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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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' `4 B; c4 o  B0 x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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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.
0 _7 q  M* N% ^8 P& f( r   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
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I must do him the justice to say, however, that when he made up his
0 \: e# G. G2 s0 [% T, I4 j0 E: hmind finally to settle in that town, it was under the impression that
" j, F7 E8 p/ i* l4 L3 }! Ano newspaper, and consequently no editor, existed in that particular& w& Z# g+ V8 ]2 z
section of the country. In establishing 'The Tea-Pot' he expected to' L1 ~: F( K' l( M4 U2 F1 }6 J$ Q) G; G$ t
have the field all to himself. I feel confident he never would have
$ W( ^; ]5 \" H# B1 D+ mdreamed of taking up his residence in Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis
/ a' i6 e, H& i! A/ jhad he been aware that, in Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis, there lived
' G7 E/ q7 X! A: g* u9 e* Xa gentleman named John Smith (if I rightly remember), who for many
$ c; [" k- V7 g9 U. p3 ]+ eyears had there quietly grown fat in editing and publishing the( @0 l6 \4 X# C, @) v
'Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis Daily News.' It was solely, therefore, on- c/ B. m% Z5 H1 M) V) I
account of having been misinformed, that Mr. Bullet-head found. i- h  Q( A! {
himself in Alex-suppose we call it Nopolis, 'for short' -- but, as he
: b. t$ R: P5 O5 [/ F* p5 pdid find himself there, he determined to keep up his character for& v  |1 G2 L4 N1 U- s7 p
obst -- for firmness, and remain. So remain he did; and he did more;
: A) O' |; }" M: |he unpacked his press, type, etc., etc., rented an office exactly
5 {7 S5 o4 C# U% v6 J: \opposite to that of the 'Daily News,' and, on the third morning after% K% E' P& }& i) q0 Z) F7 a; m) T
his arrival, issued the first number of 'The Alexan' -- that is to
" O& H8 L& H8 |" S( a7 d& w4 t8 Ksay, of 'The Nopolis Tea-Pot' -- as nearly as I can recollect, this
' Y: J4 z. i, Y$ Y- z& bwas the name of the new paper.# {/ V; [/ n5 y" H7 ~

& j( c. H$ f5 |The leading article, I must admit, was brilliant -- not to say
" Y. ^" M& o' }severe. It was especially bitter about things in general -- and as" U% g( i/ ]/ {) }
for the editor of 'The Daily News,' he was torn all to pieces in! X& w. p: ~& e( ?3 N% Q
particular. Some of Bullethead's remarks were really so fiery that I
6 s5 q% Q7 I  V  e1 Ehave always, since that time, been forced to look upon John Smith,' k+ p" h3 Q% F7 s- _
who is still alive, in the light of a salamander. I cannot pretend to
+ g$ Y% z7 E6 O' z, V- Zgive all the 'Tea-Pot's' paragraphs verbatim, but one of them runs
$ N$ l& b, a# _thus:
大型搬家
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 楼主| 发表于 2009-7-27 21:59 | 显示全部楼层
老杨团队 追求完美
'Oh, yes! -- Oh, we perceive! Oh, no doubt! The editor over the way/ ]' I& V" m0 T; _
is a genius -- O, my! Oh, goodness, gracious! -- what is this world4 H4 a0 W- u7 D" k4 z. ]( _
coming to? Oh, tempora! Oh, Moses!'
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, q$ a& W$ p* r: m+ lA philippic at once so caustic and so classical, alighted like a
* i" U" Q# W- z, [bombshell among the hitherto peaceful citizens of Nopolis. Groups of$ ^" N4 }, s  F$ i: k
excited individuals gathered at the corners of the streets. Every one: _" a, u0 Q- C/ y# z8 j" H. g5 n$ ~
awaited, with heartfelt anxiety, the reply of the dignified Smith.& v0 O) M" ~8 z, ?# S9 ^6 t
Next morning it appeared as follows:
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- D6 V8 {7 i/ G! g; N( @# T'We quote from "The Tea-Pot" of yesterday the subjoined paragraph:- U( p; N8 Y6 F2 W9 i" q
