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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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) ^0 I, r! G( O7 h+ B. ~' Q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 % l% l4 q7 q: d! A+ ]
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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.
- O- A: G4 J& @  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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; U! G: R3 v! o% R" QI must do him the justice to say, however, that when he made up his8 g3 S5 F( ?5 ]. I- w3 ~7 q$ y* W5 G
mind finally to settle in that town, it was under the impression that
( Z- O& g' j# Z6 L0 Ino newspaper, and consequently no editor, existed in that particular0 K9 ^) v2 K# @. p, u. \0 S
section of the country. In establishing 'The Tea-Pot' he expected to
% ?9 R( r" @  b* h0 ]  D3 ^/ F* fhave the field all to himself. I feel confident he never would have- H% z2 p: d# ?% o
dreamed of taking up his residence in Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis$ i- o% I3 m1 P
had he been aware that, in Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis, there lived6 Y' z+ b6 Y7 q
a gentleman named John Smith (if I rightly remember), who for many
/ k" q( z+ G5 S, e! xyears had there quietly grown fat in editing and publishing the
2 H* F/ Q& R( M/ ^* c1 }) K, M'Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis Daily News.' It was solely, therefore, on  E6 g  N- P1 y+ a3 \+ J3 [
account of having been misinformed, that Mr. Bullet-head found1 {/ a9 A8 t9 t  u+ a) O
himself in Alex-suppose we call it Nopolis, 'for short' -- but, as he! f7 d7 N+ ^% H0 D) n- ]# {  Y/ s
did find himself there, he determined to keep up his character for5 B# T- T& B- b/ d
obst -- for firmness, and remain. So remain he did; and he did more;" ]; }5 @* q6 x
he unpacked his press, type, etc., etc., rented an office exactly7 b# K2 V( J  Y5 G. C2 u
opposite to that of the 'Daily News,' and, on the third morning after
9 |" U* v2 N: |5 c! X+ qhis arrival, issued the first number of 'The Alexan' -- that is to, h) `- M3 Q: G6 d6 s$ i
say, of 'The Nopolis Tea-Pot' -- as nearly as I can recollect, this8 x3 a/ ~/ L9 L3 @/ h# [$ G9 k! S1 a
was the name of the new paper.
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The leading article, I must admit, was brilliant -- not to say( O; t* k! z: ?
severe. It was especially bitter about things in general -- and as
! ]0 \+ D4 c' Z( O3 h5 b4 g! ifor the editor of 'The Daily News,' he was torn all to pieces in
) v/ e5 Y. F  U7 \+ }! O: R. uparticular. Some of Bullethead's remarks were really so fiery that I3 g, a& U4 K+ x) `9 g/ s
have always, since that time, been forced to look upon John Smith,
9 n7 o3 o' m% j$ W; N+ ^who is still alive, in the light of a salamander. I cannot pretend to
3 r7 p, Q; P. `" g! h) Ggive all the 'Tea-Pot's' paragraphs verbatim, but one of them runs
( G7 z- c, s4 i( w. ^7 nthus:
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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- |) l# f3 R5 E+ b# v7 {) ]0 b
is a genius -- O, my! Oh, goodness, gracious! -- what is this world
/ _' ?2 f5 }; l; L1 wcoming to? Oh, tempora! Oh, Moses!'" V8 g0 v4 I* ~  K2 i( d0 F! B6 i

1 g( W; f8 D# n$ qA philippic at once so caustic and so classical, alighted like a
7 P6 `/ B8 ?: i7 N( M: kbombshell among the hitherto peaceful citizens of Nopolis. Groups of
6 f8 b  b& [8 r5 Jexcited individuals gathered at the corners of the streets. Every one
5 n3 f; V4 a) n7 M) r2 W7 Wawaited, with heartfelt anxiety, the reply of the dignified Smith.
