P: \5 d/ [- `time, before you're out of the woods! Does your mother know you're
$ s/ ?% H( D7 C  G2 l5 _/ |5 s/ D% Vout? Oh, no, no! -- so go home at once, now, John, to your odious old
5 @* i/ O+ ~" O; j, S2 x; pwoods of Concord! Go home to your woods, old owl -- go! You won't!
$ y+ O" n$ A. L  tOh, poh, poh, don't do so! You've got to go, you know! So go at once,8 G: Y$ D# b  F- F- H
and don't go slow, for nobody owns you here, you know! Oh! John,
4 D' E1 O" D: g. G( @) LJohn, if you don't go you're no homo -- no! You're only a fowl, an
9 W/ ]  u% a1 W# r: f: C; xowl, a cow, a sow, -- a doll, a poll; a poor, old,  {8 _5 G. ]2 u' n7 @2 G
good-for-nothing-to-nobody, log, dog, hog, or frog, come out of a1 r* X& \9 r& L$ E( G' j
Concord bog. Cool, now -- cool! Do be cool, you fool! None of your& n2 B0 [% s% m( y/ U# h
crowing, old cock! Don't frown so -- don't! Don't hollo, nor howl nor& g2 ~8 `! R6 {) F+ @4 h( e. P
growl, nor bow-wow-wow! Good Lord, John, how you do look! Told you9 o$ {) L9 E- C' k
so, you know -- but stop rolling your goose of an old poll about so,
2 D  h% C  g2 K' b2 {4 S! |and 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 great5 i+ T0 N4 D7 y: Q
Touch-and-go could do nothing more than that night.  He handed his article to% |% s5 j" l6 g6 `" B
the printer's boy who was waiting, and walked slowly home to bed.
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8 M3 V* Z0 V  F  VThe 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- y6 z# C9 a, H$ Q
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
8 X1 G& \' v* Odescribe his feelings of horror when his fingers came out of it without a/ m. x0 @6 n+ M& b  J3 M" T8 e9 B
letter in them? who can tell of his astonishment and anger when he realized that the little box was completely empty?  Not a single/ J5 x& p- \( C/ I, w* ?
little-o was in the little-o box; and, glancing fearfully at the+ `1 N+ }- Y, F0 ~0 p& R4 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$ @$ o" y- u, [# ?! r9 k
without no o's.'' u5 `8 p3 d5 |, S" x
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'What do you mean by that?' said the chief, who was  very: G2 U* f0 f; ?0 n1 ~
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 a1 K- _' I' S; h3 k8 j' C
little one!'1 m' p' H3 f. @+ E" u
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'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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6 }  Y5 D' C. G4 M, y( z; f'I haven't a doubt of it,' replied the chief angrily, turning
4 M' K' o! _3 i6 R' Z% B' d2 ]( N& Bpurple with rage 'but I tell you what you do, Bob, that's a good boy
& K7 ]- m0 q' r. l. e0 B2 s-- you go over to the Daily News the first chance you get, and take every one of their( K4 e) c5 [" N2 ]3 A; f0 r/ s9 P1 u! u! Z
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& g! ]8 m9 F$ \9 c'Right,' replied Bob. 'I'll go,
6 e- q- w4 ~, U1 i# ~I'll show them a thing or two; but what about that) j9 X, a( V4 }; ^7 q6 G2 L
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
'Trouble enough. Is it a long paragraph, Bob?'! h' H8 }; l- Q( X3 |: X' R) E  g

