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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& m! C7 ~6 d0 o' c$ M

8 n/ I. I$ t$ z2 b) }/ P) _* M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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2 `; W  E$ ~% p9 J( ~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 |/ |4 p! F0 r7 D5 \! g. T   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 5 U0 h7 m/ p* s9 r% h
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I must do him the justice to say, however, that when he made up his
( O7 ^/ k- x# t) B. e; P; _) u( E5 Mmind finally to settle in that town, it was under the impression that
4 F; |6 ]9 L4 ?2 v  o2 J2 I- \& tno newspaper, and consequently no editor, existed in that particular9 Y+ `, k( e: R( K* c6 G. Z
section of the country. In establishing 'The Tea-Pot' he expected to+ l9 j1 `$ f, s3 T
have the field all to himself. I feel confident he never would have$ y2 |9 S+ H! r8 t4 N3 j% V& i
dreamed of taking up his residence in Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis
2 z% W+ M1 I1 G6 i: whad he been aware that, in Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis, there lived
3 m: s8 J1 T' {9 ga gentleman named John Smith (if I rightly remember), who for many7 }7 e, U7 [0 h7 F9 x; j
years had there quietly grown fat in editing and publishing the
! m' I1 A3 y  R1 M% F$ q4 G( Y/ S'Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis Daily News.' It was solely, therefore, on) T* P# y( m% m$ c# o, G1 b
account of having been misinformed, that Mr. Bullet-head found
! w3 x, L& o8 J' Z" L3 k2 uhimself in Alex-suppose we call it Nopolis, 'for short' -- but, as he% E: Y% Y% I$ Y
did find himself there, he determined to keep up his character for+ Q# Z. n) f  A2 t
obst -- for firmness, and remain. So remain he did; and he did more;; }; X* P3 A" m3 z+ v# E
he unpacked his press, type, etc., etc., rented an office exactly
1 T5 M+ ?+ ?' V; c3 O' |opposite to that of the 'Daily News,' and, on the third morning after! d; u7 g$ _$ j3 ^/ i; D
his arrival, issued the first number of 'The Alexan' -- that is to' p. L! Z+ K4 N9 `' b
say, of 'The Nopolis Tea-Pot' -- as nearly as I can recollect, this
6 `* n- ~0 d0 z! Mwas the name of the new paper.
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The leading article, I must admit, was brilliant -- not to say: e& u4 J3 a! d! z
severe. It was especially bitter about things in general -- and as
2 _* k/ u5 ?; }) [  g8 A" |6 ufor the editor of 'The Daily News,' he was torn all to pieces in
, ~/ C; ]5 Q0 b, b4 \8 C" oparticular. Some of Bullethead's remarks were really so fiery that I
9 L, E/ j1 |2 l( t6 k5 I0 ]. Ghave always, since that time, been forced to look upon John Smith,' x- T$ `9 {; m5 A
who is still alive, in the light of a salamander. I cannot pretend to
2 _& L' q1 B. _  g" |* C7 Jgive all the 'Tea-Pot's' paragraphs verbatim, but one of them runs
, X5 G! [3 d3 ]( K* w. [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 way0 j: T( z9 ]; j% l1 u: y
is a genius -- O, my! Oh, goodness, gracious! -- what is this world: q" d7 \0 i4 t3 a& E
coming to? Oh, tempora! Oh, Moses!'
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A philippic at once so caustic and so classical, alighted like a
7 h/ K  C5 l/ }1 D+ j% u' y1 Xbombshell among the hitherto peaceful citizens of Nopolis. Groups of& l$ y( w0 \5 a! }" J5 J) C
excited individuals gathered at the corners of the streets. Every one+ m! \0 w6 x$ j" u6 K
awaited, with heartfelt anxiety, the reply of the dignified Smith.
1 X7 Q0 C9 s) s, X; lNext morning it appeared as follows:
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'We quote from "The Tea-Pot" of yesterday the subjoined paragraph:
" d, C8 d5 u' u' m"Oh, yes! Oh, we perceive! Oh, no doubt! Oh, my! Oh, goodness! Oh,8 |2 T. c& ]$ Y$ i# Q. P( G0 H4 v0 E
