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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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! a5 E' u/ r1 Z6 h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
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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.# G9 R+ o7 z' u9 u& H( f, [
   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
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I must do him the justice to say, however, that when he made up his
: p7 f* W: ?6 M+ V7 B' u  Vmind finally to settle in that town, it was under the impression that
/ \) [2 i% P& E5 _& mno newspaper, and consequently no editor, existed in that particular
" a2 h' r( ~- f% f" g  Y, N* Vsection of the country. In establishing 'The Tea-Pot' he expected to* h; h* s# ~0 ^0 c, J9 L# Y
have the field all to himself. I feel confident he never would have! ]. S. w. X& @2 F- Q
dreamed of taking up his residence in Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis
# v& U& \3 n9 X% u% J& thad he been aware that, in Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis, there lived) x$ x) ]( @/ l6 `. U
a gentleman named John Smith (if I rightly remember), who for many
% E: D+ N- \4 yyears had there quietly grown fat in editing and publishing the
! n0 ?* e- }# g'Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis Daily News.' It was solely, therefore, on
$ I( a8 i! U0 x3 Faccount of having been misinformed, that Mr. Bullet-head found
3 c. A* b* `: ^, khimself in Alex-suppose we call it Nopolis, 'for short' -- but, as he
9 V2 ^& B3 a5 Z6 W( Xdid find himself there, he determined to keep up his character for* Z6 ?- N5 ^9 G$ K, a3 y6 H
obst -- for firmness, and remain. So remain he did; and he did more;
, q7 `3 ^" v- }% _/ w( O$ ?he unpacked his press, type, etc., etc., rented an office exactly
! W+ m# \9 V. aopposite to that of the 'Daily News,' and, on the third morning after) q- T) I4 r/ o9 s3 X# i6 Y1 v
his arrival, issued the first number of 'The Alexan' -- that is to/ u9 c( s0 v6 y' O
say, of 'The Nopolis Tea-Pot' -- as nearly as I can recollect, this
" I. W) L' b0 ?4 y% b3 ?was the name of the new paper.
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The leading article, I must admit, was brilliant -- not to say
- R1 |+ j, c: n1 Y$ p7 v& Osevere. It was especially bitter about things in general -- and as
/ d9 `$ k) Y1 X9 h0 }  Ofor the editor of 'The Daily News,' he was torn all to pieces in  t/ E9 A  Z  d5 c) \, S+ s
particular. Some of Bullethead's remarks were really so fiery that I
4 L' n! Z+ d, hhave always, since that time, been forced to look upon John Smith,
- z9 u+ V, J6 hwho is still alive, in the light of a salamander. I cannot pretend to
4 h- F( x1 I# t1 c; N  Lgive all the 'Tea-Pot's' paragraphs verbatim, but one of them runs
$ \' G. m( _0 V6 Ythus:
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'Oh, yes! -- Oh, we perceive! Oh, no doubt! The editor over the way
& {: ]6 U1 {* D- M9 X5 T0 [is a genius -- O, my! Oh, goodness, gracious! -- what is this world
- z3 y; }% C& \4 T3 u6 y7 rcoming to? Oh, tempora! Oh, Moses!'
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A philippic at once so caustic and so classical, alighted like a- E$ g3 T, x1 I
bombshell among the hitherto peaceful citizens of Nopolis. Groups of
! V: z2 ^* f$ R( S% ]+ T3 {+ zexcited individuals gathered at the corners of the streets. Every one
. \: \: n$ O4 c+ i9 x2 M2 |awaited, with heartfelt anxiety, the reply of the dignified Smith.
