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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. [) C& a# M4 n+ S
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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
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! |4 l1 ?0 w9 g/ [8 J5 h5 G7 O" h8 dAS 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.! ]  I7 ~1 J% ?' p  X8 I
   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 % P5 e3 D9 M6 Y
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I must do him the justice to say, however, that when he made up his" c( V! D. {2 [
mind finally to settle in that town, it was under the impression that
$ P1 y+ @4 G' b9 L4 N) Rno newspaper, and consequently no editor, existed in that particular
  q$ L( m; F) s' t8 Y( Fsection of the country. In establishing 'The Tea-Pot' he expected to& x" ^* ?0 H0 _8 @4 Q
have the field all to himself. I feel confident he never would have5 i8 {3 j8 p$ y% P1 t
dreamed of taking up his residence in Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis' f( t! V& y: H" y+ K
had he been aware that, in Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis, there lived3 K# L# x* S1 l
a gentleman named John Smith (if I rightly remember), who for many' r4 W. D. i: Y  ~: j* f
years had there quietly grown fat in editing and publishing the& H6 k5 U& o% b
'Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis Daily News.' It was solely, therefore, on
, R0 Y6 f# {& p+ |/ ~0 B1 xaccount of having been misinformed, that Mr. Bullet-head found( D* c9 |# h+ a5 L
himself in Alex-suppose we call it Nopolis, 'for short' -- but, as he3 j  y" O1 i5 }' g5 D0 z  F* N* Q, m
did find himself there, he determined to keep up his character for% T# @+ A+ R; @6 n3 o
obst -- for firmness, and remain. So remain he did; and he did more;8 C6 o9 ]6 ?+ c2 h3 y- c
he unpacked his press, type, etc., etc., rented an office exactly
7 a: O; K- E, v6 B# X$ ?' bopposite to that of the 'Daily News,' and, on the third morning after
( s% J9 H; o' D8 @his arrival, issued the first number of 'The Alexan' -- that is to
, ~: L+ O1 N( T4 Rsay, of 'The Nopolis Tea-Pot' -- as nearly as I can recollect, this
( n4 L; n3 T, n" C" Y" J$ hwas the name of the new paper.
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The leading article, I must admit, was brilliant -- not to say  A' P9 _4 ?! g
severe. It was especially bitter about things in general -- and as: T! q2 i3 H" u7 d/ _- L
for the editor of 'The Daily News,' he was torn all to pieces in* m! z, H0 D; i8 r9 g, x' B! P
particular. Some of Bullethead's remarks were really so fiery that I
4 `( g+ M% k# F5 Nhave always, since that time, been forced to look upon John Smith,
! O" }0 w4 a4 F! vwho is still alive, in the light of a salamander. I cannot pretend to- y8 q- a8 u3 q" E6 n, C" Y9 Z- Z+ R
give all the 'Tea-Pot's' paragraphs verbatim, but one of them runs" J0 o* \5 ?; p
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 way8 o0 }0 d& z7 ?! X- g/ X2 z1 C' D
is a genius -- O, my! Oh, goodness, gracious! -- what is this world& H$ r; z7 a6 ~% \
coming to? Oh, tempora! Oh, Moses!'" ]8 v$ W' p% c' Q7 M, l
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A philippic at once so caustic and so classical, alighted like a
% P* w/ j& C- F( J4 tbombshell among the hitherto peaceful citizens of Nopolis. Groups of
# B8 c' d0 S2 T9 o/ F0 L9 N& Texcited individuals gathered at the corners of the streets. Every one
% g" J$ u* _1 Q8 l- G* c. qawaited, with heartfelt anxiety, the reply of the dignified Smith.
