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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# I. `8 x4 k( A7 u

" T% |2 ]2 k6 ]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 7 V5 H; c$ M1 q( F- b2 u

# ^3 Y2 |: t8 L% d  JAS 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.
5 i* K% s* a4 k1 t. I8 n   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 6 t7 ?0 p% m7 \8 z/ D- l7 H

  h& [1 O$ Q5 ^7 ~8 KI must do him the justice to say, however, that when he made up his1 I& G7 [' K0 ]. I
mind finally to settle in that town, it was under the impression that: i9 H) j& W: I
no newspaper, and consequently no editor, existed in that particular8 G( R& X! F0 e7 `! M! E
section of the country. In establishing 'The Tea-Pot' he expected to
6 K# |1 b: W% n, Thave the field all to himself. I feel confident he never would have4 u9 }/ G- r9 ?( O
dreamed of taking up his residence in Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis8 z. ?$ g- @* o* Z
had he been aware that, in Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis, there lived
  c. ~# [8 S$ z9 Z3 z# F  T1 Ca gentleman named John Smith (if I rightly remember), who for many) R( x# x' h4 L, J7 i% ?. T
years had there quietly grown fat in editing and publishing the
: H+ ?$ P* s' R/ o9 f9 |# R'Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis Daily News.' It was solely, therefore, on8 `9 g+ c* T7 u' o, x, G! u
account of having been misinformed, that Mr. Bullet-head found
  K3 C8 O, y% D  y3 {himself in Alex-suppose we call it Nopolis, 'for short' -- but, as he( \, Y4 d7 o. J  h6 L
did find himself there, he determined to keep up his character for
" w( I( @0 ^: c: }/ `/ O" l  r) V. u# |obst -- for firmness, and remain. So remain he did; and he did more;
0 z5 w9 a1 n& K1 O. V, @he unpacked his press, type, etc., etc., rented an office exactly
/ a" K, w9 B4 n2 S- I1 z+ b3 F9 copposite to that of the 'Daily News,' and, on the third morning after
; R* W, e  d* ?( ]' P1 x+ _his arrival, issued the first number of 'The Alexan' -- that is to
' \3 r# S, Z% U7 ?. `say, of 'The Nopolis Tea-Pot' -- as nearly as I can recollect, this; R7 m$ \  H; U5 l0 I3 v
was the name of the new paper.
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; u! O. C1 T% T4 [, {The leading article, I must admit, was brilliant -- not to say, z. a- s6 ~4 ]3 Z. ?
severe. It was especially bitter about things in general -- and as" W9 d3 b0 G6 F
for the editor of 'The Daily News,' he was torn all to pieces in: z- C* u4 p: m9 @5 @, Y* n$ a9 N
particular. Some of Bullethead's remarks were really so fiery that I+ J* T# b4 P5 `' e
have always, since that time, been forced to look upon John Smith," F6 m% b) H! g9 |! N0 v7 `4 X
who is still alive, in the light of a salamander. I cannot pretend to
' ?7 x+ F& ^$ Bgive all the 'Tea-Pot's' paragraphs verbatim, but one of them runs2 U' B! l  q9 e! j2 I) |, D
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
' E- X9 a" }$ S$ m% K1 r/ Tis a genius -- O, my! Oh, goodness, gracious! -- what is this world. G' U: E" [! _
coming to? Oh, tempora! Oh, Moses!'" E& d: \- g7 s1 G7 W$ g/ P1 r' {

