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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& g) [' ?" r  c( R! X" Z/ B2 I
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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 : e" O0 R5 R8 G: c( C
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AS 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.
9 h  w6 }( |* e* `1 I7 e! [   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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+ k! L) O. u/ s6 n5 a( J; o9 V( bI must do him the justice to say, however, that when he made up his# V' Q# ]/ Z- m/ H& _6 B
mind finally to settle in that town, it was under the impression that
! d' f2 G) P; V6 N/ u6 o! m1 d7 {6 u' Gno newspaper, and consequently no editor, existed in that particular7 r! s. W# i# X$ n$ c  v
section of the country. In establishing 'The Tea-Pot' he expected to* B; K1 _, y" c! ^; Y, e
have the field all to himself. I feel confident he never would have. N# ^: M6 M: Q: O$ G6 B: X0 m3 O
dreamed of taking up his residence in Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis8 Z1 V! q; I% O2 x8 ~+ k( {& ~
had he been aware that, in Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis, there lived
5 ?3 Z% L8 R: D2 I1 m( S$ e4 x+ {5 Ca gentleman named John Smith (if I rightly remember), who for many* t, w. u) M& ]. Z
years had there quietly grown fat in editing and publishing the
; Z: r8 X' P$ P" I- Z+ U. c  g- g'Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis Daily News.' It was solely, therefore, on4 p. ]! T! K- `+ G; q( V4 e" K0 r
account of having been misinformed, that Mr. Bullet-head found
% f5 w0 j$ \, Z6 p# D' Ahimself in Alex-suppose we call it Nopolis, 'for short' -- but, as he" X* p2 g6 S( C* h; W8 g3 p
did find himself there, he determined to keep up his character for
: I9 S' I$ p5 u3 E" A- C3 t* robst -- for firmness, and remain. So remain he did; and he did more;
9 \4 v+ V  c$ D( H# Phe unpacked his press, type, etc., etc., rented an office exactly
, F9 B2 Q8 K7 b( M  s+ v& G% ~opposite to that of the 'Daily News,' and, on the third morning after* T5 H" ~& O6 \0 u7 w% N4 E
his arrival, issued the first number of 'The Alexan' -- that is to+ _5 i9 `* z6 B- X7 N% H4 o$ [" \
say, of 'The Nopolis Tea-Pot' -- as nearly as I can recollect, this% H" [% \8 L( a0 X! t9 a- U1 i/ z
was the name of the new paper.
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3 ?! ~3 q: A; `) Y7 w9 a6 P" hThe leading article, I must admit, was brilliant -- not to say
4 K$ n# Z' |7 g* a3 \/ ?severe. It was especially bitter about things in general -- and as
/ v0 c  X4 {  N- n, r/ yfor the editor of 'The Daily News,' he was torn all to pieces in
2 T" W) \5 A2 W" W9 oparticular. Some of Bullethead's remarks were really so fiery that I) k3 X  j" x) Z/ [
have always, since that time, been forced to look upon John Smith,
' Q9 [  G& ^4 V' R; y; a- s/ rwho is still alive, in the light of a salamander. I cannot pretend to6 l* n! s# {  v/ ?9 r+ Q3 |# t
give all the 'Tea-Pot's' paragraphs verbatim, but one of them runs6 @" k% C! a& M5 c, C+ b
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 way2 B* _5 {) b/ Y) s* h
is a genius -- O, my! Oh, goodness, gracious! -- what is this world
- S8 j# |+ M6 C3 g! }coming to? Oh, tempora! Oh, Moses!'
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9 G; ]0 w/ S& e7 yA philippic at once so caustic and so classical, alighted like a
, f2 z' D9 s2 C0 Abombshell among the hitherto peaceful citizens of Nopolis. Groups of
% a/ l8 _1 W9 U/ Rexcited individuals gathered at the corners of the streets. Every one) c  T1 M* {4 O# l9 k4 W7 V2 ]7 A
awaited, with heartfelt anxiety, the reply of the dignified Smith.
8 K" A  D" Z& QNext morning it appeared as follows:
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# y. g+ ~# [0 ]* ]3 g8 C* g% E" T'We quote from "The Tea-Pot" of yesterday the subjoined paragraph:
; C8 ^% K6 Y' T; I5 g1 [3 ]& N/ E; Z4 }"Oh, yes! Oh, we perceive! Oh, no doubt! Oh, my! Oh, goodness! Oh,
+ g; j$ B2 {" |- z4 Otempora! Oh, Moses!" Why, the fellow is all O! That accounts for his
" L$ w8 P+ t# G# t6 Xreasoning in a circle, and explains why there is neither beginning