( ~0 b9 y" V# d, C# Z. r1 p; |% q' }Next morning it appeared as follows:
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7 q- x1 F  y* [# h  o'We quote from "The Tea-Pot" of yesterday the subjoined paragraph:
5 P4 V6 }) j$ D' J8 Q"Oh, yes! Oh, we perceive! Oh, no doubt! Oh, my! Oh, goodness! Oh,! ~8 {2 L; P6 ?9 X% ~6 k8 v3 [# j
tempora! Oh, Moses!" Why, the fellow is all O! That accounts for his
7 X+ k) l3 V6 x0 ?reasoning in a circle, and explains why there is neither beginning$ d1 D# [! z5 C* e. g9 \4 V9 ?9 |
nor end to him, nor to anything he says. We really do not believe the
1 L2 p3 p0 Q4 ]0 y1 {  Q4 i9 U; uvagabond can write a word that hasn't an O in it. Wonder if this" g5 b% f4 q( h2 e/ P% f3 n
O-ing is a habit of his? By-the-by, he came away from Down-East in a3 x; i# I) a: n  J- j9 v/ i; H
great hurry. Wonder if he O's as much there as he does here? "O! it
4 e9 j- U$ \+ o/ Iis pitiful."'3 u+ ]/ b9 s+ q( {+ v
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The indignation of Mr. Bullet-head at these scandalous insinuations,2 V1 C; }. d4 a# D9 j
I shall not attempt to describe. On the eel-skinning principle,# M/ ?- B7 q5 i7 X: k
however, he did not seem to be so much incensed at the attack upon
" E! j# p2 L9 j6 S0 @  f0 o- rhis integrity as one might have imagined. It was the sneer at his
3 L& v# D; q: D" N% F! tstyle that drove him to desperation. What! -- he Touch-and-go* U. u: O+ p7 K) ~' r6 o" m) P
Bullet-head! -- not able to write a word without an O in it! He would% a8 O$ D4 @! I/ `
soon let the jackanapes see that he was mistaken. Yes! he would let* L( D* `7 f! |0 J: r/ x5 r7 |
him see how much he was mistaken, the puppy! He, Touch-and-go
& ]" \* t! k( _) h( G/ d) ?Bullet-head, of Frogpondium, would let Mr. John Smith perceive that" X+ m0 A) D4 F1 W$ |
he, Bullet-head, could indite, if it so pleased him, a whole
4 E" m/ x0 n4 I6 m: k; _/ hparagraph -- aye! a whole article -- in which that contemptible vowel
# J, B2 W2 c) t9 _should not once -- not even once -- make its appearance. But no; --
6 f" h' l* Y+ z& m; Rthat would be yielding a point to the said John Smith. He,
4 x* H1 |5 q) \3 {( Q% GBullet-head, would make no alteration in his style, to suit the( c, {& ?3 D+ C* {+ n) f
caprices of any Mr. Smith in Christendom. Perish so vile a thought!
. g& s& Z3 q) x( a" C3 oThe O forever; He would persist in the O. He would be as O-wy as O-wy" [+ s' _+ @7 U; Z% u8 d' ]  I
could be.
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Burning with the chivalry of this determination, the great6 M1 m& R. G/ v  U% P
Touch-and-go, in the next 'Tea-Pot,' came out merely with this simple
4 ^8 o  V) s1 ~* n" f, rbut resolute paragraph, in reference to this unhappy affair:
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, j& K- T) y% T6 r$ p2 r3 K: O' R7 J! V5 J'The editor of the "Tea-Pot" has the honor of advising the editor of
( M' [* }) U' e3 }# uthe "Gazette" that he (the "Tea-Pot") will take an opportunity in/ i' C  P4 \' y6 `4 t- Y& w  O% i4 Y
tomorrow morning's paper, of convincing him (the "Daily News") that he. O5 v- S9 F4 ?" U7 c
(the "Tea-Pot") both can and will be his own master, as regards
& h/ z4 z8 r2 j& E( ]style; he (the "Tea-Pot") intending to show him (the "Daily News") the
- ^4 ~" o3 `0 r  C1 a1 lsupreme, and indeed the withering contempt with which the criticism
- k: s2 ]8 ~/ d( m7 _5 @of him (the "Daily News") inspires the independent bosom of him (the
) H1 g) w3 h! J, P: N"TeaPot") by composing for the especial gratification (?) of him (the
6 p9 T6 H/ t7 a# T$ Q# A5 B( W# f"Daily News") a leading article, of some extent, in which the beautiful9 d! V7 M1 r% V2 h6 t
vowel -- the emblem of Eternity -- yet so offensive to the. N1 t. {- e9 p0 Q# e4 x$ f; O
hyper-exquisite delicacy of him (the "Daily News") shall most certainly
8 t# v0 {, m) b: V: p6 }' Tnot be avoided by his (the "Daily News") most obedient, humble
! W! h; d; M9 K. R0 G* z1 @; D- Yservant, the "Tea-Pot." "So much for Buckingham!"'
