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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/ V. g- W$ n2 i$ G' W
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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 : u% M  l6 ^2 m+ F" t

' W+ s8 t* X8 `# ]. aAS 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.% v* V" E! R: u) k: k
   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 ; {3 F: `& T% V! h2 A& L
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I must do him the justice to say, however, that when he made up his% K, L9 D, B! @+ o- a- A+ c
mind finally to settle in that town, it was under the impression that* s7 }; h. `3 z5 Z$ x+ M* h8 i% o
no newspaper, and consequently no editor, existed in that particular
* p/ V  i4 w, g, ~, h* A6 c( ~section of the country. In establishing 'The Tea-Pot' he expected to
3 F1 v; N; i2 j( lhave the field all to himself. I feel confident he never would have2 A0 I7 g* a# E9 C- A$ D2 w
dreamed of taking up his residence in Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis
* A2 ^8 C5 S5 T) k3 K3 {/ {had he been aware that, in Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis, there lived% \4 S$ B0 \/ @) O! j" }! \5 x" ?
a gentleman named John Smith (if I rightly remember), who for many- U; ^, l3 L" j3 J) L( j/ F$ q
years had there quietly grown fat in editing and publishing the
4 a+ ?' c% `* |6 z0 q2 K, o'Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis Daily News.' It was solely, therefore, on( A) }7 B# {+ y; V) s
account of having been misinformed, that Mr. Bullet-head found
/ Y  b5 l5 D/ D& ohimself in Alex-suppose we call it Nopolis, 'for short' -- but, as he! a9 `1 r  k8 O% u! h
did find himself there, he determined to keep up his character for& k# r2 i1 u0 G
obst -- for firmness, and remain. So remain he did; and he did more;
1 g! Q9 q& u: n6 {1 ]he unpacked his press, type, etc., etc., rented an office exactly
5 R9 \* r$ E0 i& ^" [opposite to that of the 'Daily News,' and, on the third morning after
! o# J4 J% t5 Z% rhis arrival, issued the first number of 'The Alexan' -- that is to
* C2 ^& a3 x- S, E1 \. ?, ^3 M1 Asay, of 'The Nopolis Tea-Pot' -- as nearly as I can recollect, this
7 I0 \2 I6 k/ }, O$ D* ]. L. q& qwas the name of the new paper.. n; ]; v- w5 Q- _: i

" Q/ K  K& l1 V- B5 H+ w; TThe leading article, I must admit, was brilliant -- not to say! f- a' U# G% J2 Q
severe. It was especially bitter about things in general -- and as( y5 \4 q. |: f3 T
for the editor of 'The Daily News,' he was torn all to pieces in
! m* Q8 I/ Y5 a5 U0 v) o4 |( p, b- dparticular. Some of Bullethead's remarks were really so fiery that I, W7 X1 _7 f& e
have always, since that time, been forced to look upon John Smith,0 ]- J( D- T/ B- Z' y6 M" u, V! P
who is still alive, in the light of a salamander. I cannot pretend to
) x% Z* b7 }% ugive all the 'Tea-Pot's' paragraphs verbatim, but one of them runs
7 i* V2 v7 R' @, H+ E3 m: g: Wthus:
大型搬家
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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
$ j1 c& F4 J4 F, u. Y- X. j( Lis a genius -- O, my! Oh, goodness, gracious! -- what is this world/ N( ]: K! _& L1 K# |# Z/ n0 T/ O
coming to? Oh, tempora! Oh, Moses!'" d0 `1 J( X) v" b
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A philippic at once so caustic and so classical, alighted like a; x& W: J6 y* h' Q0 }/ G
bombshell among the hitherto peaceful citizens of Nopolis. Groups of) n4 t9 M; v) J
excited individuals gathered at the corners of the streets. Every one
; b# x4 a, }, N3 f; W0 Q; Z' Z" ^3 N5 ]awaited, with heartfelt anxiety, the reply of the dignified Smith.& v+ b; }" Q- q- q+ B/ K
Next morning it appeared as follows:
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: e  x* {2 g& h4 T1 _% t'We quote from "The Tea-Pot" of yesterday the subjoined paragraph:9 R: C5 u- {# j: n- `% U, A- C
