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'Wery well,' replied Bob, 'here goes it!' and off he hurried to his- S8 C4 f8 U. X! J, X) G
case, muttering as he went: 'Considdeble vell, them ere expressions,
7 A* u: M! I+ U. U& h+ }! Sperticcler for a man as doesn't swar. So I's to gouge out all their
. w" N) Q& M+ R" H9 S/ \0 ~eyes, eh? and d-n all their gizzards! Vell! this here's the chap as
/ v* k- U+ _* r, X; Uis just able for to do it.' The fact is that although Bob was but
/ h% R1 l" i, W5 x$ htwelve years old and four feet high, he was equal to any amount of
% B2 M. T5 m" M2 Yfight, in a small way.
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/ ?0 y3 F" o X( xThe exigency here described is by no means of rare occurrence in
- W- _' f5 _8 Q3 o/ H/ N, zprinting-offices; and I cannot tell how to account for it, but the2 A6 F# s: e* l$ h6 J1 p* O O" O
fact is indisputable, that when the exigency does occur, it almost* f1 }& M0 P" I# ^" P
always happens that x is adopted as a substitute for the letter( |9 y/ O5 i7 }
deficient. The true reason, perhaps, is that x is rather the most
# a# O- z2 R; {superabundant letter in the cases, or at least was so in the old# R M; Q6 O' G% m
times -- long enough to render the substitution in question an0 w$ @+ P' v0 s. n1 ^' \& u
habitual thing with printers. As for Bob, he would have considered it
% i! ]! @5 C9 s3 s5 U. qheretical to employ any other character, in a case of this kind, than
# ]2 r! y8 I! f8 O1 c4 tthe 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
$ V$ N/ a- C1 r, t# W4 L& W3 wit over in astonishment, 'but it's jest about the awfulest o-wy
: V& d* x5 b% m, m$ m6 L* cparagrab I ever did see': so x it he did, unflinchingly, and to press* O3 H1 p! I% a$ }( V4 k
it went x-ed.1 |" w6 T& a" k7 r
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Next morning the population of Nopolis were taken all aback by
" Y" U- I3 g! ~; _" R" f$ Dreading in 'The Tea-Pot,' the following extraordinary leader:
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wxxds xf Cxncxrd! Gx hxme tx yxur wxxds, xld xwl, -- gx! Yxu wxn't?
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xnce, and dxn't gx slxw; fxr nxbxdy xwns yxu here, yxu knxw. Xh,
% ]: Y/ h% ^( Z$ n1 |4 W3 ^Jxhn, Jxhn, Jxhn, if yxu dxn't gx yxu're nx hxmx -- nx! Yxu're xnly a
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crxwing, xld cxck! Dxn't frxwn sx -- dxn't! Dxn't hxllx, nxr hxwl,% V6 b% p, H' d) b: i: \+ U
nxr grxwl, nxr bxw-wxw-wxw! Gxxd Lxrd, Jxhn, hxw yxu dx lxxk! Txld0 h& m9 ?2 o4 c5 T+ w1 f
yxu sx, yxu knxw, -- but stxp rxlling yxur gxxse xf an xld pxll abxut2 r8 f: f7 o6 ?% `
sx, and gx and drxwn yxur sxrrxws in a bxwl!' |
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