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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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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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: T* h" Z4 f7 i, s8 iAS 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., o# A: {6 b+ d! L+ c
   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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, C+ I0 ^' _. l: `8 zI must do him the justice to say, however, that when he made up his
2 n$ F+ S! Y, M/ `7 d- umind finally to settle in that town, it was under the impression that
7 u, v* w. Q1 ]1 \/ ?no newspaper, and consequently no editor, existed in that particular! K& n% c) @3 ^/ w) v. D; u* ^% J
section of the country. In establishing 'The Tea-Pot' he expected to! W7 k- V- ?1 W( D6 N
have the field all to himself. I feel confident he never would have9 R- a1 u8 _% ], V: w
dreamed of taking up his residence in Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis
* ^: q# ?, S, Z4 X; Dhad he been aware that, in Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis, there lived
' U6 ?0 A+ G; e" a5 g0 \a gentleman named John Smith (if I rightly remember), who for many/ |" ^4 g3 i2 {' a3 r
years had there quietly grown fat in editing and publishing the. c" [7 j# c) D  a
'Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis Daily News.' It was solely, therefore, on
3 D% w0 o- p+ J3 {- o: A  jaccount of having been misinformed, that Mr. Bullet-head found
% X8 {# j; r% n2 }3 n6 Vhimself in Alex-suppose we call it Nopolis, 'for short' -- but, as he9 S3 P4 [7 ^+ _5 c0 _
did find himself there, he determined to keep up his character for4 S4 h' A" R$ u
obst -- for firmness, and remain. So remain he did; and he did more;3 }% H( X' Y  z3 b( K
he unpacked his press, type, etc., etc., rented an office exactly& Z9 y" O5 L7 X! X% \
opposite to that of the 'Daily News,' and, on the third morning after
( R( N) P& ]5 V4 W0 a# g$ ^his arrival, issued the first number of 'The Alexan' -- that is to
0 C9 L2 c) ^: N! Z& L( x' Bsay, of 'The Nopolis Tea-Pot' -- as nearly as I can recollect, this
1 e& N- `# z# c( y) _was the name of the new paper.+ Z1 x1 t5 g" c1 r
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The leading article, I must admit, was brilliant -- not to say2 H  g. W& ^1 J0 X! }
severe. It was especially bitter about things in general -- and as. }/ o) `0 e0 q. q& G+ E+ d; m
for the editor of 'The Daily News,' he was torn all to pieces in
2 J# k, _: K& M  w* G4 s% P: fparticular. Some of Bullethead's remarks were really so fiery that I
5 V0 N- O* C, o5 n* V; p; ^( J' [# Chave always, since that time, been forced to look upon John Smith,# J- z, V3 _& v8 P3 n: F( {: h
who is still alive, in the light of a salamander. I cannot pretend to! i# M5 j- C8 X1 Z
give all the 'Tea-Pot's' paragraphs verbatim, but one of them runs
5 G' i5 ~: J$ d7 c3 ^4 _- s3 ?thus:
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'Oh, yes! -- Oh, we perceive! Oh, no doubt! The editor over the way) W$ g2 O5 t2 |- O9 {
is a genius -- O, my! Oh, goodness, gracious! -- what is this world
. Q( k* c; c. F. Ucoming to? Oh, tempora! Oh, Moses!'1 n, H8 |% e) ?- q

! p( ~' H; z# e! l; x, t+ I/ ?A philippic at once so caustic and so classical, alighted like a
3 U: x5 y. g, V5 D$ tbombshell among the hitherto peaceful citizens of Nopolis. Groups of
% T* [2 G9 Y+ ~% U8 e- cexcited individuals gathered at the corners of the streets. Every one7 m" j" X4 ~6 w  W. D: n
awaited, with heartfelt anxiety, the reply of the dignified Smith.