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  r) ~" i, x" `' [4 \, yIn fulfilment of the awful threat thus darkly intimated rather than
: p% I; X6 L4 \$ [9 {' y8 E+ rdecidedly enunciated, the great Bullet-head, turning a deaf ear to
5 W$ i5 K; @) u) q+ ?all entreaties for 'copy,' and simply requesting his foreman to 'go
( w' d* q! r* o  W" j3 Mto the d-l,' when he (the foreman) assured him (the 'Tea-Pot'!) that
1 F, U1 F0 j+ a. Rit was high time to 'go to press': turning a deaf ear to everything,
" t4 \, U, F7 @. bI say, the great Bullet-head sat up until day-break, consuming the
6 p4 P5 O  _8 X9 @midnight oil, and absorbed in the composition of the really' y/ x. o6 I6 \& [! q5 \
unparalleled paragraph, which follows:-4 m, U, o3 s# a, P) y9 v
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'So ho, John! how now? Told you so, you know. Don't crow, another) E; k; u+ `2 q$ ~
time, before you're out of the woods! Does your mother know you're
7 g! p) W. [' x( Hout? Oh, no, no! -- so go home at once, now, John, to your odious old6 o6 b% f" Y5 ]6 `( f: u
woods of Concord! Go home to your woods, old owl -- go! You won't!
0 v, Q& }$ P8 n0 WOh, poh, poh, don't do so! You've got to go, you know! So go at once," k7 v% i4 N- }
and don't go slow, for nobody owns you here, you know! Oh! John," J, Q8 Y2 s9 ^& P' V
John, if you don't go you're no homo -- no! You're only a fowl, an1 v0 q/ s# I6 T- r1 ^
owl, a cow, a sow, -- a doll, a poll; a poor, old,( B3 y9 a8 y- C. ~% U! v: W
good-for-nothing-to-nobody, log, dog, hog, or frog, come out of a
, b8 f; T- R, @" u. pConcord bog. Cool, now -- cool! Do be cool, you fool! None of your+ w" k; M1 q5 Q6 _, ^/ ?
crowing, old cock! Don't frown so -- don't! Don't hollo, nor howl nor
( E' @3 v# B2 S6 e! kgrowl, nor bow-wow-wow! Good Lord, John, how you do look! Told you
) U+ c  n, r( n% U, I, sso, you know -- but stop rolling your goose of an old poll about so,# Q. A9 J" N# _  i( w
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
3 L& Z# h3 i/ g1 D& \0 LTouch-and-go could do nothing more than that night.  He handed his article to
1 a1 T) S2 v) q- B7 Hthe printer's boy who was waiting, and walked slowly home to bed.4 i( d% r1 t" B+ _  H9 m
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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% I, b8 b' k2 L0 d
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
5 P! X, ^% G' e2 B2 s2 Pdescribe his feelings of horror when his fingers came out of it without a
, R) p$ H& z- a/ _" _, f# E* {) j* \6 Vletter in them? who can tell of his astonishment and anger when he realized that the little box was completely empty?  Not a single& H3 W, h. n! l% ]% n; y
little-o was in the little-o box; and, glancing fearfully at the( A& Z. }  L4 |  h5 J* d
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
5 s1 o7 k* T7 W* m4 Zwithout no o's.'8 x! m% l, K  I

/ `1 D& |5 U% P% Y  E$ f'What do you mean by that?' said the chief, who was  very
& h! k- _6 {, o5 n' d+ Aangry at being kept from his bed so late.
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% u1 H: p8 L( _  B'Well, sir, there isn't an o in the office, neither a big one nor a
; p) n( w1 c% r' Jlittle one!'
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' m7 d$ a. \% W% ]( n& T0 K! E'What -- what has happened to all those that were in the box?'