"Oh, yes! Oh, we perceive! Oh, no doubt! Oh, my! Oh, goodness! Oh,
' v: o$ s9 e$ W% l/ |  btempora! Oh, Moses!" Why, the fellow is all O! That accounts for his6 H8 e4 h) _9 [- ^6 D$ W
reasoning in a circle, and explains why there is neither beginning$ O5 m& v+ J1 b- _
nor end to him, nor to anything he says. We really do not believe the. z5 E$ V& a/ E% ^. O
vagabond can write a word that hasn't an O in it. Wonder if this. Y3 A, l5 _6 d6 o% f; y# a
O-ing is a habit of his? By-the-by, he came away from Down-East in a
9 ]0 Y1 g2 s6 M# y# _great hurry. Wonder if he O's as much there as he does here? "O! it* p% u1 O& S, K  z" |. ]1 I4 M% G
is pitiful."'  O6 X' B* M# h- v+ ~
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The indignation of Mr. Bullet-head at these scandalous insinuations,5 j! a; `/ W4 z- A' c5 M7 S
I shall not attempt to describe. On the eel-skinning principle,+ G4 {: [: M% t8 \+ B$ ~6 z7 [$ O
however, he did not seem to be so much incensed at the attack upon1 S2 z' k5 {" w6 X1 R
his integrity as one might have imagined. It was the sneer at his
+ r( g9 A5 F2 g! o, I( l' ?6 Cstyle that drove him to desperation. What! -- he Touch-and-go5 |+ e7 g" v1 W" y, n; u# i& Q2 x
Bullet-head! -- not able to write a word without an O in it! He would
2 y& d5 e# @/ `soon let the jackanapes see that he was mistaken. Yes! he would let4 G/ g/ Z% {  \1 [
him see how much he was mistaken, the puppy! He, Touch-and-go' [# d  x, j7 r5 |
Bullet-head, of Frogpondium, would let Mr. John Smith perceive that
, X; P$ [8 p- k- Q7 w; J: nhe, Bullet-head, could indite, if it so pleased him, a whole9 g. I* N% i- h. Q
paragraph -- aye! a whole article -- in which that contemptible vowel+ C2 N$ R7 U" N
should not once -- not even once -- make its appearance. But no; --
& j+ n( |8 y8 j! T! ]that would be yielding a point to the said John Smith. He,
, @* `. G8 C' u' W' }' l4 f; KBullet-head, would make no alteration in his style, to suit the/ M, t/ D2 l+ x7 }
caprices of any Mr. Smith in Christendom. Perish so vile a thought!* s+ }7 ?- M* I4 q9 g7 H
The O forever; He would persist in the O. He would be as O-wy as O-wy
: I: l0 \- h8 X. _5 \: Mcould be.
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6 f- Q; O" B% F( HBurning with the chivalry of this determination, the great
0 `* C7 Z! _0 ]2 p! B  u/ w7 ]/ rTouch-and-go, in the next 'Tea-Pot,' came out merely with this simple
/ l0 w9 _& x) J5 B4 @* hbut resolute paragraph, in reference to this unhappy affair:
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'The editor of the "Tea-Pot" has the honor of advising the editor of
9 d( X0 H9 n& T6 n: n+ i7 o4 `4 Q2 {the "Gazette" that he (the "Tea-Pot") will take an opportunity in
; Q' Y+ Q4 z9 E6 U+ }$ V. Atomorrow morning's paper, of convincing him (the "Daily News") that he6 c0 M3 _& l$ T6 g0 w2 f
(the "Tea-Pot") both can and will be his own master, as regards
7 R6 e! M0 U  B) W% o' J% ustyle; he (the "Tea-Pot") intending to show him (the "Daily News") the
5 g1 _0 x9 T/ l; |8 [' Ksupreme, and indeed the withering contempt with which the criticism! ]1 \( L5 R4 A  g* Y
of him (the "Daily News") inspires the independent bosom of him (the
6 D' y/ I0 p/ [* j4 l"TeaPot") by composing for the especial gratification (?) of him (the
3 M; `0 P$ T* _"Daily News") a leading article, of some extent, in which the beautiful, \1 I0 }8 Z, s! ^) }/ ~
vowel -- the emblem of Eternity -- yet so offensive to the9 d4 |0 [/ q' V5 Q; Q
hyper-exquisite delicacy of him (the "Daily News") shall most certainly  w' k; Z9 J& k( J
not be avoided by his (the "Daily News") most obedient, humble
/ h2 j& @# `! M0 I) {0 o1 rservant, the "Tea-Pot." "So much for Buckingham!"'  N0 ~% p/ r; e( P" i; S' q# P; t

  g. D% q/ T" z8 [* k) lIn fulfilment of the awful threat thus darkly intimated rather than$ c2 W/ h# m6 T
decidedly enunciated, the great Bullet-head, turning a deaf ear to$ ^3 g- t% U% X! ?
