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'Wery well,' replied Bob, 'here goes it!' and off he hurried to his
( \2 y5 q2 i3 M) Ocase, muttering as he went: 'Considdeble vell, them ere expressions,6 c- d4 p% V. C! I) f
perticcler for a man as doesn't swar. So I's to gouge out all their2 M. Q3 d5 j& x; R
eyes, eh? and d-n all their gizzards! Vell! this here's the chap as
& ]) g( P9 r, M J" y1 Sis just able for to do it.' The fact is that although Bob was but2 i# m( v( S6 k3 N8 u$ ?$ N4 c
twelve years old and four feet high, he was equal to any amount of
. C* _% G9 X' U3 u2 h$ O+ j" [( hfight, in a small way.
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The exigency here described is by no means of rare occurrence in* i" i. e4 e" K" B3 C/ E2 Q
printing-offices; and I cannot tell how to account for it, but the
+ C2 Y7 U% s. c; Efact is indisputable, that when the exigency does occur, it almost3 ?: S+ Y4 X, n. v. r: G% X1 D
always happens that x is adopted as a substitute for the letter* l! J: `, u; t
deficient. The true reason, perhaps, is that x is rather the most" d- k/ `. n' Q
superabundant letter in the cases, or at least was so in the old8 o+ q& b1 Y% j/ c: R
times -- long enough to render the substitution in question an
! O+ {/ s* z4 d0 m7 Ahabitual thing with printers. As for Bob, he would have considered it
/ y* E$ x- f7 d5 I& t% rheretical to employ any other character, in a case of this kind, than
" H: R# T# O# Q' ?. r: F2 Jthe x to which he had been accustomed.( J4 S0 K% ^$ C5 G5 ?
0 H1 Z' @+ {0 J
'I shell have to x this ere paragrab,' said he to himself, as he read
: J3 G3 k- \) J$ y# D* vit over in astonishment, 'but it's jest about the awfulest o-wy- R3 V4 v1 E2 \" f
paragrab I ever did see': so x it he did, unflinchingly, and to press) }7 {& B) J$ e( b' O3 D, a
it went x-ed.
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Next morning the population of Nopolis were taken all aback by
( J& ?1 F" `- h- Nreading in 'The Tea-Pot,' the following extraordinary leader:# j0 S. E2 Y9 v8 h; ?, _5 I. ]
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'Sx hx, Jxhn! hxw nxw? Txld yxu sx, yxu knxw. Dxn't crxw, anxther8 P. k) ^) {% C, f$ |6 U0 R2 a9 c, E
time, befxre yxu're xut xf the wxxds! Dxes yxur mxther knxw yxu're$ R5 j c; ]) C6 B" u: J
xut? Xh, nx, nx! -- sx gx hxme at xnce, nxw, Jxhn, tx yxur xdixus xld. c' V# x$ }- K- I/ e
wxxds xf Cxncxrd! Gx hxme tx yxur wxxds, xld xwl, -- gx! Yxu wxn't?
( b- b# u6 h7 U) p" s+ f! {Xh, pxh, pxh, Jxhn, dxn't dx sx! Yxu've gxt tx gx, yxu knxw, sx gx at0 r, Q5 ?2 A. W% a. R! k
xnce, and dxn't gx slxw; fxr nxbxdy xwns yxu here, yxu knxw. Xh,
% ?* U9 w" J: z# I0 U% }0 lJxhn, Jxhn, Jxhn, if yxu dxn't gx yxu're nx hxmx -- nx! Yxu're xnly a
* n c0 U I% X5 z: C: vfxwl, an xwl; a cxw, a sxw; a dxll, a pxll; a pxxr xld
8 Y% ^/ [$ V' F. A7 hgxxd-fxr-nxthing-tx-nxbxdy, lxg, dxg, hxg, xr frxg, cxme xut xf a
( e( p) O* S# L1 e: DCxncxrd bxg. Cxxl, nxw -- cxxl! Dx be cxxl, yxu fxxl! Nxne xf yxur$ c' p$ `9 m; i( ]
crxwing, xld cxck! Dxn't frxwn sx -- dxn't! Dxn't hxllx, nxr hxwl,
, v$ [+ v( S h/ R/ c$ wnxr grxwl, nxr bxw-wxw-wxw! Gxxd Lxrd, Jxhn, hxw yxu dx lxxk! Txld! h0 X4 ~6 h" M8 o! Y) F3 |
yxu sx, yxu knxw, -- but stxp rxlling yxur gxxse xf an xld pxll abxut
! U+ o# |! e3 T; l' K% Nsx, and gx and drxwn yxur sxrrxws in a bxwl!' |
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