( V& K6 L/ Z: e$ }Next morning it appeared as follows:
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; \& d; N1 O0 I( n  l'We quote from "The Tea-Pot" of yesterday the subjoined paragraph:
; c& k) G/ V% A% U# Z3 o"Oh, yes! Oh, we perceive! Oh, no doubt! Oh, my! Oh, goodness! Oh,
9 G4 t  K" c3 a1 D7 Btempora! Oh, Moses!" Why, the fellow is all O! That accounts for his
: N5 H6 B. m4 xreasoning in a circle, and explains why there is neither beginning
6 W) W* h5 p9 Y1 R! O0 w- W% v+ Bnor end to him, nor to anything he says. We really do not believe the& u& r- k6 ~$ ~: \& _+ v
vagabond can write a word that hasn't an O in it. Wonder if this
6 O! |) b5 v+ H- O0 s. _1 \O-ing is a habit of his? By-the-by, he came away from Down-East in a
# W4 }9 I& B! E. d% w  jgreat hurry. Wonder if he O's as much there as he does here? "O! it, X- U/ U% M6 V1 N3 b
is pitiful."'' _. e5 @3 ]/ P9 c! g9 u
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The indignation of Mr. Bullet-head at these scandalous insinuations,% Z( S( t& o, K$ x( v2 O
I shall not attempt to describe. On the eel-skinning principle,
3 ^4 t. f7 J4 k3 h. A# yhowever, he did not seem to be so much incensed at the attack upon+ N* A8 B4 R3 T$ j0 q. Q
his integrity as one might have imagined. It was the sneer at his* ^* [* p4 S' e% T
style that drove him to desperation. What! -- he Touch-and-go+ o) i6 T. S' L; O0 {& y2 H
Bullet-head! -- not able to write a word without an O in it! He would
* X4 V& n2 G7 ~soon let the jackanapes see that he was mistaken. Yes! he would let
% ~1 p* t& f; X  {; S" N' ^+ [! _him see how much he was mistaken, the puppy! He, Touch-and-go
: I% w5 q0 u/ X4 WBullet-head, of Frogpondium, would let Mr. John Smith perceive that
% ^8 X0 I0 O& D6 O# v% g! Ihe, Bullet-head, could indite, if it so pleased him, a whole
) s! n- x0 ~  g/ T$ r& \& G: Gparagraph -- aye! a whole article -- in which that contemptible vowel2 o4 G1 E- F3 v
should not once -- not even once -- make its appearance. But no; --
. J- ?2 Z/ I& c, R7 Vthat would be yielding a point to the said John Smith. He,3 `- o6 H% z* q( z7 i4 E# X) N
Bullet-head, would make no alteration in his style, to suit the
0 M* l  j! ^$ Q5 p: @- m7 w  Xcaprices of any Mr. Smith in Christendom. Perish so vile a thought!
- X7 Z  g3 F: m! xThe O forever; He would persist in the O. He would be as O-wy as O-wy
6 @9 C) ]7 y# ^could be.
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+ S& G+ j+ \, o" ?* xBurning with the chivalry of this determination, the great
: [  Y- |) `( f; p1 w( Y1 hTouch-and-go, in the next 'Tea-Pot,' came out merely with this simple
. c+ |' {0 k: ~% F  Zbut resolute paragraph, in reference to this unhappy affair:
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'The editor of the "Tea-Pot" has the honor of advising the editor of
* P3 z8 s. W4 F7 q7 l, vthe "Gazette" that he (the "Tea-Pot") will take an opportunity in
3 k4 k( Q3 u) g4 J1 A1 |& F* ]tomorrow morning's paper, of convincing him (the "Daily News") that he) @; }  b# a' `5 |) m% @
(the "Tea-Pot") both can and will be his own master, as regards. V% d& V5 a9 k! D! P+ v
style; he (the "Tea-Pot") intending to show him (the "Daily News") the( ~1 \  p5 m6 Z
supreme, and indeed the withering contempt with which the criticism
. K& _  x- i  V  A% a1 ^7 ~- iof him (the "Daily News") inspires the independent bosom of him (the; V6 \% q4 y- X) b4 T" b
"TeaPot") by composing for the especial gratification (?) of him (the0 E" h1 \2 K# x4 j$ J1 v
"Daily News") a leading article, of some extent, in which the beautiful; |- d  C- ?( B
vowel -- the emblem of Eternity -- yet so offensive to the# A1 S; B9 S, ^7 ~) R
hyper-exquisite delicacy of him (the "Daily News") shall most certainly9 A, A) W: n+ L" n% c; ~
not be avoided by his (the "Daily News") most obedient, humble. P) Y" Q" I4 S
servant, the "Tea-Pot." "So much for Buckingham!"'