all entreaties for 'copy,' and simply requesting his foreman to 'go
; e" x# q% a) r. ?to the d-l,' when he (the foreman) assured him (the 'Tea-Pot'!) that
3 d" ]5 O- }$ ait was high time to 'go to press': turning a deaf ear to everything,  p( `3 r5 [. t( ]
I say, the great Bullet-head sat up until day-break, consuming the# V4 I! D: l+ O  J+ _. {* C+ p
midnight oil, and absorbed in the composition of the really
" P' T+ W4 f+ T1 \unparalleled paragraph, which follows:-
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) c: m+ A& s- ?. m6 p& M9 l'So ho, John! how now? Told you so, you know. Don't crow, another
! a7 @* q5 E+ d" R: v1 `time, before you're out of the woods! Does your mother know you're, [4 r% D( z* H/ L) b6 I! O
out? Oh, no, no! -- so go home at once, now, John, to your odious old
4 x' H6 W, I# S- |( H  C( i. Awoods of Concord! Go home to your woods, old owl -- go! You won't!
, M* t* L( F# }: Q" P, M* M) f) ?Oh, poh, poh, don't do so! You've got to go, you know! So go at once,
2 [3 |+ h; S- |3 G. j! yand don't go slow, for nobody owns you here, you know! Oh! John,
( \1 |6 K9 ]3 Z3 uJohn, if you don't go you're no homo -- no! You're only a fowl, an
, n3 f  b) z( b& I1 vowl, a cow, a sow, -- a doll, a poll; a poor, old,
! J- q5 t: P7 _7 ~, Rgood-for-nothing-to-nobody, log, dog, hog, or frog, come out of a- y  h6 I( ]  {' N
Concord bog. Cool, now -- cool! Do be cool, you fool! None of your2 g" ~8 ?$ I+ _0 Q- B
crowing, old cock! Don't frown so -- don't! Don't hollo, nor howl nor% }. P/ r  Z$ F. V5 Y
growl, nor bow-wow-wow! Good Lord, John, how you do look! Told you
4 @' v+ S" z. @1 S5 w$ Sso, you know -- but stop rolling your goose of an old poll about so,, i0 K" x3 z! L1 s! A
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 f/ r; b8 L2 ^2 D- X3 iTouch-and-go could do nothing more than that night.  He handed his article to: {, H# `, U8 ~% B5 N# Y4 {- d, q9 X
the printer's boy who was waiting, and walked slowly home to bed.
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1 ^$ Q, K# V1 e5 ]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
. |% l. [/ C! `( ^  J* T# ]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
+ _' C7 |% {" I" I7 d. V/ ]describe his feelings of horror when his fingers came out of it without a! F2 X' z( q, f$ x0 i& N, u
letter in them? who can tell of his astonishment and anger when he realized that the little box was completely empty?  Not a single
& M3 ]; r, C# G* n% w4 z; alittle-o was in the little-o box; and, glancing fearfully at the0 l2 `9 s7 F, ~# n  T/ [
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
8 [1 D" {' o. M4 l" ?without no o's.'