: R( P: s+ h5 ]% INext morning it appeared as follows:. n& O$ D3 r' I
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'We quote from "The Tea-Pot" of yesterday the subjoined paragraph:
* {' b6 p$ Y+ w5 y" D"Oh, yes! Oh, we perceive! Oh, no doubt! Oh, my! Oh, goodness! Oh,
; V) Q8 U- V$ T2 H! rtempora! Oh, Moses!" Why, the fellow is all O! That accounts for his) V2 V7 S* y5 w5 h9 a# G9 f
reasoning in a circle, and explains why there is neither beginning
& @9 n+ ?  s+ cnor end to him, nor to anything he says. We really do not believe the
9 z. F0 @7 {1 Q) Svagabond can write a word that hasn't an O in it. Wonder if this1 D1 j- a: X; P1 r% C
O-ing is a habit of his? By-the-by, he came away from Down-East in a
0 `. ]# m3 T2 t9 v$ Kgreat hurry. Wonder if he O's as much there as he does here? "O! it
* c* X6 Y9 @- J/ G! A* s( gis pitiful."'+ m4 \# \2 S, n1 Z
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The indignation of Mr. Bullet-head at these scandalous insinuations,- a0 ~2 M" w: A2 H1 m- [& O
I shall not attempt to describe. On the eel-skinning principle,
% w" I: ^# ]  }- whowever, he did not seem to be so much incensed at the attack upon
8 i0 g- e. [" ~  ihis integrity as one might have imagined. It was the sneer at his
% R* I/ E. I! A' e  rstyle that drove him to desperation. What! -- he Touch-and-go5 [3 Y  m8 Z  @
Bullet-head! -- not able to write a word without an O in it! He would' B1 A& l: O0 n+ E. H3 w( y
soon let the jackanapes see that he was mistaken. Yes! he would let
4 Z8 k* t5 X9 ?( s0 p+ [" Qhim see how much he was mistaken, the puppy! He, Touch-and-go
. {) M+ S% a. a0 bBullet-head, of Frogpondium, would let Mr. John Smith perceive that3 `" I# v6 y/ Q2 z2 I$ u: g
he, Bullet-head, could indite, if it so pleased him, a whole7 _. {  N7 N% W6 v. I" R
paragraph -- aye! a whole article -- in which that contemptible vowel
6 D) t5 u1 _* ~1 nshould not once -- not even once -- make its appearance. But no; --! p: P, k: G' D4 q5 e  |8 L; r
that would be yielding a point to the said John Smith. He,# `7 r2 B9 v# r
Bullet-head, would make no alteration in his style, to suit the; o3 _1 ]( F! J
caprices of any Mr. Smith in Christendom. Perish so vile a thought!& d3 f5 g3 n$ v* e/ c# C
The O forever; He would persist in the O. He would be as O-wy as O-wy
: C* \9 {/ y9 F2 `$ z( Wcould be.
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: F) A5 o& U* z& x1 _Burning with the chivalry of this determination, the great' V  _& o. l7 J9 H+ ?5 A# ^2 V
Touch-and-go, in the next 'Tea-Pot,' came out merely with this simple+ t3 j$ ]8 j0 S# W* H$ s- E& s  d
but resolute paragraph, in reference to this unhappy affair:; J- f( t/ M' [4 _( z9 W
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'The editor of the "Tea-Pot" has the honor of advising the editor of
# ?$ ~, M: ~) E5 ~0 {/ zthe "Gazette" that he (the "Tea-Pot") will take an opportunity in
: r: `. n0 B$ g8 [8 U! etomorrow morning's paper, of convincing him (the "Daily News") that he
( h, l. ~) [4 Z(the "Tea-Pot") both can and will be his own master, as regards
& ^' U. c! a9 h# X- n, d& Nstyle; he (the "Tea-Pot") intending to show him (the "Daily News") the  J  }0 k% S0 o# R
supreme, and indeed the withering contempt with which the criticism0 ~. m5 v& F5 L
of him (the "Daily News") inspires the independent bosom of him (the9 b3 W* ]/ u- L
"TeaPot") by composing for the especial gratification (?) of him (the
" U$ D4 i; k! A! m0 C"Daily News") a leading article, of some extent, in which the beautiful% n( _" I  }# g! w/ B
vowel -- the emblem of Eternity -- yet so offensive to the
' a+ r' Z4 ^  [  F5 _' E" qhyper-exquisite delicacy of him (the "Daily News") shall most certainly
/ L; j  Y, c6 dnot be avoided by his (the "Daily News") most obedient, humble0 A6 B( L4 a3 Q; R
servant, the "Tea-Pot." "So much for Buckingham!"'
