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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
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" z& M( _8 W+ ?& [# m1 ?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 * F( s$ v$ p5 g4 f- w7 M: [2 b
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AS 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.9 D7 t! P  H9 H: Z2 ?: M$ 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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 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 4 B& N: s* j3 j, i
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I must do him the justice to say, however, that when he made up his
9 y4 m' O9 p2 r, v/ Amind finally to settle in that town, it was under the impression that  D6 e% V: W" H. Q
no newspaper, and consequently no editor, existed in that particular
% }& _6 i/ c8 W) Osection of the country. In establishing 'The Tea-Pot' he expected to
) F& c4 y: s  p( t- lhave the field all to himself. I feel confident he never would have4 n3 q: h( v. u0 Y, L9 c0 s
dreamed of taking up his residence in Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis
. Z$ i/ h' R- A9 U, @* T3 chad he been aware that, in Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis, there lived
; C! @( {% \" d: c" V2 Ja gentleman named John Smith (if I rightly remember), who for many) H( e, F4 G4 a
years had there quietly grown fat in editing and publishing the
& z. ~3 r* w9 v' @6 B, ]'Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis Daily News.' It was solely, therefore, on
8 n) X! }! I7 F/ kaccount of having been misinformed, that Mr. Bullet-head found
; P# x. U) V# Nhimself in Alex-suppose we call it Nopolis, 'for short' -- but, as he
4 }: l5 o) Y4 D4 @- u+ u, Ydid find himself there, he determined to keep up his character for
7 L5 n) v9 i" _# r3 eobst -- for firmness, and remain. So remain he did; and he did more;$ B+ @8 Y7 J- p/ m$ |" \
he unpacked his press, type, etc., etc., rented an office exactly  o- A/ ~$ l7 F( R
opposite to that of the 'Daily News,' and, on the third morning after( b$ l% a! d& L1 y: L3 N
his arrival, issued the first number of 'The Alexan' -- that is to
% ?3 H: ]2 e7 V+ S3 v$ \say, of 'The Nopolis Tea-Pot' -- as nearly as I can recollect, this# G7 d1 B; @; h4 m
was the name of the new paper.* v7 U3 i# w: y7 w' c, q0 ]
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The leading article, I must admit, was brilliant -- not to say. e7 C3 n2 P! }( {( B8 x" j
severe. It was especially bitter about things in general -- and as
( ~* W5 b$ d% k- A4 A4 m* hfor the editor of 'The Daily News,' he was torn all to pieces in6 K1 e7 L/ x. G- g5 D; e% t
particular. Some of Bullethead's remarks were really so fiery that I
6 i7 o  Z$ J1 \* ]( x6 phave always, since that time, been forced to look upon John Smith,: i( U- U. m) w9 X$ V# J$ ?
who is still alive, in the light of a salamander. I cannot pretend to% W9 g2 S) p: U2 V' ]
give all the 'Tea-Pot's' paragraphs verbatim, but one of them runs2 S) J9 b! F/ ^
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 way
! W. K1 y! i. f' W( Yis a genius -- O, my! Oh, goodness, gracious! -- what is this world4 c0 B/ q& w7 E' V! @/ T
coming to? Oh, tempora! Oh, Moses!'  U8 {" z3 C+ }
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A philippic at once so caustic and so classical, alighted like a
- H3 }% @* ^& F  _4 \bombshell among the hitherto peaceful citizens of Nopolis. Groups of
: ]( O# m/ p/ j: N" i+ F; Qexcited individuals gathered at the corners of the streets. Every one
& ~; a- f6 y9 _6 w* |4 D0 Rawaited, with heartfelt anxiety, the reply of the dignified Smith.- d2 i2 h1 \% N# A8 b1 m0 o& S" V
Next morning it appeared as follows:
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7 A: y" U8 ^$ V; k2 ^'We quote from "The Tea-Pot" of yesterday the subjoined paragraph:
$ N2 y% H7 J2 l  n"Oh, yes! Oh, we perceive! Oh, no doubt! Oh, my! Oh, goodness! Oh,2 r" f" `$ i! K& t# Q; R+ @
tempora! Oh, Moses!" Why, the fellow is all O! That accounts for his* G3 @8 f% n! z# j: W3 S8 |" j
reasoning in a circle, and explains why there is neither beginning/ j* c# M  ~1 u% a
nor end to him, nor to anything he says. We really do not believe the7 J( K' g( s; D5 c- U$ j% @1 ~
vagabond can write a word that hasn't an O in it. Wonder if this
& z& d8 k; Z1 t/ e1 a5 cO-ing is a habit of his? By-the-by, he came away from Down-East in a
( _9 t5 ^$ k# z6 V6 y4 x- Qgreat hurry. Wonder if he O's as much there as he does here? "O! it
( d9 [. ~; q2 [is pitiful."'
