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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, [8 z5 A; `/ a8 m) q$ L% R* C
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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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本帖最后由 rainbowfish 于 2009-7-27 22:45 编辑 , Y' c5 M$ N- l1 O9 ]

2 I: J+ n& c2 N2 k/ M* 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./ a" v( Y9 ?. n7 L. c$ g1 G! l1 B
   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 , \$ j+ c6 w" ?
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I must do him the justice to say, however, that when he made up his
8 O( i1 a6 o) I$ g% G6 A4 u1 hmind finally to settle in that town, it was under the impression that/ M  o% L; p" p9 h  f; E
no newspaper, and consequently no editor, existed in that particular
5 U  i: z' W( u6 m  Dsection of the country. In establishing 'The Tea-Pot' he expected to4 ^/ C) Z  t; X
have the field all to himself. I feel confident he never would have4 r, z0 H* n2 Z
dreamed of taking up his residence in Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis
0 i$ A: g; i2 `+ j+ ~, q" _1 ohad he been aware that, in Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis, there lived6 C. b  s, @  H( o# \- }+ N9 |9 b
a gentleman named John Smith (if I rightly remember), who for many4 z8 L4 R4 f4 c) S2 U8 m; U8 y
years had there quietly grown fat in editing and publishing the
2 ~2 b* W# O7 x7 f5 W( `! B8 N'Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis Daily News.' It was solely, therefore, on" m" g8 x" s* L6 Y) _+ B+ H
account of having been misinformed, that Mr. Bullet-head found
0 P2 B3 |- a+ p, t$ Fhimself in Alex-suppose we call it Nopolis, 'for short' -- but, as he
/ E/ Z$ X9 \5 ]; z3 Z- |# ~did find himself there, he determined to keep up his character for
/ h5 C% m: c, Y' c  Z: k: B) fobst -- for firmness, and remain. So remain he did; and he did more;
$ B7 u' y& V& q! ], ahe unpacked his press, type, etc., etc., rented an office exactly8 X  y4 p- s0 T0 ^
opposite to that of the 'Daily News,' and, on the third morning after4 f7 N1 S3 v  H/ u
his arrival, issued the first number of 'The Alexan' -- that is to
. n# A) m$ @. }5 M4 usay, of 'The Nopolis Tea-Pot' -- as nearly as I can recollect, this! G. a8 f0 S7 j; z) r4 {$ m
was the name of the new paper.
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$ ]6 S  B7 G8 W8 Q8 mThe leading article, I must admit, was brilliant -- not to say
; ?( l% ]- x6 U6 \$ o. Osevere. It was especially bitter about things in general -- and as
! G% U1 [% X7 H: wfor the editor of 'The Daily News,' he was torn all to pieces in
5 H* T, M# u) mparticular. Some of Bullethead's remarks were really so fiery that I/ d) o" P5 w! K& X; S8 V9 d, o9 i
have always, since that time, been forced to look upon John Smith,
1 U5 p' Q5 ~$ X, f* [who is still alive, in the light of a salamander. I cannot pretend to! W, [6 I, P: B$ c
give all the 'Tea-Pot's' paragraphs verbatim, but one of them runs1 Q9 E, B# \- i7 J  g
thus:
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'Oh, yes! -- Oh, we perceive! Oh, no doubt! The editor over the way
+ G: p% k) P: W' q' wis a genius -- O, my! Oh, goodness, gracious! -- what is this world
" B, U1 o2 z& G1 ~* Ocoming to? Oh, tempora! Oh, Moses!'" @. z. L" D; r# e
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A philippic at once so caustic and so classical, alighted like a
3 {# K8 L! u# v8 S9 }+ z' l- cbombshell among the hitherto peaceful citizens of Nopolis. Groups of
* }. R3 H, l" g( W  Z7 p6 r, hexcited individuals gathered at the corners of the streets. Every one/ X% \. E  U! k6 j0 J3 P
awaited, with heartfelt anxiety, the reply of the dignified Smith.% f# l" \5 a4 F9 Z- p; Q2 g
Next morning it appeared as follows:
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'We quote from "The Tea-Pot" of yesterday the subjoined paragraph:
0 d, e  u4 y; j- u( w; y"Oh, yes! Oh, we perceive! Oh, no doubt! Oh, my! Oh, goodness! Oh,# Z7 d' Q+ D8 L! R/ w2 Z. A
tempora! Oh, Moses!" Why, the fellow is all O! That accounts for his
  A: a& ]6 A& s( @! C) U, Ireasoning in a circle, and explains why there is neither beginning4 H. @0 e: P. A1 p7 }+ i
nor end to him, nor to anything he says. We really do not believe the
& }) K& q& Q  g( n8 w! }; {1 Z% gvagabond can write a word that hasn't an O in it. Wonder if this/ ^$ r* ~3 M6 A) W
O-ing is a habit of his? By-the-by, he came away from Down-East in a+ C8 W' f% N' s, \- C
great hurry. Wonder if he O's as much there as he does here? "O! it
$ J! d9 a. c$ k3 N. i' I+ Iis pitiful."'