$ g' G2 r) L8 g. p3 Y+ gA philippic at once so caustic and so classical, alighted like a/ [7 t! Q! t! u# m: s
bombshell among the hitherto peaceful citizens of Nopolis. Groups of
5 ?$ n; z/ g% P1 e5 T3 q$ }& vexcited individuals gathered at the corners of the streets. Every one
4 B$ n# B# C1 E! j0 |7 eawaited, with heartfelt anxiety, the reply of the dignified Smith.6 X! i# x5 B( G! _* R
Next morning it appeared as follows:* W& \2 a7 n$ p* E7 H
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'We quote from "The Tea-Pot" of yesterday the subjoined paragraph:
7 f* S5 e* I5 U% K7 T"Oh, yes! Oh, we perceive! Oh, no doubt! Oh, my! Oh, goodness! Oh,% L) Z! w: A. P3 p5 S
tempora! Oh, Moses!" Why, the fellow is all O! That accounts for his' T+ m: y+ A* |' i
reasoning in a circle, and explains why there is neither beginning8 Y3 ~* Y' C  @% }6 k) y6 B9 U
nor end to him, nor to anything he says. We really do not believe the7 s* V. s" t. V% H( x
vagabond can write a word that hasn't an O in it. Wonder if this
4 ^5 }; d- i$ j* P$ bO-ing is a habit of his? By-the-by, he came away from Down-East in a. B8 A8 S$ w! x. {1 ~1 }
great hurry. Wonder if he O's as much there as he does here? "O! it
% x4 K, G+ d6 S) j) }3 Cis pitiful."'6 H- B; I  v( e$ `3 S! }, B
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The indignation of Mr. Bullet-head at these scandalous insinuations,
8 d6 G* T% M* }& Y- }8 m1 T1 N& bI shall not attempt to describe. On the eel-skinning principle,
$ F% A/ n* |+ D4 U5 I6 b) V$ S. J/ fhowever, he did not seem to be so much incensed at the attack upon
0 r$ y- n. s# x7 I$ i9 Y' Vhis integrity as one might have imagined. It was the sneer at his; g# E7 z+ ?& S; ]* S5 q$ s
style that drove him to desperation. What! -- he Touch-and-go
/ U1 j. O% _; w  WBullet-head! -- not able to write a word without an O in it! He would3 B4 ^9 u5 D4 o7 P% u) b
soon let the jackanapes see that he was mistaken. Yes! he would let
  W7 D. B7 [9 }4 v. K8 a* fhim see how much he was mistaken, the puppy! He, Touch-and-go
9 i8 ]/ v9 O0 D4 T4 z: SBullet-head, of Frogpondium, would let Mr. John Smith perceive that5 O/ A7 O5 i, `1 q' {, _% m
he, Bullet-head, could indite, if it so pleased him, a whole
/ _, \( E6 _5 k( a- A; R) k6 i7 `paragraph -- aye! a whole article -- in which that contemptible vowel
  D: \9 v" g7 Z9 i6 Y. ]6 Fshould not once -- not even once -- make its appearance. But no; --; G# Q: K' Z7 y/ v( m. _
that would be yielding a point to the said John Smith. He,
7 D+ _9 }. K. b: z' @) UBullet-head, would make no alteration in his style, to suit the5 m3 d' A/ ]" M9 X
caprices of any Mr. Smith in Christendom. Perish so vile a thought!
' {4 }6 c" J, `The O forever; He would persist in the O. He would be as O-wy as O-wy3 j+ p  V+ J# Y: E) y, [$ v3 Y
could be.
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Burning with the chivalry of this determination, the great
, _/ z7 {; q$ ^8 z" ~Touch-and-go, in the next 'Tea-Pot,' came out merely with this simple
& N$ Z9 Z& I# n2 Gbut resolute paragraph, in reference to this unhappy affair:5 ?0 Y8 m: D2 P5 Q$ b