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The indignation of Mr. Bullet-head at these scandalous insinuations,. b$ t3 Y9 R, X6 R) \
I shall not attempt to describe. On the eel-skinning principle,+ J9 X3 q8 R; g. J
however, he did not seem to be so much incensed at the attack upon* r' \5 H. E3 z% L: q
his integrity as one might have imagined. It was the sneer at his
8 N" L+ N' w- n5 A, q9 M  o" jstyle that drove him to desperation. What! -- he Touch-and-go# R% v9 Q8 i8 D" C5 u& Q8 Q
Bullet-head! -- not able to write a word without an O in it! He would2 i) [& @% I1 z+ v& Y# w
soon let the jackanapes see that he was mistaken. Yes! he would let
8 b& T* r% ]$ N" D, M( }him see how much he was mistaken, the puppy! He, Touch-and-go4 c( }9 n, V6 Z+ c+ o4 P9 i
Bullet-head, of Frogpondium, would let Mr. John Smith perceive that
" p7 Z# I! h7 dhe, Bullet-head, could indite, if it so pleased him, a whole
  N4 U. p. b# |( e8 V6 Nparagraph -- aye! a whole article -- in which that contemptible vowel
/ k8 u& y( T& C9 y! P; J8 tshould not once -- not even once -- make its appearance. But no; --
0 b0 Z% s! K& _; R- m! p) z5 X# Bthat would be yielding a point to the said John Smith. He,+ q0 M! {( h! s% Z" A1 R9 u
Bullet-head, would make no alteration in his style, to suit the
, Y  T3 I; \+ G) H: x! Y% zcaprices of any Mr. Smith in Christendom. Perish so vile a thought!
# A- b9 `/ k& o3 J7 P- T+ ?The O forever; He would persist in the O. He would be as O-wy as O-wy; a2 ^& I. Q# G. P2 a* i
could be.
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2 X  K( j' S5 |5 g6 mBurning with the chivalry of this determination, the great
5 A3 ?5 _1 u$ C1 X* _; STouch-and-go, in the next 'Tea-Pot,' came out merely with this simple
5 h- l. ^7 E7 Ebut resolute paragraph, in reference to this unhappy affair:; `9 S& h& t  @% x# @3 l

9 R3 P& o: l+ Z'The editor of the "Tea-Pot" has the honor of advising the editor of8 z# ~5 p9 i6 d1 S+ `0 u
the "Gazette" that he (the "Tea-Pot") will take an opportunity in" t0 u$ c: f% F% C* B' l
tomorrow morning's paper, of convincing him (the "Daily News") that he
  U+ }0 Y  F( B% N(the "Tea-Pot") both can and will be his own master, as regards+ E  N! }; g! G: h# Z7 c6 H
style; he (the "Tea-Pot") intending to show him (the "Daily News") the
, }6 ?' `7 v0 csupreme, and indeed the withering contempt with which the criticism# a9 D8 t# A: ]2 a
of him (the "Daily News") inspires the independent bosom of him (the  _6 S0 f% A% z6 l, l  Y* z
"TeaPot") by composing for the especial gratification (?) of him (the( Q$ b: d% P) _: U. }: [4 b+ E
"Daily News") a leading article, of some extent, in which the beautiful. D/ g) R: P1 g+ }' |8 j% x  _/ n% P5 U
vowel -- the emblem of Eternity -- yet so offensive to the
7 F2 v2 e6 R! w/ Y* s4 bhyper-exquisite delicacy of him (the "Daily News") shall most certainly
( |6 M+ M/ M# F( Y) \not be avoided by his (the "Daily News") most obedient, humble9 b0 w0 g! I! ]2 u; ?; C
servant, the "Tea-Pot." "So much for Buckingham!"'