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The indignation of Mr. Bullet-head at these scandalous insinuations,5 }! y& p4 y" S5 {- ?
I shall not attempt to describe. On the eel-skinning principle,
$ `4 y. `, J/ U5 p3 Qhowever, he did not seem to be so much incensed at the attack upon
; u- F2 M6 i+ t" Ohis integrity as one might have imagined. It was the sneer at his' @# ?4 \$ \1 S: k
style that drove him to desperation. What! -- he Touch-and-go
# l+ R8 T+ \( ~Bullet-head! -- not able to write a word without an O in it! He would
- S. m% |  O! wsoon let the jackanapes see that he was mistaken. Yes! he would let
" o/ b6 f; _5 i+ `him see how much he was mistaken, the puppy! He, Touch-and-go
) z! @1 [& a+ o7 F8 d3 lBullet-head, of Frogpondium, would let Mr. John Smith perceive that2 ]1 v5 U; w! R6 f: y# o7 ^
he, Bullet-head, could indite, if it so pleased him, a whole" i4 c. @$ j2 F* y" T1 b( @
paragraph -- aye! a whole article -- in which that contemptible vowel
6 f+ M7 X( k, Pshould not once -- not even once -- make its appearance. But no; --
, z+ }9 T2 w# G' ?) w( v0 Mthat would be yielding a point to the said John Smith. He,
" E8 R' H) T5 o% c1 S5 A- l( h1 aBullet-head, would make no alteration in his style, to suit the
* F' Q- v  z: c+ w/ zcaprices of any Mr. Smith in Christendom. Perish so vile a thought!! K3 W8 M9 m8 B" N" N
The O forever; He would persist in the O. He would be as O-wy as O-wy1 y0 ~% f6 c' ?2 R) _
could be.
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' [* ]- G. L$ G/ S* K% SBurning with the chivalry of this determination, the great' ?3 E3 V1 u1 ]8 [( |$ e
Touch-and-go, in the next 'Tea-Pot,' came out merely with this simple& b9 A) R% e( @9 `) P1 \
but resolute paragraph, in reference to this unhappy affair:6 A( @/ @' G6 H# ~9 _

# [# Q1 v1 M- H) }5 G$ ^'The editor of the "Tea-Pot" has the honor of advising the editor of
& r+ j- Y2 r/ e6 z- @the "Gazette" that he (the "Tea-Pot") will take an opportunity in, ~) L  a, s! G8 x5 c) p% }
tomorrow morning's paper, of convincing him (the "Daily News") that he& k; Q2 K* s, q: J; L
(the "Tea-Pot") both can and will be his own master, as regards6 N. P$ }% F; C
style; he (the "Tea-Pot") intending to show him (the "Daily News") the
1 U/ x7 i0 ~' B' Zsupreme, and indeed the withering contempt with which the criticism
; @2 n9 N! [& H! @! m% bof him (the "Daily News") inspires the independent bosom of him (the2 T1 ?& Z, j) x6 }; K6 G& f
"TeaPot") by composing for the especial gratification (?) of him (the; X; n7 G- X) L% j; F3 e# @
"Daily News") a leading article, of some extent, in which the beautiful( P$ Z1 P- w& [4 W: V; ^
vowel -- the emblem of Eternity -- yet so offensive to the
& Z0 Q  z5 m8 ~hyper-exquisite delicacy of him (the "Daily News") shall most certainly
! `4 Q- o; {/ C/ F: i4 A7 |not be avoided by his (the "Daily News") most obedient, humble
: t. r6 o% K+ j$ n) fservant, the "Tea-Pot." "So much for Buckingham!"'  T  t8 j* m( b9 ]

8 U( }  e6 k3 u1 L+ YIn fulfilment of the awful threat thus darkly intimated rather than  Q/ L; Y# e& k' z3 {" C0 v+ \" x
decidedly enunciated, the great Bullet-head, turning a deaf ear to
