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发表于 2009-7-27 21:35 | 显示全部楼层 |阅读模式
老杨团队,追求完美;客户至上,服务到位!
X-ing a Paragraph—————Edgar AllanPoe; f+ h9 O! }3 ^- ?. h4 E2 {& _5 ^
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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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7 C+ ?+ ?' y0 v4 }( e7 a' CAS 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.- _: N; {. c/ M' N, m
   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( O. G! P9 c+ J' O5 N
mind finally to settle in that town, it was under the impression that" l, i: T3 N2 T" Y3 t6 ^+ i& r
no newspaper, and consequently no editor, existed in that particular
5 Y8 K0 @3 |, f# v/ w- Qsection of the country. In establishing 'The Tea-Pot' he expected to
. ^( e  i' T# t! {+ y. B# m/ k$ n% ehave the field all to himself. I feel confident he never would have; d* h' L2 \3 f+ |' ]( r* F; P1 g
dreamed of taking up his residence in Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis
# K$ t: K, e: s; X0 uhad he been aware that, in Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis, there lived
1 x5 Y9 ~* |2 H$ n" c/ B( U  ^a gentleman named John Smith (if I rightly remember), who for many% k7 ~3 h7 G# }$ c8 W: T
years had there quietly grown fat in editing and publishing the
! [7 j2 G6 M% H& H$ x'Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis Daily News.' It was solely, therefore, on
% i( G' L2 U! laccount of having been misinformed, that Mr. Bullet-head found
3 D' p. E( v( P6 m* r! ihimself in Alex-suppose we call it Nopolis, 'for short' -- but, as he3 T9 L1 u$ z! g! Y* }; K6 F- D7 p
did find himself there, he determined to keep up his character for
! M4 H9 u9 ?, O' A. h$ `2 |obst -- for firmness, and remain. So remain he did; and he did more;; @* q* z  e* w9 S/ L8 ^7 D3 q+ j
he unpacked his press, type, etc., etc., rented an office exactly& _8 Q' Z# p. r$ K, e" i
opposite to that of the 'Daily News,' and, on the third morning after% C' `5 ~! k. ^4 S. t
his arrival, issued the first number of 'The Alexan' -- that is to( N, ~0 q# O9 T" [% H' {
say, of 'The Nopolis Tea-Pot' -- as nearly as I can recollect, this: H8 L  d) g3 E+ F4 J0 o! ~: b
was the name of the new paper.' ], u* Y0 c) |6 R, J9 `

+ M# a5 c* P6 p- t9 OThe leading article, I must admit, was brilliant -- not to say
/ b4 e" z8 d5 \; Z* K% osevere. It was especially bitter about things in general -- and as
& A; V1 G; v  Zfor the editor of 'The Daily News,' he was torn all to pieces in
( I5 v- G% Y4 g* u. ]particular. Some of Bullethead's remarks were really so fiery that I
2 u+ |1 d; a5 h. m& g" hhave always, since that time, been forced to look upon John Smith,8 N4 B( C0 I. }
who is still alive, in the light of a salamander. I cannot pretend to) s/ {8 `* M+ f1 y8 Y" l' |5 }
give all the 'Tea-Pot's' paragraphs verbatim, but one of them runs
1 U' I( f- y& D5 T3 J/ vthus:
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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) a6 f5 ~6 m/ [1 y+ p6 [7 b2 _# J
is a genius -- O, my! Oh, goodness, gracious! -- what is this world
. n! R& f! G6 J8 acoming to? Oh, tempora! Oh, Moses!'
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A philippic at once so caustic and so classical, alighted like a  @) A' I/ @9 U# }1 I: {2 c& D/ I
bombshell among the hitherto peaceful citizens of Nopolis. Groups of
0 K+ ^, b% A* U! Pexcited individuals gathered at the corners of the streets. Every one! v4 Q: ]1 D& I5 w1 G
awaited, with heartfelt anxiety, the reply of the dignified Smith.
4 j! P* h! \' T0 ?! MNext morning it appeared as follows:( j. g3 T; X! `

