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发表于 2009-7-27 21:35 | 显示全部楼层 |阅读模式
老杨团队,追求完美;客户至上,服务到位!
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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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.
6 d% S) x% M5 I% Z   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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, X+ c2 w# O1 g# gI must do him the justice to say, however, that when he made up his7 [* u# _! ~: s: B! |6 k
mind finally to settle in that town, it was under the impression that" G" A3 c# x* m7 T1 W
no newspaper, and consequently no editor, existed in that particular. [( w; }: r) @2 A5 R
section of the country. In establishing 'The Tea-Pot' he expected to
! k+ h& c- K! w* |& shave the field all to himself. I feel confident he never would have) x7 \9 u: s- k9 K# o- H9 ~
dreamed of taking up his residence in Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis
8 |( U; D4 x5 k: t! ~9 ~had he been aware that, in Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis, there lived" ?# y& k9 \3 W6 I' C, P2 J; V
a gentleman named John Smith (if I rightly remember), who for many5 P$ z% P9 x% }1 m9 U; G
years had there quietly grown fat in editing and publishing the7 ~; ?' K( ?- i; w
'Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis Daily News.' It was solely, therefore, on
0 G+ m. J) y! u$ {' Gaccount of having been misinformed, that Mr. Bullet-head found$ b* A- I0 @# T/ _; d. m
himself in Alex-suppose we call it Nopolis, 'for short' -- but, as he
& I6 a+ I8 y1 ]  k3 zdid find himself there, he determined to keep up his character for; T- y( ^- q# |# ^! C
obst -- for firmness, and remain. So remain he did; and he did more;2 X2 C' r6 I* J* Y! y( Q6 I
he unpacked his press, type, etc., etc., rented an office exactly2 s3 j( G2 [& ^. A) A) ~/ S; N
opposite to that of the 'Daily News,' and, on the third morning after; n& |. M+ q3 M/ N; `% F. E
his arrival, issued the first number of 'The Alexan' -- that is to9 E) K. X2 I5 U
say, of 'The Nopolis Tea-Pot' -- as nearly as I can recollect, this
4 n! y: _: X* z- [was the name of the new paper.
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The leading article, I must admit, was brilliant -- not to say
# o# O6 ]# U9 V! }5 \& V; H, hsevere. It was especially bitter about things in general -- and as- k8 K4 Q& h# ^0 ?3 s
for the editor of 'The Daily News,' he was torn all to pieces in! s1 r9 q! ]- Y) ^) l! x
particular. Some of Bullethead's remarks were really so fiery that I
6 N9 E; b8 A. U1 H% Khave always, since that time, been forced to look upon John Smith," T! z% X5 T% D4 B- k% ]2 w
who is still alive, in the light of a salamander. I cannot pretend to" ?+ z: |# ]0 Q. a% ~) d
give all the 'Tea-Pot's' paragraphs verbatim, but one of them runs
3 D( J& d4 k' K8 g* o' Xthus:
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老杨团队 追求完美
'Oh, yes! -- Oh, we perceive! Oh, no doubt! The editor over the way: f: `  s' C3 P9 i2 @! X& N
is a genius -- O, my! Oh, goodness, gracious! -- what is this world+ ]1 X( X( w6 O& |$ j/ K0 ]2 N
coming to? Oh, tempora! Oh, Moses!'" ^/ S, y# T1 |% c5 X* r' a* f
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A philippic at once so caustic and so classical, alighted like a  M' z- t4 |' B3 R: n
bombshell among the hitherto peaceful citizens of Nopolis. Groups of
+ S0 [6 u4 D3 J: ~  v% X# a1 ~5 Lexcited individuals gathered at the corners of the streets. Every one
& y3 ~, `7 s) X8 S& j0 h! M# Bawaited, with heartfelt anxiety, the reply of the dignified Smith.8 }; c- q1 ?, ?* U8 t% b0 }. z
Next morning it appeared as follows:
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'We quote from "The Tea-Pot" of yesterday the subjoined paragraph:
  J1 f9 k: K8 r6 X  d: ^$ n"Oh, yes! Oh, we perceive! Oh, no doubt! Oh, my! Oh, goodness! Oh,8 H8 u, w# c" U0 b/ U# \0 R
tempora! Oh, Moses!" Why, the fellow is all O! That accounts for his3 J% {3 A5 e# `8 @9 u
reasoning in a circle, and explains why there is neither beginning
3 V+ J- S8 U8 `( U7 rnor end to him, nor to anything he says. We really do not believe the
  A; {0 |8 a( c. ?% `8 I" B/ rvagabond can write a word that hasn't an O in it. Wonder if this) B- q% f. y# ?: z" L
O-ing is a habit of his? By-the-by, he came away from Down-East in a2 @; \' v& ~, \- u" H5 ?$ j2 t9 i
great hurry. Wonder if he O's as much there as he does here? "O! it
! `$ U. Q) z0 f  G4 B0 yis pitiful."'1 c( s0 C% ]: `9 d0 F- c* W

# s* }6 Y! L6 G4 b* l! I2 TThe indignation of Mr. Bullet-head at these scandalous insinuations,
2 d( k) u2 ~0 N! F+ w7 {/ JI shall not attempt to describe. On the eel-skinning principle,. b9 }5 }0 E7 F  D
however, he did not seem to be so much incensed at the attack upon
! A+ D, M9 r2 c/ ?; Ohis integrity as one might have imagined. It was the sneer at his4 m# o$ y8 S* n" S$ ~, `5 w" ^
style that drove him to desperation. What! -- he Touch-and-go
& B% P. W- F1 @3 V% G. P3 g1 DBullet-head! -- not able to write a word without an O in it! He would6 K& p: m7 H5 Y5 A: k8 w" u9 o/ n
soon let the jackanapes see that he was mistaken. Yes! he would let
0 v- K; L- G: A: g! Khim see how much he was mistaken, the puppy! He, Touch-and-go0 e8 j% z: `" o" a! B3 x- n+ W
Bullet-head, of Frogpondium, would let Mr. John Smith perceive that9 c# p# Q0 V8 U. Z! D% ~. ^& X' d$ u, F
he, Bullet-head, could indite, if it so pleased him, a whole
' g6 T  O  J6 R: d9 U) ~paragraph -- aye! a whole article -- in which that contemptible vowel2 m) s+ \6 [& l, i6 X% [$ w1 K) n
should not once -- not even once -- make its appearance. But no; --
4 ]! x- s- b" Y6 q" Xthat would be yielding a point to the said John Smith. He,; @5 _: x0 c7 @0 ^& B- J( ]% F
Bullet-head, would make no alteration in his style, to suit the
6 o9 {, e! W$ Z. r/ Scaprices of any Mr. Smith in Christendom. Perish so vile a thought!
1 L( I! O2 N) H# A* s* RThe O forever; He would persist in the O. He would be as O-wy as O-wy
" [! T* C4 F/ s: [9 l4 ]2 d& jcould be.
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) e! ]4 t& z4 U# bBurning with the chivalry of this determination, the great) P, d4 }" l$ V* W5 @
Touch-and-go, in the next 'Tea-Pot,' came out merely with this simple4 c9 R1 r: w2 S8 a* K
but resolute paragraph, in reference to this unhappy affair:2 D4 z$ A& ^3 Y" b0 `9 g" I
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'The editor of the "Tea-Pot" has the honor of advising the editor of, w: }* J7 I" `( |7 f* T
the "Gazette" that he (the "Tea-Pot") will take an opportunity in
0 O" R6 B2 g7 h5 p  Wtomorrow morning's paper, of convincing him (the "Daily News") that he
  c! _2 `* b5 u& x(the "Tea-Pot") both can and will be his own master, as regards6 d4 Y: O; ]# n  H
style; he (the "Tea-Pot") intending to show him (the "Daily News") the
3 L; @# M) ]* V- ~9 w# osupreme, and indeed the withering contempt with which the criticism  N% \- ^$ Z" l+ A- ?& M
of him (the "Daily News") inspires the independent bosom of him (the) p% t8 `  C  G9 g6 X% u
"TeaPot") by composing for the especial gratification (?) of him (the) c! |! _5 D/ c
"Daily News") a leading article, of some extent, in which the beautiful: m% x, d1 R6 N/ s! H$ j
vowel -- the emblem of Eternity -- yet so offensive to the
0 I: t8 n" E# J2 X4 |hyper-exquisite delicacy of him (the "Daily News") shall most certainly
- ^# D* O7 ^, Q7 v1 Inot be avoided by his (the "Daily News") most obedient, humble6 ]- }( y9 M/ _4 S5 k
servant, the "Tea-Pot." "So much for Buckingham!"', p* r4 ]6 D2 j- q: d2 F
