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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
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. I' I( @# E  J; k# p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 2 A7 E- w& v; Z' h% {/ n

- j  z' k+ v5 ?1 G) ~. iAS 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.
/ b7 P# P& {. d, O4 L& L2 a; i# Q   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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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
; t. A6 P( G( ?8 i  ?* ^mind finally to settle in that town, it was under the impression that
5 U" |# R  b8 W9 o9 H) x% D3 cno newspaper, and consequently no editor, existed in that particular) M1 D6 {6 y' l3 [5 I( ^& `
section of the country. In establishing 'The Tea-Pot' he expected to. p4 N$ @  u! I/ {
have the field all to himself. I feel confident he never would have
* R& g% b+ [8 \/ B0 udreamed of taking up his residence in Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis' |  f% j9 U  i$ B: c$ @! `/ o0 L2 Y
had he been aware that, in Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis, there lived" |/ {1 ?  m) Q, B: _
a gentleman named John Smith (if I rightly remember), who for many
: a) X+ X- ^4 P% n; `# m! Ryears had there quietly grown fat in editing and publishing the' u6 t. T0 G9 r" @" ?  a6 w
'Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis Daily News.' It was solely, therefore, on! _+ r, a4 }) G+ i* D7 p
account of having been misinformed, that Mr. Bullet-head found8 }" ~7 S2 s, H' @; W
himself in Alex-suppose we call it Nopolis, 'for short' -- but, as he
6 i$ y% i" c; |# [; Y. udid find himself there, he determined to keep up his character for
7 v  |  \: f) G$ bobst -- for firmness, and remain. So remain he did; and he did more;2 I# l7 Z" d+ ^# `( C" J
he unpacked his press, type, etc., etc., rented an office exactly* R0 C  X% Q' l* ]: p9 K' s
opposite to that of the 'Daily News,' and, on the third morning after
- d3 V- E: K5 Y$ N2 K) c9 khis arrival, issued the first number of 'The Alexan' -- that is to  h% {' |* _4 W, j/ k7 y3 ?
say, of 'The Nopolis Tea-Pot' -- as nearly as I can recollect, this
2 `; f4 N" G) swas the name of the new paper.
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. X5 z! j" B, {' c; x# `3 W( QThe leading article, I must admit, was brilliant -- not to say( \/ N8 X, u# g, L: a2 P
severe. It was especially bitter about things in general -- and as& y, b- U/ q3 [7 F6 X7 @
for the editor of 'The Daily News,' he was torn all to pieces in
' A( v, T/ T6 y% L0 e$ I, E5 Mparticular. Some of Bullethead's remarks were really so fiery that I
& V3 {; t5 g) S$ A, ohave always, since that time, been forced to look upon John Smith,
+ F, ]; X, z$ e- W$ U+ w) bwho is still alive, in the light of a salamander. I cannot pretend to
" s$ U" u" X8 M% B+ U/ ?give all the 'Tea-Pot's' paragraphs verbatim, but one of them runs$ e, D2 H$ `4 i; q9 _
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
" ], c9 T$ r5 r2 d: Dis a genius -- O, my! Oh, goodness, gracious! -- what is this world
/ I' [+ t) Y1 R/ {9 W2 f6 c; wcoming to? Oh, tempora! Oh, Moses!'
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: X8 X* Z+ S, g( M* r; p' n/ RA philippic at once so caustic and so classical, alighted like a  l! e( Q) X# v5 r/ v" q
bombshell among the hitherto peaceful citizens of Nopolis. Groups of
& [2 j1 Z" i0 X5 kexcited individuals gathered at the corners of the streets. Every one3 g  S4 ]4 ]7 e4 ]/ z3 n: k
awaited, with heartfelt anxiety, the reply of the dignified Smith.0 H1 I* O$ C& U* H
Next morning it appeared as follows:
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'We quote from "The Tea-Pot" of yesterday the subjoined paragraph:. Z, A5 t9 R5 n, v
"Oh, yes! Oh, we perceive! Oh, no doubt! Oh, my! Oh, goodness! Oh,
9 t1 V& s& |; P# utempora! Oh, Moses!" Why, the fellow is all O! That accounts for his2 u! {6 F( r4 z2 z" E9 s
reasoning in a circle, and explains why there is neither beginning
( ?# u1 e- p' A4 Z; L  J( A. U' _3 bnor end to him, nor to anything he says. We really do not believe the
, q5 a: @: X8 u( o; h% X2 L. Ivagabond can write a word that hasn't an O in it. Wonder if this  ?, x; l5 I. z/ m" ?& t
O-ing is a habit of his? By-the-by, he came away from Down-East in a5 V! ?5 C, S! }& }3 b; d