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In fulfilment of the awful threat thus darkly intimated rather than
$ w3 H, M. L# W: v* o1 @decidedly enunciated, the great Bullet-head, turning a deaf ear to
0 ^3 ~& [2 e6 u- A7 @1 Gall entreaties for 'copy,' and simply requesting his foreman to 'go
2 H: @( c# B+ Z: e: h+ bto the d-l,' when he (the foreman) assured him (the 'Tea-Pot'!) that; J0 n. e# D5 ?
it was high time to 'go to press': turning a deaf ear to everything,4 E& |0 g3 V6 N" v3 _* m4 \/ B
I say, the great Bullet-head sat up until day-break, consuming the
# G' v4 ~. B: `1 }midnight oil, and absorbed in the composition of the really! p4 E- b4 s7 U2 a0 [
unparalleled paragraph, which follows:-
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; C, T: i- G& R'So ho, John! how now? Told you so, you know. Don't crow, another
& U; ^7 L3 ^. |4 `" m% Ktime, before you're out of the woods! Does your mother know you're
' I. z7 |! Q  k( k/ m# J0 nout? Oh, no, no! -- so go home at once, now, John, to your odious old
. ~& ]' |6 G; f  p. x$ Wwoods of Concord! Go home to your woods, old owl -- go! You won't!  z0 N# Q" l- W7 T2 d
Oh, poh, poh, don't do so! You've got to go, you know! So go at once,
7 ~8 b0 Q  i& jand don't go slow, for nobody owns you here, you know! Oh! John,9 f6 o/ T% H# W+ y
John, if you don't go you're no homo -- no! You're only a fowl, an7 z: \& _! B# E) K* q- I4 ?( ]' x
owl, a cow, a sow, -- a doll, a poll; a poor, old,. C; Z0 t; b7 b+ }4 E: L
good-for-nothing-to-nobody, log, dog, hog, or frog, come out of a5 g% ~# f2 ?( N, J
Concord bog. Cool, now -- cool! Do be cool, you fool! None of your
+ _0 \0 c" `' o& q: Pcrowing, old cock! Don't frown so -- don't! Don't hollo, nor howl nor! y3 \- V' P% H1 B. z+ `- C
growl, nor bow-wow-wow! Good Lord, John, how you do look! Told you, k/ {5 \0 T7 B1 e9 W# j, w
so, you know -- but stop rolling your goose of an old poll about so,& V! N3 C: x: ]  o5 }& k6 ?! F
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: A; w% J( W9 _9 b0 F
Touch-and-go could do nothing more than that night.  He handed his article to
* B2 N! ]# J/ e) C+ e& Mthe printer's boy who was waiting, and walked slowly home to bed.
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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
+ q+ ?. c( T: `- J' ?: ]1 \& W) rlooked 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; s4 t! ^/ b/ v( @" s' r6 G
describe his feelings of horror when his fingers came out of it without a
& [0 }7 f! r; Rletter in them? who can tell of his astonishment and anger when he realized that the little box was completely empty?  Not a single( r8 z, _/ O% [7 P$ O# i
little-o was in the little-o box; and, glancing fearfully at the7 o3 ~( Q. \: o! S+ O
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 nothing8 i5 n$ q* b$ f' k/ S
without no o's.'
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+ }& w( ~; M4 I" n5 {- l'What do you mean by that?' said the chief, who was  very
0 {( W! u& w; m* s/ k  pangry at being kept from his bed so late.+ D% I/ I' p  O2 B4 i
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'Well, sir, there isn't an o in the office, neither a big one nor a
$ ^* t% J- h4 V# X+ n& q$ Qlittle one!'
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'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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'I haven't a doubt of it,' replied the chief angrily, turning
6 y- _1 s: n1 wpurple with rage 'but I tell you what you do, Bob, that's a good boy
$ X; E3 a, i9 \" Y6 o8 E-- you go over to the Daily News the first chance you get, and take every one of their8 s# D, u$ F2 s5 X4 A
i's .'
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'Right,' replied Bob. 'I'll go,
" G) }/ j  O  v9 i% V) \0 [I'll show them a thing or two; but what about that, @& o, a7 E) y. I
paragraph? 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?'