! ~! _! @0 ]0 Qnor end to him, nor to anything he says. We really do not believe the
  E0 s2 ^+ B! N$ |$ {1 H. Evagabond can write a word that hasn't an O in it. Wonder if this# U0 k$ W) p% L# T- ]% M
O-ing is a habit of his? By-the-by, he came away from Down-East in a9 G6 ^9 m! S! `0 y7 M0 f: q
great hurry. Wonder if he O's as much there as he does here? "O! it
+ z1 a3 l7 m2 Q% X# ]is pitiful."'
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" w0 M2 I/ {; pThe indignation of Mr. Bullet-head at these scandalous insinuations,
- A4 r$ J  T# J/ V0 V* f  T* hI shall not attempt to describe. On the eel-skinning principle,& B0 ]9 f2 x6 F0 I( Q. O9 J
however, he did not seem to be so much incensed at the attack upon
- H; n1 f' Z' f6 \/ Rhis integrity as one might have imagined. It was the sneer at his
7 l! ~$ A  t8 }1 X/ c1 `7 f4 |8 J  ?; mstyle that drove him to desperation. What! -- he Touch-and-go; \- q2 {2 S" A8 `3 T
Bullet-head! -- not able to write a word without an O in it! He would) \$ S0 r) e! i" h; C
soon let the jackanapes see that he was mistaken. Yes! he would let! T, H4 m; d: l1 h, _7 g
him see how much he was mistaken, the puppy! He, Touch-and-go
; w3 q" n. v) f/ m: MBullet-head, of Frogpondium, would let Mr. John Smith perceive that  @; q  A  y4 B3 i
he, Bullet-head, could indite, if it so pleased him, a whole
& e+ ^. M, a% z, uparagraph -- aye! a whole article -- in which that contemptible vowel$ k7 ]2 Z- O  e6 P! }
should not once -- not even once -- make its appearance. But no; --. \+ Q0 L3 T7 ]
that would be yielding a point to the said John Smith. He,
+ x+ c/ o5 s* E8 Y# s6 K! GBullet-head, would make no alteration in his style, to suit the4 G: {0 b( ?1 f) e/ h- C+ v8 N
caprices of any Mr. Smith in Christendom. Perish so vile a thought!9 y& N' j8 v/ ~! H" \: p$ W) ^
The O forever; He would persist in the O. He would be as O-wy as O-wy
1 G- U3 L! E& Dcould be.
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5 S" [& `# F& ^Burning with the chivalry of this determination, the great" E! c, b% b" r$ v2 r2 @
Touch-and-go, in the next 'Tea-Pot,' came out merely with this simple
; [1 p) s9 n+ {  H5 h, W. Q; ?but resolute paragraph, in reference to this unhappy affair:
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& [4 `8 h7 t7 k'The editor of the "Tea-Pot" has the honor of advising the editor of9 k: o! ?1 f; L) B
the "Gazette" that he (the "Tea-Pot") will take an opportunity in( o6 H; p2 E2 D2 l; I# o. D; Z0 C
tomorrow morning's paper, of convincing him (the "Daily News") that he
. H( L2 [! ?6 C+ v$ j" ^(the "Tea-Pot") both can and will be his own master, as regards
& I* P" X7 v  t3 a! Bstyle; he (the "Tea-Pot") intending to show him (the "Daily News") the
2 Z8 ]0 @( H4 J% g+ t  g% f5 K: A! Jsupreme, and indeed the withering contempt with which the criticism& \8 a* j5 p. T% m, Q0 W/ A
of him (the "Daily News") inspires the independent bosom of him (the! f9 M  B% P1 H8 }7 S$ C* `
"TeaPot") by composing for the especial gratification (?) of him (the
+ L% R6 ?3 O2 ]2 K: M- s) I) j"Daily News") a leading article, of some extent, in which the beautiful* V" D2 u+ ^8 T: G* x& _1 s
vowel -- the emblem of Eternity -- yet so offensive to the
4 z+ N3 Q0 o* S! Dhyper-exquisite delicacy of him (the "Daily News") shall most certainly
! D, P8 ]6 ^; P% y7 pnot be avoided by his (the "Daily News") most obedient, humble
: V6 C! h2 [- {( Q+ _/ q, z* qservant, the "Tea-Pot." "So much for Buckingham!"'
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In fulfilment of the awful threat thus darkly intimated rather than
' D, Y6 n/ G# ]; \, i! ?decidedly enunciated, the great Bullet-head, turning a deaf ear to: P' W$ Z$ G* I5 l
all entreaties for 'copy,' and simply requesting his foreman to 'go/ L6 N2 u: S; }: w/ _5 e
to the d-l,' when he (the foreman) assured him (the 'Tea-Pot'!) that
4 d' _+ u, G+ M0 Nit was high time to 'go to press': turning a deaf ear to everything,- K( J; f6 s' @% C' P9 r
I say, the great Bullet-head sat up until day-break, consuming the
- K" W5 q. \4 @) x7 b7 S  W; w6 Bmidnight oil, and absorbed in the composition of the really( S6 N5 t/ I. q+ ^# i1 V4 V/ u
unparalleled paragraph, which follows:-( |& H8 m$ v# C3 v$ l+ {' c

