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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
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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 ! ?2 @. P) O2 h2 `) a1 G
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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.
( i: @2 [6 ~0 o+ C- |   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 0 J( t/ I0 w7 {8 [5 K6 e9 }. ~$ q/ F

8 j$ c3 [7 [+ A7 h7 b2 _I must do him the justice to say, however, that when he made up his  n  R& }* H8 o4 W& G0 w
mind finally to settle in that town, it was under the impression that3 x% l) a. \4 Y  W/ c
no newspaper, and consequently no editor, existed in that particular
' j. M  @, ^2 O! v$ W  Ssection of the country. In establishing 'The Tea-Pot' he expected to- r( }9 p# a# a2 j( y- t
have the field all to himself. I feel confident he never would have! p( i1 u# {, m! x
dreamed of taking up his residence in Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis
$ K% d/ O1 B+ ?had he been aware that, in Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis, there lived
) }! d: ]$ z7 x8 r% A5 v) X4 ta gentleman named John Smith (if I rightly remember), who for many$ G: b0 _5 |' Y/ `& o
years had there quietly grown fat in editing and publishing the& a+ m2 |5 i+ l
'Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis Daily News.' It was solely, therefore, on; g0 ^9 R+ [8 a' r( \9 e2 j8 h: L
account of having been misinformed, that Mr. Bullet-head found3 \# U$ R2 I  g* V9 s
himself in Alex-suppose we call it Nopolis, 'for short' -- but, as he# u: b# d3 B& U/ g
did find himself there, he determined to keep up his character for
/ Z$ q0 P. M! f: T( sobst -- for firmness, and remain. So remain he did; and he did more;4 t) l  `1 ~* l9 O1 h
he unpacked his press, type, etc., etc., rented an office exactly! I$ M9 J( x% ~# F' \# ~
opposite to that of the 'Daily News,' and, on the third morning after, p0 g! [  ]& x5 [$ T
his arrival, issued the first number of 'The Alexan' -- that is to
# k  z5 C: a# ^& x5 D; f/ Z4 J' I- ]say, of 'The Nopolis Tea-Pot' -- as nearly as I can recollect, this) q/ j  [  s9 A5 ]3 ~
was the name of the new paper.5 P- T6 I5 z  E5 f" }, m4 m

% D' W# ?0 p2 S& [, _/ yThe leading article, I must admit, was brilliant -- not to say
8 q. l* D( d( ?4 }severe. It was especially bitter about things in general -- and as2 f4 X: b/ {. j# |% f1 C
for the editor of 'The Daily News,' he was torn all to pieces in3 T/ y: L% [! J' D% G9 O* n
particular. Some of Bullethead's remarks were really so fiery that I
4 ?2 X0 v8 J" r0 u6 q3 o. F1 [have always, since that time, been forced to look upon John Smith,, u* ~9 |7 }  |: R! O  a; \  N
who is still alive, in the light of a salamander. I cannot pretend to' m  F' A. q+ G9 v/ J( Q8 I- [
give all the 'Tea-Pot's' paragraphs verbatim, but one of them runs* A4 Y  @* K1 b: D5 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
5 Y; L% X6 T' Fis a genius -- O, my! Oh, goodness, gracious! -- what is this world
- m$ H# p& R" E* B' gcoming to? Oh, tempora! Oh, Moses!'! j' Z* ?1 m0 j3 C. x

; y; l/ [+ b$ k1 E; y$ l3 xA philippic at once so caustic and so classical, alighted like a
4 A) U4 A! |/ R" g6 U! o* W4 Fbombshell among the hitherto peaceful citizens of Nopolis. Groups of
7 R- @3 S$ T8 m3 c) o5 Rexcited individuals gathered at the corners of the streets. Every one' M1 P( v3 w4 U; ^" t, O, v/ P
awaited, with heartfelt anxiety, the reply of the dignified Smith.
( I# {2 A) X) j0 O- I7 GNext morning it appeared as follows:% O8 w* R" ~( b+ w# t  ~

