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'Wery well,' replied Bob, 'here goes it!' and off he hurried to his
9 Q- f* Z' y" Z. f4 X( k3 H, R scase, muttering as he went: 'Considdeble vell, them ere expressions,
) c8 m% r4 B _2 pperticcler for a man as doesn't swar. So I's to gouge out all their
/ R8 }$ K( w0 S- t2 ^+ w2 E* P. Qeyes, eh? and d-n all their gizzards! Vell! this here's the chap as
& |. K& R7 r$ G, k! K/ r3 Yis just able for to do it.' The fact is that although Bob was but
+ A9 X$ t4 ?; v x0 H Utwelve years old and four feet high, he was equal to any amount of3 R+ V0 t' _2 B& U1 Y
fight, in a small way.3 y7 c9 ?* ?9 K* k; d% ^! y8 q5 B
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The exigency here described is by no means of rare occurrence in+ R2 G# {6 j* f; ~1 C1 {, b
printing-offices; and I cannot tell how to account for it, but the
8 m% w. m6 b, ~, m1 gfact is indisputable, that when the exigency does occur, it almost
# c/ c# G" I0 F( ~8 M! q; g7 Ealways happens that x is adopted as a substitute for the letter5 K# |: |# @+ x$ Y( K0 D
deficient. The true reason, perhaps, is that x is rather the most
8 S' \5 ]$ L: e' }. g0 Asuperabundant letter in the cases, or at least was so in the old
/ e. r7 k0 ~- j+ [. k! i, gtimes -- long enough to render the substitution in question an
$ l0 N. n" c8 _; Thabitual thing with printers. As for Bob, he would have considered it
+ H* x- Y* b( }. S& h% f: iheretical to employ any other character, in a case of this kind, than; |# K* t% u, V. `( K c0 j
the x to which he had been accustomed.0 {! F, ?- S& z% g! e2 {
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'I shell have to x this ere paragrab,' said he to himself, as he read) D8 ]! N) `! C* `2 T; c
it over in astonishment, 'but it's jest about the awfulest o-wy1 L# j* H- F) q; D' K% O7 o
paragrab I ever did see': so x it he did, unflinchingly, and to press
/ Q8 z: U6 `3 B, V: i4 T; Fit went x-ed.
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0 H/ v, i5 m* P. U+ C- Z1 K# z0 \Next morning the population of Nopolis were taken all aback by
# n( `* e6 q! C6 ]3 E4 q# Preading in 'The Tea-Pot,' the following extraordinary leader:
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