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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 AllanPoe9 v: L5 I/ J: n1 Y
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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 / p$ P3 p5 F& L) S+ K+ z

4 [- [  i) L6 i. U( U$ lAS 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.
4 j& [' w9 I* F* \# \& o- w7 K4 E   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 7 `* {% n# P+ w- o

0 }- Y3 H( Y5 z: R: \4 HI must do him the justice to say, however, that when he made up his( r( k  F5 ]( f- W4 a
mind finally to settle in that town, it was under the impression that
; a4 ]& |5 U* |no newspaper, and consequently no editor, existed in that particular
) z! a* ^5 s' Xsection of the country. In establishing 'The Tea-Pot' he expected to9 w) Y4 F) ~9 b' f, B, A0 o, i# F
have the field all to himself. I feel confident he never would have* Y- v1 P4 a$ ^$ M# o0 R
dreamed of taking up his residence in Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis
& Z4 a1 o! W2 Shad he been aware that, in Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis, there lived# O& U& H- c9 r+ c' b4 X2 N
a gentleman named John Smith (if I rightly remember), who for many% d* `4 G# ?$ l. G
years had there quietly grown fat in editing and publishing the
1 C4 @( L" W/ ], q+ ]'Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis Daily News.' It was solely, therefore, on% g# H: t+ b9 o
account of having been misinformed, that Mr. Bullet-head found8 e  M3 G& A7 U" L
himself in Alex-suppose we call it Nopolis, 'for short' -- but, as he! \  F" @9 s% F- H) Z
did find himself there, he determined to keep up his character for+ I9 U4 {: ~5 o- t/ H& |( X* x
obst -- for firmness, and remain. So remain he did; and he did more;
( h, K& i( l1 Y( J0 P9 dhe unpacked his press, type, etc., etc., rented an office exactly
. D8 }1 X) O3 r! P0 uopposite to that of the 'Daily News,' and, on the third morning after
. J3 m# e3 `- G0 `/ Shis arrival, issued the first number of 'The Alexan' -- that is to
6 Z- U0 R. @% Q- T7 zsay, of 'The Nopolis Tea-Pot' -- as nearly as I can recollect, this7 q$ o0 y- b# I
was the name of the new paper.+ v( r  ]. s0 y  S) y0 g0 }7 Y

. S3 n* E$ V7 M8 F+ O+ Z% lThe leading article, I must admit, was brilliant -- not to say/ G- a4 A- x; {2 \8 M; ?
severe. It was especially bitter about things in general -- and as
. l  J6 ^# ?5 \- i% X$ Ffor the editor of 'The Daily News,' he was torn all to pieces in; ^3 ^* S+ r! }
particular. Some of Bullethead's remarks were really so fiery that I. v1 U" h  e, W. L" B8 ~& o
have always, since that time, been forced to look upon John Smith,
5 l+ _% N, q& Y: Cwho is still alive, in the light of a salamander. I cannot pretend to! K' `6 j, Y9 @/ `- t
give all the 'Tea-Pot's' paragraphs verbatim, but one of them runs
. U" ?, r0 V- X: k: Athus:
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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 way9 y* K9 t/ Q6 i) C7 R2 ^0 s' X
is a genius -- O, my! Oh, goodness, gracious! -- what is this world
3 Y- x$ [1 i9 y( k; Ocoming to? Oh, tempora! Oh, Moses!'  E' O4 v+ t  G; _5 R

: _( n, r/ u. ?% K3 G1 P9 ~A philippic at once so caustic and so classical, alighted like a
/ R9 }" ?: s4 A0 Q4 b+ T" bbombshell among the hitherto peaceful citizens of Nopolis. Groups of
( L1 _" {" K. a- d. x) O. n1 u! Xexcited individuals gathered at the corners of the streets. Every one% E& g6 I; h1 G6 q+ X
awaited, with heartfelt anxiety, the reply of the dignified Smith.- Q- ~5 F0 \( U# s
Next morning it appeared as follows:
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'We quote from "The Tea-Pot" of yesterday the subjoined paragraph:
# H/ ?2 B4 i7 }* g- s"Oh, yes! Oh, we perceive! Oh, no doubt! Oh, my! Oh, goodness! Oh," H* b' g" F8 H
tempora! Oh, Moses!" Why, the fellow is all O! That accounts for his) y. ?2 F& V! c6 v# I
reasoning in a circle, and explains why there is neither beginning
( q' v' v( V/ U5 qnor end to him, nor to anything he says. We really do not believe the9 m0 M) b0 [: f2 H! M4 }8 w" n
vagabond can write a word that hasn't an O in it. Wonder if this
/ ^& i2 I) a( T/ E5 uO-ing is a habit of his? By-the-by, he came away from Down-East in a
; }5 S# ~7 Q- j1 Jgreat hurry. Wonder if he O's as much there as he does here? "O! it2 |1 B  e# [3 r" Z! s. D
is pitiful."'  M2 q9 E  m' @/ u3 m1 A