8 j( I/ O0 |2 c% \, }$ a'So ho, John! how now? Told you so, you know. Don't crow, another
/ x9 W) M) u' b: ]* f$ @4 Htime, before you're out of the woods! Does your mother know you're
' g- Q) s6 r  D  ]  @out? Oh, no, no! -- so go home at once, now, John, to your odious old" v+ h' `) O8 a% z
woods of Concord! Go home to your woods, old owl -- go! You won't!. l5 F' u# ?' I* I6 u7 p. j
Oh, poh, poh, don't do so! You've got to go, you know! So go at once,+ u' f8 E, Q  {# `8 a; s% M
and don't go slow, for nobody owns you here, you know! Oh! John,
8 m- e; L) k, _John, if you don't go you're no homo -- no! You're only a fowl, an
3 @' N8 y; h# @owl, a cow, a sow, -- a doll, a poll; a poor, old,* P0 K5 M9 k7 ~4 A, @& P
good-for-nothing-to-nobody, log, dog, hog, or frog, come out of a
) z# `2 H1 `9 o4 l+ a( MConcord bog. Cool, now -- cool! Do be cool, you fool! None of your/ [' A' }5 Q5 s2 o8 I
crowing, old cock! Don't frown so -- don't! Don't hollo, nor howl nor; r! y. d% w3 I: n, \
growl, nor bow-wow-wow! Good Lord, John, how you do look! Told you' \. ~% {0 Q$ ~8 O" S
so, you know -- but stop rolling your goose of an old poll about so,% E! H* m: J7 ]7 D2 |7 C
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 m9 X# a4 ]5 V8 Q/ N& FTouch-and-go could do nothing more than that night.  He handed his article to
% W$ w- @1 c3 x; a/ F0 kthe printer's boy who was waiting, and walked slowly home to bed.& u9 I+ P8 ^; o/ ~