tempora! Oh, Moses!" Why, the fellow is all O! That accounts for his
0 }5 G- ?' `! C4 R3 ireasoning in a circle, and explains why there is neither beginning! v$ R5 K& D0 Q5 d2 v
nor end to him, nor to anything he says. We really do not believe the
* w6 e$ z6 M3 ]  o4 P. f, D7 ivagabond can write a word that hasn't an O in it. Wonder if this; s1 a* {  q3 g% \" d
O-ing is a habit of his? By-the-by, he came away from Down-East in a  E7 f  ?( I5 {
great hurry. Wonder if he O's as much there as he does here? "O! it
) j6 \' r/ d2 f# E) Vis pitiful."'
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The indignation of Mr. Bullet-head at these scandalous insinuations,1 r! D- g0 b) s7 h3 d: e5 R/ |
I shall not attempt to describe. On the eel-skinning principle,' t9 R% }6 V3 m8 ~
however, he did not seem to be so much incensed at the attack upon
1 y! E$ y# I2 D8 ihis integrity as one might have imagined. It was the sneer at his
2 Q& U% o) `5 k7 N2 n7 vstyle that drove him to desperation. What! -- he Touch-and-go2 {/ O1 R# ^: V, z; n4 z
Bullet-head! -- not able to write a word without an O in it! He would
' {8 X  c# u% K& O! m/ Lsoon let the jackanapes see that he was mistaken. Yes! he would let  @. v! ]/ y* Y% a! q' Q# X6 @
him see how much he was mistaken, the puppy! He, Touch-and-go
2 u' O' H3 M. YBullet-head, of Frogpondium, would let Mr. John Smith perceive that1 T$ M; t/ G% v$ o  T
he, Bullet-head, could indite, if it so pleased him, a whole' {9 F+ C4 f1 Q0 X' p  c0 a2 d: v
paragraph -- aye! a whole article -- in which that contemptible vowel( P9 Q* g8 S0 o7 z& e
should not once -- not even once -- make its appearance. But no; --7 M6 o* C/ N# {; q# S+ y) V
that would be yielding a point to the said John Smith. He,) {6 A$ N; J! ]9 Q* x7 e
Bullet-head, would make no alteration in his style, to suit the2 H/ ?& F! _- y3 |# ~) z) F3 \
caprices of any Mr. Smith in Christendom. Perish so vile a thought!* _1 L8 L- x: t0 V( Z
The O forever; He would persist in the O. He would be as O-wy as O-wy. J6 o7 R# O5 S- ?# I. g
could be.
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本帖最后由 rainbowfish 于 2009-7-27 23:33 编辑 2 X7 J2 M; Y/ a! x8 u7 l1 @( |0 J
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Burning with the chivalry of this determination, the great
; }$ z7 P3 M/ XTouch-and-go, in the next 'Tea-Pot,' came out merely with this simple  ?' Z/ K2 k7 S/ M5 y) Q
but 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  s( Q) p" D7 F+ A2 Z2 _8 Y- _  s
the "Gazette" that he (the "Tea-Pot") will take an opportunity in- I" {7 }* e+ m5 j4 h
tomorrow morning's paper, of convincing him (the "Daily News") that he8 ]# k# _, W8 H3 q, D7 g9 D( I/ x
(the "Tea-Pot") both can and will be his own master, as regards8 V" V5 e2 |$ v8 O
style; he (the "Tea-Pot") intending to show him (the "Daily News") the
6 K$ U) R  h0 csupreme, and indeed the withering contempt with which the criticism7 l$ K) j3 ]5 f( S
of him (the "Daily News") inspires the independent bosom of him (the6 c8 m7 D$ V8 k3 y2 L
"TeaPot") by composing for the especial gratification (?) of him (the
+ y2 e9 H# `" R. P! o" |"Daily News") a leading article, of some extent, in which the beautiful# }; b/ N. p0 q, G  r" I7 o
vowel -- the emblem of Eternity -- yet so offensive to the/ X4 r' p0 H- ~& w/ O* l  y2 R
hyper-exquisite delicacy of him (the "Daily News") shall most certainly
  j. O) x; u. v6 X! H) c7 fnot be avoided by his (the "Daily News") most obedient, humble* M! H) }0 I# g; B3 W6 `8 H! S! Y
servant, the "Tea-Pot." "So much for Buckingham!"'8 P# \( t9 m8 m3 \: U( F0 C/ T9 u1 Q
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In fulfilment of the awful threat thus darkly intimated rather than