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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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5 B7 z1 \; t! ^5 d% Z/ j'I haven't a doubt of it,' replied the chief angrily, turning
* z/ I! v' h7 S7 h* n- V: kpurple with rage 'but I tell you what you do, Bob, that's a good boy
: Q- q/ D4 t' o5 b7 O8 t" g-- you go over to the Daily News the first chance you get, and take every one of their: y2 e4 j  f, l" ]! @$ x) y! m) T
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% h+ y0 P; V2 v- v'Right,' replied Bob. 'I'll go,9 g7 l9 i: x/ n# g/ M
I'll show them a thing or two; but what about that
, x$ @! \$ ]3 l/ u% E' `, gparagraph? 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.'# w) j, I, K: U3 X) p5 W0 Y3 z
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'Ah, well, then! Do the best you can with it! We must get it ready,'
1 B: G( k/ K. ~said the chief, who was buried in work; 'just put in
" S7 G. k( S  j3 c5 i- qsome 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
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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 his1 \8 I+ `9 N! `7 @  L
case, muttering as he went: 'Considdeble vell, them ere expressions,' A$ G$ [" U9 a5 W7 Q* }
perticcler for a man as doesn't swar. So I's to gouge out all their
6 g5 D( {1 Y) d" D8 eeyes, eh? and d-n all their gizzards! Vell! this here's the chap as
) P2 S0 A% o8 N( k+ q' J) D; @4 g& Fis just able for to do it.' The fact is that although Bob was but
5 Z& f7 x$ A" I: `, Otwelve years old and four feet high, he was equal to any amount of3 ]+ j2 `, h2 k3 g' g$ }
fight, in a small way.
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% ?1 v' O4 `/ n' i4 NThe exigency here described is by no means of rare occurrence in
, {  B" s6 K5 V5 x% @printing-offices; and I cannot tell how to account for it, but the
$ D- S- E( s$ B  Nfact is indisputable, that when the exigency does occur, it almost- a4 u" e5 N+ R2 f
always happens that x is adopted as a substitute for the letter
3 o8 v9 ?, n4 z& ?" x  G& a, i2 T' |deficient. The true reason, perhaps, is that x is rather the most
! @  y2 c6 W2 |* csuperabundant letter in the cases, or at least was so in the old
% s  l, r4 |5 ntimes -- long enough to render the substitution in question an, w) E2 g6 A4 h- \6 X8 }! |: A* J2 E
habitual thing with printers. As for Bob, he would have considered it) v, ^4 V% S  j6 n, @2 O1 A
heretical to employ any other character, in a case of this kind, than
0 y% @8 q5 h" q2 Bthe x to which he had been accustomed.) ^: ?9 `6 g6 n- @0 C9 C( N& t8 B3 P
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'I shell have to x this ere paragrab,' said he to himself, as he read
" b2 |* W* V+ O9 E7 J- }it over in astonishment, 'but it's jest about the awfulest o-wy; K" M0 k& G' B/ _  J
paragrab I ever did see': so x it he did, unflinchingly, and to press
" H  w* y4 A  i" m) W% d9 S; Dit went x-ed.; w3 d4 ~# [: T) g% |! @& C5 v

6 G* U% Y* K$ d; u+ z- UNext morning the population of Nopolis were taken all aback by
$ E& m0 E2 Y9 z' E8 treading in 'The Tea-Pot,' the following extraordinary leader:
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0 ^+ }1 T+ ~7 {2 w" x5 Y. @'Sx hx, Jxhn! hxw nxw? Txld yxu sx, yxu knxw. Dxn't crxw, anxther; m) _1 l/ H/ t+ Q0 Q) `
time, befxre yxu're xut xf the wxxds! Dxes yxur mxther knxw yxu're
- E8 O- G) P7 ^9 \7 xxut? Xh, nx, nx! -- sx gx hxme at xnce, nxw, Jxhn, tx yxur xdixus xld