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In fulfilment of the awful threat thus darkly intimated rather than3 [, R% X7 O) m2 v
decidedly enunciated, the great Bullet-head, turning a deaf ear to3 \  j; O* B: _( G# @9 E
all entreaties for 'copy,' and simply requesting his foreman to 'go
8 q7 b3 b  e3 i  V2 `to the d-l,' when he (the foreman) assured him (the 'Tea-Pot'!) that! G: P6 V# g  C5 E5 S, X
it was high time to 'go to press': turning a deaf ear to everything,$ ]: D5 D0 I5 F; `" m+ v
I say, the great Bullet-head sat up until day-break, consuming the# C4 H( d: c8 q' E+ [7 y; l# ]+ ~
midnight oil, and absorbed in the composition of the really" t+ k' N' _: U/ L" Z( K
unparalleled paragraph, which follows:-
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'So ho, John! how now? Told you so, you know. Don't crow, another5 H: U3 {8 `1 c9 j$ k/ A
time, before you're out of the woods! Does your mother know you're
, g5 v. L' i; I4 k, k' U% F2 q  p4 Nout? Oh, no, no! -- so go home at once, now, John, to your odious old
1 c+ s- L$ S8 p9 j% b0 m# ]woods of Concord! Go home to your woods, old owl -- go! You won't!: g: W6 r  K0 ]( H9 n
Oh, poh, poh, don't do so! You've got to go, you know! So go at once,+ g' m- `- m- S* z9 g
and don't go slow, for nobody owns you here, you know! Oh! John,+ F8 R- I- l+ ~4 i$ N% \$ b
John, if you don't go you're no homo -- no! You're only a fowl, an" Q( T1 |' |0 j- @7 |% L
owl, a cow, a sow, -- a doll, a poll; a poor, old,2 j, _+ U2 t& G& G5 ^6 ~
good-for-nothing-to-nobody, log, dog, hog, or frog, come out of a; [3 k3 r% \/ {, [8 T# l2 i" K; R2 Y
Concord bog. Cool, now -- cool! Do be cool, you fool! None of your
2 X) |. p$ }* H5 w  V& s  ]5 T4 Ycrowing, old cock! Don't frown so -- don't! Don't hollo, nor howl nor; C, }" l. ]  @1 H5 Y: a
growl, nor bow-wow-wow! Good Lord, John, how you do look! Told you8 Z9 j; e: Q# x
so, you know -- but stop rolling your goose of an old poll about so,. }2 H( m; J* a+ m' P# 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
3 c  u4 x' a1 RTouch-and-go could do nothing more than that night.  He handed his article to6 j2 J/ s5 T& V  f' P
the printer's boy who was waiting, and walked slowly home to bed.! P% U, H4 ?3 e/ N
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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
6 d% F: K1 [) j8 k6 `9 X: Klooked 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
& A/ {/ z0 U  \+ Y5 Y# ddescribe his feelings of horror when his fingers came out of it without a
$ `# l. d0 U4 e& `letter in them? who can tell of his astonishment and anger when he realized that the little box was completely empty?  Not a single
) S! G* [8 i4 t! Glittle-o was in the little-o box; and, glancing fearfully at the( W1 K, S/ M/ y. l' j
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, m* ?' f! v7 c
without no o's.'4 Q+ ~0 n" ~. w0 g( Q1 O

+ o' ]5 N+ B* J8 |4 \8 t' q8 I'What do you mean by that?' said the chief, who was  very
+ |/ C# @  U, g9 u2 O" Nangry at being kept from his bed so late.
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' W, s: y! `/ V( K0 o'Well, sir, there isn't an o in the office, neither a big one nor a
: C& P4 R! y) c2 i  E8 glittle one!'6 P5 Z# u- |, J0 _  L  I: K/ ^1 p
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'What -- what has happened to all those that were in the box?'
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& }# Y6 n6 Y% L2 f'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.'4 Q6 E6 ~- n5 y) ?, x4 t7 M1 k

% ~* Z; l+ ]& p" z3 n( w'I haven't a doubt of it,' replied the chief angrily, turning
; g; v, F- B9 s% c. N" tpurple with rage 'but I tell you what you do, Bob, that's a good boy3 B' {9 \! {3 a
-- you go over to the Daily News the first chance you get, and take every one of their% t  t' ~% n6 b, ]
i's .'