! E9 \9 H0 w7 M! R2 T$ ]'The editor of the "Tea-Pot" has the honor of advising the editor of
" _' G* C0 M( ]; J7 tthe "Gazette" that he (the "Tea-Pot") will take an opportunity in
: c. [% R/ p; e3 f! gtomorrow morning's paper, of convincing him (the "Daily News") that he
+ e, J$ s! [7 `) M, U3 Z  h: e(the "Tea-Pot") both can and will be his own master, as regards) P6 N( E& p* B  d( c
style; he (the "Tea-Pot") intending to show him (the "Daily News") the
% f; X: O0 `# b, [supreme, and indeed the withering contempt with which the criticism9 M  n2 V+ R. v+ I: H% Q* k, z2 a
of him (the "Daily News") inspires the independent bosom of him (the
+ G, E* l3 @" p+ t1 M: a  Y"TeaPot") by composing for the especial gratification (?) of him (the
+ Y! W7 I4 a/ A1 e) z"Daily News") a leading article, of some extent, in which the beautiful
: v; u; }) q( a" ^1 e$ hvowel -- the emblem of Eternity -- yet so offensive to the
# E% }+ h8 |4 `hyper-exquisite delicacy of him (the "Daily News") shall most certainly( b6 W9 w" h7 X; e4 J' ]6 t# y
not be avoided by his (the "Daily News") most obedient, humble7 I# T# }# \1 h' F2 J' K4 [
servant, the "Tea-Pot." "So much for Buckingham!"'2 o+ Y$ N- l! Y9 o
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In fulfilment of the awful threat thus darkly intimated rather than
1 u1 m8 e6 ~1 A+ e$ Q4 P- hdecidedly enunciated, the great Bullet-head, turning a deaf ear to. R& z) @3 `/ J! F& F. M
all entreaties for 'copy,' and simply requesting his foreman to 'go
5 V5 B" m  }. l0 }+ d+ R" h6 pto the d-l,' when he (the foreman) assured him (the 'Tea-Pot'!) that
; I: x# L6 \7 K! b/ T; ait was high time to 'go to press': turning a deaf ear to everything,# H0 B, r( X7 R
I say, the great Bullet-head sat up until day-break, consuming the
# O) g: w/ W6 @7 [. [, |) Mmidnight oil, and absorbed in the composition of the really
) q8 g" z3 f" ~3 runparalleled paragraph, which follows:-" _! G' K4 b3 _. V4 E+ q1 }
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'So ho, John! how now? Told you so, you know. Don't crow, another
% x( G# ?- ~3 w; ~0 S+ c1 \! i# }time, before you're out of the woods! Does your mother know you're
5 [- y2 J5 H5 h3 k( Mout? Oh, no, no! -- so go home at once, now, John, to your odious old7 T5 x) t, P! J+ }
woods of Concord! Go home to your woods, old owl -- go! You won't!4 e/ ?: V7 F. ~: q
Oh, poh, poh, don't do so! You've got to go, you know! So go at once,6 z; I0 O% M" @3 l  ^' `; K
and don't go slow, for nobody owns you here, you know! Oh! John,0 K2 m- l9 a, L0 |2 D
John, if you don't go you're no homo -- no! You're only a fowl, an+ M. {; D+ E: N8 Y: C% K3 `# n* ?
owl, a cow, a sow, -- a doll, a poll; a poor, old,$ G. |/ ^3 y1 Q' T" }
good-for-nothing-to-nobody, log, dog, hog, or frog, come out of a; n; x+ R) }  d# ?9 w0 J' S% I, H' V
Concord bog. Cool, now -- cool! Do be cool, you fool! None of your
1 D; c. ?/ w1 K; E3 ~6 gcrowing, old cock! Don't frown so -- don't! Don't hollo, nor howl nor$ x, c, j( S- M- E& J: y
growl, nor bow-wow-wow! Good Lord, John, how you do look! Told you
) s  D; B) j4 g7 p2 c; cso, you know -- but stop rolling your goose of an old poll about so,; A& C( p& N" K; U4 i/ H! {
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
  v- |7 l8 ^( M; m2 a  W' ATouch-and-go could do nothing more than that night.  He handed his article to
3 y7 O0 b, Y& V$ h8 @the printer's boy who was waiting, and walked slowly home to bed.% i$ x) Z+ i3 I0 C. ?( y
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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,' -- he3 q9 n  N) f: C8 ]
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
( I4 J8 A# t) J7 @$ C. gdescribe his feelings of horror when his fingers came out of it without a
  O0 F$ e% k$ d6 P9 c+ A9 A2 d; zletter in them? who can tell of his astonishment and anger when he realized that the little box was completely empty?  Not a single. L+ [* U0 d+ A& y" k
little-o was in the little-o box; and, glancing fearfully at the. I5 w. s0 S$ D
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% W* s: T! i% ~, o
without no o's.'
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4 g4 ]( G1 T! L  ~. L6 V: a'What do you mean by that?' said the chief, who was  very. J/ Y* O2 {, Z3 t0 B
angry at being kept from his bed so late.: z! V% f) z; F8 {- E
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'Well, sir, there isn't an o in the office, neither a big one nor a" p# b5 c2 x3 O! w5 _+ h
little one!'
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  T; P# h; k4 E4 s* `'What -- what has happened to all those that were in the box?'! a! w  w( |3 k0 R+ C$ b8 c  A
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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.'+ B& ]1 Y. S# z/ T/ S6 i/ W8 C
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'I haven't a doubt of it,' replied the chief angrily, turning
! r- a+ m4 k' x" S$ K2 l6 jpurple with rage 'but I tell you what you do, Bob, that's a good boy
+ F+ P5 A, E, j8 S1 A-- 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,
- w9 }! \# _! x. O# zI'll show them a thing or two; but what about that
: B8 h/ ~2 G4 s6 B5 v' }7 h1 Cparagraph? 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.'+ `! n4 y+ [1 k( X