( b0 K; D" Z* A& G3 `% t6 KThe indignation of Mr. Bullet-head at these scandalous insinuations,# b, q. p. \) _2 a2 F! M1 i
I shall not attempt to describe. On the eel-skinning principle,
5 d$ {/ w1 U; W- e8 }however, he did not seem to be so much incensed at the attack upon8 ?0 N# j1 S$ ?3 v/ D
his integrity as one might have imagined. It was the sneer at his
, F4 c( M! j  Tstyle that drove him to desperation. What! -- he Touch-and-go; a+ l- T/ Y) _- w
Bullet-head! -- not able to write a word without an O in it! He would' ]% \  S( l9 y1 k# @
soon let the jackanapes see that he was mistaken. Yes! he would let
3 [; k3 L8 q2 V3 Zhim see how much he was mistaken, the puppy! He, Touch-and-go
0 |% W6 w1 o/ N9 z3 iBullet-head, of Frogpondium, would let Mr. John Smith perceive that
( {: x7 K5 K! w  ihe, Bullet-head, could indite, if it so pleased him, a whole
6 M! o$ {! K+ H! N0 n, t4 Cparagraph -- aye! a whole article -- in which that contemptible vowel
7 y: P% y1 p1 h! eshould not once -- not even once -- make its appearance. But no; --+ e: r) M& }" ~
that would be yielding a point to the said John Smith. He,  m- e- g& b( M5 H: A2 u, T
Bullet-head, would make no alteration in his style, to suit the
9 C; G/ A7 A+ ]1 Kcaprices of any Mr. Smith in Christendom. Perish so vile a thought!1 K% N( G% D7 u$ }
The O forever; He would persist in the O. He would be as O-wy as O-wy" W' k3 e) v3 P, s
could be.
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* n/ k/ A) x( q7 G: A" j9 YBurning with the chivalry of this determination, the great
4 ?. U* {: X' l1 c, e& bTouch-and-go, in the next 'Tea-Pot,' came out merely with this simple4 E5 C+ g0 C+ C; U9 P8 Y
but resolute paragraph, in reference to this unhappy affair:! e0 s4 z5 v8 E& n, H

5 |9 h+ Q  m7 p  |. p'The editor of the "Tea-Pot" has the honor of advising the editor of
( I- n: h+ y$ c% ?9 }/ sthe "Gazette" that he (the "Tea-Pot") will take an opportunity in
* B6 J/ a! j9 j+ d9 O& R  @tomorrow morning's paper, of convincing him (the "Daily News") that he
  @9 ?1 `# W4 A/ }; G, d(the "Tea-Pot") both can and will be his own master, as regards) x# i7 P* H: g7 Y) s8 {! K
style; he (the "Tea-Pot") intending to show him (the "Daily News") the
& c! s5 L0 z; w$ C0 c5 A0 _supreme, and indeed the withering contempt with which the criticism
  i; N/ h/ R/ u: b: `# c: T9 ]; vof him (the "Daily News") inspires the independent bosom of him (the
6 x" |+ ?0 c* {  m: K"TeaPot") by composing for the especial gratification (?) of him (the: i. N8 @5 [0 x5 S# J; _; q
"Daily News") a leading article, of some extent, in which the beautiful
: Y" z- y. I+ H, h, |: R4 @vowel -- the emblem of Eternity -- yet so offensive to the
! Y9 E- V: x8 T# J4 n- m% Qhyper-exquisite delicacy of him (the "Daily News") shall most certainly2 u* S6 A9 t& }8 J' p& `
not be avoided by his (the "Daily News") most obedient, humble
' B  O3 z  u# _5 @servant, the "Tea-Pot." "So much for Buckingham!"'7 @& |3 C/ f5 S7 e" w5 i