7 V" O2 P: j  Q: p. F  i7 {$ r'We quote from "The Tea-Pot" of yesterday the subjoined paragraph:
/ I0 D: |9 z; b( L4 M+ p% w"Oh, yes! Oh, we perceive! Oh, no doubt! Oh, my! Oh, goodness! Oh,
4 _( D/ p7 g# A# {$ C8 Xtempora! Oh, Moses!" Why, the fellow is all O! That accounts for his
: E( ]9 ^6 e' U# |6 Oreasoning in a circle, and explains why there is neither beginning
' f- ?1 S" ]( S+ u( Y  y0 Y  Gnor end to him, nor to anything he says. We really do not believe the
6 m* q; T+ G' v; C7 b" j6 A& Gvagabond can write a word that hasn't an O in it. Wonder if this# S5 {0 z  g" |: y* S2 g2 A4 T& A
O-ing is a habit of his? By-the-by, he came away from Down-East in a  M4 {5 ]: j8 U4 [
great hurry. Wonder if he O's as much there as he does here? "O! it1 D% X7 J  d4 u7 _# {
is pitiful."'
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" E) K& \4 D. m% D  pThe indignation of Mr. Bullet-head at these scandalous insinuations,
9 K9 v" s5 {) ~( X1 B+ c* h( VI shall not attempt to describe. On the eel-skinning principle,
; G9 i; \  ]4 I* u& Showever, he did not seem to be so much incensed at the attack upon
; l( y, I% t6 [# Mhis integrity as one might have imagined. It was the sneer at his! J1 b& O) W  ^# z2 r( `
style that drove him to desperation. What! -- he Touch-and-go
/ j- ^) {( H* [" f7 D' ]7 P8 sBullet-head! -- not able to write a word without an O in it! He would6 H" Q+ M! O. P( p! B1 n  g
soon let the jackanapes see that he was mistaken. Yes! he would let
) u/ N" o! F; _' K$ dhim see how much he was mistaken, the puppy! He, Touch-and-go6 h  U, Z3 C) |* R5 O& h# c
Bullet-head, of Frogpondium, would let Mr. John Smith perceive that6 h+ a$ U: Y  ]; ~5 S- x# C) B
he, Bullet-head, could indite, if it so pleased him, a whole
1 s3 v- ~* t- ~; Uparagraph -- aye! a whole article -- in which that contemptible vowel: y8 N3 a! i$ N' @6 X+ U
should not once -- not even once -- make its appearance. But no; --
2 Q0 f$ A0 H" }: f( p& Mthat would be yielding a point to the said John Smith. He,; f$ R/ b- x8 y9 j* V8 \
Bullet-head, would make no alteration in his style, to suit the
: h! q# j  P4 Q3 p% P$ Rcaprices of any Mr. Smith in Christendom. Perish so vile a thought!3 e3 b3 [4 \6 X. J. ]8 x+ Z
The O forever; He would persist in the O. He would be as O-wy as O-wy, ^2 H  o" m6 R1 F, B2 k
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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+ l' D1 M2 d$ _( p! R& cBurning with the chivalry of this determination, the great+ P2 |; C, ?) E
Touch-and-go, in the next 'Tea-Pot,' came out merely with this simple
' F* j2 h; U3 S+ [7 x  abut resolute paragraph, in reference to this unhappy affair:( C1 x. Y# }3 e( m! b  Z* \$ }
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'The editor of the "Tea-Pot" has the honor of advising the editor of$ U* q! }) e$ ^
the "Gazette" that he (the "Tea-Pot") will take an opportunity in
3 d6 l6 Q% o3 U/ A- F" ^tomorrow morning's paper, of convincing him (the "Daily News") that he
/ i6 L3 T, Z, ?% P& ](the "Tea-Pot") both can and will be his own master, as regards
  b/ l& f2 m7 b5 H- ~8 j; Pstyle; he (the "Tea-Pot") intending to show him (the "Daily News") the8 e, A, a+ B' }# v1 g7 g7 ~1 ]0 E
supreme, and indeed the withering contempt with which the criticism
# G: c0 {7 a* B  oof him (the "Daily News") inspires the independent bosom of him (the0 q; x( ?1 \5 D4 W9 h/ A3 K7 H
"TeaPot") by composing for the especial gratification (?) of him (the" d9 l" J1 f; B6 B% S1 G0 D; ^
"Daily News") a leading article, of some extent, in which the beautiful! u( I5 E3 P2 ?, D" {& J
vowel -- the emblem of Eternity -- yet so offensive to the
, C) e) V' H. T( P% Thyper-exquisite delicacy of him (the "Daily News") shall most certainly
4 g5 m( V" u8 m; n( l( Xnot be avoided by his (the "Daily News") most obedient, humble
' y* |% f1 P4 A5 T. `. mservant, the "Tea-Pot." "So much for Buckingham!"'( J8 ^: A7 j$ t& R