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In fulfilment of the awful threat thus darkly intimated rather than% R* w. l! a& S1 t3 X5 u
decidedly enunciated, the great Bullet-head, turning a deaf ear to
# ]) V' t! ?- }8 l: ]all entreaties for 'copy,' and simply requesting his foreman to 'go* }5 [) s6 r! f$ ]( q
to the d-l,' when he (the foreman) assured him (the 'Tea-Pot'!) that+ H8 j. e. R* D/ P) ^' Z
it was high time to 'go to press': turning a deaf ear to everything,
- l8 J1 c/ N% M# UI say, the great Bullet-head sat up until day-break, consuming the
! k" \% @0 S/ q1 e8 I  u% zmidnight oil, and absorbed in the composition of the really1 ~" Q' P$ {: C- P
unparalleled paragraph, which follows:-  _/ Y2 t% l7 {, I( p* d8 n

& U8 k3 J. ]5 v8 K6 w'So ho, John! how now? Told you so, you know. Don't crow, another1 `' L: g; U' f% n, W+ j
time, before you're out of the woods! Does your mother know you're, h. U. e) }" L! B/ N( G7 @
out? Oh, no, no! -- so go home at once, now, John, to your odious old
) n& r3 V" E5 G+ _, ^- ]  X7 E. l6 ^woods of Concord! Go home to your woods, old owl -- go! You won't!% ^: L+ ^# C. H  S) u2 ]
Oh, poh, poh, don't do so! You've got to go, you know! So go at once,
" C$ e, }' g% T4 V+ uand don't go slow, for nobody owns you here, you know! Oh! John,& a+ C, u7 T$ M9 ?& D
John, if you don't go you're no homo -- no! You're only a fowl, an
9 d6 |) K. h# X" G( kowl, a cow, a sow, -- a doll, a poll; a poor, old,
5 J1 V( ?% G. O5 [: m# K5 k1 @good-for-nothing-to-nobody, log, dog, hog, or frog, come out of a
: Q& W* Q! p% u3 [Concord bog. Cool, now -- cool! Do be cool, you fool! None of your
% d3 H8 t6 m5 D" |' f7 @/ v$ H! tcrowing, old cock! Don't frown so -- don't! Don't hollo, nor howl nor
5 i% d0 X3 I+ E4 w/ Bgrowl, nor bow-wow-wow! Good Lord, John, how you do look! Told you
4 H  w. l. |7 L3 U4 @$ }so, you know -- but stop rolling your goose of an old poll about so,) G8 L' g: g0 ^6 z" Y# |4 t! d
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 great7 d/ ]* f  a! z0 d7 Q$ u$ u
Touch-and-go could do nothing more than that night.  He handed his article to5 B9 ?7 Y8 k# `
the printer's boy who was waiting, and walked slowly home to bed.( U( z& w: ?% d7 |

8 Q& F1 R& Q- u# Q4 uThe 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
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In the first place, of course, -- as the opening word was 'So,' -- he
0 w8 j! ^7 E3 W9 P' ylooked 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( i% F5 j: T8 x. j$ \4 w) F
describe his feelings of horror when his fingers came out of it without a2 p- h  t) B6 x5 Z
letter in them? who can tell of his astonishment and anger when he realized that the little box was completely empty?  Not a single
" F& t  P1 }4 ~: B7 M& ^little-o was in the little-o box; and, glancing fearfully at the- T3 @8 r) J' g7 b! q+ J9 b
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: y6 F5 {7 w+ z7 q) U
without no o's.'
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'What do you mean by that?' said the chief, who was  very
1 n6 \7 B  g8 ^0 U' ~; {2 }angry at being kept from his bed so late.
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* H/ C5 t+ I% e& I4 P% e'Well, sir, there isn't an o in the office, neither a big one nor a) A  p  P/ C- M% L) I. [
little one!'  w9 d1 I/ b7 k1 i4 p' e$ h9 d
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'What -- what has happened to all those that were in the box?'
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7 ^3 d6 S% n* u* G  ~2 Z'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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. n& b, K# h' W' o; L9 P'I haven't a doubt of it,' replied the chief angrily, turning
. o" j4 s4 v0 d2 i1 q: y9 V) Wpurple with rage 'but I tell you what you do, Bob, that's a good boy
& ^3 g: M1 i/ v( m-- you go over to the Daily News the first chance you get, and take every one of their( l) ~0 |) _. h5 R. L
i's .'
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6 o2 L% [. C! i- N0 J* B- f. l'Right,' replied Bob. 'I'll go,
+ `/ [* O0 `; [  a; x" B0 KI'll show them a thing or two; but what about that
( |6 ]& Q  ?) L+ }" T4 c' [& Uparagraph? 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?'1 M- n2 W6 S2 ?0 t) V' K4 ]

' G" a$ G2 u$ y6 w'I Shouldn't call it a very long paragrab.'