- s: C. B3 P- M( D'We quote from "The Tea-Pot" of yesterday the subjoined paragraph:
4 V+ Y4 Y2 o' Y1 [* v"Oh, yes! Oh, we perceive! Oh, no doubt! Oh, my! Oh, goodness! Oh,, a6 S& S8 b* v" Y6 s
tempora! Oh, Moses!" Why, the fellow is all O! That accounts for his
! N0 M4 Z# `) @1 w7 V3 z) Yreasoning in a circle, and explains why there is neither beginning
/ p! o4 D8 b% hnor end to him, nor to anything he says. We really do not believe the
) p  O- R: L9 Vvagabond can write a word that hasn't an O in it. Wonder if this
) q- \! C3 p) A7 n9 fO-ing is a habit of his? By-the-by, he came away from Down-East in a/ }) j$ T2 U1 H. S) g" M! u
great hurry. Wonder if he O's as much there as he does here? "O! it" O4 h3 H+ Z7 ^: A0 q
is pitiful."'
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The indignation of Mr. Bullet-head at these scandalous insinuations,) T) N1 _7 Y" b; I/ i# B
I shall not attempt to describe. On the eel-skinning principle,
- Z4 B7 n$ v* a. ~8 xhowever, he did not seem to be so much incensed at the attack upon
& V( z2 ?1 j* p. O7 zhis integrity as one might have imagined. It was the sneer at his
, X8 X4 J9 M1 Y* T8 U* C. wstyle that drove him to desperation. What! -- he Touch-and-go
2 n4 Q( I$ g# M& J; RBullet-head! -- not able to write a word without an O in it! He would
3 N, |" |' W% V" T, t) bsoon let the jackanapes see that he was mistaken. Yes! he would let: E% B1 c1 z" |, k/ f* s. h
him see how much he was mistaken, the puppy! He, Touch-and-go
9 R3 V1 u2 ]" X6 Z' RBullet-head, of Frogpondium, would let Mr. John Smith perceive that" e0 u& J8 G( x7 f/ Z: a" N  U% x
he, Bullet-head, could indite, if it so pleased him, a whole
6 }+ X/ t& @- k- O2 dparagraph -- aye! a whole article -- in which that contemptible vowel
, C; J5 x  ?; |& C: mshould not once -- not even once -- make its appearance. But no; --
1 b3 |% [8 y6 E; [. k7 |' Pthat would be yielding a point to the said John Smith. He,( V% i- P7 t) u
Bullet-head, would make no alteration in his style, to suit the
) O- N( J* N; g! y" }/ scaprices of any Mr. Smith in Christendom. Perish so vile a thought!
2 |5 O: k5 Q( q9 K9 eThe O forever; He would persist in the O. He would be as O-wy as O-wy
, l5 b9 ~8 [0 n; l  y( q. Q+ ~could be.
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Burning with the chivalry of this determination, the great
+ G1 z, M: Z0 L& z3 }Touch-and-go, in the next 'Tea-Pot,' came out merely with this simple
% s0 \/ r: o' Lbut resolute paragraph, in reference to this unhappy affair:1 o4 X  e6 t8 H; N7 A

6 p8 A' \9 u7 X'The editor of the "Tea-Pot" has the honor of advising the editor of
3 b6 p7 D) z2 ]: n5 T1 dthe "Gazette" that he (the "Tea-Pot") will take an opportunity in& f' Z1 @4 S3 n$ w. h* h/ G5 j
tomorrow morning's paper, of convincing him (the "Daily News") that he1 n" I7 O* F- w. ]% t3 w7 B
(the "Tea-Pot") both can and will be his own master, as regards3 X6 b! h. J3 \% i$ O: S
style; he (the "Tea-Pot") intending to show him (the "Daily News") the6 I" ~8 X1 v. j' |! u% \
supreme, and indeed the withering contempt with which the criticism
2 o- P3 N1 S, {" rof him (the "Daily News") inspires the independent bosom of him (the
* l0 V( d6 N; D. p"TeaPot") by composing for the especial gratification (?) of him (the9 t$ f7 B4 m: X1 I. q
"Daily News") a leading article, of some extent, in which the beautiful, d7 @6 \8 _* T2 }/ q5 \; f
vowel -- the emblem of Eternity -- yet so offensive to the( F& j4 c: k- d1 q5 G
hyper-exquisite delicacy of him (the "Daily News") shall most certainly  K4 o8 W$ K2 o+ [/ Z/ M
not be avoided by his (the "Daily News") most obedient, humble
& l. b$ `5 g% }6 g9 _% o! d. Pservant, the "Tea-Pot." "So much for Buckingham!"'! w& B  v5 ?' l) J7 E5 w