great hurry. Wonder if he O's as much there as he does here? "O! it
0 B+ \' o) H; T1 W; |is pitiful."'
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The indignation of Mr. Bullet-head at these scandalous insinuations,
& C; V' G7 p. ZI shall not attempt to describe. On the eel-skinning principle,1 m. }, U. E: |3 M4 L
however, he did not seem to be so much incensed at the attack upon
# i: S# q' a/ khis integrity as one might have imagined. It was the sneer at his
  Y) R  h& ^0 O0 N( qstyle that drove him to desperation. What! -- he Touch-and-go
, G0 r9 e% A  @& _8 {% |; K- SBullet-head! -- not able to write a word without an O in it! He would2 m, A$ t! d" X# f
soon let the jackanapes see that he was mistaken. Yes! he would let* m: R' ?$ E6 b- K& S) R. O
him see how much he was mistaken, the puppy! He, Touch-and-go; Q: t1 i3 u8 c# E& K0 c
Bullet-head, of Frogpondium, would let Mr. John Smith perceive that
3 g: h" c- a& m! R) ahe, Bullet-head, could indite, if it so pleased him, a whole
% m% y& Z, a- ?8 K- v/ [paragraph -- aye! a whole article -- in which that contemptible vowel1 x1 G( V/ |6 |- _5 X9 j4 J$ s
should not once -- not even once -- make its appearance. But no; --; @$ F/ w' O$ |( s6 P7 ^
that would be yielding a point to the said John Smith. He,
4 {4 p  [3 O2 R/ g: b) Y8 T8 sBullet-head, would make no alteration in his style, to suit the
+ }/ `1 b. x: T" y( Lcaprices of any Mr. Smith in Christendom. Perish so vile a thought!
1 b- {. U2 h8 B: CThe O forever; He would persist in the O. He would be as O-wy as O-wy- O) N0 H# M0 ]: s( b$ Q
could be.
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本帖最后由 rainbowfish 于 2009-7-27 23:33 编辑
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+ e) \% ~' Z( `5 p# V& gBurning with the chivalry of this determination, the great
# _( U# y- D9 C0 x, kTouch-and-go, in the next 'Tea-Pot,' came out merely with this simple
$ w/ P# {" g# j$ Kbut resolute paragraph, in reference to this unhappy affair:
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: ?' H. p1 [6 ^: j'The editor of the "Tea-Pot" has the honor of advising the editor of
2 k& k! J1 J2 x* z( m. Pthe "Gazette" that he (the "Tea-Pot") will take an opportunity in
: k: M' D7 T1 y: stomorrow morning's paper, of convincing him (the "Daily News") that he+ \7 K+ k# f" P: a1 b
(the "Tea-Pot") both can and will be his own master, as regards6 i0 n! V: j+ z# r/ }9 n
style; he (the "Tea-Pot") intending to show him (the "Daily News") the
: Y6 c0 n% G1 R! ]2 }- J( M1 N# p8 fsupreme, and indeed the withering contempt with which the criticism
% G$ n8 O, \: U$ _6 O( Nof him (the "Daily News") inspires the independent bosom of him (the
, S5 Z/ H9 B  L) V% C0 _"TeaPot") by composing for the especial gratification (?) of him (the
/ P! @& t- v2 t4 Y"Daily News") a leading article, of some extent, in which the beautiful
" n6 @* t( t. i8 f4 s4 n3 a2 M+ xvowel -- the emblem of Eternity -- yet so offensive to the9 i# s' o0 z0 k# E0 {( h
hyper-exquisite delicacy of him (the "Daily News") shall most certainly
1 W& t/ R5 o3 K! ^not be avoided by his (the "Daily News") most obedient, humble
% ?7 S6 @$ s8 uservant, the "Tea-Pot." "So much for Buckingham!"'