& w# ?7 g& T  w- s1 a4 w' ?( hall entreaties for 'copy,' and simply requesting his foreman to 'go
3 L; g% I: T. [0 c+ [1 K* T/ ]to the d-l,' when he (the foreman) assured him (the 'Tea-Pot'!) that
4 l& m+ O1 `  t* T0 F0 V; Kit was high time to 'go to press': turning a deaf ear to everything,; E: k! w6 ]7 V7 s5 y( }
I say, the great Bullet-head sat up until day-break, consuming the
$ b& s- y! z0 {7 f/ t) Z- amidnight oil, and absorbed in the composition of the really
. ~- ^8 {3 u' J9 }/ V1 Uunparalleled paragraph, which follows:-
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'So ho, John! how now? Told you so, you know. Don't crow, another
- l) ]# v' C7 Ltime, before you're out of the woods! Does your mother know you're
6 y6 v8 l) A& G( rout? Oh, no, no! -- so go home at once, now, John, to your odious old
! m2 U1 U4 I2 R. P- A0 Awoods of Concord! Go home to your woods, old owl -- go! You won't!, L5 j4 _: d- E
Oh, poh, poh, don't do so! You've got to go, you know! So go at once,
: |$ J  W5 ^( L% Vand don't go slow, for nobody owns you here, you know! Oh! John,
4 \6 Y" W2 i2 SJohn, if you don't go you're no homo -- no! You're only a fowl, an; b1 `2 U" S$ y  [
owl, a cow, a sow, -- a doll, a poll; a poor, old,
- G1 v# X0 U* @1 V& b1 Y  Igood-for-nothing-to-nobody, log, dog, hog, or frog, come out of a
$ L2 X4 M3 ^' w3 gConcord bog. Cool, now -- cool! Do be cool, you fool! None of your
2 ?7 ?: q! X! i0 hcrowing, old cock! Don't frown so -- don't! Don't hollo, nor howl nor
- a! g0 t( ?0 X  T2 |( r7 Qgrowl, nor bow-wow-wow! Good Lord, John, how you do look! Told you
' u8 b6 K+ ]! r8 y+ G/ m+ O  X* Cso, you know -- but stop rolling your goose of an old poll about so,
% g8 w: |6 T  W, U% p+ ~% _9 Dand 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
! A* [% d' B! y- e+ N* X, W( zTouch-and-go could do nothing more than that night.  He handed his article to6 d* o! T5 M+ P% D: H0 I
the printer's boy who was waiting, and walked slowly home to bed.( \6 ?9 m' p: n1 B

$ T7 }3 Q% Z' u& MThe 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
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In the first place, of course, -- as the opening word was 'So,' -- he3 s8 s! }' w5 @0 y- P, Y  U/ f
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
* y( P; ]% j. wdescribe his feelings of horror when his fingers came out of it without a- Z6 B2 g# N8 S4 D* \
letter in them? who can tell of his astonishment and anger when he realized that the little box was completely empty?  Not a single
" r/ ]- X6 N9 Ilittle-o was in the little-o box; and, glancing fearfully at the, |, B) U+ V9 s) [" M9 l" l
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 p! y) V. N" t- G' Swithout no o's.'
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* ]* h) P; R+ u# L'What do you mean by that?' said the chief, who was  very  m& _4 [) m3 A
angry at being kept from his bed so late.
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'Well, sir, there isn't an o in the office, neither a big one nor a
- G8 B; e8 D* x" O5 Glittle one!'
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'What -- what has happened to all those that were in the box?'2 ]; \& A: Y2 d2 @  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.'