"Oh, yes! Oh, we perceive! Oh, no doubt! Oh, my! Oh, goodness! Oh,
8 K' J$ r8 k4 O* Atempora! Oh, Moses!" Why, the fellow is all O! That accounts for his
1 F( B! m7 F% G. ~* e* Ereasoning in a circle, and explains why there is neither beginning7 _7 U8 ^  E( ?& O% s  J/ T# ?
nor end to him, nor to anything he says. We really do not believe the2 _; K4 h& i% s) O6 a. o
vagabond can write a word that hasn't an O in it. Wonder if this- c2 A# ]4 N# I1 ]+ d  E" L3 F
O-ing is a habit of his? By-the-by, he came away from Down-East in a
. Z0 }9 W. y& o1 f! Y8 ogreat hurry. Wonder if he O's as much there as he does here? "O! it
5 f7 ~+ c# p; U8 z4 S( B0 Q( ^is pitiful."'0 H$ ?  |* `# {$ L+ C, t3 Y

* t9 n0 p+ o3 `* ~* E7 hThe indignation of Mr. Bullet-head at these scandalous insinuations,9 ^) k9 Z9 K! m. b3 k7 w# m
I shall not attempt to describe. On the eel-skinning principle,$ O8 d2 A! w4 Z9 Z- x+ ?
however, he did not seem to be so much incensed at the attack upon2 u6 r( i- Q3 A* K
his integrity as one might have imagined. It was the sneer at his+ J( _$ J! N( \( q" X1 s
style that drove him to desperation. What! -- he Touch-and-go3 Q! ^2 ]3 h7 H7 P: x
Bullet-head! -- not able to write a word without an O in it! He would
) Z1 d6 A0 Q3 o9 j1 m* b7 lsoon let the jackanapes see that he was mistaken. Yes! he would let4 u7 u, k+ q! o* \1 Q) e8 t
him see how much he was mistaken, the puppy! He, Touch-and-go  Z' L+ b' ]& X, q! Z' I' @1 i) U* @' r* u
Bullet-head, of Frogpondium, would let Mr. John Smith perceive that
7 e4 m( X7 N, |. ~- d5 ]he, Bullet-head, could indite, if it so pleased him, a whole
+ |; j- g- m% n: t) U( jparagraph -- aye! a whole article -- in which that contemptible vowel5 j9 O( K3 I" I/ P% |. r. l! ~
should not once -- not even once -- make its appearance. But no; --' R2 m% u2 @) _5 n% Q+ q
that would be yielding a point to the said John Smith. He,; P/ {4 e" ^6 O+ `6 ~
Bullet-head, would make no alteration in his style, to suit the
: D4 l: w" b8 E8 o4 _caprices of any Mr. Smith in Christendom. Perish so vile a thought!
8 |4 S1 w) D8 w) O" Y  D0 I+ aThe O forever; He would persist in the O. He would be as O-wy as O-wy, D  h4 X( }, [6 E  G  ^, r0 [
could be.
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本帖最后由 rainbowfish 于 2009-7-27 23:33 编辑
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Burning with the chivalry of this determination, the great
+ r5 M' p8 J/ D; |; h+ kTouch-and-go, in the next 'Tea-Pot,' came out merely with this simple# O5 M6 g3 \" g$ \
but resolute paragraph, in reference to this unhappy affair:
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9 w3 u7 t3 X6 o& b  Z7 t'The editor of the "Tea-Pot" has the honor of advising the editor of
* E& ]& @# R, k5 ]the "Gazette" that he (the "Tea-Pot") will take an opportunity in! x5 X) J' g- n9 I
tomorrow morning's paper, of convincing him (the "Daily News") that he
3 m3 |4 n. u5 N5 f(the "Tea-Pot") both can and will be his own master, as regards5 b: u: Y6 ?2 p$ X
style; he (the "Tea-Pot") intending to show him (the "Daily News") the4 o4 Z' Y% b# {; N, h
supreme, and indeed the withering contempt with which the criticism
( v" e" O6 c, ]" o9 X6 i8 dof him (the "Daily News") inspires the independent bosom of him (the
4 Y+ N4 s, K! M5 a  @$ u0 G% S"TeaPot") by composing for the especial gratification (?) of him (the2 S! w3 [4 a, S, l! Y2 m6 A
"Daily News") a leading article, of some extent, in which the beautiful
' \" Z2 D# Y2 P( @vowel -- the emblem of Eternity -- yet so offensive to the3 R& T& v* d% L3 f& V7 F
hyper-exquisite delicacy of him (the "Daily News") shall most certainly. @! b$ I2 j  e, B% r
not be avoided by his (the "Daily News") most obedient, humble$ B3 t0 @: @8 K  y
servant, the "Tea-Pot." "So much for Buckingham!"': r2 a' e) a: n& T  Y