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1 g- m: f: k/ _, \3 e; g' q; vIn fulfilment of the awful threat thus darkly intimated rather than
7 p2 `7 q' I# B% Cdecidedly enunciated, the great Bullet-head, turning a deaf ear to- V. G0 p/ [; \, h% N
all entreaties for 'copy,' and simply requesting his foreman to 'go
0 Y2 K! a6 B4 f$ P: I2 k/ }to the d-l,' when he (the foreman) assured him (the 'Tea-Pot'!) that; J$ m9 M6 ]+ F7 C' M- c# b. {6 t( ^
it was high time to 'go to press': turning a deaf ear to everything,
) C( O  u: A/ t: OI say, the great Bullet-head sat up until day-break, consuming the
! X! z0 B) G$ M$ Dmidnight oil, and absorbed in the composition of the really% S6 G! ^7 x9 q0 U) j/ J
unparalleled paragraph, which follows:-6 f+ X3 r( O7 R3 C* k) L

2 R/ K- t" ]* }$ G% {4 T'So ho, John! how now? Told you so, you know. Don't crow, another
1 u$ K8 R, M" _$ J  ~time, before you're out of the woods! Does your mother know you're' t' N+ C- p6 ]2 J/ q6 `8 O
out? Oh, no, no! -- so go home at once, now, John, to your odious old& _" `1 X9 o0 z1 T( n
woods of Concord! Go home to your woods, old owl -- go! You won't!& {  C) |# R8 E/ ^; ]7 `% j
Oh, poh, poh, don't do so! You've got to go, you know! So go at once,
: F  \, \) ]1 Y& B# s$ Y6 Xand don't go slow, for nobody owns you here, you know! Oh! John,
% I! E: t, X  e; RJohn, if you don't go you're no homo -- no! You're only a fowl, an. }3 J/ w8 f% q, M* S) {
owl, a cow, a sow, -- a doll, a poll; a poor, old,
/ q& z# z( r# ?) a( T8 U' dgood-for-nothing-to-nobody, log, dog, hog, or frog, come out of a
; |- w  p2 |2 x& q, TConcord bog. Cool, now -- cool! Do be cool, you fool! None of your% S+ v, J$ S( {0 ~0 `8 f6 o
crowing, old cock! Don't frown so -- don't! Don't hollo, nor howl nor, V5 f7 d, K* y+ |( a
growl, nor bow-wow-wow! Good Lord, John, how you do look! Told you3 d( n' A4 T  k2 i" w) t9 c# A4 p
so, you know -- but stop rolling your goose of an old poll about so,& E5 p7 z7 d, w0 ~- p" e
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
2 q0 W' }! X+ h2 G5 `% n3 kTouch-and-go could do nothing more than that night.  He handed his article to
) }( i; U8 B9 G5 y( Pthe printer's boy who was waiting, and walked slowly home to bed.
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1 |3 M+ w7 f! K2 ?3 T# {9 D* ^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
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- ?/ a$ f% i+ j/ b9 G
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$ f) _  M; L  A- N
describe his feelings of horror when his fingers came out of it without a+ o# w, n2 h1 Q2 m7 @
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 S2 R7 V9 @& i  m& T5 alittle-o was in the little-o box; and, glancing fearfully at the
/ m6 x% p. Y2 t2 hcapital-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
; }1 o* l% M6 `7 Lwithout no o's.'
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, M* Y; g  B/ F7 \! ]0 F  v'What do you mean by that?' said the chief, who was  very
. j7 Q0 W& z, m( f' \" V( R; c6 q/ a( G: Wangry at being kept from his bed so late.0 p" `7 F; _4 @) B
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'Well, sir, there isn't an o in the office, neither a big one nor a: I3 g3 E6 E& r  D: Y9 I4 s6 J
little one!'9 m! P" l7 h. v5 k; `- ^/ x* a6 k
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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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$ F3 m& y6 G$ J7 K' f) t'I haven't a doubt of it,' replied the chief angrily, turning, Y7 N) ~! l) B* P- h: W! d
purple with rage 'but I tell you what you do, Bob, that's a good boy
) q4 o! S6 P, A8 ?- P2 o& h. ], ^-- you go over to the Daily News the first chance you get, and take every one of their. I+ p$ t4 A" l, q# f/ }6 i# d
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% j( Y+ W/ p6 \& ~/ d$ t# G  P# a'Right,' replied Bob. 'I'll go,
' y; Z- T% F; u4 R$ K' [/ w) ?5 D1 e3 PI'll show them a thing or two; but what about that$ ]! V( F+ U0 i  H1 I$ K9 o+ R8 `0 d
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
老杨团队,追求完美;客户至上,服务到位!