* n6 U; x) P2 V; S; r'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 h3 c7 b+ Y6 L+ Ksaid the chief, who was buried in work; 'just put in
6 T) A# l- a( ~* z. ]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
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
* l7 |- g+ P& g) D' ^' e, fcase, muttering as he went: 'Considdeble vell, them ere expressions,& X5 l4 \1 h% e9 e
perticcler for a man as doesn't swar. So I's to gouge out all their5 J! k% {9 c2 e* w+ M" o7 }+ ^" B
eyes, eh? and d-n all their gizzards! Vell! this here's the chap as: c; \/ i  l: J3 K" H; W6 D2 A
is just able for to do it.' The fact is that although Bob was but
, s- F- D& [; j9 E# K  T/ }5 gtwelve years old and four feet high, he was equal to any amount of
% Y1 m  ^' W) I& S5 C' q4 G/ X2 sfight, in a small way.& u, P8 [9 D0 q6 a& L/ F
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The exigency here described is by no means of rare occurrence in
7 C/ W1 m: |+ pprinting-offices; and I cannot tell how to account for it, but the
6 j$ l" I+ Y! e& V/ @fact is indisputable, that when the exigency does occur, it almost
2 l1 ?, O4 k; S( Z0 y' kalways happens that x is adopted as a substitute for the letter* d6 z! Z! n9 H- r
deficient. The true reason, perhaps, is that x is rather the most
$ @5 K3 I) V. v" [. A1 rsuperabundant letter in the cases, or at least was so in the old& t; ^3 t. X4 ?6 d
times -- long enough to render the substitution in question an. X" C9 s9 t; m( c4 c( L
habitual thing with printers. As for Bob, he would have considered it
# [, w1 a- C# p2 V5 N, _2 E6 {heretical to employ any other character, in a case of this kind, than
9 k! Q1 a7 N; y- K3 S7 @the x to which he had been accustomed.
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; U' ^+ r3 R& w. L% _- Y9 G/ k'I shell have to x this ere paragrab,' said he to himself, as he read
  y) P- i8 ], X) I9 z9 @it over in astonishment, 'but it's jest about the awfulest o-wy! f/ T6 k$ R' Z: c' T- u% b8 o
paragrab I ever did see': so x it he did, unflinchingly, and to press% \8 i5 A; u7 O
it went x-ed.
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Next morning the population of Nopolis were taken all aback by
) z9 d( j- a1 M' sreading in 'The Tea-Pot,' the following extraordinary leader:
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) U! O4 w) g6 Z* X0 l7 ]/ A'Sx hx, Jxhn! hxw nxw? Txld yxu sx, yxu knxw. Dxn't crxw, anxther
' T; \; N& p% M: _time, befxre yxu're xut xf the wxxds! Dxes yxur mxther knxw yxu're
# t  c; U0 ^3 j( L: |xut? Xh, nx, nx! -- sx gx hxme at xnce, nxw, Jxhn, tx yxur xdixus xld6 p1 p' L0 c# f* Z- }
wxxds xf Cxncxrd! Gx hxme tx yxur wxxds, xld xwl, -- gx! Yxu wxn't?
- p5 c7 m& n+ y& J% g8 KXh, pxh, pxh, Jxhn, dxn't dx sx! Yxu've gxt tx gx, yxu knxw, sx gx at
& `# [" ]* N/ p0 f" j3 E$ Uxnce, and dxn't gx slxw; fxr nxbxdy xwns yxu here, yxu knxw. Xh,! Y; i) i1 U' }3 d
Jxhn, Jxhn, Jxhn, if yxu dxn't gx yxu're nx hxmx -- nx! Yxu're xnly a
/ n+ r5 A$ v1 ^1 ~* r# D; l5 i; ffxwl, an xwl; a cxw, a sxw; a dxll, a pxll; a pxxr xld
8 i9 L  `0 W; V5 ?gxxd-fxr-nxthing-tx-nxbxdy, lxg, dxg, hxg, xr frxg, cxme xut xf a6 x# e% p- f& N# V! e
Cxncxrd bxg. Cxxl, nxw -- cxxl! Dx be cxxl, yxu fxxl! Nxne xf yxur
. {' a$ x8 u# N' V+ Ycrxwing, xld cxck! Dxn't frxwn sx -- dxn't! Dxn't hxllx, nxr hxwl,( ^  d2 a4 V' \, s9 k/ p3 \
nxr grxwl, nxr bxw-wxw-wxw! Gxxd Lxrd, Jxhn, hxw yxu dx lxxk! Txld/ r$ D3 y' m: D$ Y% z$ Z
yxu sx, yxu knxw, -- but stxp rxlling yxur gxxse xf an xld pxll abxut
' O2 {/ Q8 J# }5 Z" ~. {sx, 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
! }/ j. s5 c7 k4 Mnot to be conceived. The first definite idea entertained by the
7 n- c; c2 A" S/ u, P& L; y0 Mpopulace was, that some diabolical treason lay concealed in the  |0 P; n0 f- @$ c' R: p/ F
hieroglyphics; and there was a general rush to Bullet-head's2 a5 v  c8 y7 C, \9 ]( K2 T7 ~8 j
residence, for the purpose of riding him on a rail; but that2 H4 G$ r/ N- ~' {& u7 ]0 k
gentleman was nowhere to be found. He had vanished, no one could tell. O" d* _, X$ p' `. s& z
how; 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  u! o" D$ n5 v/ j" b
subsided; leaving behind it, by way of sediment, quite a medley of1 j- o# {1 t1 {' q
opinion about this unhappy affair.9 r# \) {' A& ]/ f2 l/ i7 Y2 n- `

: W1 t3 z7 V8 {6 F- g2 ?One gentleman thought the whole an X-ellent joke.' U1 A8 t7 R5 ^9 y3 v1 s. }

. I; s7 I) U, ?) {5 Q  T, mAnother said that, indeed, Bullet-head had shown much X-uberance of
) {. \) ^: J& a$ ?5 f/ Y* j) i- gfancy.
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A third admitted him X-entric, but no more.; n: C$ W( [0 ]! l

$ s) E8 w+ x* I1 SA fourth could only suppose it the Yankee's design to X-press, in a9 l0 A! e: J, f& v. l
general way, his X-asperation.
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'Say, rather, to set an X-ample to posterity,' suggested a fifth.  S5 R( F4 J) k1 b3 F2 t" d- A
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That Bullet-head had been driven to an extremity, was clear to all;% T. E9 t. X- H# e4 X* y
and in fact, since that editor could not be found, there was some5 v7 X5 q5 @) |" `0 Y
talk about lynching the other one.
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The more common conclusion, however, was that the affair was, simply,9 y% a0 Z5 \& t
X-traordinary and in-X-plicable. Even the town mathematician
5 g/ p! K, `1 T0 U) W( H  ]" nconfessed that he could make nothing of so dark a problem. X, every.
$ \9 X* S/ k; u, f, L* Ybody knew, was an unknown quantity; but in this case (as he properly7 @% p0 u) l' v( p
observed), there was an unknown quantity of X., {' Z. R4 C$ m" T1 {5 E! J& z
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The opinion of Bob, the devil (who kept dark about his having 'X-ed
7 E% o  D9 ]+ J) W, d7 M# o  K# y/ [the paragrab'), did not meet with so much attention as I think it* L5 a0 d! ~" D- ]( ?
deserved, although it was very openly and very fearlessly expressed.
& Z* H, G* p5 o. Q; \He said that, for his part, he had no doubt about the matter at all,
' t. x$ J, `) m5 ?8 cthat it was a clear case, that Mr. Bullet-head 'never could be  a9 M7 f" Y3 u1 R% B
persuaded fur to drink like other folks, but vas continually% H- z. a( {# X9 u/ D0 f/ Q
a-svigging o' that ere blessed XXX ale, and as a naiteral
) f  r3 y1 }  C3 Oconsekvence, it just puffed him up savage, and made him X (cross) in3 E9 l: r% i  `" Z" u4 k
the X-treme.'
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