5 G# b8 I) q5 ~0 }In fulfilment of the awful threat thus darkly intimated rather than
0 F% n" ^* P8 m* F# O8 ]decidedly enunciated, the great Bullet-head, turning a deaf ear to% E/ N6 D" i. @! Y3 d
all entreaties for 'copy,' and simply requesting his foreman to 'go7 I/ i+ I2 U. K! t
to the d-l,' when he (the foreman) assured him (the 'Tea-Pot'!) that5 N- S$ g, ~% T. t
it was high time to 'go to press': turning a deaf ear to everything,
! a0 R* T% ]: u+ q% |4 CI say, the great Bullet-head sat up until day-break, consuming the7 g/ b+ w) T. N6 }6 `
midnight oil, and absorbed in the composition of the really
; `4 `8 I, {) ]' F8 V3 [unparalleled paragraph, which follows:-
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, }' @4 D4 v$ O+ `9 F! |/ q7 _4 ~'So ho, John! how now? Told you so, you know. Don't crow, another
# l, ~7 `/ X. g7 R; p! _, n/ \+ T: Gtime, before you're out of the woods! Does your mother know you're8 X+ H9 I0 @6 L5 ^9 v$ [  {
out? Oh, no, no! -- so go home at once, now, John, to your odious old
/ X" S8 m- T" x( B# o8 iwoods of Concord! Go home to your woods, old owl -- go! You won't!
& j) W' G  B& X' rOh, poh, poh, don't do so! You've got to go, you know! So go at once,5 c% G. d0 r6 j1 y" A( r" ]$ a9 g7 ?
and don't go slow, for nobody owns you here, you know! Oh! John,
( ^6 }$ }* S  s# l* x; k$ ~6 |John, if you don't go you're no homo -- no! You're only a fowl, an
. i, r" k" ^! ?* jowl, a cow, a sow, -- a doll, a poll; a poor, old,1 {: L6 m/ k+ k8 a4 A9 N2 w! T
good-for-nothing-to-nobody, log, dog, hog, or frog, come out of a
6 Q6 b9 j9 _7 M+ kConcord bog. Cool, now -- cool! Do be cool, you fool! None of your% ^( F! O4 N1 `, ^2 q4 r8 y+ F" o
crowing, old cock! Don't frown so -- don't! Don't hollo, nor howl nor
/ i4 R6 N/ h, u. R5 bgrowl, nor bow-wow-wow! Good Lord, John, how you do look! Told you
; }8 g% Q/ b3 Fso, you know -- but stop rolling your goose of an old poll about so,/ q2 m" W8 O" L
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  _; J& f. w6 |9 j/ x' h
Touch-and-go could do nothing more than that night.  He handed his article to
( _! F5 x" H: `; J& t( t& `the printer's boy who was waiting, and walked slowly home to bed.: b: M9 P$ y/ b

" m5 O2 F8 {& m8 B$ WThe 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,' -- he1 i/ s4 y! ^2 G1 H/ A; J
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& w$ y. v% i: p! {* A
describe his feelings of horror when his fingers came out of it without a1 E9 Q; F1 u  \+ P8 D0 Y9 Y, v
letter in them? who can tell of his astonishment and anger when he realized that the little box was completely empty?  Not a single3 Z  X" e+ p8 ~4 x6 i
little-o was in the little-o box; and, glancing fearfully at the. |8 a  s6 ~8 P2 |' j; F; n. 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
& }. r; e2 H# z+ Vwithout no o's.'
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( T4 {4 W9 X' p% N; w'What do you mean by that?' said the chief, who was  very
* s  a) S* n  Y. _( V3 l+ f7 _7 e; oangry at being kept from his bed so late.
0 T: K; E! b5 Z; Y6 F; Q2 ~" w- X+ c. ]/ l& ?) z) b
'Well, sir, there isn't an o in the office, neither a big one nor a
  n, ^4 L# A5 G' ylittle one!'9 b1 @! J, t" L% D