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# ?0 A) b1 U- v- mIn fulfilment of the awful threat thus darkly intimated rather than
" G' M% o6 ?1 Z) S  A3 ?# Cdecidedly enunciated, the great Bullet-head, turning a deaf ear to. u& l" ]4 I- I6 p' t; O4 d* ]
all entreaties for 'copy,' and simply requesting his foreman to 'go
8 x: T5 m/ c/ }9 wto the d-l,' when he (the foreman) assured him (the 'Tea-Pot'!) that# R4 ?* q# Q0 K$ Q, [/ U* u3 i1 @
it was high time to 'go to press': turning a deaf ear to everything,* [1 x3 L# F" |0 e
I say, the great Bullet-head sat up until day-break, consuming the4 x' R" ?( w+ X/ u  u
midnight oil, and absorbed in the composition of the really. h1 F- L; Q0 C" a- f1 c
unparalleled paragraph, which follows:-
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: E) s8 M# E" i! {' C3 G'So ho, John! how now? Told you so, you know. Don't crow, another
: K( t5 y! r5 A' ztime, before you're out of the woods! Does your mother know you're
3 A" c( c; O8 d# U9 yout? Oh, no, no! -- so go home at once, now, John, to your odious old
$ p- e8 Y  g6 |: o* U. Ywoods of Concord! Go home to your woods, old owl -- go! You won't!& k$ _" J1 R% y" g6 S8 c
Oh, poh, poh, don't do so! You've got to go, you know! So go at once,3 Y$ x/ b& Q2 z" N" p* Q% D
and don't go slow, for nobody owns you here, you know! Oh! John,$ m9 R3 W% h7 C4 V5 I
John, if you don't go you're no homo -- no! You're only a fowl, an1 g+ i7 {, b2 n! W& i9 N. f7 w
owl, a cow, a sow, -- a doll, a poll; a poor, old,
2 l5 d' I  N' {# v5 Z  pgood-for-nothing-to-nobody, log, dog, hog, or frog, come out of a4 L" C1 U4 r) N+ D
Concord bog. Cool, now -- cool! Do be cool, you fool! None of your1 m3 z. P. \* r; j1 _
crowing, old cock! Don't frown so -- don't! Don't hollo, nor howl nor& \( i" x( `. Z1 i1 N: Z4 ^
growl, nor bow-wow-wow! Good Lord, John, how you do look! Told you
$ |' y" T; Z0 F9 a8 Nso, you know -- but stop rolling your goose of an old poll about so,5 g( H& a. p0 J/ k5 _- H
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
' b; s4 x8 X6 x% l+ L' I3 v/ |Touch-and-go could do nothing more than that night.  He handed his article to" a, [5 Q! _8 U0 ]/ H
the printer's boy who was waiting, and walked slowly home to bed.
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" Z) d" s: n: l+ A6 e4 ?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,' -- he5 W! [1 o1 \6 M, V/ Q
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' K2 M& D2 _/ b4 N7 [1 w4 n
describe his feelings of horror when his fingers came out of it without a
) ?. p! n1 D+ g# Qletter in them? who can tell of his astonishment and anger when he realized that the little box was completely empty?  Not a single
* H7 Z" }/ V( p, Ulittle-o was in the little-o box; and, glancing fearfully at the
* L/ y, a5 E8 }9 ?0 U6 y$ acapital-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' Z: I2 _+ \5 E* U/ V
without no o's.'
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) x& j' z/ x: b# m# V'What do you mean by that?' said the chief, who was  very+ p7 g3 P6 \/ d* \2 k, B
angry at being kept from his bed so late.
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1 H0 I0 Z# _7 w' j1 a4 ]'Well, sir, there isn't an o in the office, neither a big one nor a
- ~! R, G: n4 P/ k) ~- Elittle one!'