% B% x8 T2 ^; mIn fulfilment of the awful threat thus darkly intimated rather than
: I, [; O$ n% n( w$ J$ `' Q! R" Mdecidedly enunciated, the great Bullet-head, turning a deaf ear to5 V* g" d1 t6 W8 M: L
all entreaties for 'copy,' and simply requesting his foreman to 'go
; Y1 |( \8 }3 c7 Vto the d-l,' when he (the foreman) assured him (the 'Tea-Pot'!) that
' {2 z) C2 ]4 a) W  X; hit was high time to 'go to press': turning a deaf ear to everything,4 R' Y. t5 E7 O) O; \, T8 D
I say, the great Bullet-head sat up until day-break, consuming the
# C* T- a% c5 p  X8 N1 j4 hmidnight oil, and absorbed in the composition of the really
0 j8 _% ]1 G* U1 o, k. Cunparalleled paragraph, which follows:-
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'So ho, John! how now? Told you so, you know. Don't crow, another8 M' J- p9 M, Z5 n+ x. v( J3 e
time, before you're out of the woods! Does your mother know you're  P' Q1 l, w: q$ K5 ^" d
out? Oh, no, no! -- so go home at once, now, John, to your odious old/ a3 S$ G1 [9 F0 K6 p& q
woods of Concord! Go home to your woods, old owl -- go! You won't!; ^7 q# z: K  L: ~: v; G
Oh, poh, poh, don't do so! You've got to go, you know! So go at once," g+ U; O, ?2 D- Q8 b8 j5 Z
and don't go slow, for nobody owns you here, you know! Oh! John,
# N3 y6 m: W4 h9 _, a8 ?John, if you don't go you're no homo -- no! You're only a fowl, an  y% N- Q$ S, ?* Y$ S7 y! u7 Z
owl, a cow, a sow, -- a doll, a poll; a poor, old,
- A  v# x- B! T% [- Agood-for-nothing-to-nobody, log, dog, hog, or frog, come out of a% \. j( L' U% H
Concord bog. Cool, now -- cool! Do be cool, you fool! None of your* k3 B$ s2 G% M. Y) D& ?$ A
crowing, old cock! Don't frown so -- don't! Don't hollo, nor howl nor6 k. j% k9 Q& D- t$ Y
growl, nor bow-wow-wow! Good Lord, John, how you do look! Told you
3 S* M/ ]% {* M8 c" ~  S; iso, you know -- but stop rolling your goose of an old poll about so,, {& o8 M) [: H
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/ e2 ^" @# W- w# m
Touch-and-go could do nothing more than that night.  He handed his article to
3 x) k: ~" {6 P# `% _$ D0 uthe 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& H8 i7 y. W+ r+ c
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 can7 O% N1 [, j9 j. l% [8 K
describe his feelings of horror when his fingers came out of it without a0 ^3 }- g# H2 Z! p
letter in them? who can tell of his astonishment and anger when he realized that the little box was completely empty?  Not a single
$ }3 P4 X# ?7 P+ G3 Tlittle-o was in the little-o box; and, glancing fearfully at the8 x. p( E7 T: k6 L! Q3 q2 [
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 C' M. `4 J9 ~' G6 C( _3 E, Mwithout no o's.'
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: K+ P. C/ P1 G# u'What do you mean by that?' said the chief, who was  very
3 B1 k  @" @: U! l0 l' ^3 `angry at being kept from his bed so late.! ^3 X4 L8 X& u  u
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'Well, sir, there isn't an o in the office, neither a big one nor a+ d; @0 M9 I5 C( d( X
little one!'
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( U! h: X0 Z7 Y- s* ^'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.') B' C+ R% G' Q
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'I haven't a doubt of it,' replied the chief angrily, turning
1 |4 g. K# Z  i7 Bpurple with rage 'but I tell you what you do, Bob, that's a good boy% i( h7 U" v& u. j0 \: q% ^+ m
-- you go over to the Daily News the first chance you get, and take every one of their
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! w2 j7 f8 Y: g6 r5 z! D'Right,' replied Bob. 'I'll go,
0 a+ `/ j( ]" M, R$ J* y! LI'll show them a thing or two; but what about that' J6 s$ U; j8 B/ \# d; R
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?'* Y0 y2 z$ k% W- y; i3 F! B. A