'Trouble enough. Is it a long paragraph, Bob?'
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! Y: N- L+ h) `* c3 E2 }2 |'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,'7 m- ^4 O' U5 _% T8 h  W
said the chief, who was buried in work; 'just put in; [$ F7 p7 E' q6 ^/ d# e4 O
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
, D- J1 K2 G8 c0 p# Dcase, muttering as he went: 'Considdeble vell, them ere expressions,# S- N; o. M" Z5 ]
perticcler for a man as doesn't swar. So I's to gouge out all their
2 U+ F9 v- {4 [, C( Xeyes, eh? and d-n all their gizzards! Vell! this here's the chap as: q; l& H1 `/ s0 x' X) t2 Z
is just able for to do it.' The fact is that although Bob was but
1 D% q/ z) r$ q* o/ p$ f  |twelve years old and four feet high, he was equal to any amount of
) D5 z+ W' ~9 d' Y  [6 ?fight, in a small way.
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The exigency here described is by no means of rare occurrence in9 Y5 G2 P. M+ c2 r1 P
printing-offices; and I cannot tell how to account for it, but the0 J; q" c) y, j9 u
fact is indisputable, that when the exigency does occur, it almost, L5 j; ]; Z/ f! a" b4 ]+ x1 I* H
always happens that x is adopted as a substitute for the letter# H$ ]" E. \( C; d" T5 v7 b! W: T( H
deficient. The true reason, perhaps, is that x is rather the most
# n. a8 ^& w8 T: i/ ^& Isuperabundant letter in the cases, or at least was so in the old
3 L# g0 \' l4 A# z7 Rtimes -- long enough to render the substitution in question an
  h% q7 l- ?6 Z) u- G* z8 ghabitual thing with printers. As for Bob, he would have considered it
7 ]) g+ Y. ]  w' E2 O3 c5 kheretical to employ any other character, in a case of this kind, than
% ]& a! c5 U. t$ ~0 q( Wthe x to which he had been accustomed.+ g# ]! |* W6 s( s9 }% x

9 q0 W* j% \$ m1 C# Z'I shell have to x this ere paragrab,' said he to himself, as he read
+ M3 M8 v, l. w' @/ P2 H0 {it over in astonishment, 'but it's jest about the awfulest o-wy
& b  ^! J4 j8 @! y' \! ?6 X8 @paragrab I ever did see': so x it he did, unflinchingly, and to press* R/ X$ I7 Y8 o, q7 E  s
it went x-ed.
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# u3 d* D/ k8 b+ g' I7 Z7 uNext morning the population of Nopolis were taken all aback by* O& M7 @/ O8 {3 o$ H" ?
reading in 'The Tea-Pot,' the following extraordinary leader:) W+ s5 z* n$ ^( [* r: C) E" E
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'Sx hx, Jxhn! hxw nxw? Txld yxu sx, yxu knxw. Dxn't crxw, anxther, _) a% A4 W. `+ m$ z- B
time, befxre yxu're xut xf the wxxds! Dxes yxur mxther knxw yxu're
( b' V+ \% |9 Fxut? Xh, nx, nx! -- sx gx hxme at xnce, nxw, Jxhn, tx yxur xdixus xld, ~" \0 g; s" w/ X" R9 ?( [) Q  K
wxxds xf Cxncxrd! Gx hxme tx yxur wxxds, xld xwl, -- gx! Yxu wxn't?