/ O2 c. q0 F) j1 A" N9 I# l( H3 ZThe 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
' u' Z9 {) s2 I) P% zlooked 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
& Z' R) C1 y! |: Y0 y# k4 _& fdescribe his feelings of horror when his fingers came out of it without a9 i4 y+ L. `9 j' E) C% K1 l
letter in them? who can tell of his astonishment and anger when he realized that the little box was completely empty?  Not a single
. }  g. a* c' h; G5 Q8 ?9 Rlittle-o was in the little-o box; and, glancing fearfully at the2 W' d, U5 c3 E: x* K
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 nothing7 f; `3 p, g6 X- T4 F" g
without no o's.'# m+ F! G, |" j$ z4 Q

  M1 J! L# Y+ r9 d8 J# W. b'What do you mean by that?' said the chief, who was  very
: D  B3 l" V5 W; |. r4 @angry at being kept from his bed so late./ ]- n: i0 M" Y# m. Q! l; q

. h' ^/ a. N6 Z1 d8 L  H'Well, sir, there isn't an o in the office, neither a big one nor a: t- Z5 k6 q7 V: @6 D, L4 j
little one!'
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'What -- what has happened to all those that were in the box?'
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6 n; K2 }: F5 E* T'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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'I haven't a doubt of it,' replied the chief angrily, turning
; q7 n4 A" }  u& h( R6 r2 _purple with rage 'but I tell you what you do, Bob, that's a good boy* F0 z- M8 U' \% O. v4 R
-- you go over to the Daily News the first chance you get, and take every one of their! o* `9 P- k2 `8 y4 J5 J. z4 i
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'Right,' replied Bob. 'I'll go,  c' u: {3 h7 I1 d, A/ F$ F# L
I'll show them a thing or two; but what about that
, b6 T' A7 u7 H, D2 Zparagraph? 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?', V% L/ G1 L. p( ^

! H# \. j( N7 _. b2 d4 H5 Q  E'I Shouldn't call it a very long paragrab.'( ~3 \, u8 q7 Y* r& `, K

; `, J) G( J7 W+ d% O'Ah, well, then! Do the best you can with it! We must get it ready,'' o  @# G( l% y* I1 ~
said the chief, who was buried in work; 'just put in
+ l2 U6 t) h# ksome 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
5 W. r8 x& X: Z  [case, muttering as he went: 'Considdeble vell, them ere expressions,) v2 J) q" C. F  ?. K* |
perticcler for a man as doesn't swar. So I's to gouge out all their
( p+ ]* y: Q8 p& aeyes, eh? and d-n all their gizzards! Vell! this here's the chap as  O2 B  l/ v2 L* s) {0 z* D0 H
is just able for to do it.' The fact is that although Bob was but
( ]7 |" H* ~* [5 w* Ltwelve years old and four feet high, he was equal to any amount of
! h. Z0 F9 Q5 W' l: @& X; Pfight, in a small way.4 o) V) ]- e3 K- Z9 [- z0 i/ i5 q
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The exigency here described is by no means of rare occurrence in8 m+ Z' |( M; g4 H+ G
printing-offices; and I cannot tell how to account for it, but the
$ ~, B" {1 y2 o& ffact is indisputable, that when the exigency does occur, it almost
1 [4 ?" V3 B+ ^$ U. ]7 `+ h* palways happens that x is adopted as a substitute for the letter
& ~" r: |. w) O& ydeficient. The true reason, perhaps, is that x is rather the most3 V8 u- U6 k) x+ b8 u4 ~- Q% Z
superabundant letter in the cases, or at least was so in the old) c0 P$ G2 d! Y) ~( Y
times -- long enough to render the substitution in question an
' n& K7 O: ?5 u5 O  @& ~0 Lhabitual thing with printers. As for Bob, he would have considered it
! V5 O6 Y1 C$ w% Y$ p+ @8 g) Rheretical to employ any other character, in a case of this kind, than4 L: i8 o8 y/ g
the x to which he had been accustomed.9 I0 L/ E7 t. _+ S+ a. G% H  c

2 n: C- H' O* e7 w! V# O) P0 f1 F'I shell have to x this ere paragrab,' said he to himself, as he read
* T5 d7 A: T3 s" V( Git over in astonishment, 'but it's jest about the awfulest o-wy
5 x5 z& s, u: Mparagrab I ever did see': so x it he did, unflinchingly, and to press8 D3 b6 T# q% b, P' E* g, U
it went x-ed.0 |& F8 m; m5 p2 [& `& O; r
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Next morning the population of Nopolis were taken all aback by2 ]( z7 p4 Y. d9 p) d
reading in 'The Tea-Pot,' the following extraordinary leader:! r8 ~4 n0 U. l8 Y5 r! `$ Z