" ]0 b' ^! ]- U& |'I Shouldn't call it a very long paragrab.'
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! S6 p: s, P7 ~'Ah, well, then! Do the best you can with it! We must get it ready,'
) S+ C! J/ n6 E7 T7 ^/ [1 Bsaid the chief, who was buried in work; 'just put in) k* e5 e% e. e4 z, h! Q: n$ o, B
some 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 his
8 n* e1 a$ S% qcase, muttering as he went: 'Considdeble vell, them ere expressions,4 p) D& {, M6 S! F/ f
perticcler for a man as doesn't swar. So I's to gouge out all their
6 `3 n8 I5 ~4 e. j" Ieyes, eh? and d-n all their gizzards! Vell! this here's the chap as4 Z' i. K3 H  k
is just able for to do it.' The fact is that although Bob was but
4 K) ?: ]6 ^% Y- U8 t) n, {/ q' ?0 dtwelve years old and four feet high, he was equal to any amount of1 o" O3 ^  r1 B, _! Y
fight, in a small way.
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* l3 l/ k3 j& V/ a; rThe exigency here described is by no means of rare occurrence in
# d- J3 L. N3 a6 d" M9 y1 lprinting-offices; and I cannot tell how to account for it, but the1 w/ Y; P% n. I. `1 L! t
fact is indisputable, that when the exigency does occur, it almost$ r+ r1 U( c3 ]9 q
always happens that x is adopted as a substitute for the letter; w) [' u2 _5 D" l1 X8 L
deficient. The true reason, perhaps, is that x is rather the most
- `- f, X, |& r1 nsuperabundant letter in the cases, or at least was so in the old
- A) g3 X& y! G: J6 D  K* ttimes -- long enough to render the substitution in question an' V9 |* u" i& R$ }8 s
habitual thing with printers. As for Bob, he would have considered it
9 z: t' N: b. _" R( v9 c) ^heretical to employ any other character, in a case of this kind, than, u3 D, K6 Q6 j9 v3 \+ @3 B8 E  D
the x to which he had been accustomed.% f6 _* U2 q( B0 N8 p$ i) ]
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'I shell have to x this ere paragrab,' said he to himself, as he read! j) y  p% ~9 n& n1 m) l, H! x
it over in astonishment, 'but it's jest about the awfulest o-wy
0 v2 _4 H. g; _/ d, |  o, Tparagrab I ever did see': so x it he did, unflinchingly, and to press# k$ Z: h* Y9 q5 v( M( n) k
it went x-ed.
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) G$ m8 P6 b# A+ ^" `, YNext morning the population of Nopolis were taken all aback by
' S6 u4 ~5 h. \reading 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
) K% d  L0 C/ f+ A1 W" xtime, befxre yxu're xut xf the wxxds! Dxes yxur mxther knxw yxu're
) M6 H( }) {- P/ cxut? Xh, nx, nx! -- sx gx hxme at xnce, nxw, Jxhn, tx yxur xdixus xld; c9 \/ P9 n5 n2 w. t; G8 T
wxxds xf Cxncxrd! Gx hxme tx yxur wxxds, xld xwl, -- gx! Yxu wxn't?" l6 _* A, r7 T: e; d( K9 O
Xh, pxh, pxh, Jxhn, dxn't dx sx! Yxu've gxt tx gx, yxu knxw, sx gx at; F8 J. y; }8 h8 c/ }
xnce, and dxn't gx slxw; fxr nxbxdy xwns yxu here, yxu knxw. Xh,1 W: j8 Q  ]% V5 w0 M% I
Jxhn, Jxhn, Jxhn, if yxu dxn't gx yxu're nx hxmx -- nx! Yxu're xnly a$ t( ~5 P" k) [2 j# W2 b; j- U
fxwl, an xwl; a cxw, a sxw; a dxll, a pxll; a pxxr xld
# J, y$ C: ]6 X+ u$ q9 z+ `gxxd-fxr-nxthing-tx-nxbxdy, lxg, dxg, hxg, xr frxg, cxme xut xf a- y/ c! o( e5 Y. D5 L3 n
Cxncxrd bxg. Cxxl, nxw -- cxxl! Dx be cxxl, yxu fxxl! Nxne xf yxur
# {- p1 {3 F0 {$ |crxwing, xld cxck! Dxn't frxwn sx -- dxn't! Dxn't hxllx, nxr hxwl,, C' Q+ W: ^. E8 T! r2 B# e/ F
nxr grxwl, nxr bxw-wxw-wxw! Gxxd Lxrd, Jxhn, hxw yxu dx lxxk! Txld
% L7 V& |* g2 N+ Syxu sx, yxu knxw, -- but stxp rxlling yxur gxxse xf an xld pxll abxut" m5 D8 {4 Y; d- [) M  `
sx, and gx and drxwn yxur sxrrxws in a bxwl!'
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The uproar occasioned by this mystical and cabalistical article, is$ a, s5 k$ {. R1 |& D2 c
not to be conceived. The first definite idea entertained by the
' f) ~' W, Y  K7 o' ~populace was, that some diabolical treason lay concealed in the
- V3 s: Q: ^- R. Yhieroglyphics; and there was a general rush to Bullet-head's2 w0 e1 X- o9 H( `. V5 {
residence, for the purpose of riding him on a rail; but that) B6 [6 A$ Q2 u& T6 q( u
gentleman was nowhere to be found. He had vanished, no one could tell
) z4 \/ ^6 t; ^' e/ o5 _4 Dhow; and not even the ghost of him has ever been seen since.1 ]9 u1 F$ a! ~% x) V& |$ g9 y+ R( ]( Y& ?