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7 M& q) B9 K7 @% h) p'What -- what has happened to all those that were in the box?'( L5 l1 ^+ H- J. E- v* T7 y

2 N% k6 w: d& `- z6 E, C7 A'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.'( r) T# f* w' I" Y4 B, w

. d1 ~0 H: u: C: @9 ~'I haven't a doubt of it,' replied the chief angrily, turning
8 P+ x0 L8 F/ k* T5 u4 cpurple with rage 'but I tell you what you do, Bob, that's a good boy
+ D% o9 {$ U- S7 f9 n  g+ n-- you go over to the Daily News the first chance you get, and take every one of their
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: E: f5 E, z( R6 Z2 K'Right,' replied Bob. 'I'll go,
* W) c; e- T- Y- K6 G" S1 BI'll show them a thing or two; but what about that
7 b- I8 e5 z" H/ P& Zparagraph? 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?'$ h! g8 n# _' `. t3 p

* b! _( N. c# y7 E; ]'I Shouldn't call it a very long paragrab.'; P* j  U' K* g  u: J

7 [* @; j# P- h6 a$ [$ p'Ah, well, then! Do the best you can with it! We must get it ready,'
; K1 I0 S9 Z4 n% @, j5 ^6 Q- ssaid the chief, who was buried in work; 'just put in
' [3 Q% ]8 a2 n+ o+ fsome 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! i2 L# G- u" J4 d
case, muttering as he went: 'Considdeble vell, them ere expressions,6 E2 T0 p! c1 Y1 i% t) O# G
perticcler for a man as doesn't swar. So I's to gouge out all their
9 r% e' Y5 L' veyes, eh? and d-n all their gizzards! Vell! this here's the chap as
; e9 A0 ~( }3 }+ N+ D( lis just able for to do it.' The fact is that although Bob was but
. H1 Z& @" Q' utwelve years old and four feet high, he was equal to any amount of" ]. c- z* f6 Q% W
fight, in a small way." N8 s4 F1 @' z6 N2 F& F
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The exigency here described is by no means of rare occurrence in
- `4 o, K' I# E4 ~' a1 zprinting-offices; and I cannot tell how to account for it, but the1 f2 @4 \: n  V+ ^2 K. b/ ~
fact is indisputable, that when the exigency does occur, it almost
: e+ Q$ ]4 |( o6 u6 |always happens that x is adopted as a substitute for the letter2 p# p% b. o# x$ A
deficient. The true reason, perhaps, is that x is rather the most- U" Y& @# Q/ N8 J: J
superabundant letter in the cases, or at least was so in the old/ d  T: }* e+ n' h
times -- long enough to render the substitution in question an
) X* O3 H- N+ y" k/ p  ^# t2 whabitual thing with printers. As for Bob, he would have considered it4 T. j: l) X- Z& j
heretical to employ any other character, in a case of this kind, than( {7 n( o* E0 X" i* B$ G
the 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 read0 c3 Z0 ]0 O# X$ r/ J
it over in astonishment, 'but it's jest about the awfulest o-wy
! J  d. N1 V( _' n( b5 Q' U' P  {paragrab I ever did see': so x it he did, unflinchingly, and to press6 b4 I4 B  X2 _: |, S
it went x-ed.- ]0 }0 @/ S% V8 y+ @8 M( |6 c# _* Z
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Next morning the population of Nopolis were taken all aback by
, t* K2 E, L9 D1 R- X* hreading in 'The Tea-Pot,' the following extraordinary leader:
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% R9 Q2 l9 b" y- c'Sx hx, Jxhn! hxw nxw? Txld yxu sx, yxu knxw. Dxn't crxw, anxther4 W- m; ?, F3 `- l
time, befxre yxu're xut xf the wxxds! Dxes yxur mxther knxw yxu're* n/ {3 k* ]: @% X& l8 a7 m% O
xut? Xh, nx, nx! -- sx gx hxme at xnce, nxw, Jxhn, tx yxur xdixus xld( H4 N8 Y6 f7 s& O2 N" u* m6 S
wxxds xf Cxncxrd! Gx hxme tx yxur wxxds, xld xwl, -- gx! Yxu wxn't?