2 F) I% J' [' b9 \/ J'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.'1 |3 g, x5 C. P3 L2 e% G7 M

0 N4 P- I6 H$ o' j. _6 |% k# O6 p'I haven't a doubt of it,' replied the chief angrily, turning
) ?- f# ]- f  Bpurple with rage 'but I tell you what you do, Bob, that's a good boy3 y2 v4 d0 ?  h1 _. f. K
-- you go over to the Daily News the first chance you get, and take every one of their
/ b* Q# G& `' o( P0 ~. Ti's .'
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'Right,' replied Bob. 'I'll go,
% w6 s; }, f: G9 O' F0 mI'll show them a thing or two; but what about that
/ o" b5 d9 x0 c9 c) L2 l: Aparagraph? It Must go in to-night, you know -- if not,  there'll be trouble'
大型搬家
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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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. q: M; i$ U$ M2 W1 v'I Shouldn't call it a very long paragrab.'
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  P8 ^* K9 f  K. w) g: V'Ah, well, then! Do the best you can with it! We must get it ready,'
/ o/ N3 ?4 [" I9 {& wsaid the chief, who was buried in work; 'just put in& y( Q/ z3 R/ _* g, l! k+ G$ s
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
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 his5 F8 K$ N3 \: v: P: i6 R1 {4 M
case, muttering as he went: 'Considdeble vell, them ere expressions,& ~; X4 E2 K6 o+ m
perticcler for a man as doesn't swar. So I's to gouge out all their
$ w/ g4 d; x9 C; weyes, eh? and d-n all their gizzards! Vell! this here's the chap as
* [* a6 L  N9 r. o5 n& K7 eis just able for to do it.' The fact is that although Bob was but/ t; w( |9 P; u' e2 B3 E6 w: `0 y
twelve years old and four feet high, he was equal to any amount of
4 n3 t! L7 t) Y3 zfight, in a small way.9 j$ G  `" \7 X2 H2 J+ ~
7 w) ]. N+ e* f0 C$ j4 |1 |
The exigency here described is by no means of rare occurrence in
: J- i4 A" K/ i! a  Lprinting-offices; and I cannot tell how to account for it, but the
- ^% R8 W+ y3 @' I' jfact is indisputable, that when the exigency does occur, it almost) P  y& |- d5 j5 L
always happens that x is adopted as a substitute for the letter* O* v# p; ^( U1 m4 j; g# }9 p
deficient. The true reason, perhaps, is that x is rather the most
( u, F: m4 Y4 H5 Dsuperabundant letter in the cases, or at least was so in the old
5 y. v( J1 Z6 p1 o5 ltimes -- long enough to render the substitution in question an
% W2 G; ^. _( [# e# c3 j+ dhabitual thing with printers. As for Bob, he would have considered it
% ~8 b: f# N: m5 Y# N# Q' cheretical to employ any other character, in a case of this kind, than
9 v% |$ }7 M+ ~. l% T7 sthe x to which he had been accustomed.
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'I shell have to x this ere paragrab,' said he to himself, as he read/ m* {* [, A1 F0 d
it over in astonishment, 'but it's jest about the awfulest o-wy
) U+ |# \7 W/ x. jparagrab I ever did see': so x it he did, unflinchingly, and to press& j0 t+ ?# i" J/ x. x
it went x-ed." p% [( m8 L: p

