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'Wery well,' replied Bob, 'here goes it!' and off he hurried to his
* ?8 G& F% r5 ^" Ycase, muttering as he went: 'Considdeble vell, them ere expressions,, ^9 e& d2 b- o$ F- F9 o; n! j( v
perticcler for a man as doesn't swar. So I's to gouge out all their
! n% G8 R* P/ t9 deyes, eh? and d-n all their gizzards! Vell! this here's the chap as g3 A( o B4 K! b& R L
is just able for to do it.' The fact is that although Bob was but$ `7 ?2 m% g/ d3 q
twelve years old and four feet high, he was equal to any amount of4 L0 n7 V$ `. M' u1 {( B3 x7 S! u
fight, in a small way.
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The exigency here described is by no means of rare occurrence in
3 l% l: F7 h' E2 L! X; F& Vprinting-offices; and I cannot tell how to account for it, but the
! D) z! @) x$ Wfact is indisputable, that when the exigency does occur, it almost/ Z- |/ \# D2 g
always happens that x is adopted as a substitute for the letter% H, l! `3 ~2 ~
deficient. The true reason, perhaps, is that x is rather the most2 K9 }1 V- m+ O' S
superabundant letter in the cases, or at least was so in the old
6 G" P5 Y9 f* ^' ^# g" ztimes -- long enough to render the substitution in question an
1 E b. d0 y" v) O- j5 ^0 s( \habitual thing with printers. As for Bob, he would have considered it
0 Z$ ~: |0 J, p7 P" r- yheretical to employ any other character, in a case of this kind, than
: N& ]5 u0 l0 ^$ o8 G1 mthe x to which he had been accustomed.* E) c5 h+ z+ [5 H% e
1 M6 V! j4 `2 c'I shell have to x this ere paragrab,' said he to himself, as he read
P4 {/ u9 |, P9 h1 Yit over in astonishment, 'but it's jest about the awfulest o-wy
3 P' X i1 ]4 u6 i3 Z( D; [* qparagrab I ever did see': so x it he did, unflinchingly, and to press) w! b- B5 e# s3 j8 F" N
it went x-ed.9 {( ]2 I+ q5 \$ {, s2 Y, C
. I/ ?. d2 J( Y0 P) F) u) dNext morning the population of Nopolis were taken all aback by" Y0 F J b" Q2 a
reading in 'The Tea-Pot,' the following extraordinary leader:+ T* i0 G) Q% ?/ _2 s3 w6 \
6 {9 o4 A* u2 P6 ]' _'Sx hx, Jxhn! hxw nxw? Txld yxu sx, yxu knxw. Dxn't crxw, anxther
# T2 ~$ I' ~- ]; x: j4 Ytime, befxre yxu're xut xf the wxxds! Dxes yxur mxther knxw yxu're
6 `6 |6 \0 T0 q% m0 Wxut? Xh, nx, nx! -- sx gx hxme at xnce, nxw, Jxhn, tx yxur xdixus xld
; f" k( s! Q0 m+ Q! ^- A( Awxxds xf Cxncxrd! Gx hxme tx yxur wxxds, xld xwl, -- gx! Yxu wxn't?
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xnce, and dxn't gx slxw; fxr nxbxdy xwns yxu here, yxu knxw. Xh,) }# r! q; m" Q. I" J
Jxhn, Jxhn, Jxhn, if yxu dxn't gx yxu're nx hxmx -- nx! Yxu're xnly a0 m% L7 k, Z6 {5 N+ C
fxwl, an xwl; a cxw, a sxw; a dxll, a pxll; a pxxr xld
/ _& p" X. L1 y: n% wgxxd-fxr-nxthing-tx-nxbxdy, lxg, dxg, hxg, xr frxg, cxme xut xf a
' @0 {5 E- @% o5 y ^. u# H6 mCxncxrd bxg. Cxxl, nxw -- cxxl! Dx be cxxl, yxu fxxl! Nxne xf yxur5 U* y5 `; L$ y9 P2 d
crxwing, xld cxck! Dxn't frxwn sx -- dxn't! Dxn't hxllx, nxr hxwl,) t- Y! ~. q( r& n2 Q" m3 B
nxr grxwl, nxr bxw-wxw-wxw! Gxxd Lxrd, Jxhn, hxw yxu dx lxxk! Txld% }9 Z" y. v# }9 _4 ?/ [ h* V2 q
yxu sx, yxu knxw, -- but stxp rxlling yxur gxxse xf an xld pxll abxut
, A5 f" }) `( m' Hsx, and gx and drxwn yxur sxrrxws in a bxwl!' |
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