4 s4 x3 l, H# rXh, pxh, pxh, Jxhn, dxn't dx sx! Yxu've gxt tx gx, yxu knxw, sx gx at
/ S6 w* P3 u/ |/ sxnce, and dxn't gx slxw; fxr nxbxdy xwns yxu here, yxu knxw. Xh,
: g: t6 h# S' _$ {Jxhn, Jxhn, Jxhn, if yxu dxn't gx yxu're nx hxmx -- nx! Yxu're xnly a
, C7 W% }# w+ ^, j- n- j. D! r8 d- v" Ifxwl, an xwl; a cxw, a sxw; a dxll, a pxll; a pxxr xld. a3 K5 Y& O# S* l  L+ ~- q+ g" R1 u
gxxd-fxr-nxthing-tx-nxbxdy, lxg, dxg, hxg, xr frxg, cxme xut xf a8 j0 G& J* d$ N3 n2 r! L
Cxncxrd bxg. Cxxl, nxw -- cxxl! Dx be cxxl, yxu fxxl! Nxne xf yxur
1 W2 H+ s) I$ p% Tcrxwing, xld cxck! Dxn't frxwn sx -- dxn't! Dxn't hxllx, nxr hxwl,$ f: B8 l+ O- y; M2 |1 y; B
nxr grxwl, nxr bxw-wxw-wxw! Gxxd Lxrd, Jxhn, hxw yxu dx lxxk! Txld  I& \7 x7 G. i" u, ]! P7 z
yxu sx, yxu knxw, -- but stxp rxlling yxur gxxse xf an xld pxll abxut
: m, n7 \4 V; R# Fsx, and gx and drxwn yxur sxrrxws in a bxwl!'
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The uproar occasioned by this mystical and cabalistical article, is$ `6 h$ ?( l( a2 @) H
not to be conceived. The first definite idea entertained by the1 Q/ ~6 W, @# e+ h8 E- W% S
populace was, that some diabolical treason lay concealed in the8 |; P" R& \, {+ y6 U* B/ S' }4 m
hieroglyphics; and there was a general rush to Bullet-head's
" Z6 I: q1 M9 l3 T  Y% Y, Tresidence, for the purpose of riding him on a rail; but that
" j1 l- ?* x& g7 ugentleman was nowhere to be found. He had vanished, no one could tell: U8 ], T" U  `
how; and not even the ghost of him has ever been seen since.9 O; r6 N* h$ r$ h4 [
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Unable to discover its legitimate object, the popular fury at length
! f' B: A" a  ^6 o8 `: T$ w# h+ ~subsided; leaving behind it, by way of sediment, quite a medley of& G& c* i$ q6 b9 V. U3 Q! G. X
opinion about this unhappy affair.
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One gentleman thought the whole an X-ellent joke.- I  d% z) {2 I) r$ W6 R
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Another said that, indeed, Bullet-head had shown much X-uberance of
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A third admitted him X-entric, but no more.
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( H! C2 Y& X9 K! M2 Z1 y( m/ UA fourth could only suppose it the Yankee's design to X-press, in a
% F4 S  E& h" Y( S& i1 Jgeneral way, his X-asperation.) U0 D0 Q0 r. t5 d1 q, J

1 }( B* O5 X2 ]  Y5 O'Say, rather, to set an X-ample to posterity,' suggested a fifth.
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) c! |+ p3 R6 U* ^1 C* `That Bullet-head had been driven to an extremity, was clear to all;! p' T+ a" N1 S6 Y) K
and in fact, since that editor could not be found, there was some
- E. U( i0 z! ~- T4 Ktalk about lynching the other one.
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The more common conclusion, however, was that the affair was, simply,
# h. @. Y3 {' d5 M/ W* i) |) sX-traordinary and in-X-plicable. Even the town mathematician0 ?) Z  S8 W' N8 R2 w. a; o
confessed that he could make nothing of so dark a problem. X, every.
8 m2 L  F8 d2 W7 d5 w+ k) xbody knew, was an unknown quantity; but in this case (as he properly
+ H, q7 }6 O9 }observed), there was an unknown quantity of X.4 \! Z" d, T( N+ q
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The opinion of Bob, the devil (who kept dark about his having 'X-ed
7 g/ [0 a4 F* F: j4 C% V3 ~; m# Ythe paragrab'), did not meet with so much attention as I think it
. a4 F6 A2 w  f1 z, Jdeserved, although it was very openly and very fearlessly expressed.
# m; o+ O8 H( W" @% D$ `* @' kHe said that, for his part, he had no doubt about the matter at all,7 [+ W. j3 y4 b  I+ f) U2 J- n
that it was a clear case, that Mr. Bullet-head 'never could be% ~7 M0 |1 E2 [) R3 ~
persuaded fur to drink like other folks, but vas continually  B/ y( ]) K; C
a-svigging o' that ere blessed XXX ale, and as a naiteral; ^9 |0 a2 q# R8 q; w" P+ l
consekvence, it just puffed him up savage, and made him X (cross) in6 a1 X: v/ W# w0 Z/ F; C
the X-treme.'
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