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# |& ~0 R# m$ E'I haven't a doubt of it,' replied the chief angrily, turning
! V8 o+ e" B2 `/ G3 U* Apurple with rage 'but I tell you what you do, Bob, that's a good boy2 V6 N* K7 B5 {7 C: k5 \. e8 W
-- you go over to the Daily News the first chance you get, and take every one of their
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8 [; R3 k% H4 R- w'Right,' replied Bob. 'I'll go,
1 C0 L* x% P# l1 W6 _I'll show them a thing or two; but what about that
; D( `% ~9 z6 l4 F; Jparagraph? 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
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'Trouble enough. Is it a long paragraph, Bob?'$ w; h* |! y2 O' U
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'I Shouldn't call it a very long paragrab.'( N% R- B5 |" L, f

  V0 E- W+ ^( _* a. {# W8 H'Ah, well, then! Do the best you can with it! We must get it ready,'
2 n3 _+ i0 u2 O0 dsaid the chief, who was buried in work; 'just put in0 }- Z6 p5 A5 g7 L; j  P* T/ C
some other letter for o; nobody's going to read the man's nonsense in any case.'
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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 his3 {, q6 Z+ S. N# s# M  v+ K2 x8 ~
case, muttering as he went: 'Considdeble vell, them ere expressions,3 i3 P7 E: p3 ~1 g$ v
perticcler for a man as doesn't swar. So I's to gouge out all their
" F7 c" U5 v! @4 c' t$ n  I2 P6 reyes, eh? and d-n all their gizzards! Vell! this here's the chap as1 ^. m+ R" k* d8 |0 w! J& D
is just able for to do it.' The fact is that although Bob was but
: Q7 R8 e) q5 G  g0 utwelve years old and four feet high, he was equal to any amount of4 u, A  M  O6 r1 I1 s
fight, in a small way.
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. i, ^* {4 u) C/ rThe exigency here described is by no means of rare occurrence in
3 k' Z3 Y' @* ~  f. d2 b! b* Sprinting-offices; and I cannot tell how to account for it, but the; C/ D( j. v  \  @1 I
fact is indisputable, that when the exigency does occur, it almost4 t2 Q! G! B& w* M& [
always happens that x is adopted as a substitute for the letter% Y- V# m0 c- t# Q# K
deficient. The true reason, perhaps, is that x is rather the most
+ N$ a- g" N6 ?; b: R7 ysuperabundant letter in the cases, or at least was so in the old
# n/ H2 V: ?2 x3 itimes -- long enough to render the substitution in question an6 B+ ^- o0 w6 ~2 v. Q; _2 b' E% |
habitual thing with printers. As for Bob, he would have considered it, x; f* }% h9 R
heretical to employ any other character, in a case of this kind, than
# |# f! B& T2 t3 E9 s  Kthe x to which he had been accustomed.5 n! z+ x2 x0 v
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'I shell have to x this ere paragrab,' said he to himself, as he read8 h, j$ u* P* m. R! C# f
it over in astonishment, 'but it's jest about the awfulest o-wy
8 w0 e2 X' Q1 C$ aparagrab I ever did see': so x it he did, unflinchingly, and to press
9 I& u$ ^, s7 }6 S1 |9 }2 Cit went x-ed.$ m3 Y# f7 A: H2 k% W
* k* |& x% v- d. s$ _
Next morning the population of Nopolis were taken all aback by
+ a$ g: g, R% W8 `1 Vreading in 'The Tea-Pot,' the following extraordinary leader:
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'Sx hx, Jxhn! hxw nxw? Txld yxu sx, yxu knxw. Dxn't crxw, anxther
; u9 h& `5 j1 p! v9 ]$ x7 \5 {time, befxre yxu're xut xf the wxxds! Dxes yxur mxther knxw yxu're
8 w$ B/ o; ~" ]  C3 T8 Y+ uxut? Xh, nx, nx! -- sx gx hxme at xnce, nxw, Jxhn, tx yxur xdixus xld$ h. `7 x0 }" I. V
wxxds xf Cxncxrd! Gx hxme tx yxur wxxds, xld xwl, -- gx! Yxu wxn't?