8 R/ u- B/ z0 g9 Z% _7 Rdecidedly enunciated, the great Bullet-head, turning a deaf ear to
& M+ g5 D7 r+ m$ E3 ~# C# Fall entreaties for 'copy,' and simply requesting his foreman to 'go
, z/ ]( _# t  i$ G4 eto the d-l,' when he (the foreman) assured him (the 'Tea-Pot'!) that
5 U  I2 _/ A1 |* J- S. ~4 P* b3 jit was high time to 'go to press': turning a deaf ear to everything,
) v  t- t+ V4 V5 d* m; r6 aI say, the great Bullet-head sat up until day-break, consuming the* J* m- v% c2 h6 y: C
midnight oil, and absorbed in the composition of the really' ~1 @( j7 f5 z6 y) n
unparalleled paragraph, which follows:-  M+ ?4 y2 C1 V( M3 ]+ P1 J# g
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'So ho, John! how now? Told you so, you know. Don't crow, another5 i7 L2 u* ]8 a0 k
time, before you're out of the woods! Does your mother know you're, w  E: S! ~" ~" y
out? Oh, no, no! -- so go home at once, now, John, to your odious old/ H- Y% T1 i! }$ ~1 f8 i
woods of Concord! Go home to your woods, old owl -- go! You won't!; V; d' V# Z# c! p9 H$ T
Oh, poh, poh, don't do so! You've got to go, you know! So go at once,
" _, i; P9 G4 I; k. K5 ~0 ~and don't go slow, for nobody owns you here, you know! Oh! John,
6 i/ r0 G3 O5 T# f0 Z# C2 EJohn, if you don't go you're no homo -- no! You're only a fowl, an" a+ V# P1 V3 _
owl, a cow, a sow, -- a doll, a poll; a poor, old,
6 |: J5 k0 ^+ t0 _- X; l0 mgood-for-nothing-to-nobody, log, dog, hog, or frog, come out of a
9 E" r6 L; g6 \0 b  W. JConcord bog. Cool, now -- cool! Do be cool, you fool! None of your7 }4 p- {, G5 M. y- K2 [+ ~
crowing, old cock! Don't frown so -- don't! Don't hollo, nor howl nor6 a" ]7 n+ @/ U* v/ H  H& k7 H
growl, nor bow-wow-wow! Good Lord, John, how you do look! Told you+ F/ L- F( m% s
so, you know -- but stop rolling your goose of an old poll about so,
% _' c0 x7 w2 @0 p; pand 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
) W3 [' C" e% @6 a  Z: W' m5 STouch-and-go could do nothing more than that night.  He handed his article to
+ V" `: W* ~2 i4 t5 v! v4 e7 athe printer's boy who was waiting, and walked slowly home to bed.
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/ e/ }3 ]( f# m* tThe 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,' -- he8 T( U9 x7 w- A3 A, H6 v
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 can
. k* ?' _8 ]7 _' q% Adescribe his feelings of horror when his fingers came out of it without a
- m4 w6 z$ |# R/ bletter in them? who can tell of his astonishment and anger when he realized that the little box was completely empty?  Not a single. w+ f9 z0 M; e
little-o was in the little-o box; and, glancing fearfully at the
/ t  A0 G) Y3 H: l2 @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$ F' B7 K0 ^3 {  l- n: Y
without no o's.'# J" @0 q6 Z. V9 K# Q' `( w' `
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'What do you mean by that?' said the chief, who was  very
/ ^8 f6 [9 [/ X. ^  v9 S) Y" Rangry at being kept from his bed so late.# i4 u7 T$ T6 ^# I
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'Well, sir, there isn't an o in the office, neither a big one nor a8 O# X, ]% `3 V, d  ]
little one!': s" H# D5 n/ V; @; H5 T4 Z& m8 |
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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
8 l! \) ?% \" v" upurple with rage 'but I tell you what you do, Bob, that's a good boy
, k2 Z" {( l4 ]7 S& V5 G-- you go over to the Daily News the first chance you get, and take every one of their& i/ y- E9 `  }4 g1 {8 z$ B9 b
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'Right,' replied Bob. 'I'll go,
; D" W& p8 A" i2 o/ I- H- QI'll show them a thing or two; but what about that
' ]2 `+ e! C  B6 L9 |  T3 n: _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
'Trouble enough. Is it a long paragraph, Bob?'1 |+ [( d! ~5 R; x- S! x