7 B) d2 }; C9 D; A" k  TIn fulfilment of the awful threat thus darkly intimated rather than$ ^2 D4 X9 o8 W0 U3 ^
decidedly enunciated, the great Bullet-head, turning a deaf ear to2 \! w1 K* c# Z* }' {
all entreaties for 'copy,' and simply requesting his foreman to 'go
5 U, a8 l4 v) B' k. pto the d-l,' when he (the foreman) assured him (the 'Tea-Pot'!) that  b- o0 i; Z+ \  [2 F( [
it was high time to 'go to press': turning a deaf ear to everything,
8 t) A3 g. r: I- BI say, the great Bullet-head sat up until day-break, consuming the  M: h: f# J3 Z2 S6 m
midnight oil, and absorbed in the composition of the really+ t. o2 ^8 a& I* `* X
unparalleled paragraph, which follows:-
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'So ho, John! how now? Told you so, you know. Don't crow, another
/ j, d- C! ]9 i* p( Ftime, before you're out of the woods! Does your mother know you're( s# {% |6 G& g
out? Oh, no, no! -- so go home at once, now, John, to your odious old
% g6 x2 M/ @3 V' i8 C3 N6 l6 `woods of Concord! Go home to your woods, old owl -- go! You won't!
0 _" H# c! m1 C2 M1 R  OOh, poh, poh, don't do so! You've got to go, you know! So go at once,
- k- G7 d* V8 x0 f2 w. y% v) tand don't go slow, for nobody owns you here, you know! Oh! John,
& T( q9 Q$ }+ XJohn, if you don't go you're no homo -- no! You're only a fowl, an
1 X6 R4 D. V3 Qowl, a cow, a sow, -- a doll, a poll; a poor, old,' d* c1 v. S7 ?) v
good-for-nothing-to-nobody, log, dog, hog, or frog, come out of a
9 o; R3 Z* F5 g1 K- gConcord bog. Cool, now -- cool! Do be cool, you fool! None of your; g: J* x" P+ X
crowing, old cock! Don't frown so -- don't! Don't hollo, nor howl nor9 l7 Z0 l. U7 Q. C2 r% g' D
growl, nor bow-wow-wow! Good Lord, John, how you do look! Told you) ^! i; Z# `% p3 |! a# j
so, you know -- but stop rolling your goose of an old poll about so,7 I3 V8 e8 [$ G9 N+ D" 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
4 z$ A5 o# W+ _7 C- ^2 PTouch-and-go could do nothing more than that night.  He handed his article to
3 M( W$ U4 O6 Z# b' V% G! Ithe printer's boy who was waiting, and walked slowly home to bed.$ w, x2 Q0 V1 `+ y
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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
6 W$ t/ A' r2 S6 elooked 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
% t7 _$ q  y2 a: Fdescribe his feelings of horror when his fingers came out of it without a. R$ G& V! O5 E9 M( e
letter in them? who can tell of his astonishment and anger when he realized that the little box was completely empty?  Not a single
' t- B4 j  K7 M6 }0 B& slittle-o was in the little-o box; and, glancing fearfully at the  X, p+ U: I1 g. 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
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'What do you mean by that?' said the chief, who was  very
+ R) a: E% V7 ?8 T; q7 z% w2 langry at being kept from his bed so late.* r- k+ u7 P8 j$ \

+ `0 F( T2 `; K/ n'Well, sir, there isn't an o in the office, neither a big one nor a
# \4 z- \: z  xlittle one!'  C8 K6 a# W  y0 `$ d3 f  R' C
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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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, ]; I6 e. r. U'I haven't a doubt of it,' replied the chief angrily, turning
$ x$ [3 k, q2 T0 Qpurple with rage 'but I tell you what you do, Bob, that's a good boy
; u! J/ ?, H! N5 x& s-- you go over to the Daily News the first chance you get, and take every one of their! X  I. ?# I' r
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'Right,' replied Bob. 'I'll go,1 V" a& \5 z, G  B) y5 W
I'll show them a thing or two; but what about that
+ n4 X6 z3 a% W" Tparagraph? 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
老杨团队,追求完美;客户至上,服务到位!