, x/ o4 t, J; x$ c# B  {1 vUnable to discover its legitimate object, the popular fury at length) K( d6 t7 X4 ~; d
subsided; leaving behind it, by way of sediment, quite a medley of
$ P8 A; r; u, q+ h: e) C2 L+ wopinion about this unhappy affair.
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/ n) ^( Z2 e4 w/ N& `One gentleman thought the whole an X-ellent joke.
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2 w6 C& [+ b0 l5 WAnother said that, indeed, Bullet-head had shown much X-uberance of6 R" J4 @3 m4 g2 [9 K* ]  u
fancy.! v) ~5 ]. f9 t% v1 U( _1 j, ^
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A third admitted him X-entric, but no more.4 L) o& j2 h* V, \& ]" c

$ g9 p# E, B! NA fourth could only suppose it the Yankee's design to X-press, in a5 o  e. @- R* h0 Z6 m- J
general way, his X-asperation.
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$ P1 |( f7 k; W0 A4 o8 |# u'Say, rather, to set an X-ample to posterity,' suggested a fifth.
/ [# A2 v! s4 a, s1 w; \
* T! R! N6 _5 H: Q5 y% S) ?/ j+ p' FThat Bullet-head had been driven to an extremity, was clear to all;
1 b1 V0 B2 Q/ a8 m+ eand in fact, since that editor could not be found, there was some
+ M% ]5 }3 V6 wtalk about lynching the other one.
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The more common conclusion, however, was that the affair was, simply,' Z/ r6 p1 Y  I
X-traordinary and in-X-plicable. Even the town mathematician2 @* Q2 |3 q5 D2 a8 L
confessed that he could make nothing of so dark a problem. X, every.
8 t9 v3 K" ?. }body knew, was an unknown quantity; but in this case (as he properly
. S+ P; h5 A  M: L$ v/ P9 W5 cobserved), there was an unknown quantity of X.' l7 d( I8 v) _* m" y; V" S: y: `

4 |3 g$ \, Y/ A2 K) FThe opinion of Bob, the devil (who kept dark about his having 'X-ed, m! J% I  Z9 f1 e, g; {
the paragrab'), did not meet with so much attention as I think it
' A% B7 O5 ?9 v8 ~* l0 f) }deserved, although it was very openly and very fearlessly expressed.
% c( y- E/ T! {3 N+ t8 Q! ?; m( uHe said that, for his part, he had no doubt about the matter at all,: c  v+ m. b- o- J1 o/ h1 Q
that it was a clear case, that Mr. Bullet-head 'never could be
3 \5 s1 L2 a  K) D: Zpersuaded fur to drink like other folks, but vas continually
, N* r9 {" s4 J9 M# _a-svigging o' that ere blessed XXX ale, and as a naiteral
# L4 o4 S, M1 x2 M" x5 aconsekvence, it just puffed him up savage, and made him X (cross) in
  y8 y" b; Q8 y* a$ y" E) xthe X-treme.'
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