( X. @2 K9 h) L% K0 T9 |Next morning it appeared as follows:
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/ l9 H& P" S6 T% N'We quote from "The Tea-Pot" of yesterday the subjoined paragraph:
) f' n/ r/ i- c; l2 t3 @"Oh, yes! Oh, we perceive! Oh, no doubt! Oh, my! Oh, goodness! Oh,
0 {" R* O# O, D: x/ D: Jtempora! Oh, Moses!" Why, the fellow is all O! That accounts for his
; f4 S3 ~" {4 x. Wreasoning in a circle, and explains why there is neither beginning
) n  }+ {! `8 C- u8 y; @* K, Dnor end to him, nor to anything he says. We really do not believe the
- j/ C7 n) g) `0 l  a& }vagabond can write a word that hasn't an O in it. Wonder if this! U' x$ \+ r; F% v
O-ing is a habit of his? By-the-by, he came away from Down-East in a  s( x3 q( H/ \8 a' _6 w3 f
great hurry. Wonder if he O's as much there as he does here? "O! it3 Y2 G, l7 ^; e% Y; [7 i
is pitiful."'
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0 u: l6 v4 @3 _/ H: _% g4 }' JThe indignation of Mr. Bullet-head at these scandalous insinuations,# Y2 R+ w% L8 B5 p$ ~2 e2 f
I shall not attempt to describe. On the eel-skinning principle,5 _- H: M2 _; n
however, he did not seem to be so much incensed at the attack upon
/ U  k- H, ~$ Zhis integrity as one might have imagined. It was the sneer at his: t- x. }) v6 S% F
style that drove him to desperation. What! -- he Touch-and-go
0 _$ x" s' J* SBullet-head! -- not able to write a word without an O in it! He would
+ G* u: J5 y# i1 }soon let the jackanapes see that he was mistaken. Yes! he would let2 l. z# ]2 b/ }! f
him see how much he was mistaken, the puppy! He, Touch-and-go* U5 |" A/ R, m  K/ P% p; ?. B
Bullet-head, of Frogpondium, would let Mr. John Smith perceive that
# T6 o- a! Q6 R( x# b: Dhe, Bullet-head, could indite, if it so pleased him, a whole9 `4 O/ K7 d1 @6 {
paragraph -- aye! a whole article -- in which that contemptible vowel5 M& P. a  t8 t) ^; u8 H% ^
should not once -- not even once -- make its appearance. But no; --. r; a% g6 g( B, W1 w2 O
that would be yielding a point to the said John Smith. He,0 i& y  f5 m0 c0 {, h, E
Bullet-head, would make no alteration in his style, to suit the
8 t5 z% p; ^* Y% vcaprices of any Mr. Smith in Christendom. Perish so vile a thought!8 C9 ~+ y! @/ u, a2 E! G
The O forever; He would persist in the O. He would be as O-wy as O-wy6 |' O) a+ p- ], |  X
could be.
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本帖最后由 rainbowfish 于 2009-7-27 23:33 编辑
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6 U8 `% N9 f: uBurning with the chivalry of this determination, the great
9 u* O$ ^4 K  M* A5 Q$ GTouch-and-go, in the next 'Tea-Pot,' came out merely with this simple
4 Z  h, K; ]9 ?) fbut 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
% h8 j" ?& C9 gthe "Gazette" that he (the "Tea-Pot") will take an opportunity in
  k0 N+ W' n' i* j  ?; O, htomorrow morning's paper, of convincing him (the "Daily News") that he, ~2 d, }2 I+ m4 A: J* y6 l- D: E) M
(the "Tea-Pot") both can and will be his own master, as regards9 Y* Z( ~. a3 b% v" F8 ^; g
style; he (the "Tea-Pot") intending to show him (the "Daily News") the  d' g- B. Q& W3 s0 F2 Y: D, V
supreme, and indeed the withering contempt with which the criticism
7 Z' J* h( m# R2 }5 a: u  Dof him (the "Daily News") inspires the independent bosom of him (the- ]% _' c- ?7 \! ]. a+ s/ u
"TeaPot") by composing for the especial gratification (?) of him (the, G. P+ ]+ }* n0 X6 B* `' k
"Daily News") a leading article, of some extent, in which the beautiful% B) g1 @9 g. j% b
vowel -- the emblem of Eternity -- yet so offensive to the
' ^0 l; Y; |5 d+ \8 x7 f( Phyper-exquisite delicacy of him (the "Daily News") shall most certainly* Y8 @8 r8 Y' _( Z
not be avoided by his (the "Daily News") most obedient, humble