& U+ z9 h; E) Q* b. MXh, pxh, pxh, Jxhn, dxn't dx sx! Yxu've gxt tx gx, yxu knxw, sx gx at% N' L" E$ }& M# Y1 ]" ]  n; X
xnce, and dxn't gx slxw; fxr nxbxdy xwns yxu here, yxu knxw. Xh,9 E( D+ v7 D* g$ J0 v6 N# v
Jxhn, Jxhn, Jxhn, if yxu dxn't gx yxu're nx hxmx -- nx! Yxu're xnly a" ~) T, u) I; z" S& [
fxwl, an xwl; a cxw, a sxw; a dxll, a pxll; a pxxr xld
" O' ?/ O: O6 q% N4 F- j& Egxxd-fxr-nxthing-tx-nxbxdy, lxg, dxg, hxg, xr frxg, cxme xut xf a+ B: B3 o$ q, F1 d: R, s
Cxncxrd bxg. Cxxl, nxw -- cxxl! Dx be cxxl, yxu fxxl! Nxne xf yxur
6 V' g. F: \& Qcrxwing, xld cxck! Dxn't frxwn sx -- dxn't! Dxn't hxllx, nxr hxwl,1 Y5 e5 C! }% R
nxr grxwl, nxr bxw-wxw-wxw! Gxxd Lxrd, Jxhn, hxw yxu dx lxxk! Txld
7 @0 J. L) I4 g' H2 H- a2 Xyxu sx, yxu knxw, -- but stxp rxlling yxur gxxse xf an xld pxll abxut
+ V( i+ M7 y* _7 X& p. psx, 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, is7 U- b8 N* L. V" l
not to be conceived. The first definite idea entertained by the
  b" v1 L+ c% Rpopulace was, that some diabolical treason lay concealed in the
  C: L/ R, m/ K% Hhieroglyphics; and there was a general rush to Bullet-head's6 Q4 d5 w2 k" Y1 P7 C
residence, for the purpose of riding him on a rail; but that# c& N! `' l: o4 b2 H6 G8 o
gentleman was nowhere to be found. He had vanished, no one could tell
6 l) y# Q$ f0 y. F/ S' E, x, Show; and not even the ghost of him has ever been seen since.
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2 a" Z- _/ }1 J6 OUnable to discover its legitimate object, the popular fury at length
& T& f! b) b# s1 ~3 Qsubsided; leaving behind it, by way of sediment, quite a medley of# H- P! v6 D0 y9 }- u
opinion about this unhappy affair.
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# \0 W" _9 y# j" [) ]+ tOne gentleman thought the whole an X-ellent joke./ z) b2 |* R) w% c
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Another said that, indeed, Bullet-head had shown much X-uberance of
2 ?$ x7 {6 ~/ v* H. g8 Ifancy.
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A third admitted him X-entric, but no more.
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2 V9 o! C9 [, Z3 X2 G5 k- wA fourth could only suppose it the Yankee's design to X-press, in a
7 W" N- b. Y, `0 Jgeneral way, his X-asperation.
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2 F: _4 e) e" \0 j& m/ r- W'Say, rather, to set an X-ample to posterity,' suggested a fifth.) U, b. y% q8 U8 g4 ]  Y

. c# l. P* {/ c$ ~+ QThat Bullet-head had been driven to an extremity, was clear to all;
  K; |5 K& j- Y' I( yand in fact, since that editor could not be found, there was some
* N! a  v, t6 Q; Ctalk about lynching the other one.
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The more common conclusion, however, was that the affair was, simply,. }' k; ?( |# }/ \* }2 I
X-traordinary and in-X-plicable. Even the town mathematician
. N6 n; v; y3 ]- nconfessed that he could make nothing of so dark a problem. X, every.  x9 M7 o+ q2 ]) j  i" h
body knew, was an unknown quantity; but in this case (as he properly' o: P- x1 n( |# E. Q* I
observed), there was an unknown quantity of X.
9 U* R! ~/ A8 L! ~8 K* y3 _1 B, k$ U
The opinion of Bob, the devil (who kept dark about his having 'X-ed
1 A! ~7 D) y3 ~1 N2 W6 @& r1 pthe paragrab'), did not meet with so much attention as I think it, v* f4 f2 i* m0 A0 q% K- x
deserved, although it was very openly and very fearlessly expressed.
' [5 ~  s* w* K* z3 mHe said that, for his part, he had no doubt about the matter at all,+ Y5 A! e! \0 q& D& s8 A
that it was a clear case, that Mr. Bullet-head 'never could be9 O  E' o1 _- r1 Z, z7 C
persuaded fur to drink like other folks, but vas continually
- K9 k8 u/ X4 M! K7 {  m8 ka-svigging o' that ere blessed XXX ale, and as a naiteral! B2 d0 _  {+ C; z/ i
consekvence, it just puffed him up savage, and made him X (cross) in
# u. J; \" p' kthe X-treme.'
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