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& Y' [/ c# q8 u/ A'Right,' replied Bob. 'I'll go,8 f0 Z+ B9 r$ R# O/ z
I'll show them a thing or two; but what about that$ t$ O& Y; `4 |, x1 \. g
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
'Trouble enough. Is it a long paragraph, Bob?': O+ [) v( Y% M; |% r2 z& I% W2 K0 ^
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'I Shouldn't call it a very long paragrab.'1 O  M1 `5 f6 E5 L) n5 L

8 j4 L+ {* b2 I1 S3 ^4 h2 `1 \'Ah, well, then! Do the best you can with it! We must get it ready,'
: K1 |! X7 _: x# |' }' ~* r' R9 U0 Zsaid the chief, who was buried in work; 'just put in
# l( s3 v7 s7 Q0 ?0 Qsome 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
  s7 W! z# b# l: Fcase, muttering as he went: 'Considdeble vell, them ere expressions,
6 E  z! l7 w1 Iperticcler for a man as doesn't swar. So I's to gouge out all their) j" Y, J' D: \
eyes, eh? and d-n all their gizzards! Vell! this here's the chap as
( G2 d' }8 J) M5 B4 I3 V# H' |5 Dis just able for to do it.' The fact is that although Bob was but
; Y! _  x1 s- @# {- y( o5 H/ O. |( h9 ctwelve years old and four feet high, he was equal to any amount of6 H4 @7 H4 s0 g& }& A
fight, in a small way.
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, q6 F, V3 N3 U+ n; gThe exigency here described is by no means of rare occurrence in
, c/ w; ?% H- i1 Nprinting-offices; and I cannot tell how to account for it, but the' F+ U# I. T/ l# r
fact is indisputable, that when the exigency does occur, it almost6 r" \6 g- x  h' d/ O2 b# Z# P
always happens that x is adopted as a substitute for the letter
" ~0 n# p2 c8 ?0 q) s9 m  qdeficient. The true reason, perhaps, is that x is rather the most* N. ^1 ]4 q1 e4 Y4 m2 o) W  R( S
superabundant letter in the cases, or at least was so in the old
+ ^; A+ ^; E% M8 O( ptimes -- long enough to render the substitution in question an2 T6 F1 G$ Y: m8 N# z" p; x
habitual thing with printers. As for Bob, he would have considered it2 v" x) Y4 T, Z9 O1 y$ R- [, e% U
heretical to employ any other character, in a case of this kind, than
. }4 P9 H+ u) q9 [the x to which he had been accustomed.
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) A' M% ]/ b* j'I shell have to x this ere paragrab,' said he to himself, as he read
. D8 Q+ T% l: V% mit over in astonishment, 'but it's jest about the awfulest o-wy+ C9 Y/ J1 p+ h( R; n( k2 t9 _
paragrab I ever did see': so x it he did, unflinchingly, and to press& n! }4 B3 k8 T$ Q7 ~# n
it went x-ed.
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Next morning the population of Nopolis were taken all aback by
8 A" S6 I/ \$ [5 M# M( k. a8 ^. o0 j: \' areading in 'The Tea-Pot,' the following extraordinary leader:# g( z- d& m( h+ n: u
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'Sx hx, Jxhn! hxw nxw? Txld yxu sx, yxu knxw. Dxn't crxw, anxther! C; x& c' ?8 y) o, i; m
time, befxre yxu're xut xf the wxxds! Dxes yxur mxther knxw yxu're' N& m% P* }( _5 ^# @" P
xut? Xh, nx, nx! -- sx gx hxme at xnce, nxw, Jxhn, tx yxur xdixus xld7 U7 b5 ~3 c# h7 I
wxxds xf Cxncxrd! Gx hxme tx yxur wxxds, xld xwl, -- gx! Yxu wxn't?9 Q& U! v# V2 }; \0 j
Xh, pxh, pxh, Jxhn, dxn't dx sx! Yxu've gxt tx gx, yxu knxw, sx gx at
$ j, x9 M3 i1 Y0 c' _  p* }4 bxnce, and dxn't gx slxw; fxr nxbxdy xwns yxu here, yxu knxw. Xh,8 J+ o# i# {$ K, @7 c) n
Jxhn, Jxhn, Jxhn, if yxu dxn't gx yxu're nx hxmx -- nx! Yxu're xnly a! q& r. u% |& H: P* U0 h0 N
fxwl, an xwl; a cxw, a sxw; a dxll, a pxll; a pxxr xld' g% J" U% w. x1 G' Y% g9 s% `