$ G+ l7 w) r/ d. j'Ah, well, then! Do the best you can with it! We must get it ready,': R- d" F- ^( @7 g* C' t
said the chief, who was buried in work; 'just put in- I8 M* W! O+ a* 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# Z, z6 N7 P/ |5 O9 T8 Q# Z6 V
case, muttering as he went: 'Considdeble vell, them ere expressions,$ r1 }8 Y( K; A9 l! H1 f- h! ^
perticcler for a man as doesn't swar. So I's to gouge out all their# r$ R3 D5 h6 l4 q( `
eyes, eh? and d-n all their gizzards! Vell! this here's the chap as: v. @/ n: c7 I" ]" R, N0 \+ e
is just able for to do it.' The fact is that although Bob was but9 Q1 e% l' G% W# S8 w
twelve years old and four feet high, he was equal to any amount of2 ?5 [( h% |! T/ E+ u9 @: r
fight, in a small way.
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The exigency here described is by no means of rare occurrence in
3 l. @3 Q: |2 W6 e4 }* Tprinting-offices; and I cannot tell how to account for it, but the/ Z: e& V) V9 w7 E/ R4 K, s
fact is indisputable, that when the exigency does occur, it almost
4 j5 j! l5 `/ p) Y; w# h$ h& V0 K6 Balways happens that x is adopted as a substitute for the letter
+ F1 W0 \* d  q$ N7 K+ n2 A1 M8 B, h6 bdeficient. The true reason, perhaps, is that x is rather the most
: _, A- s. @9 b2 D4 y% k0 i9 ?superabundant letter in the cases, or at least was so in the old
) k) V$ j% E3 O: ?# R) }) Vtimes -- long enough to render the substitution in question an
0 B5 M3 U1 `6 T5 E/ ~habitual thing with printers. As for Bob, he would have considered it
3 Y8 g* v6 |8 _/ _$ iheretical to employ any other character, in a case of this kind, than
0 P2 N* F( @# B: h! M1 xthe 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
0 v: q1 t3 i; N7 [6 r( {it over in astonishment, 'but it's jest about the awfulest o-wy! M$ M! w5 G1 u1 D% `& e
paragrab I ever did see': so x it he did, unflinchingly, and to press
# A0 i0 r) ?4 K) E" Jit went x-ed.
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2 y3 d5 W; X2 F8 L: _4 n% rNext morning the population of Nopolis were taken all aback by2 c, k! M, \6 M! F! J
reading in 'The Tea-Pot,' the following extraordinary leader:( V# e) s/ v' }. w) p' j8 |