' n: F9 D6 s5 L, \# f. B'Sx hx, Jxhn! hxw nxw? Txld yxu sx, yxu knxw. Dxn't crxw, anxther
! S0 ^6 R) s7 }9 E8 rtime, befxre yxu're xut xf the wxxds! Dxes yxur mxther knxw yxu're
8 P0 b& Q/ V8 N$ Mxut? Xh, nx, nx! -- sx gx hxme at xnce, nxw, Jxhn, tx yxur xdixus xld
! h- z7 ]4 d8 Y+ o) Owxxds xf Cxncxrd! Gx hxme tx yxur wxxds, xld xwl, -- gx! Yxu wxn't?
: }1 u+ H, N+ PXh, pxh, pxh, Jxhn, dxn't dx sx! Yxu've gxt tx gx, yxu knxw, sx gx at8 ]" r0 P: o' y7 T, @) e4 O5 ?) e
xnce, and dxn't gx slxw; fxr nxbxdy xwns yxu here, yxu knxw. Xh,( f" W) m# s0 |: V
Jxhn, Jxhn, Jxhn, if yxu dxn't gx yxu're nx hxmx -- nx! Yxu're xnly a7 e- p* A  L0 p0 v! A
fxwl, an xwl; a cxw, a sxw; a dxll, a pxll; a pxxr xld- v; m/ i9 U1 }: J2 C/ G& \
gxxd-fxr-nxthing-tx-nxbxdy, lxg, dxg, hxg, xr frxg, cxme xut xf a
. w8 F5 W/ ~6 U. X: F7 [Cxncxrd bxg. Cxxl, nxw -- cxxl! Dx be cxxl, yxu fxxl! Nxne xf yxur
& l' ~8 Q8 D- V; u- J6 ccrxwing, xld cxck! Dxn't frxwn sx -- dxn't! Dxn't hxllx, nxr hxwl,+ K+ v5 b+ M3 v
nxr grxwl, nxr bxw-wxw-wxw! Gxxd Lxrd, Jxhn, hxw yxu dx lxxk! Txld8 h6 X. c+ Z' C
yxu sx, yxu knxw, -- but stxp rxlling yxur gxxse xf an xld pxll abxut
  i. [$ v/ o9 N4 Isx, 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
# K0 W: N- ]9 }* a' tnot to be conceived. The first definite idea entertained by the
+ t9 A8 F" S, S, q! I: \; L1 hpopulace was, that some diabolical treason lay concealed in the9 g, t& q: A5 D9 Q; n
hieroglyphics; and there was a general rush to Bullet-head's
: G' I" m# q0 r+ k$ oresidence, for the purpose of riding him on a rail; but that
! F9 Y3 l2 Z( a& D3 ?2 j& j$ vgentleman was nowhere to be found. He had vanished, no one could tell
: x& c! A  A  V" |2 Xhow; 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 length0 y# @% \1 }+ R1 d& V1 \1 @  c
subsided; leaving behind it, by way of sediment, quite a medley of
- y; C8 Q! C/ I* Q8 r% M' Z" c4 Oopinion about this unhappy affair.( {/ Y( H! d5 U
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One gentleman thought the whole an X-ellent joke.
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Another said that, indeed, Bullet-head had shown much X-uberance of4 K% l" M9 X2 f, U' r! ]
fancy., g1 C+ j+ S2 s. B( y
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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 a0 y# A6 {. o# [
general way, his X-asperation." w6 ^2 L* H1 T3 M
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'Say, rather, to set an X-ample to posterity,' suggested a fifth.- w1 b$ ^& d- A! y

5 ?: h! J8 M4 b& G# ~That Bullet-head had been driven to an extremity, was clear to all;
' A* f0 _) K1 D: C6 \) \and in fact, since that editor could not be found, there was some
: X9 P8 E' v  U. Y1 dtalk about lynching the other one.
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The more common conclusion, however, was that the affair was, simply,! }& Z& }# P! Q6 [
X-traordinary and in-X-plicable. Even the town mathematician
! m5 s. F  }, ]6 K; U& Yconfessed that he could make nothing of so dark a problem. X, every.0 @" B- o6 R% }" }& g8 n
body knew, was an unknown quantity; but in this case (as he properly
7 E8 X  r! C: ^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* M/ U0 Y( Q5 x/ o
the paragrab'), did not meet with so much attention as I think it6 _  G8 t$ H1 [! }8 W5 I! E
deserved, although it was very openly and very fearlessly expressed.
5 d5 v, m0 a. n& t* l6 f: tHe said that, for his part, he had no doubt about the matter at all,
* t( j8 ^) u5 w. othat it was a clear case, that Mr. Bullet-head 'never could be
! Z) Z8 g" g& Y# D) C8 Hpersuaded fur to drink like other folks, but vas continually
4 w* {) Z. v. _9 g% [a-svigging o' that ere blessed XXX ale, and as a naiteral
+ M5 V% ?7 ?9 o0 |% E, yconsekvence, it just puffed him up savage, and made him X (cross) in
' ~; \* n3 A2 uthe X-treme.'
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