gxxd-fxr-nxthing-tx-nxbxdy, lxg, dxg, hxg, xr frxg, cxme xut xf a6 ~' y5 a' M8 `! s# L3 e$ y, i' b
Cxncxrd bxg. Cxxl, nxw -- cxxl! Dx be cxxl, yxu fxxl! Nxne xf yxur
- z, f4 u& N& P2 Q4 D" {1 c2 \' Ucrxwing, xld cxck! Dxn't frxwn sx -- dxn't! Dxn't hxllx, nxr hxwl,- t' g# a) K4 ~. T7 S$ N% K* M
nxr grxwl, nxr bxw-wxw-wxw! Gxxd Lxrd, Jxhn, hxw yxu dx lxxk! Txld. F( b$ m+ Q' J5 I/ I; j" q
yxu sx, yxu knxw, -- but stxp rxlling yxur gxxse xf an xld pxll abxut2 A" F% R" B6 R  p% ^8 b
sx, 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" \% o! [: n4 V1 U3 Z/ c- c, a# s( D
not to be conceived. The first definite idea entertained by the
! M- K; t" {4 Z" x% M1 \populace was, that some diabolical treason lay concealed in the( s/ @% Q2 f5 W- i9 D7 d
hieroglyphics; and there was a general rush to Bullet-head's/ o$ b6 d, o' W3 `( T, J1 v
residence, for the purpose of riding him on a rail; but that
* }7 k  D8 x2 H1 {, O4 V! ?gentleman was nowhere to be found. He had vanished, no one could tell
3 m& L+ P3 Q" u1 Yhow; 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
. A9 ^( l: N4 e" d. p5 s9 Rsubsided; leaving behind it, by way of sediment, quite a medley of) W8 q( F3 M0 j4 I" a- w' E
opinion about this unhappy affair.
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One gentleman thought the whole an X-ellent joke.
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* |. z; Q! n% w% N, |8 p7 xAnother said that, indeed, Bullet-head had shown much X-uberance of
! ]; L  H2 P# \- Mfancy.5 y: k! L; L5 z8 \
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A third admitted him X-entric, but no more./ M9 X) v0 q. K

$ B7 p' p  b3 P- D2 g8 h9 t4 hA fourth could only suppose it the Yankee's design to X-press, in a
- P9 U; s; g% l& q9 `1 igeneral way, his X-asperation.
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  D6 Y5 M  F- h8 {& v; K9 Q'Say, rather, to set an X-ample to posterity,' suggested a fifth.
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That Bullet-head had been driven to an extremity, was clear to all;3 r9 Y1 X+ s8 p1 }# C. R
and in fact, since that editor could not be found, there was some5 A0 O4 i( y4 G  P8 f
talk about lynching the other one.
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The more common conclusion, however, was that the affair was, simply,- @4 L1 S: X! c* S) {2 m! [- _" G
X-traordinary and in-X-plicable. Even the town mathematician4 Y$ d/ A* a. q) Y3 O9 N0 t- M9 T
confessed that he could make nothing of so dark a problem. X, every.0 t' l: m" |) Q3 \2 j
body knew, was an unknown quantity; but in this case (as he properly
  E3 j1 w' X/ ]7 i% O3 eobserved), there was an unknown quantity of X.) A5 ~. B/ J" @$ z: P9 j1 s4 W
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The opinion of Bob, the devil (who kept dark about his having 'X-ed. B- ^- I) K) O" a3 T6 J: u
the paragrab'), did not meet with so much attention as I think it
* B) A8 W/ G  Y: s& I! Tdeserved, although it was very openly and very fearlessly expressed.
' E0 R/ G. \6 i9 mHe said that, for his part, he had no doubt about the matter at all,9 I, t% N+ g2 ^2 f2 Y
that it was a clear case, that Mr. Bullet-head 'never could be/ k  }% r0 V6 p2 `; `
persuaded fur to drink like other folks, but vas continually
, J, m0 x9 J) K, T+ u& e+ Va-svigging o' that ere blessed XXX ale, and as a naiteral
. g: k. j* B) Z' F, o' kconsekvence, it just puffed him up savage, and made him X (cross) in
: f1 O$ @- a0 [! Ithe X-treme.'
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