) ~! j' b( k# y: j) k. i; w# {$ p'Sx hx, Jxhn! hxw nxw? Txld yxu sx, yxu knxw. Dxn't crxw, anxther% [: N( l  r& ?/ D: o: |+ m
time, befxre yxu're xut xf the wxxds! Dxes yxur mxther knxw yxu're
1 N6 h7 @3 I( t8 H+ xxut? Xh, nx, nx! -- sx gx hxme at xnce, nxw, Jxhn, tx yxur xdixus xld
8 v& d& q  k+ N+ [. [' ?, Rwxxds xf Cxncxrd! Gx hxme tx yxur wxxds, xld xwl, -- gx! Yxu wxn't?
( J( @8 x* O, j5 t( o. T; p4 eXh, pxh, pxh, Jxhn, dxn't dx sx! Yxu've gxt tx gx, yxu knxw, sx gx at
& y7 {4 j: ~9 U8 L2 b1 [xnce, and dxn't gx slxw; fxr nxbxdy xwns yxu here, yxu knxw. Xh,
- o5 D' O. [  ]  o1 X, ]Jxhn, Jxhn, Jxhn, if yxu dxn't gx yxu're nx hxmx -- nx! Yxu're xnly a% I; ^6 X4 \8 {
fxwl, an xwl; a cxw, a sxw; a dxll, a pxll; a pxxr xld
9 ~, P2 U" V4 ~, f; ?gxxd-fxr-nxthing-tx-nxbxdy, lxg, dxg, hxg, xr frxg, cxme xut xf a
! _( i3 E/ a7 x) _1 X2 M% u5 [) zCxncxrd bxg. Cxxl, nxw -- cxxl! Dx be cxxl, yxu fxxl! Nxne xf yxur
: F# I- [) V7 ?; W6 Y9 D. H& \crxwing, xld cxck! Dxn't frxwn sx -- dxn't! Dxn't hxllx, nxr hxwl,- Q1 Y& K) {& e! M7 ~' i+ z* q
nxr grxwl, nxr bxw-wxw-wxw! Gxxd Lxrd, Jxhn, hxw yxu dx lxxk! Txld- p" ?( I+ |4 y
yxu sx, yxu knxw, -- but stxp rxlling yxur gxxse xf an xld pxll abxut" _- f' ^" P9 u) F( R2 A8 ?
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
8 |0 Q; A$ R2 l4 p8 g8 X# enot to be conceived. The first definite idea entertained by the
1 Y$ h5 {3 N9 Z# ?. Npopulace was, that some diabolical treason lay concealed in the
5 g2 N! L! T( F# v% T# Mhieroglyphics; and there was a general rush to Bullet-head's7 e9 w7 p! m* n% `
residence, for the purpose of riding him on a rail; but that
1 \  n. a2 @1 v1 b+ Dgentleman was nowhere to be found. He had vanished, no one could tell" ~: U& }, v6 F$ G2 f
how; and not even the ghost of him has ever been seen since.
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; l3 Q9 h# |: S( FUnable to discover its legitimate object, the popular fury at length9 P' j- X4 ]0 Z0 X& H/ Y
subsided; leaving behind it, by way of sediment, quite a medley of
7 K. I5 y6 a  b! B* g1 P/ g2 Zopinion about this unhappy affair.) t: p) a% M2 a3 E7 C9 ]

* E6 Y+ }& W, p* \1 T, bOne gentleman thought the whole an X-ellent joke.
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: Z7 k$ u4 n, P' N9 iAnother said that, indeed, Bullet-head had shown much X-uberance of
. i  n7 q$ O( ^# zfancy.
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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
% M' M6 ?3 ^" K; P' N4 K  Jgeneral way, his X-asperation.
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, G3 \% l: f) B, J'Say, rather, to set an X-ample to posterity,' suggested a fifth.3 s* r) W  L% C: y6 o  w

. c6 \* g/ b$ ~6 N- @5 o# ZThat Bullet-head had been driven to an extremity, was clear to all;6 T$ s+ }4 R- ^0 V3 V
and in fact, since that editor could not be found, there was some
# h6 P: u5 _$ W" ztalk about lynching the other one.
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The more common conclusion, however, was that the affair was, simply,# q& v( M' z2 L
X-traordinary and in-X-plicable. Even the town mathematician
- r! m, t2 h& _1 w7 jconfessed that he could make nothing of so dark a problem. X, every.' Y' c2 y$ u* s" Q9 X% B0 G1 G
body knew, was an unknown quantity; but in this case (as he properly
$ I) O8 C3 `/ V$ @observed), 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
3 F; U+ p# m( [0 C; ithe paragrab'), did not meet with so much attention as I think it
2 H# i1 \, }* o9 n" a+ F, s: U- q8 Hdeserved, although it was very openly and very fearlessly expressed.- f$ K8 l, Y5 O$ @
He said that, for his part, he had no doubt about the matter at all,9 N' }3 l2 y/ |( \7 `$ E
that it was a clear case, that Mr. Bullet-head 'never could be
4 k' E2 W$ j5 k6 ypersuaded fur to drink like other folks, but vas continually
2 I1 B8 J3 [" O/ T7 I4 L& ea-svigging o' that ere blessed XXX ale, and as a naiteral* u6 Q  D) B' w: S0 X! o
consekvence, it just puffed him up savage, and made him X (cross) in; |. p; |$ a7 C: s7 w* T
the X-treme.'
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