# x$ c, Y( s+ {) K/ I3 q3 U6 TNext morning the population of Nopolis were taken all aback by
) I; ~) y* r* o( V# ereading in 'The Tea-Pot,' the following extraordinary leader:
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& w) Q9 S* l. i'Sx hx, Jxhn! hxw nxw? Txld yxu sx, yxu knxw. Dxn't crxw, anxther
* z5 J3 z2 y( R# r; Stime, befxre yxu're xut xf the wxxds! Dxes yxur mxther knxw yxu're
" I+ N) R0 w* }& ?; M7 @  _# O5 kxut? Xh, nx, nx! -- sx gx hxme at xnce, nxw, Jxhn, tx yxur xdixus xld
& o6 @  \' |' o4 w% kwxxds xf Cxncxrd! Gx hxme tx yxur wxxds, xld xwl, -- gx! Yxu wxn't?
' C: x" c/ `7 ZXh, pxh, pxh, Jxhn, dxn't dx sx! Yxu've gxt tx gx, yxu knxw, sx gx at
% y  B' l6 c) C/ N4 `xnce, and dxn't gx slxw; fxr nxbxdy xwns yxu here, yxu knxw. Xh,8 U+ P2 X- Z6 W; q1 q+ ?2 x
Jxhn, Jxhn, Jxhn, if yxu dxn't gx yxu're nx hxmx -- nx! Yxu're xnly a
* e$ \  k# E! [+ A, }" K2 Yfxwl, an xwl; a cxw, a sxw; a dxll, a pxll; a pxxr xld: H* E% Z: F& S) l: S9 @) H
gxxd-fxr-nxthing-tx-nxbxdy, lxg, dxg, hxg, xr frxg, cxme xut xf a
( L7 c7 h0 r5 q: UCxncxrd bxg. Cxxl, nxw -- cxxl! Dx be cxxl, yxu fxxl! Nxne xf yxur
$ J! z+ t- h- q! g* `- jcrxwing, xld cxck! Dxn't frxwn sx -- dxn't! Dxn't hxllx, nxr hxwl,( w- x( A8 s( B( r2 w4 a  A
nxr grxwl, nxr bxw-wxw-wxw! Gxxd Lxrd, Jxhn, hxw yxu dx lxxk! Txld3 o$ C' M- b/ Q
yxu sx, yxu knxw, -- but stxp rxlling yxur gxxse xf an xld pxll abxut; }" k- w* R# s5 {$ Q5 u( o
sx, and gx and drxwn yxur sxrrxws in a bxwl!'
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The uproar occasioned by this mystical and cabalistical article, is
6 q: n0 |. D$ r7 B0 jnot to be conceived. The first definite idea entertained by the# b2 \3 M, W' }' ]) G! Y# T# w
populace was, that some diabolical treason lay concealed in the7 j; u+ F. V+ l
hieroglyphics; and there was a general rush to Bullet-head's
1 @! X( y/ C$ Q1 g3 lresidence, for the purpose of riding him on a rail; but that
% e- `+ P/ x- x. ?7 }; ggentleman was nowhere to be found. He had vanished, no one could tell
1 \9 h% p; D! v- L3 L. V, [how; and not even the ghost of him has ever been seen since.; S0 s/ \+ d0 W

4 y, u. Y  z8 |+ y3 JUnable to discover its legitimate object, the popular fury at length+ J; S$ Z0 J* |8 u; S6 O: k' j
subsided; leaving behind it, by way of sediment, quite a medley of
+ @: E% d1 e  X# @opinion about this unhappy affair.! ~5 ]4 ]! q2 n7 j; \' X' B
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One gentleman thought the whole an X-ellent joke.
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Another said that, indeed, Bullet-head had shown much X-uberance of* Z' q+ a6 q% \( d% S
fancy.- ]6 K) o; m# U+ B+ p
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A third admitted him X-entric, but no more.' Z  A& R0 W$ a: V) r9 |! j3 g
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A fourth could only suppose it the Yankee's design to X-press, in a
( B! N5 h5 g7 K6 K% lgeneral way, his X-asperation.
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'Say, rather, to set an X-ample to posterity,' suggested a fifth.
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1 _" c8 A2 W. _$ m( GThat Bullet-head had been driven to an extremity, was clear to all;+ C, @" s- b5 |# G  y
and in fact, since that editor could not be found, there was some0 e+ p/ X" F4 l& ]* x
talk about lynching the other one.
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The more common conclusion, however, was that the affair was, simply,4 |' z8 c+ {1 a6 G0 a8 C4 P( `
X-traordinary and in-X-plicable. Even the town mathematician- y, X: |5 p+ P( I) m( B) `" x
confessed that he could make nothing of so dark a problem. X, every.
. c% d# |" k: V: o7 D! Bbody knew, was an unknown quantity; but in this case (as he properly7 s) h: e7 k& w" o
observed), there was an unknown quantity of X.- C- k* r; V8 L: x1 r  y% D
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The opinion of Bob, the devil (who kept dark about his having 'X-ed
9 I* H5 U0 r$ [( }. z' }" u* x; Dthe paragrab'), did not meet with so much attention as I think it3 I9 J+ Z9 y6 g2 W; }' L4 G
deserved, although it was very openly and very fearlessly expressed.
; m! ?  U+ x- e, z' b  J$ O' vHe said that, for his part, he had no doubt about the matter at all,  T( v) U0 w' C' m  O# M. K
that it was a clear case, that Mr. Bullet-head 'never could be
% D: E5 P& X* F& k( E4 rpersuaded fur to drink like other folks, but vas continually
; `* \. [" V5 ra-svigging o' that ere blessed XXX ale, and as a naiteral
8 m* X' A# g" {1 i+ Zconsekvence, it just puffed him up savage, and made him X (cross) in/ X4 c# t* N8 t4 s( r" b# W
the X-treme.'
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