! \7 x* v* h; {- \# n! R( B'I Shouldn't call it a very long paragrab.'4 S: s8 p( g3 P* J  V

4 K: z2 o8 ~$ f5 ~3 R; I& c'Ah, well, then! Do the best you can with it! We must get it ready,'
" T/ ]0 k7 p) w0 Fsaid the chief, who was buried in work; 'just put in
! P- }, k8 @+ U# d! Y7 A  m, _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
+ v" @* C! G/ o; I/ G/ u9 S- |6 M' z5 [case, muttering as he went: 'Considdeble vell, them ere expressions,2 [8 b; Y! ?1 Q
perticcler for a man as doesn't swar. So I's to gouge out all their
; o+ E0 J6 `. L( @8 _6 w; t' Qeyes, eh? and d-n all their gizzards! Vell! this here's the chap as# M2 Q4 Q, R9 \  P# R4 K" B
is just able for to do it.' The fact is that although Bob was but
6 p* a0 Z& _4 a- k1 r: Y2 X% q$ ktwelve years old and four feet high, he was equal to any amount of; J0 G! d9 F5 Z* M
fight, in a small way.
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The exigency here described is by no means of rare occurrence in
) m* @1 |, S+ r4 I- y! [printing-offices; and I cannot tell how to account for it, but the+ k% H7 d) z  |$ ]4 s' k# @3 N4 C
fact is indisputable, that when the exigency does occur, it almost4 S) R& L4 L, `4 l' m
always happens that x is adopted as a substitute for the letter# M* l) y$ d3 R1 y. b, }! j
deficient. The true reason, perhaps, is that x is rather the most
9 J  n3 f, I4 ?8 Q" f5 Y0 Msuperabundant letter in the cases, or at least was so in the old
8 z% n6 S1 u& u; X" W: V. N' |times -- long enough to render the substitution in question an* c: {) |, n) r1 P
habitual thing with printers. As for Bob, he would have considered it
) Z7 y) B: t: K/ D; H/ i4 u8 u% ?heretical to employ any other character, in a case of this kind, than7 {; }6 y. i  J" s7 s) k
the x to which he had been accustomed.
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+ N/ ?# v' o& F: g! Y+ n'I shell have to x this ere paragrab,' said he to himself, as he read5 \" D; t" N+ K3 }& _
it over in astonishment, 'but it's jest about the awfulest o-wy
& @- r3 L2 Y. G! {7 Mparagrab I ever did see': so x it he did, unflinchingly, and to press
( y8 a7 u4 [) V3 E9 Mit went x-ed.% l* Z  b. f% |0 C( V& l

/ C0 w+ t5 S& E# v; f" I7 RNext morning the population of Nopolis were taken all aback by
) h8 i& j5 @. V- J& ~; M3 E: d7 Greading in 'The Tea-Pot,' the following extraordinary leader:7 C9 T. j* \/ z