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% K) o  d1 c% z; W'Ah, well, then! Do the best you can with it! We must get it ready,'
8 H" l, O" s( m- o" E: L8 Msaid the chief, who was buried in work; 'just put in
* i: }2 N. I, D! {& F( f/ psome 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
* h1 i6 `* ~4 Z2 i$ P) \case, muttering as he went: 'Considdeble vell, them ere expressions,: [. T. O+ _3 R' V% r
perticcler for a man as doesn't swar. So I's to gouge out all their% Y% _1 g3 N7 ]) N4 d& z' R  ], f
eyes, eh? and d-n all their gizzards! Vell! this here's the chap as
" G; n+ ~' m! E+ O; Iis just able for to do it.' The fact is that although Bob was but
! }$ q5 h: c3 ~0 n& C- ^$ Mtwelve years old and four feet high, he was equal to any amount of
  o7 B0 O# E: J6 w' zfight, in a small way.
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& @3 E: Y( G8 H$ A" nThe exigency here described is by no means of rare occurrence in
( S7 q3 Q5 j' r4 z, k4 P/ wprinting-offices; and I cannot tell how to account for it, but the9 x+ E' r* D. q# G7 z! q0 P) r
fact is indisputable, that when the exigency does occur, it almost9 ~1 I! d. I0 _! l' R& X
always happens that x is adopted as a substitute for the letter
/ h8 B# Y; Q3 g  j0 x% X9 o% u; Bdeficient. The true reason, perhaps, is that x is rather the most5 V: x1 Q3 ^" j9 E1 N- [+ y& d
superabundant letter in the cases, or at least was so in the old+ b) V0 o+ P1 i
times -- long enough to render the substitution in question an
1 }0 w: w( ]; E+ qhabitual thing with printers. As for Bob, he would have considered it
' \% ]  @9 `' C& H2 Fheretical to employ any other character, in a case of this kind, than
% o6 i- k0 `. S9 E- Nthe x to which he had been accustomed.: \$ F7 c7 ^5 W' ]1 W7 S0 R6 h. _' l+ Y$ D
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'I shell have to x this ere paragrab,' said he to himself, as he read1 z5 b7 _: X5 J: L: t
it over in astonishment, 'but it's jest about the awfulest o-wy" _: v) H$ V2 j  T/ \9 F
paragrab I ever did see': so x it he did, unflinchingly, and to press
  v2 G8 V5 ]: F9 v  E$ Hit went x-ed.
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Next morning the population of Nopolis were taken all aback by
2 Z. a" j7 O6 a3 F/ L2 Sreading in 'The Tea-Pot,' the following extraordinary leader:0 \, X, l- h# @6 p; n8 E  ~

! m' L4 {2 r+ N5 ]8 |. l1 W'Sx hx, Jxhn! hxw nxw? Txld yxu sx, yxu knxw. Dxn't crxw, anxther
5 e9 o4 c# o* m) Z. A  \5 Z' L2 ztime, befxre yxu're xut xf the wxxds! Dxes yxur mxther knxw yxu're5 p0 i+ C8 E( H, O+ t5 D; E/ n
xut? Xh, nx, nx! -- sx gx hxme at xnce, nxw, Jxhn, tx yxur xdixus xld% Z' f4 P( ~9 d6 F6 ^
wxxds xf Cxncxrd! Gx hxme tx yxur wxxds, xld xwl, -- gx! Yxu wxn't?
% Q/ g# T  u, J- wXh, pxh, pxh, Jxhn, dxn't dx sx! Yxu've gxt tx gx, yxu knxw, sx gx at
, j! e6 u' y/ S9 Vxnce, and dxn't gx slxw; fxr nxbxdy xwns yxu here, yxu knxw. Xh,
( d2 G2 u4 @& p% q( W7 ZJxhn, Jxhn, Jxhn, if yxu dxn't gx yxu're nx hxmx -- nx! Yxu're xnly a
8 {7 r" C# {; e. P( Afxwl, an xwl; a cxw, a sxw; a dxll, a pxll; a pxxr xld
4 d: p* X1 I$ r0 X2 x) ]. S( P& dgxxd-fxr-nxthing-tx-nxbxdy, lxg, dxg, hxg, xr frxg, cxme xut xf a' _+ D$ E! G; K5 z
Cxncxrd bxg. Cxxl, nxw -- cxxl! Dx be cxxl, yxu fxxl! Nxne xf yxur
- r8 w* X3 z8 C+ zcrxwing, xld cxck! Dxn't frxwn sx -- dxn't! Dxn't hxllx, nxr hxwl,
% j( ]% E9 u" N4 E& q/ X% knxr grxwl, nxr bxw-wxw-wxw! Gxxd Lxrd, Jxhn, hxw yxu dx lxxk! Txld