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'I Shouldn't call it a very long paragrab.'
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1 ]( w: Z4 m9 V( n3 u'Ah, well, then! Do the best you can with it! We must get it ready,'
" {) E1 D! F$ S) s/ h5 G. Qsaid the chief, who was buried in work; 'just put in
2 Q7 R, Q/ f( Q3 b% isome 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
$ H6 Y$ a) S+ a! U2 b- }case, muttering as he went: 'Considdeble vell, them ere expressions,
9 H2 b9 \9 [) h+ A8 Aperticcler for a man as doesn't swar. So I's to gouge out all their  _8 m* ]8 I0 b/ _" J" K
eyes, eh? and d-n all their gizzards! Vell! this here's the chap as$ B! K2 i; j$ _: m
is just able for to do it.' The fact is that although Bob was but" S- \, A! }5 g/ g7 {' `
twelve years old and four feet high, he was equal to any amount of+ J2 T7 t6 V: I
fight, in a small way.4 n/ m7 y  a0 F2 Q

. M" t1 F" ]1 s5 D* T1 o. HThe exigency here described is by no means of rare occurrence in/ L. {. C! o  r/ O- D" w$ C% W  K
printing-offices; and I cannot tell how to account for it, but the
+ z; w# O% e. Nfact is indisputable, that when the exigency does occur, it almost
' R6 }" J  _+ Palways happens that x is adopted as a substitute for the letter& m8 M: N! P4 n4 @) @0 U
deficient. The true reason, perhaps, is that x is rather the most& [& [1 g4 E( d0 _' p* o# d3 k
superabundant letter in the cases, or at least was so in the old
5 K4 @) d& Q: Qtimes -- long enough to render the substitution in question an
. Y2 a! B0 B! o2 ^habitual thing with printers. As for Bob, he would have considered it5 R1 O( I0 D) w( E( Y0 M- p: n: ~% S
heretical to employ any other character, in a case of this kind, than3 W' r- g* x" v3 W( q3 b- M: W
the x to which he had been accustomed.
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'I shell have to x this ere paragrab,' said he to himself, as he read
0 }, e8 e1 c- N5 {. c( ]it over in astonishment, 'but it's jest about the awfulest o-wy- b5 l* D7 V4 b1 E
paragrab I ever did see': so x it he did, unflinchingly, and to press
8 u3 L% p+ @! Q/ M3 fit went x-ed.
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; Y  l. G# e) N1 x  h: iNext morning the population of Nopolis were taken all aback by4 P8 L0 s; N5 o' C, }) i5 y
reading in 'The Tea-Pot,' the following extraordinary leader:
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% @3 y) F- d- a) x1 I'Sx hx, Jxhn! hxw nxw? Txld yxu sx, yxu knxw. Dxn't crxw, anxther/ l4 T/ X: o" s1 [
time, befxre yxu're xut xf the wxxds! Dxes yxur mxther knxw yxu're. u1 ]' {' R$ i; P3 o% L
xut? Xh, nx, nx! -- sx gx hxme at xnce, nxw, Jxhn, tx yxur xdixus xld& B, _* w; z: `: x+ G9 q* D0 |
wxxds xf Cxncxrd! Gx hxme tx yxur wxxds, xld xwl, -- gx! Yxu wxn't?8 C+ e$ ^, V& o  m
Xh, pxh, pxh, Jxhn, dxn't dx sx! Yxu've gxt tx gx, yxu knxw, sx gx at6 ]5 d5 j% C' e: C
xnce, and dxn't gx slxw; fxr nxbxdy xwns yxu here, yxu knxw. Xh,
+ {; Q+ s  G1 {Jxhn, Jxhn, Jxhn, if yxu dxn't gx yxu're nx hxmx -- nx! Yxu're xnly a
- X2 V, j" ~; b' v( Q$ {! y- U+ jfxwl, an xwl; a cxw, a sxw; a dxll, a pxll; a pxxr xld
: B1 |8 }" p( hgxxd-fxr-nxthing-tx-nxbxdy, lxg, dxg, hxg, xr frxg, cxme xut xf a2 G  p; a) {0 {
Cxncxrd bxg. Cxxl, nxw -- cxxl! Dx be cxxl, yxu fxxl! Nxne xf yxur( _9 o0 _( p& x- S0 a9 m1 p
crxwing, xld cxck! Dxn't frxwn sx -- dxn't! Dxn't hxllx, nxr hxwl,) U  \/ Q# F9 D, k