3 Y/ P  p9 v! R1 z" g& d& P6 i1 K'Sx hx, Jxhn! hxw nxw? Txld yxu sx, yxu knxw. Dxn't crxw, anxther4 e1 v. V+ s/ h1 G+ r# I5 q
time, befxre yxu're xut xf the wxxds! Dxes yxur mxther knxw yxu're
6 Q0 d: P) }8 e; nxut? Xh, nx, nx! -- sx gx hxme at xnce, nxw, Jxhn, tx yxur xdixus xld* D5 ?3 S, H2 @5 n/ t# [2 a
wxxds xf Cxncxrd! Gx hxme tx yxur wxxds, xld xwl, -- gx! Yxu wxn't?
: f* k% m7 d6 A0 s- V& t4 AXh, pxh, pxh, Jxhn, dxn't dx sx! Yxu've gxt tx gx, yxu knxw, sx gx at- `4 `7 k2 O/ ?, l/ @8 Z/ l( J
xnce, and dxn't gx slxw; fxr nxbxdy xwns yxu here, yxu knxw. Xh,# A' K. x# s1 v' ]$ `6 h* w% ~$ e
Jxhn, Jxhn, Jxhn, if yxu dxn't gx yxu're nx hxmx -- nx! Yxu're xnly a
+ M. }; B. Z6 U" Z, Q9 _7 Dfxwl, an xwl; a cxw, a sxw; a dxll, a pxll; a pxxr xld
( N) V  i  v5 o( H! c8 Lgxxd-fxr-nxthing-tx-nxbxdy, lxg, dxg, hxg, xr frxg, cxme xut xf a
6 w3 F, {( G, f, L7 j, `9 PCxncxrd bxg. Cxxl, nxw -- cxxl! Dx be cxxl, yxu fxxl! Nxne xf yxur$ B# R5 ^' G& x  j8 n% ]/ {& q3 t
crxwing, xld cxck! Dxn't frxwn sx -- dxn't! Dxn't hxllx, nxr hxwl,. k& ]: c2 X: }
nxr grxwl, nxr bxw-wxw-wxw! Gxxd Lxrd, Jxhn, hxw yxu dx lxxk! Txld
: T4 j+ B9 {' jyxu sx, yxu knxw, -- but stxp rxlling yxur gxxse xf an xld pxll abxut* f( R6 Y/ F' Z
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, is
- A8 `* h& d1 A. _' D- l/ |not to be conceived. The first definite idea entertained by the
. S; g# U  l7 N5 q, ipopulace was, that some diabolical treason lay concealed in the8 a" E6 D1 L. c6 k8 E, S' L6 |
hieroglyphics; and there was a general rush to Bullet-head's
0 U- I! e- d  L; e+ H, qresidence, for the purpose of riding him on a rail; but that# Z& J! _% a* C
gentleman was nowhere to be found. He had vanished, no one could tell, V* v, k% X' {0 i% E
how; and not even the ghost of him has ever been seen since.1 Q$ Q3 o$ R0 }* V+ Z  G) {

6 U9 y6 L& e6 lUnable to discover its legitimate object, the popular fury at length
' o9 y. l( e. d; ]6 N+ E, l+ Isubsided; leaving behind it, by way of sediment, quite a medley of1 [- e" N" T+ g: v
opinion about this unhappy affair.
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One gentleman thought the whole an X-ellent joke.8 G: t2 O7 ]) }4 w6 L/ J# J+ o

! U  j; b( d$ F: d6 zAnother said that, indeed, Bullet-head had shown much X-uberance of' Z4 s$ b( ]) W
fancy.
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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 a9 S6 T3 o2 n, G8 b
general way, his X-asperation.( g! K8 y# u# ~$ S* N

7 o( S: V% g+ m5 m' f'Say, rather, to set an X-ample to posterity,' suggested a fifth.
5 [7 l6 L+ l% z4 ^+ @) R: f) y
: `* [5 |% d) K& ]9 @  ^That Bullet-head had been driven to an extremity, was clear to all;0 i9 [2 l( l% b8 i5 c/ U
and in fact, since that editor could not be found, there was some
' |  Y6 h% ]2 [1 M7 @2 d% btalk about lynching the other one.
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The more common conclusion, however, was that the affair was, simply,
3 H# p0 v% r$ ^" j: eX-traordinary and in-X-plicable. Even the town mathematician
5 @+ A& G# a, Y7 ]4 T" {confessed that he could make nothing of so dark a problem. X, every.: O; s/ K9 s/ V
body knew, was an unknown quantity; but in this case (as he properly
) }! ]' n. h5 g+ E* q! A3 _observed), there was an unknown quantity of X.: I9 ^6 |: r) ]) p% X

3 r, ^+ x8 P9 t, Y3 E+ i- u5 f/ pThe opinion of Bob, the devil (who kept dark about his having 'X-ed( |5 I/ ]/ @3 H& t+ F( i4 l5 c
the paragrab'), did not meet with so much attention as I think it
( ]( ]4 J, ~& m& cdeserved, although it was very openly and very fearlessly expressed.
2 L, ^7 c. }0 A8 ?He said that, for his part, he had no doubt about the matter at all,7 [8 I, L; w  p/ H. i
that it was a clear case, that Mr. Bullet-head 'never could be
% v0 M% a* l3 B( d3 A; L; j, V3 gpersuaded fur to drink like other folks, but vas continually
1 T1 l" V. O: j$ R" ia-svigging o' that ere blessed XXX ale, and as a naiteral
4 @( ^4 m4 y" s! J4 Yconsekvence, it just puffed him up savage, and made him X (cross) in5 ~) q/ M" {2 j4 P
the X-treme.'
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