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'What do you mean by that?' said the chief, who was  very7 S+ a% I% ]- I; k
angry at being kept from his bed so late.* c2 k: e5 ]+ l) C' f3 T
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'Well, sir, there isn't an o in the office, neither a big one nor a
( ]& M0 R$ G& t2 v7 |little one!'* s8 R" \1 {3 [" w: C/ _

+ v8 J8 o0 I! v  `" `/ O  J'What -- what has happened to all those that were in the box?') x( ?# i: n$ H. d- v: \' ~( M
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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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'I haven't a doubt of it,' replied the chief angrily, turning" N7 i8 G: P/ \8 n! ^
purple with rage 'but I tell you what you do, Bob, that's a good boy1 K$ ^" j" z- O! q* {
-- you go over to the Daily News the first chance you get, and take every one of their
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7 r5 Q% P0 i% z) J$ ~* i2 _  V'Right,' replied Bob. 'I'll go,
0 Y9 y* D- D! v$ o  |  }1 L3 YI'll show them a thing or two; but what about that
9 j- q$ ~- p7 E+ g8 X5 x$ Eparagraph? 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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'Ah, well, then! Do the best you can with it! We must get it ready,'
! L2 \( b. Z( _1 i6 esaid the chief, who was buried in work; 'just put in
7 R1 W( Z8 X) \9 d# L8 tsome 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
& q3 z1 F5 B) ~9 B4 M+ s3 Ncase, muttering as he went: 'Considdeble vell, them ere expressions,
+ H( y! n+ ^- H' l8 k: e6 ^6 w% tperticcler for a man as doesn't swar. So I's to gouge out all their
; I1 `# k" Q6 F/ h6 s- yeyes, eh? and d-n all their gizzards! Vell! this here's the chap as
1 c' x. u& D) D3 Z5 {2 }+ A6 J; bis just able for to do it.' The fact is that although Bob was but3 @$ k% z4 X  u% Q
twelve years old and four feet high, he was equal to any amount of7 B/ u8 t) w0 x* m( m+ W: i
fight, in a small way.
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, B- ~3 l, h1 G' Z6 iThe exigency here described is by no means of rare occurrence in
) o5 u8 k  @0 qprinting-offices; and I cannot tell how to account for it, but the! q5 v! e; S6 j( s
fact is indisputable, that when the exigency does occur, it almost: o* M/ [, Q6 |4 u% x9 ^. `
always happens that x is adopted as a substitute for the letter4 ]' S2 O8 l9 `+ v
deficient. The true reason, perhaps, is that x is rather the most
; ~# p9 P$ W" Y) Zsuperabundant letter in the cases, or at least was so in the old
, b% G. b2 t( |  R  Z0 m! G$ {times -- long enough to render the substitution in question an
# m4 h- I& I9 Y6 whabitual thing with printers. As for Bob, he would have considered it/ m, R- P- B2 ~* u
heretical to employ any other character, in a case of this kind, than
& n0 o" l6 g0 }5 v% A: Hthe x to which he had been accustomed.1 K7 L# J2 ?* `
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'I shell have to x this ere paragrab,' said he to himself, as he read
+ t8 {- Q2 }, i+ v8 K1 t! |it over in astonishment, 'but it's jest about the awfulest o-wy
$ M% R$ M# g' S$ D7 h7 U3 V& Yparagrab I ever did see': so x it he did, unflinchingly, and to press
! a! t9 T- S. J9 ?+ @7 M) tit went x-ed.4 m0 L* m# R* U6 v9 J
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Next morning the population of Nopolis were taken all aback by( O# b% T  F  A! w% ]' h; y
reading in 'The Tea-Pot,' the following extraordinary leader:
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" m$ \# l$ G2 t, A'Sx hx, Jxhn! hxw nxw? Txld yxu sx, yxu knxw. Dxn't crxw, anxther
0 S& }' l. l+ ~9 c1 H  J* htime, befxre yxu're xut xf the wxxds! Dxes yxur mxther knxw yxu're% ^# @- \; D  V' u7 e
xut? Xh, nx, nx! -- sx gx hxme at xnce, nxw, Jxhn, tx yxur xdixus xld7 G) R3 O* J5 x/ w: R2 B! G) m, d0 g
wxxds xf Cxncxrd! Gx hxme tx yxur wxxds, xld xwl, -- gx! Yxu wxn't?
" v8 R: _3 H( q8 S" k+ ~, g; C2 ~Xh, pxh, pxh, Jxhn, dxn't dx sx! Yxu've gxt tx gx, yxu knxw, sx gx at
, P/ `* l. v" j# W9 Y) y; Xxnce, and dxn't gx slxw; fxr nxbxdy xwns yxu here, yxu knxw. Xh,3 k  p/ l6 [0 N$ q5 U! A2 L8 \
Jxhn, Jxhn, Jxhn, if yxu dxn't gx yxu're nx hxmx -- nx! Yxu're xnly a) T3 t: Y# n$ |1 o
fxwl, an xwl; a cxw, a sxw; a dxll, a pxll; a pxxr xld8 w- h* i" ?! m9 j. c
gxxd-fxr-nxthing-tx-nxbxdy, lxg, dxg, hxg, xr frxg, cxme xut xf a' {" V( v7 R) K& }7 a
Cxncxrd bxg. Cxxl, nxw -- cxxl! Dx be cxxl, yxu fxxl! Nxne xf yxur
; b9 O, h2 R" w1 q5 }5 Zcrxwing, xld cxck! Dxn't frxwn sx -- dxn't! Dxn't hxllx, nxr hxwl,
' w* y5 }- K, c* w1 nnxr grxwl, nxr bxw-wxw-wxw! Gxxd Lxrd, Jxhn, hxw yxu dx lxxk! Txld3 o) X" Y, g$ ~% R( h  N3 f+ X
yxu sx, yxu knxw, -- but stxp rxlling yxur gxxse xf an xld pxll abxut) t1 b4 P) t  G* h* I' a
sx, and gx and drxwn yxur sxrrxws in a bxwl!'