'Trouble enough. Is it a long paragraph, Bob?'
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. ~: v2 r4 c& h& y# G  y- c/ I1 |) w'I Shouldn't call it a very long paragrab.'
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'Ah, well, then! Do the best you can with it! We must get it ready,') A% f2 V) \! x0 q2 n9 A/ f+ A
said the chief, who was buried in work; 'just put in
# \6 w- g! g6 [6 K+ J  {% asome 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  d; m4 o6 P! ?8 y
case, muttering as he went: 'Considdeble vell, them ere expressions,
3 S$ ^" k) j& b2 ?perticcler for a man as doesn't swar. So I's to gouge out all their" _; T3 m1 t3 E" s2 ?9 P. O' W" m
eyes, eh? and d-n all their gizzards! Vell! this here's the chap as
" g4 i, J/ J5 pis just able for to do it.' The fact is that although Bob was but
1 i, X4 _! p2 r+ Itwelve years old and four feet high, he was equal to any amount of3 t2 U* n$ C: h! `  t
fight, in a small way.
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The exigency here described is by no means of rare occurrence in1 Q! p6 |+ q  X1 n3 a9 |
printing-offices; and I cannot tell how to account for it, but the
0 Y* `8 s9 \: k. H% f5 A" _% ofact is indisputable, that when the exigency does occur, it almost
7 W; G& I. o# w$ g5 D( yalways happens that x is adopted as a substitute for the letter% Z5 A* Z/ _( {" C7 q& q
deficient. The true reason, perhaps, is that x is rather the most
1 X1 W5 e1 o5 J+ Y5 h% Usuperabundant letter in the cases, or at least was so in the old
2 u+ x1 X1 H& B7 {, v8 T8 c' Mtimes -- long enough to render the substitution in question an
% ~4 Y0 D7 B3 G7 F* e- g! P! ?habitual thing with printers. As for Bob, he would have considered it
; e+ Y& [3 W! h; F# ?( `8 Wheretical to employ any other character, in a case of this kind, than/ t6 S8 A+ j/ {  q1 ?
the x to which he had been accustomed.
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+ M- ]; ?- U8 n: f8 h+ ^* u'I shell have to x this ere paragrab,' said he to himself, as he read
. c3 ?0 Z, W0 @, c! cit over in astonishment, 'but it's jest about the awfulest o-wy, l# ?& x7 W( D! Y7 [! ?$ j- U
paragrab I ever did see': so x it he did, unflinchingly, and to press
' P( F+ C* Z) }5 J) ?+ q$ wit went x-ed." [& M. D0 f9 q% h4 ?5 u" i
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Next morning the population of Nopolis were taken all aback by
# j; o- |: g3 i0 U6 jreading in 'The Tea-Pot,' the following extraordinary leader:% V* G' j/ ^4 d

# u# J7 e6 \. k9 w% P'Sx hx, Jxhn! hxw nxw? Txld yxu sx, yxu knxw. Dxn't crxw, anxther
0 C' ^( g# e$ Mtime, befxre yxu're xut xf the wxxds! Dxes yxur mxther knxw yxu're7 r# }' ?0 R6 _$ l  l) J) L
xut? Xh, nx, nx! -- sx gx hxme at xnce, nxw, Jxhn, tx yxur xdixus xld  z) }6 X5 d' q  r: n
wxxds xf Cxncxrd! Gx hxme tx yxur wxxds, xld xwl, -- gx! Yxu wxn't?+ {' Z. n& N" I% D
Xh, pxh, pxh, Jxhn, dxn't dx sx! Yxu've gxt tx gx, yxu knxw, sx gx at) W( h& x' P3 J% A+ X# w- L+ ^- j
xnce, and dxn't gx slxw; fxr nxbxdy xwns yxu here, yxu knxw. Xh,
5 [4 f# J& d; E; [+ j- B1 H% EJxhn, Jxhn, Jxhn, if yxu dxn't gx yxu're nx hxmx -- nx! Yxu're xnly a% V+ Z8 W0 u: n) q. ]1 ]! f5 G
fxwl, an xwl; a cxw, a sxw; a dxll, a pxll; a pxxr xld
+ |% G. S( t- ^: Agxxd-fxr-nxthing-tx-nxbxdy, lxg, dxg, hxg, xr frxg, cxme xut xf a
* Y" ?2 \4 J  G& sCxncxrd bxg. Cxxl, nxw -- cxxl! Dx be cxxl, yxu fxxl! Nxne xf yxur4 P, g( V1 M* n/ H