nxr grxwl, nxr bxw-wxw-wxw! Gxxd Lxrd, Jxhn, hxw yxu dx lxxk! Txld
# g3 Z* b8 |/ A4 F& `yxu sx, yxu knxw, -- but stxp rxlling yxur gxxse xf an xld pxll abxut
2 G' @1 p2 h8 K+ E6 X- Dsx, 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
! N! u# _4 A( P# a" B4 cnot to be conceived. The first definite idea entertained by the
: s. ^) i' e$ M# T) Z" e, dpopulace was, that some diabolical treason lay concealed in the
: g; N+ I3 s7 u2 m/ M% Ohieroglyphics; and there was a general rush to Bullet-head's& e$ X; I, S+ M+ N
residence, for the purpose of riding him on a rail; but that
+ Q, ^3 F" `& U3 W6 lgentleman was nowhere to be found. He had vanished, no one could tell$ x% j9 O+ m$ Y& s0 o
how; and not even the ghost of him has ever been seen since.) e, a8 v5 C" \, U1 T

, L2 ~) v: ]. k( E  F- z# [Unable to discover its legitimate object, the popular fury at length  D. c! n. s/ t- _9 |
subsided; leaving behind it, by way of sediment, quite a medley of
( f2 H) f0 v5 Yopinion about this unhappy affair.: J5 m' ]( c2 l% \* q" e: D

4 w7 n, O% o$ y4 fOne gentleman thought the whole an X-ellent joke.
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Another said that, indeed, Bullet-head had shown much X-uberance of# g2 N& a, @' D) f  h6 S6 D
fancy.
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" ?8 {5 m" H0 X7 z2 CA third admitted him X-entric, but no more.
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1 U2 x8 L5 A3 {; eA fourth could only suppose it the Yankee's design to X-press, in a) Q7 D( \: c6 g6 k  G# R( N3 l
general way, his X-asperation.
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+ h) e3 I3 B, i8 S) D/ K0 ]'Say, rather, to set an X-ample to posterity,' suggested a fifth.8 b  f# U( ]# V2 |

/ Q. I# Y1 H" S  _2 Y+ j  R6 @6 SThat Bullet-head had been driven to an extremity, was clear to all;1 K7 l3 L# J$ D( v) k$ ]: F  U0 L
and in fact, since that editor could not be found, there was some, I) s$ c8 C3 y* h# V
talk about lynching the other one.
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The more common conclusion, however, was that the affair was, simply,& Z9 _4 I6 s/ Y3 Q7 O3 O5 g% k% l+ t: I
X-traordinary and in-X-plicable. Even the town mathematician
3 S+ A; S2 R, |2 _/ Fconfessed that he could make nothing of so dark a problem. X, every.2 G2 L5 k2 F, m. b3 h/ `& V
body knew, was an unknown quantity; but in this case (as he properly
9 [5 d2 T! Q# sobserved), there was an unknown quantity of X.
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/ m9 W: m* S: c9 }The opinion of Bob, the devil (who kept dark about his having 'X-ed( x. K! S, {+ ^& k9 P; F9 k" R: I
the paragrab'), did not meet with so much attention as I think it( a* [( S* H8 S9 F5 I" O' J7 x
deserved, although it was very openly and very fearlessly expressed.0 o6 _) V/ |5 A1 L' ^  t
He said that, for his part, he had no doubt about the matter at all,; s7 E2 j( T! N7 w$ C
that it was a clear case, that Mr. Bullet-head 'never could be
: f( \$ o3 u8 q9 A* I+ M& T/ zpersuaded fur to drink like other folks, but vas continually6 B, e" q* k. I/ h, R9 |+ t
a-svigging o' that ere blessed XXX ale, and as a naiteral- U; U' i% W1 J+ `1 J$ c4 J
consekvence, it just puffed him up savage, and made him X (cross) in3 i' F" o' ?) ], Z# U
the X-treme.'
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