$ C! f" F5 k) VIn fulfilment of the awful threat thus darkly intimated rather than' j5 F3 J- O2 F  y9 I
decidedly enunciated, the great Bullet-head, turning a deaf ear to' K0 e0 ?$ A' t1 [, m% D  c
all entreaties for 'copy,' and simply requesting his foreman to 'go
; _* u; T1 I/ X# |* Lto the d-l,' when he (the foreman) assured him (the 'Tea-Pot'!) that- M( C3 Z+ x% F# L% Q: J
it was high time to 'go to press': turning a deaf ear to everything,/ l7 b& H- K& B- e' h9 g% |* P4 X; w
I say, the great Bullet-head sat up until day-break, consuming the$ ]/ L  o" ?' e
midnight oil, and absorbed in the composition of the really
0 d3 |* z& _. b; J1 s# uunparalleled paragraph, which follows:-
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3 \2 [/ J5 c7 H* f'So ho, John! how now? Told you so, you know. Don't crow, another
; v9 p1 m( L, I% q6 `  ktime, before you're out of the woods! Does your mother know you're
/ E% K  Y8 z  F: Q7 s3 Y, cout? Oh, no, no! -- so go home at once, now, John, to your odious old
4 Q1 ]' k, k0 k/ q. {9 p4 F3 Swoods of Concord! Go home to your woods, old owl -- go! You won't!) R/ o; }9 g, o7 ?
Oh, poh, poh, don't do so! You've got to go, you know! So go at once,
3 _+ c' L2 w9 k! R' d% U% |3 Vand don't go slow, for nobody owns you here, you know! Oh! John,
7 B6 u% O' ~/ ^' h5 g( A( ?+ zJohn, if you don't go you're no homo -- no! You're only a fowl, an! K$ W7 p+ A' w2 z" y
owl, a cow, a sow, -- a doll, a poll; a poor, old,) @# c4 V9 m0 m4 U8 S6 ^
good-for-nothing-to-nobody, log, dog, hog, or frog, come out of a
; a  c1 G$ j+ n' V" tConcord bog. Cool, now -- cool! Do be cool, you fool! None of your
) H8 Q; r4 L/ W5 Ecrowing, old cock! Don't frown so -- don't! Don't hollo, nor howl nor' b$ J2 f& y+ E/ }
growl, nor bow-wow-wow! Good Lord, John, how you do look! Told you, K8 N: V5 F6 b. A9 q+ C( ~
so, you know -- but stop rolling your goose of an old poll about so,) O% c. O: W( f* _2 u# I0 {! K
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 great
8 |2 D9 T9 y& JTouch-and-go could do nothing more than that night.  He handed his article to
) l4 G# Q1 s" E" P9 ?; Z1 f0 i+ othe printer's boy who was waiting, and walked slowly home to bed.& B1 O5 p8 H# a7 O. p& Q

, Z; M+ `% U/ _& A0 fThe 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# c  t2 G2 Y( d% c" w7 C
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 p( z! C4 Q' l- X, F. \describe his feelings of horror when his fingers came out of it without a( D3 k3 A# b+ r- B- X$ @) K
letter in them? who can tell of his astonishment and anger when he realized that the little box was completely empty?  Not a single
- _1 g8 w% p( i+ m9 h5 j4 \little-o was in the little-o box; and, glancing fearfully at the
- q+ [( B" R& h+ A4 icapital-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
, Q/ k+ {4 Z. d9 d4 G9 kwithout no o's.'3 ^5 \- O, H' M+ T
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'What do you mean by that?' said the chief, who was  very
/ u& g/ |+ |9 hangry at being kept from his bed so late.
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  m& f3 k6 M' h' ?/ q; q'Well, sir, there isn't an o in the office, neither a big one nor a
2 K  {0 e* _2 o8 \little one!'
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, g. V  |- g+ t  e, o5 t4 m'What -- what has happened to all those that were in the box?'
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1 H0 Y/ f7 p  U. S, |% w" M'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.'2 U, ~4 R# g5 J; a& ^