crxwing, xld cxck! Dxn't frxwn sx -- dxn't! Dxn't hxllx, nxr hxwl,; a0 b' e  E: s. f
nxr grxwl, nxr bxw-wxw-wxw! Gxxd Lxrd, Jxhn, hxw yxu dx lxxk! Txld
6 W" S/ q. l) q/ S) \yxu sx, yxu knxw, -- but stxp rxlling yxur gxxse xf an xld pxll abxut& f/ S' c7 \1 K  I- v( u* d5 ?2 b
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, is1 ~7 }! X/ l/ ]$ c' \
not to be conceived. The first definite idea entertained by the
7 |: O0 d" D- R/ m; Ypopulace was, that some diabolical treason lay concealed in the
  d8 E, [, O$ z; uhieroglyphics; and there was a general rush to Bullet-head's8 c* K# q8 W6 y1 J8 V3 X/ E& ~& T/ [
residence, for the purpose of riding him on a rail; but that
6 f; k: K8 Q/ X1 d) C& ~5 |gentleman was nowhere to be found. He had vanished, no one could tell
3 G6 y) ^' R8 E2 ?- Ehow; and not even the ghost of him has ever been seen since.
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0 c7 r8 ^# H' bUnable to discover its legitimate object, the popular fury at length6 X7 r5 r) U& D0 a" m: X! L7 w5 l8 O& C
subsided; leaving behind it, by way of sediment, quite a medley of- p+ s$ T0 O7 O: B, \6 V, q" s
opinion about this unhappy affair., j; ^3 g/ [5 W. o3 l7 D, N

% f/ {* S. g8 [/ yOne gentleman thought the whole an X-ellent joke.
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0 W- f) M& H  iAnother said that, indeed, Bullet-head had shown much X-uberance of, \0 a- o' v( Q
fancy.7 }: P0 {, E/ h0 S- e, S: O
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A third admitted him X-entric, but no more.$ l  c, g* I/ `2 J

% `5 V8 P1 t/ \  m; }A fourth could only suppose it the Yankee's design to X-press, in a" P! Y2 ?8 Z" x/ F
general way, his X-asperation.
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" f% k9 b2 ?8 y'Say, rather, to set an X-ample to posterity,' suggested a fifth.
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That Bullet-head had been driven to an extremity, was clear to all;
  U# q7 f: {3 {. [  G) @& H" Yand in fact, since that editor could not be found, there was some
9 o* h) Y7 `* italk about lynching the other one.
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The more common conclusion, however, was that the affair was, simply,3 A* y' G1 t/ q; G# H
X-traordinary and in-X-plicable. Even the town mathematician& I" L+ C0 }8 f# f2 n' J0 f- [1 s
confessed that he could make nothing of so dark a problem. X, every.
8 I2 r4 ^  r0 ~body knew, was an unknown quantity; but in this case (as he properly
: `5 v& R6 w6 R7 k; u5 Jobserved), 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
' ~6 K( _% f9 n* o+ n7 c" _) `the paragrab'), did not meet with so much attention as I think it
4 y* ^" T& Q4 k6 W" q- m# Vdeserved, although it was very openly and very fearlessly expressed.6 d" _8 |7 \8 C. f8 z: t
He said that, for his part, he had no doubt about the matter at all,6 F3 L" ]4 @& V8 z/ J, K9 o. s; c
that it was a clear case, that Mr. Bullet-head 'never could be& l# {+ S, J# n8 R) U1 ]% n
persuaded fur to drink like other folks, but vas continually
! |6 S  q$ Z4 O$ Q+ P( V! {a-svigging o' that ere blessed XXX ale, and as a naiteral+ W  Q- `+ _! a- B
consekvence, it just puffed him up savage, and made him X (cross) in
( Z, s& q+ `* x( x0 j& X/ Uthe X-treme.'
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