7 I0 n: A5 [+ W, P) y3 SXh, pxh, pxh, Jxhn, dxn't dx sx! Yxu've gxt tx gx, yxu knxw, sx gx at+ z7 m: G8 O1 w" D" L1 I) w
xnce, and dxn't gx slxw; fxr nxbxdy xwns yxu here, yxu knxw. Xh,
5 [0 E: F  R& ]% j0 ]Jxhn, Jxhn, Jxhn, if yxu dxn't gx yxu're nx hxmx -- nx! Yxu're xnly a4 X- l- y) J$ `; o5 W# \2 X
fxwl, an xwl; a cxw, a sxw; a dxll, a pxll; a pxxr xld
  ]9 n  u9 E3 f* [1 [8 Q7 t5 Ogxxd-fxr-nxthing-tx-nxbxdy, lxg, dxg, hxg, xr frxg, cxme xut xf a
/ T9 S' @; v$ m5 d( {) A& b( w1 SCxncxrd bxg. Cxxl, nxw -- cxxl! Dx be cxxl, yxu fxxl! Nxne xf yxur
0 \9 z8 q( i( b, j9 A; Mcrxwing, xld cxck! Dxn't frxwn sx -- dxn't! Dxn't hxllx, nxr hxwl,% p* a2 H1 u( D, ^
nxr grxwl, nxr bxw-wxw-wxw! Gxxd Lxrd, Jxhn, hxw yxu dx lxxk! Txld# O5 I; j$ z% w& {
yxu sx, yxu knxw, -- but stxp rxlling yxur gxxse xf an xld pxll abxut2 c/ Q: t3 q+ b' U2 G# N9 `8 h
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' e& t3 A6 ^6 w( z
not to be conceived. The first definite idea entertained by the
6 A9 X8 s- Z$ X! d4 Apopulace was, that some diabolical treason lay concealed in the2 z* E# {. Q/ a$ z
hieroglyphics; and there was a general rush to Bullet-head's
; J0 X1 i& P3 U: o, Lresidence, for the purpose of riding him on a rail; but that
. y) R0 ^1 v6 J, A2 X* k3 Kgentleman was nowhere to be found. He had vanished, no one could tell
+ h. v6 m+ w/ l4 s3 Dhow; and not even the ghost of him has ever been seen since." @+ _; ^- z9 A6 v

3 x# p! P5 D' uUnable to discover its legitimate object, the popular fury at length
# Z  _  ]# ~# H0 A, isubsided; leaving behind it, by way of sediment, quite a medley of) v0 z" ]. a* |" x! Q/ ^
opinion about this unhappy affair.
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One gentleman thought the whole an X-ellent joke.
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: f4 i4 i9 Y) L: t+ V/ CAnother said that, indeed, Bullet-head had shown much X-uberance of
" F  j3 d8 x& Q* q, [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 a
+ y& w9 s# V7 A- @: n" e' hgeneral way, his X-asperation.
3 G4 N7 u, o: ?3 A" a' I' {
5 C  y2 w7 s7 ]5 V  c'Say, rather, to set an X-ample to posterity,' suggested a fifth.* K: x9 p1 l! P4 j8 [! i# O4 D

9 p$ ]8 e# y( l0 f" wThat Bullet-head had been driven to an extremity, was clear to all;
3 y! H/ j; l! S, ?, f! hand in fact, since that editor could not be found, there was some
: `; k- Y  q6 O  Qtalk about lynching the other one.
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The more common conclusion, however, was that the affair was, simply,
( s* Y" o; @' n( W( wX-traordinary and in-X-plicable. Even the town mathematician5 ~; }5 M2 N4 ^; S# ]
confessed that he could make nothing of so dark a problem. X, every.
! P0 x" |4 X0 B  Rbody knew, was an unknown quantity; but in this case (as he properly" _9 `3 d- G: G! {2 U2 P, S  b: ^: H5 o
observed), there was an unknown quantity of X.0 i" V% B2 h9 f0 p2 [

" @& P  c: \/ x0 q; C6 mThe opinion of Bob, the devil (who kept dark about his having 'X-ed
" S0 e& P9 I' G7 R: z4 Q$ `; ?the paragrab'), did not meet with so much attention as I think it
$ C# @' ~' Z' `deserved, although it was very openly and very fearlessly expressed.1 {: a- h# m7 L3 s: R
He said that, for his part, he had no doubt about the matter at all,! D) t% m( h  Y9 W3 R+ H
that it was a clear case, that Mr. Bullet-head 'never could be
+ U6 D5 l- S  {; h" }persuaded fur to drink like other folks, but vas continually1 |' ~: r1 L/ b* Z% D: Z
a-svigging o' that ere blessed XXX ale, and as a naiteral
/ L& C  B7 ^" G* q1 _consekvence, it just puffed him up savage, and made him X (cross) in
  i. _, Z$ O* z1 P% N, ~the X-treme.'
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