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9 z r+ [* s& A( W0 q: LBurning with the chivalry of this determination, the great( \: R M' ]6 r, ?# n* i! S0 X
Touch-and-go, in the next 'Tea-Pot,' came out merely with this simple {# j, Z9 V8 f4 P+ q
but 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
4 f, H" G6 D: z+ Qthe "Gazette" that he (the "Tea-Pot") will take an opportunity in' ]8 Y5 B& v t
tomorrow morning's paper, of convincing him (the "Daily News") that he
& z0 h: H; P s4 _, U& V(the "Tea-Pot") both can and will be his own master, as regards
! j- h$ Y& H* z! a* @style; he (the "Tea-Pot") intending to show him (the "Daily News") the
( Z0 ^# Z1 g, b3 Csupreme, and indeed the withering contempt with which the criticism1 u% k; p; l* h: M& P
of him (the "Daily News") inspires the independent bosom of him (the
* w# G+ m; u. _"TeaPot") by composing for the especial gratification (?) of him (the
- s6 A P0 n! s& B7 V"Daily News") a leading article, of some extent, in which the beautiful8 k" v6 v- |% u! x0 u/ f
vowel -- the emblem of Eternity -- yet so offensive to the: D$ j( M& a/ ?) X
hyper-exquisite delicacy of him (the "Daily News") shall most certainly
e! p. J. x5 b7 Knot be avoided by his (the "Daily News") most obedient, humble
, @& R- W* q) v& m1 s" _2 G' lservant, the "Tea-Pot." "So much for Buckingham!"'
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In fulfilment of the awful threat thus darkly intimated rather than# j: ], I- \, \3 x& D2 O7 n
decidedly enunciated, the great Bullet-head, turning a deaf ear to
, c7 R' o& N' L; {# p" Eall entreaties for 'copy,' and simply requesting his foreman to 'go
" B P7 i( a/ C# f( r: ^0 fto the d-l,' when he (the foreman) assured him (the 'Tea-Pot'!) that
' {& {% [3 |9 h$ P3 k, ~9 d) O yit was high time to 'go to press': turning a deaf ear to everything,& z7 E( ]# } q5 f7 x5 N* m
I say, the great Bullet-head sat up until day-break, consuming the
# ~& }: w* O: }9 G; l$ b+ gmidnight oil, and absorbed in the composition of the really
% H! r) R* m1 r% @unparalleled paragraph, which follows:-. d; S" Z6 I- @6 d& Y& h8 k, e
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'So ho, John! how now? Told you so, you know. Don't crow, another" h! H' U. |* w& T! `: r( p/ f) S9 e
time, before you're out of the woods! Does your mother know you're5 [$ s1 Z1 E" @& a! B
out? Oh, no, no! -- so go home at once, now, John, to your odious old
* M0 B0 {; {) \- v# Gwoods of Concord! Go home to your woods, old owl -- go! You won't!
' T4 v& ^, n, k* T1 W, dOh, poh, poh, don't do so! You've got to go, you know! So go at once,
1 T& t2 ]3 r6 c* P) @* |% ^. j: gand don't go slow, for nobody owns you here, you know! Oh! John,& C. ^0 |# {9 i2 a+ o; C8 X6 @
John, if you don't go you're no homo -- no! You're only a fowl, an
, X9 l: G4 G" f# C2 A- D4 g3 powl, a cow, a sow, -- a doll, a poll; a poor, old,! w# \; E& c% S C. q
good-for-nothing-to-nobody, log, dog, hog, or frog, come out of a: u5 c8 }4 }4 C3 j# v, V4 y" J, j
Concord bog. Cool, now -- cool! Do be cool, you fool! None of your
; q& X) d8 o3 k6 H. _crowing, old cock! Don't frown so -- don't! Don't hollo, nor howl nor
8 l" Z/ C' z7 j* E. ]growl, nor bow-wow-wow! Good Lord, John, how you do look! Told you# p7 E6 t; l: K% x: h0 y7 Q7 n
so, you know -- but stop rolling your goose of an old poll about so,4 j- e7 O" b. n9 @* h X- i( d) t
and go and drown your sorrows in a bowl!' |
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