# u0 ]4 w7 i) l3 O: |( @servant, the "Tea-Pot." "So much for Buckingham!"'+ j: B5 b+ L$ Q) V; _

/ {. o- ~$ C: GIn fulfilment of the awful threat thus darkly intimated rather than
' ?% w# o0 b6 z8 C4 K$ D0 u% Ddecidedly enunciated, the great Bullet-head, turning a deaf ear to
. L8 ]3 Z. {) Kall entreaties for 'copy,' and simply requesting his foreman to 'go
& H7 O7 a* \  n5 Tto the d-l,' when he (the foreman) assured him (the 'Tea-Pot'!) that) g# K6 A) h$ H$ |) R0 z9 {2 S4 Z
it was high time to 'go to press': turning a deaf ear to everything,! V- w# ~% ^3 B) l1 T5 V, H8 Q
I say, the great Bullet-head sat up until day-break, consuming the
4 u- M1 s& E# p; g) M! mmidnight oil, and absorbed in the composition of the really' @( n8 r. I# Y* N' E; M8 q
unparalleled paragraph, which follows:-  `; t# f7 I. m( `1 x9 ~1 Q7 z0 n
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'So ho, John! how now? Told you so, you know. Don't crow, another0 i0 s' {4 D8 g4 P* _( ]* o" P5 v
time, before you're out of the woods! Does your mother know you're
! d7 W8 v5 T+ @" pout? Oh, no, no! -- so go home at once, now, John, to your odious old3 w: F* [. c( s  |" _! W/ L
woods of Concord! Go home to your woods, old owl -- go! You won't!- b: ?: {1 O  P2 y* Y
Oh, poh, poh, don't do so! You've got to go, you know! So go at once,
2 K; w  O  a* O6 p" ^and don't go slow, for nobody owns you here, you know! Oh! John,1 {' L# _+ K" D( a, j$ A2 H# j$ \
John, if you don't go you're no homo -- no! You're only a fowl, an
( n9 [, `( l, d  U7 U5 Cowl, a cow, a sow, -- a doll, a poll; a poor, old,
3 h+ q- P" F' kgood-for-nothing-to-nobody, log, dog, hog, or frog, come out of a! |! Z7 Z4 ]2 n& ]
Concord bog. Cool, now -- cool! Do be cool, you fool! None of your
0 `. q2 h  t# jcrowing, old cock! Don't frown so -- don't! Don't hollo, nor howl nor3 M7 \3 V) n$ e, V" j/ j7 m
growl, nor bow-wow-wow! Good Lord, John, how you do look! Told you9 V- u2 q4 _# w/ [$ Z2 X) C: G* |
so, you know -- but stop rolling your goose of an old poll about so,+ c8 X0 f- I0 l4 U+ B
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
# w8 k- o7 [* t* KTouch-and-go could do nothing more than that night.  He handed his article to+ g! x- {' @* K
the printer's boy who was waiting, and walked slowly home to bed.* d9 l: w: C5 W& r- Z
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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
) {7 I6 G* T4 r) q# R8 b7 ]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; R" s/ H' m9 s* t" t
describe his feelings of horror when his fingers came out of it without a) o& U7 V) _5 m1 v/ ]2 M+ m
letter in them? who can tell of his astonishment and anger when he realized that the little box was completely empty?  Not a single. r6 i0 D! X1 b% y( C  a
little-o was in the little-o box; and, glancing fearfully at the/ N' B$ {" `" s3 l5 u* }
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 nothing9 `$ M  u4 X  a! M+ B2 j. l/ D
without no o's.'' j$ \% K/ s- H4 S4 Z! U3 n! q
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'What do you mean by that?' said the chief, who was  very
/ a7 f8 p) Z- Oangry at being kept from his bed so late.
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'Well, sir, there isn't an o in the office, neither a big one nor a
$ o. Q  l6 e$ `' \0 Xlittle one!'1 C9 r& U$ h5 E
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'What -- what has happened to all those that were in the box?'
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- A5 r5 d1 L6 E( O9 h'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.'$ @5 M9 m$ K8 e) ?5 D

, a% N2 w; s! n; e; v3 c$ e'I haven't a doubt of it,' replied the chief angrily, turning( E2 i: w& l3 ?& V
purple with rage 'but I tell you what you do, Bob, that's a good boy( B, [  f% B6 D2 S1 o
-- you go over to the Daily News the first chance you get, and take every one of their" c& H6 d) {: Q+ B. q8 k7 Q4 }
i's .'