# D/ x& }, h, C! Twxxds xf Cxncxrd! Gx hxme tx yxur wxxds, xld xwl, -- gx! Yxu wxn't?
. E& A( C$ c$ E# YXh, pxh, pxh, Jxhn, dxn't dx sx! Yxu've gxt tx gx, yxu knxw, sx gx at
/ B1 c4 f7 F* i: W( oxnce, and dxn't gx slxw; fxr nxbxdy xwns yxu here, yxu knxw. Xh,; Y) s: |- `% Q" C0 @, f' e! F
Jxhn, Jxhn, Jxhn, if yxu dxn't gx yxu're nx hxmx -- nx! Yxu're xnly a
6 f/ x. Q; @' C8 @, U0 J! ifxwl, an xwl; a cxw, a sxw; a dxll, a pxll; a pxxr xld2 d1 k. d& ]7 ^4 @) N+ V8 M0 S, H
gxxd-fxr-nxthing-tx-nxbxdy, lxg, dxg, hxg, xr frxg, cxme xut xf a
/ m7 n; l$ r" g7 M1 G" `) LCxncxrd bxg. Cxxl, nxw -- cxxl! Dx be cxxl, yxu fxxl! Nxne xf yxur
0 \4 l# g: l) O$ rcrxwing, xld cxck! Dxn't frxwn sx -- dxn't! Dxn't hxllx, nxr hxwl,
2 K6 n0 D% K, K8 I0 d0 S$ c  F) T2 U$ f* Cnxr grxwl, nxr bxw-wxw-wxw! Gxxd Lxrd, Jxhn, hxw yxu dx lxxk! Txld
; m$ Z2 |7 R: y  y$ U1 M3 uyxu sx, yxu knxw, -- but stxp rxlling yxur gxxse xf an xld pxll abxut
6 O  B( R. K; E2 j& p7 |sx, 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
6 ?' }& j4 i+ Q1 K) {/ |not to be conceived. The first definite idea entertained by the9 z1 d; j* `2 L3 u; h; U8 b8 D; G
populace was, that some diabolical treason lay concealed in the
% {7 q4 ^) P# R% O* z: ^hieroglyphics; and there was a general rush to Bullet-head's+ w2 R3 j+ ]4 p& [
residence, for the purpose of riding him on a rail; but that6 h, |! C; q6 i% [$ F2 S
gentleman was nowhere to be found. He had vanished, no one could tell
3 W9 q  r0 o! I  Z5 U" Fhow; 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 length
$ e& U9 f8 y, v8 Jsubsided; leaving behind it, by way of sediment, quite a medley of
4 u2 [; C; m" |opinion about this unhappy affair.. m. Z' L" G+ U9 e. S
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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 of0 A" S% N* Q8 P  p4 K$ f
fancy.( X# U: r+ N/ F$ b* B
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A third admitted him X-entric, but no more.8 t4 u9 R2 _; F  X' t$ v
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A fourth could only suppose it the Yankee's design to X-press, in a: q. @5 B2 o# g/ q" o; J
general way, his X-asperation.' P2 j# q, [& X

3 i) k- E# H9 S: p( u4 y'Say, rather, to set an X-ample to posterity,' suggested a fifth.7 U' x& Z9 C) y; I( N
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That Bullet-head had been driven to an extremity, was clear to all;2 K) _* A8 M% P
and in fact, since that editor could not be found, there was some4 [  Z8 e4 _  a( P/ k* j0 x3 f
talk about lynching the other one.
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The more common conclusion, however, was that the affair was, simply,
3 q# c- z8 K; bX-traordinary and in-X-plicable. Even the town mathematician
- G# _7 y4 Y# `$ W$ ]. l* _confessed that he could make nothing of so dark a problem. X, every.; [( v4 h5 l% o' N
body knew, was an unknown quantity; but in this case (as he properly( m# d9 K* r0 E! v: @
observed), there was an unknown quantity of X.
7 M% n4 p4 h- e2 Y4 ?5 h4 Q/ F8 B; R& H5 a
The opinion of Bob, the devil (who kept dark about his having 'X-ed
2 b  N/ Q" _, q& }9 |7 y  U7 Uthe paragrab'), did not meet with so much attention as I think it0 h# }5 U/ C. J# [
deserved, although it was very openly and very fearlessly expressed.2 A; e/ k: O! S+ |, U, H$ s  s
He said that, for his part, he had no doubt about the matter at all,; r/ i( a6 y# w0 @  Z
that it was a clear case, that Mr. Bullet-head 'never could be+ @& \5 L# o( F" v% C2 j
persuaded fur to drink like other folks, but vas continually; @5 Z5 M! a3 F  c* [+ Z' p
a-svigging o' that ere blessed XXX ale, and as a naiteral5 c* d. Z0 j( s
consekvence, it just puffed him up savage, and made him X (cross) in
  t  t' u+ S9 O9 x5 R: athe X-treme.'
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