4 B" k5 h, i; ^. Z3 [3 M8 ryxu sx, yxu knxw, -- but stxp rxlling yxur gxxse xf an xld pxll abxut
2 T: J9 J8 ]7 xsx, and gx and drxwn yxur sxrrxws in a bxwl!'
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The uproar occasioned by this mystical and cabalistical article, is
5 t0 q( P* b2 t! g7 i' t9 N' qnot to be conceived. The first definite idea entertained by the
4 q: C: T7 W: D2 {populace was, that some diabolical treason lay concealed in the8 ^! y* I; l1 \  P/ F8 T
hieroglyphics; and there was a general rush to Bullet-head's
1 P! W" h/ B$ H$ y# O7 oresidence, for the purpose of riding him on a rail; but that) r' `: G, Z( z! h6 S* |( `
gentleman was nowhere to be found. He had vanished, no one could tell
# `6 I: N, H4 z. G: J$ @& Hhow; and not even the ghost of him has ever been seen since.9 j3 P9 T: a' B/ c/ p0 y

) `$ v# A  f/ O/ f0 MUnable to discover its legitimate object, the popular fury at length
" g; E& I" n6 M1 r# c6 y0 Y) ysubsided; leaving behind it, by way of sediment, quite a medley of& f, P4 z" b1 Z' ], m1 f2 x  O
opinion about this unhappy affair.6 i# V  A2 s) W/ Z8 ^! I
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One gentleman thought the whole an X-ellent joke.6 Q, M- z) \& r  z

8 W; n5 G# t: a' m% NAnother said that, indeed, Bullet-head had shown much X-uberance of
: Q+ n3 l2 w. n  t) `3 f4 r* K" `2 I! Yfancy./ H; Y" h2 T" M
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A third admitted him X-entric, but no more.
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A fourth could only suppose it the Yankee's design to X-press, in a# m/ U6 n1 A; U3 D8 {6 `
general way, his X-asperation.# u) D  z5 k: w: v+ I: R3 p6 E; I
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'Say, rather, to set an X-ample to posterity,' suggested a fifth.$ \+ e" g! I9 |0 h* k+ k0 z
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That Bullet-head had been driven to an extremity, was clear to all;
1 R, ~1 ]3 L* I2 K; O0 e/ Eand in fact, since that editor could not be found, there was some
  j; x7 ~5 G7 gtalk about lynching the other one.
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The more common conclusion, however, was that the affair was, simply,
8 ?+ B9 x$ d& `3 }7 z* U% o' }X-traordinary and in-X-plicable. Even the town mathematician
: A: E# r# E2 w* z; L% V/ Y, Kconfessed that he could make nothing of so dark a problem. X, every.& G9 p: f% R9 p! c. n9 i9 K+ C
body knew, was an unknown quantity; but in this case (as he properly
2 `( t0 d# T- T0 Bobserved), there was an unknown quantity of X.
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The opinion of Bob, the devil (who kept dark about his having 'X-ed
9 A- B) a8 D8 ?: l5 x. m% i* b: k0 Zthe paragrab'), did not meet with so much attention as I think it
9 l4 D0 V* I- x$ odeserved, although it was very openly and very fearlessly expressed.
, A  q( O1 T9 u( H/ `1 ~' uHe said that, for his part, he had no doubt about the matter at all,/ O/ g% I+ `/ Z, E. Z7 t
that it was a clear case, that Mr. Bullet-head 'never could be- r! @; L/ T, V0 ^/ Q$ m
persuaded fur to drink like other folks, but vas continually2 A* I% o* f* j1 g
a-svigging o' that ere blessed XXX ale, and as a naiteral
) z2 `8 K$ z/ ]) s. C" V4 S$ @- Zconsekvence, it just puffed him up savage, and made him X (cross) in4 j/ j; _; L) f" \; m, V2 \0 c4 v
the X-treme.'
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