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- j( a8 R2 o9 m6 ]Burning with the chivalry of this determination, the great2 U6 ]6 p9 X: ?+ K* I4 z
Touch-and-go, in the next 'Tea-Pot,' came out merely with this simple6 W$ ~' K! b1 z) K& L
but resolute paragraph, in reference to this unhappy affair:+ W! R2 ?& B# j/ t8 d
: ?- ^5 ^4 P! R1 Z'The editor of the "Tea-Pot" has the honor of advising the editor of
2 B2 o6 C5 L/ ^the "Gazette" that he (the "Tea-Pot") will take an opportunity in
0 G" i5 i8 ?0 G9 I/ ltomorrow morning's paper, of convincing him (the "Daily News") that he
& v1 T; V* ^8 K$ [# r5 U(the "Tea-Pot") both can and will be his own master, as regards
. Z; ?8 ]- \; g* r% J6 o* ]3 h* Cstyle; he (the "Tea-Pot") intending to show him (the "Daily News") the
, X" ]9 ^. Y" @2 X6 hsupreme, and indeed the withering contempt with which the criticism0 X4 l8 m4 U, F
of him (the "Daily News") inspires the independent bosom of him (the
9 U3 _ @6 G* b/ b: ~" T2 R"TeaPot") by composing for the especial gratification (?) of him (the. [5 r2 @) C- X0 @5 M- e
"Daily News") a leading article, of some extent, in which the beautiful$ q! s8 X# o$ w8 R. T2 ?7 l! {: A
vowel -- the emblem of Eternity -- yet so offensive to the
3 N7 p, n6 |8 I- ~: P2 C6 s, xhyper-exquisite delicacy of him (the "Daily News") shall most certainly8 }. z$ L, u( s B
not be avoided by his (the "Daily News") most obedient, humble
; H% U ]2 r$ G; |servant, the "Tea-Pot." "So much for Buckingham!"'
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In fulfilment of the awful threat thus darkly intimated rather than0 P9 Z7 B- V5 q, X( s5 u, A
decidedly enunciated, the great Bullet-head, turning a deaf ear to
& P" A9 r! Z% J2 P6 Qall entreaties for 'copy,' and simply requesting his foreman to 'go7 q( I* p9 H2 l& Z H* B
to the d-l,' when he (the foreman) assured him (the 'Tea-Pot'!) that2 H& x/ H( N F$ l5 _
it was high time to 'go to press': turning a deaf ear to everything,
* x+ I: b1 G: C, S P! gI say, the great Bullet-head sat up until day-break, consuming the! [, m1 A/ Q# l, W0 E
midnight oil, and absorbed in the composition of the really2 d; }: j; v5 s& K
unparalleled paragraph, which follows:-! V5 I7 K" w7 y' Z, R* x
( y$ m* t9 B v5 [4 ?( I'So ho, John! how now? Told you so, you know. Don't crow, another* {1 r7 f3 \+ m4 j/ C" g8 W
time, before you're out of the woods! Does your mother know you're
7 @; P- T4 W% \# z2 xout? Oh, no, no! -- so go home at once, now, John, to your odious old
' Z; }# S1 ~4 f, J2 {* S0 n3 bwoods of Concord! Go home to your woods, old owl -- go! You won't! }* a/ a. e% ]! n, a( m) A5 S
Oh, poh, poh, don't do so! You've got to go, you know! So go at once,
* T4 |4 o" Y1 k* O/ p% e# cand don't go slow, for nobody owns you here, you know! Oh! John,8 V9 d) k- o1 b w& E q ^
John, if you don't go you're no homo -- no! You're only a fowl, an
+ Y4 [% p7 p9 k% g) f! k% t- X$ Jowl, a cow, a sow, -- a doll, a poll; a poor, old,4 m3 b% C, m: W9 G& Z
good-for-nothing-to-nobody, log, dog, hog, or frog, come out of a
: R% Z# R* K9 [! yConcord bog. Cool, now -- cool! Do be cool, you fool! None of your
( R# i/ C/ T0 O4 T+ P; `( w8 f/ X6 ~crowing, old cock! Don't frown so -- don't! Don't hollo, nor howl nor: M3 L) z; W- O) a+ }' B
growl, nor bow-wow-wow! Good Lord, John, how you do look! Told you9 l1 T6 P* _# C
so, you know -- but stop rolling your goose of an old poll about so,: k/ C5 p" W; M3 v! {) c& a
and go and drown your sorrows in a bowl!' |
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