7 W0 j  {; d; r" ]'I haven't a doubt of it,' replied the chief angrily, turning
+ B$ W- e: u9 X1 v, g+ C9 B4 K5 Apurple with rage 'but I tell you what you do, Bob, that's a good boy
; \! H: [, x7 ~6 G-- you go over to the Daily News the first chance you get, and take every one of their
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'Right,' replied Bob. 'I'll go,
* I) S: [/ C, I; U* {5 l' dI'll show them a thing or two; but what about that
- p8 d7 [1 g6 |  l& @+ L- h- C1 vparagraph? 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?'
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'I Shouldn't call it a very long paragrab.'
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( @! a' i( K& i0 X, G'Ah, well, then! Do the best you can with it! We must get it ready,'  O: e6 f* F% x1 I* L( H9 y' ]
said the chief, who was buried in work; 'just put in6 N  N6 U0 R+ {
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
. ~" `/ W% g; X# x7 hcase, muttering as he went: 'Considdeble vell, them ere expressions,! A& w. e8 M4 h( `: U
perticcler for a man as doesn't swar. So I's to gouge out all their
0 W9 ?9 i3 V, T& Jeyes, eh? and d-n all their gizzards! Vell! this here's the chap as, t; B! ]1 A1 g% N2 u* z
is just able for to do it.' The fact is that although Bob was but% f( l9 N7 u. V- B, p: k% T$ t
twelve years old and four feet high, he was equal to any amount of
! X- I  ^6 `( z- t+ q6 Kfight, in a small way.3 I2 c! a; X( \2 h/ ~+ k

$ X! y, j8 Y( }! LThe exigency here described is by no means of rare occurrence in
3 I( A" |7 u) q* c, P) O/ D$ w* lprinting-offices; and I cannot tell how to account for it, but the
# @- F! t/ d/ X5 p# \* v: Ffact is indisputable, that when the exigency does occur, it almost
% U) c; ]% t: L- }# M8 A" }always happens that x is adopted as a substitute for the letter
( G0 E; [6 X* c* C! S! C' i4 f+ ~. zdeficient. The true reason, perhaps, is that x is rather the most
6 z! k. D  U1 [0 Xsuperabundant letter in the cases, or at least was so in the old1 ?1 ?5 K- R5 D# u2 {( L7 ]
times -- long enough to render the substitution in question an0 `" f" e3 K2 a5 L! [& p9 w
habitual thing with printers. As for Bob, he would have considered it' u2 N8 p( L: E4 a$ m
heretical to employ any other character, in a case of this kind, than- V  B6 c' g# i0 ~0 T' r" W
the x to which he had been accustomed.4 Y$ q& V7 i8 w% M# j
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'I shell have to x this ere paragrab,' said he to himself, as he read5 ~6 \+ p( {$ r4 D, z( N5 ~, X
it over in astonishment, 'but it's jest about the awfulest o-wy
6 s& B, |$ p& ^* j1 Jparagrab I ever did see': so x it he did, unflinchingly, and to press
4 S# s1 j; J/ z1 m& q& Kit went x-ed.9 `* y" K+ h2 F1 T  P  _
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Next morning the population of Nopolis were taken all aback by# U( |; [0 M2 F# r: Q1 z
reading in 'The Tea-Pot,' the following extraordinary leader:8 a4 r1 }+ M2 g6 F$ v  M
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'Sx hx, Jxhn! hxw nxw? Txld yxu sx, yxu knxw. Dxn't crxw, anxther: }% \7 q5 D0 |# P8 K5 [( L
time, befxre yxu're xut xf the wxxds! Dxes yxur mxther knxw yxu're; b# ^3 a9 x9 H5 j+ B
xut? Xh, nx, nx! -- sx gx hxme at xnce, nxw, Jxhn, tx yxur xdixus xld, x: \/ _/ Y3 R& x% J
wxxds xf Cxncxrd! Gx hxme tx yxur wxxds, xld xwl, -- gx! Yxu wxn't?. V7 U+ r& m7 F
Xh, pxh, pxh, Jxhn, dxn't dx sx! Yxu've gxt tx gx, yxu knxw, sx gx at
! S* s+ n5 F9 H" `- q/ qxnce, and dxn't gx slxw; fxr nxbxdy xwns yxu here, yxu knxw. Xh,% w) x' ?9 c) ^% M$ a
Jxhn, Jxhn, Jxhn, if yxu dxn't gx yxu're nx hxmx -- nx! Yxu're xnly a
+ z& z( ]8 R7 s4 K9 m" Ffxwl, an xwl; a cxw, a sxw; a dxll, a pxll; a pxxr xld3 _2 ~/ x' ?1 N7 [1 y) c
gxxd-fxr-nxthing-tx-nxbxdy, lxg, dxg, hxg, xr frxg, cxme xut xf a  y  o) T3 e, \
Cxncxrd bxg. Cxxl, nxw -- cxxl! Dx be cxxl, yxu fxxl! Nxne xf yxur- a% ^" Z  x0 U+ F
crxwing, xld cxck! Dxn't frxwn sx -- dxn't! Dxn't hxllx, nxr hxwl,
' k& a/ v9 u. Q/ d6 Rnxr grxwl, nxr bxw-wxw-wxw! Gxxd Lxrd, Jxhn, hxw yxu dx lxxk! Txld
1 [5 u7 \$ ?- q+ a8 x+ o. dyxu sx, yxu knxw, -- but stxp rxlling yxur gxxse xf an xld pxll abxut4 H0 o- ]7 y" j
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, is4 \8 N+ j. x' {4 k6 k' I/ ?  R8 l# V
not to be conceived. The first definite idea entertained by the5 o: e3 k1 B% ?! Y9 x4 Z! y
populace was, that some diabolical treason lay concealed in the# i) L3 g; k- p7 N9 W
hieroglyphics; and there was a general rush to Bullet-head's
( }. u) e; a% B1 }+ M/ Tresidence, for the purpose of riding him on a rail; but that# s3 g5 v6 S6 s8 V1 j
gentleman was nowhere to be found. He had vanished, no one could tell# v) c! R% J3 r# M$ c' ]% Q2 c
how; and not even the ghost of him has ever been seen since.3 Y  R2 {* l, {: p
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Unable to discover its legitimate object, the popular fury at length
8 ]' X: _+ _4 x. ~subsided; leaving behind it, by way of sediment, quite a medley of
. }: f; K$ X: g+ J% W9 Kopinion about this unhappy affair.+ ?  w& n0 G- E0 t' i0 K4 u
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One gentleman thought the whole an X-ellent joke.5 `" q1 s/ l+ K& _9 G