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9 R" h+ i6 m; ~  A( K9 y' g'Right,' replied Bob. 'I'll go,& T% X. |6 S+ U: a$ ^
I'll show them a thing or two; but what about that7 ^( E' H+ w6 D) T
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
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'Trouble enough. Is it a long paragraph, Bob?'1 ~* U4 Z# y/ i* w& e" I' ^
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'I Shouldn't call it a very long paragrab.'
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+ |' ~2 K  O# K% T'Ah, well, then! Do the best you can with it! We must get it ready,'
' u4 B# L+ q6 [; I0 p; Ysaid the chief, who was buried in work; 'just put in/ k6 r0 T" U+ D! ?; ~* w3 P9 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
! R! ?( y4 B; w% k( Y! N& vcase, muttering as he went: 'Considdeble vell, them ere expressions,! T( S: ^  u2 k- W, a. C/ Z
perticcler for a man as doesn't swar. So I's to gouge out all their" u7 C8 K. b8 o* w9 W8 ~3 U
eyes, eh? and d-n all their gizzards! Vell! this here's the chap as
8 K: D8 a* t$ \9 \is just able for to do it.' The fact is that although Bob was but
$ `, b% b) h( X2 D1 t3 Ftwelve years old and four feet high, he was equal to any amount of; P" u* H+ i$ {" t0 r, ~& l
fight, in a small way.- o+ c1 h! u/ Q  N3 O
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The exigency here described is by no means of rare occurrence in
  f& y* d' }# ^& s6 @' Y: b) [printing-offices; and I cannot tell how to account for it, but the6 |! H9 {0 I8 t3 T5 v
fact is indisputable, that when the exigency does occur, it almost. G' B" j! R& C4 F$ [1 o) @
always happens that x is adopted as a substitute for the letter6 b3 e' i0 J0 i* x, E7 u3 r% s% v
deficient. The true reason, perhaps, is that x is rather the most8 N- w2 G' S0 [1 _: V3 t
superabundant letter in the cases, or at least was so in the old) M) c6 C4 L# O7 k; Q% C
times -- long enough to render the substitution in question an
2 i4 c% A3 K0 p7 ~/ X6 Z; w4 u' ghabitual thing with printers. As for Bob, he would have considered it1 X: e3 I9 [* E$ W" o. k" H* T
heretical to employ any other character, in a case of this kind, than3 G1 l6 g. [. r% |& B
the x to which he had been accustomed.! G6 q7 V0 Y. Q" Y  u# A3 m

: s4 U* m  ]3 w. R/ O  M6 t'I shell have to x this ere paragrab,' said he to himself, as he read$ W) |8 k" ]+ g7 Y( y
it over in astonishment, 'but it's jest about the awfulest o-wy
0 i( }  `( f' \2 F/ Cparagrab I ever did see': so x it he did, unflinchingly, and to press
9 J( ~, H2 }6 ~8 |6 Mit went x-ed.; }; w+ O! P0 {  n* d1 P1 ?

- O1 n& c0 m5 ^( aNext morning the population of Nopolis were taken all aback by8 o" U4 `/ n5 {" o7 T  e  w
reading in 'The Tea-Pot,' the following extraordinary leader:  L- E% x: e" M) C5 U
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'Sx hx, Jxhn! hxw nxw? Txld yxu sx, yxu knxw. Dxn't crxw, anxther2 l6 r! Q& r% e, \: f6 p9 t6 Z( b& f6 v
time, befxre yxu're xut xf the wxxds! Dxes yxur mxther knxw yxu're
2 l' j! r" E$ Z8 F# pxut? Xh, nx, nx! -- sx gx hxme at xnce, nxw, Jxhn, tx yxur xdixus xld; f) L8 U: z* m# y5 l( Z
wxxds xf Cxncxrd! Gx hxme tx yxur wxxds, xld xwl, -- gx! Yxu wxn't?