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The uproar occasioned by this mystical and cabalistical article, is0 R  V* s& ^3 ~% a3 X; j
not to be conceived. The first definite idea entertained by the3 m5 J( |2 W, V7 F
populace was, that some diabolical treason lay concealed in the
) C  c0 X& y3 Vhieroglyphics; and there was a general rush to Bullet-head's8 |* w$ K0 t, y" o* A; d. y8 a
residence, for the purpose of riding him on a rail; but that
# u, n( S( z2 Ogentleman was nowhere to be found. He had vanished, no one could tell5 x# r, V; ]2 z- ?. s( n* W( z
how; and not even the ghost of him has ever been seen since., F$ K5 ]7 W' Y& A, S: g+ I$ j

" ?/ X. Y$ ?; @$ J( n/ |( |" iUnable to discover its legitimate object, the popular fury at length
: V% p( v; k, Lsubsided; leaving behind it, by way of sediment, quite a medley of; I- z; s0 T* D1 S
opinion about this unhappy affair.5 @# D1 t3 K( J  y/ H
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One gentleman thought the whole an X-ellent joke.
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1 q1 z( R3 A' \9 YAnother said that, indeed, Bullet-head had shown much X-uberance of  |7 G9 f# d& x* u& X7 o  p1 g
fancy.3 `" U* Q8 u/ q

$ Q5 c( O: U. h: B$ a* ]A third admitted him X-entric, but no more.8 o& A; r* J# U

2 o4 A6 \$ [# l  y7 l. J& }) @A fourth could only suppose it the Yankee's design to X-press, in a
' u9 z4 R: [: \9 \; M- Q# Y; ?general way, his X-asperation.. Y7 b- O. p" x/ [- M7 s; h

9 {/ l( ]; y/ ['Say, rather, to set an X-ample to posterity,' suggested a fifth.5 [: G  G( Q3 j0 `6 U, s; F1 d
6 s: v, V5 e6 v( p6 A& h6 @
That Bullet-head had been driven to an extremity, was clear to all;
/ V3 {% n2 A2 W$ S  y- p4 s' r. zand in fact, since that editor could not be found, there was some0 d5 U, r2 M( Y1 q. J+ }6 `6 U
talk about lynching the other one.
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The more common conclusion, however, was that the affair was, simply,, k  a; C( v* D& M
X-traordinary and in-X-plicable. Even the town mathematician
! E1 x7 q. s& }/ bconfessed that he could make nothing of so dark a problem. X, every.
5 [( @: `+ J# l% gbody knew, was an unknown quantity; but in this case (as he properly5 a8 X2 l$ t1 |1 A' d
observed), there was an unknown quantity of X.
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8 y% r6 i9 t! a5 x8 rThe opinion of Bob, the devil (who kept dark about his having 'X-ed5 S/ u) K1 F2 ?% S& ^9 @, G# W
the paragrab'), did not meet with so much attention as I think it8 Y! X3 s; T' K; g$ m/ p+ e
deserved, although it was very openly and very fearlessly expressed.9 |) M4 P# x/ p) y' t* a6 @4 K4 R* v5 J
He said that, for his part, he had no doubt about the matter at all,
) U" U5 q; S/ S$ o: B2 ]* Uthat it was a clear case, that Mr. Bullet-head 'never could be" i- c6 b1 ^, ~
persuaded fur to drink like other folks, but vas continually) a$ o! p0 Q9 c; W  Z% K- ~' ?7 H
a-svigging o' that ere blessed XXX ale, and as a naiteral2 P) K* {- ~: }( f+ y! ^
consekvence, it just puffed him up savage, and made him X (cross) in
. v- q2 V$ R1 C- G+ E( ithe X-treme.'
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