4 j2 g+ t2 S8 z6 U# V  ?4 |Another said that, indeed, Bullet-head had shown much X-uberance of
% C+ z- V  A& {$ Lfancy., [3 y8 x/ _- H$ |6 O% u

- t0 P: x$ u3 ]0 C, a3 yA third admitted him X-entric, but no more.$ r. S9 B7 b& H- ]  `2 f" t4 p

/ n: K: V5 e: |1 ^A fourth could only suppose it the Yankee's design to X-press, in a3 B6 `  u/ b  z
general 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;
6 }0 z/ z  T! R' @! O4 q3 F8 pand in fact, since that editor could not be found, there was some
! E9 ^( O! q* E# atalk about lynching the other one.
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The more common conclusion, however, was that the affair was, simply,& I( v1 `  X: o& K0 {- \7 x
X-traordinary and in-X-plicable. Even the town mathematician
$ u5 |% r8 X# n0 b% `# a: econfessed that he could make nothing of so dark a problem. X, every." ?3 P& E5 T; k, k
body knew, was an unknown quantity; but in this case (as he properly
4 _8 G" Y3 L2 I4 i" x& Qobserved), 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
$ w8 ?- D# M6 q$ E  _" V% Pthe paragrab'), did not meet with so much attention as I think it6 w" V5 F1 F$ N1 \
deserved, although it was very openly and very fearlessly expressed., ?$ E& ~+ w0 n
He said that, for his part, he had no doubt about the matter at all,7 J$ m2 ]. C) z& A7 ^% R
that it was a clear case, that Mr. Bullet-head 'never could be1 w) j7 d9 T5 e* D% d" H+ \
persuaded fur to drink like other folks, but vas continually
  z) z/ L; ~* i+ fa-svigging o' that ere blessed XXX ale, and as a naiteral
) D6 {' l/ S& o' {" gconsekvence, it just puffed him up savage, and made him X (cross) in+ ^  V% o$ Y) m6 ]0 d- i
the X-treme.'
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