4 Q5 u. u7 y; q. J$ ]. ?3 _! P  X# WXh, pxh, pxh, Jxhn, dxn't dx sx! Yxu've gxt tx gx, yxu knxw, sx gx at
4 }; X: y7 @/ q' i& i4 P: zxnce, and dxn't gx slxw; fxr nxbxdy xwns yxu here, yxu knxw. Xh,. a, v' Y5 H) E0 t* k" ^, A4 @! H( ]
Jxhn, Jxhn, Jxhn, if yxu dxn't gx yxu're nx hxmx -- nx! Yxu're xnly a0 Y2 {+ q" B9 w+ F
fxwl, an xwl; a cxw, a sxw; a dxll, a pxll; a pxxr xld; I4 @( o% [- _
gxxd-fxr-nxthing-tx-nxbxdy, lxg, dxg, hxg, xr frxg, cxme xut xf a  j4 s* N  y0 o) }
Cxncxrd bxg. Cxxl, nxw -- cxxl! Dx be cxxl, yxu fxxl! Nxne xf yxur
8 k8 x- Y- }3 M" a; p  [; p' i/ ocrxwing, xld cxck! Dxn't frxwn sx -- dxn't! Dxn't hxllx, nxr hxwl,
& ^$ N' W( N1 v. G* A- H( |nxr grxwl, nxr bxw-wxw-wxw! Gxxd Lxrd, Jxhn, hxw yxu dx lxxk! Txld. @5 q# ]( G6 {
yxu sx, yxu knxw, -- but stxp rxlling yxur gxxse xf an xld pxll abxut
4 l2 k* C0 [$ E: G- Gsx, 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( k+ U' v' ~6 ?5 U) p
not to be conceived. The first definite idea entertained by the0 }6 `* E- S6 @
populace was, that some diabolical treason lay concealed in the
* x$ B& m2 r. ~. qhieroglyphics; and there was a general rush to Bullet-head's2 H/ z% H# Z5 j# w( K5 m
residence, for the purpose of riding him on a rail; but that; r4 T' z: b1 W! L# E
gentleman was nowhere to be found. He had vanished, no one could tell+ a2 @2 Q1 e* z9 C# b1 a
how; and not even the ghost of him has ever been seen since.
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Unable to discover its legitimate object, the popular fury at length
. t5 P/ ]/ F% k2 x. h" Q# U$ Esubsided; leaving behind it, by way of sediment, quite a medley of
( F( S; c" }8 lopinion about this unhappy affair.4 d. h" k+ a5 u3 a3 l
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One gentleman thought the whole an X-ellent joke.
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  ^1 D3 M7 T5 s2 W; NAnother said that, indeed, Bullet-head had shown much X-uberance of1 d2 X& t  k& C6 V# V* X+ Y
fancy.0 o8 Z. Y- k! @# b  L! S
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A third admitted him X-entric, but no more.5 y5 s7 a# q1 c' C+ `$ f! t8 m
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A fourth could only suppose it the Yankee's design to X-press, in a
' D) X# k3 w# a, }: Vgeneral way, his X-asperation.
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'Say, rather, to set an X-ample to posterity,' suggested a fifth.# Y  ]3 x; i6 v) [/ M: N+ U. ?, [
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That Bullet-head had been driven to an extremity, was clear to all;& R. U4 e! |9 D" }
and in fact, since that editor could not be found, there was some( H" F+ I1 {4 u) D
talk about lynching the other one.
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The more common conclusion, however, was that the affair was, simply,( c& L# f9 g& I+ v( K$ H! j
X-traordinary and in-X-plicable. Even the town mathematician
. L7 a% X0 z" t( P/ k& C: }& O; Kconfessed that he could make nothing of so dark a problem. X, every.
! t+ X: h' A7 x  N) jbody knew, was an unknown quantity; but in this case (as he properly' h: w7 z& ?" D9 ^* {
observed), 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
8 l9 ]2 ]: l9 Jthe paragrab'), did not meet with so much attention as I think it- T2 Y4 w! O  \( V+ j& I* \
deserved, although it was very openly and very fearlessly expressed.
" d  b) h" P' ]: Q: p. ~) VHe said that, for his part, he had no doubt about the matter at all,
& Z, `4 s3 h, S& G0 ^9 Lthat it was a clear case, that Mr. Bullet-head 'never could be
# G* |8 t1 G8 X3 Wpersuaded fur to drink like other folks, but vas continually' G, l3 d; h$ k1 h- Y
a-svigging o' that ere blessed XXX ale, and as a naiteral5 }$ ~2 G" l" {9 S1 O
consekvence, it just puffed him up savage, and made him X (cross) in; p, j& t5 V$ u% ?) O7 d. b) @/ Q
the X-treme.'
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