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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" k. M* e( m7 j; F$ D
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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.
8 p# J! k9 ?1 A  d& 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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 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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I must do him the justice to say, however, that when he made up his' T% j- e7 n9 e
mind finally to settle in that town, it was under the impression that' D; d3 k6 K! I) m# U1 \* `
no newspaper, and consequently no editor, existed in that particular
7 `5 L9 c  I" D% B7 s$ psection of the country. In establishing 'The Tea-Pot' he expected to0 D7 h/ o+ C; P% P8 d
have the field all to himself. I feel confident he never would have" F+ z, z. R6 B
dreamed of taking up his residence in Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis
' A5 h0 |, Z% O/ ]5 p6 D# C  Yhad he been aware that, in Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis, there lived
' `+ Z; a+ v* _a gentleman named John Smith (if I rightly remember), who for many3 m1 q  E: i0 ?- J* j& l) B: T
years had there quietly grown fat in editing and publishing the/ s9 Z; ]( Z9 M& {" X! A1 f) i+ y# Q( d" N
'Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis Daily News.' It was solely, therefore, on) N; ~2 w# n" X# n+ i% _8 p8 a1 Z: c- ^
account of having been misinformed, that Mr. Bullet-head found0 [$ {" M3 \$ |' i* G
himself in Alex-suppose we call it Nopolis, 'for short' -- but, as he
+ R& ?  p, [, }, f7 odid find himself there, he determined to keep up his character for
5 g+ F, I' \4 ?) q) w. R; |3 N5 yobst -- for firmness, and remain. So remain he did; and he did more;9 C" H& T6 O" |) J! Y/ K
he unpacked his press, type, etc., etc., rented an office exactly6 B" l; z% _& w# t" k8 m8 X
opposite to that of the 'Daily News,' and, on the third morning after
' a  r! k! x* n4 this arrival, issued the first number of 'The Alexan' -- that is to4 K  D- ^& w) `+ w
say, of 'The Nopolis Tea-Pot' -- as nearly as I can recollect, this8 y1 C. `4 ^) s* }1 K
was the name of the new paper.; j6 P) `3 i) B) k- z

5 @' P/ {+ K, T; UThe leading article, I must admit, was brilliant -- not to say; j7 ?0 c8 H- k; d& {
severe. It was especially bitter about things in general -- and as
) X# r5 `/ r5 Q* f( sfor the editor of 'The Daily News,' he was torn all to pieces in# c/ S$ p+ T4 C' ?) J0 H* U' a
particular. Some of Bullethead's remarks were really so fiery that I" ]3 X3 V  C" L0 m
have always, since that time, been forced to look upon John Smith,7 a1 Y/ B9 f3 x* b$ W: K2 l
who is still alive, in the light of a salamander. I cannot pretend to! v/ j, G& ]2 m$ q
give all the 'Tea-Pot's' paragraphs verbatim, but one of them runs
. _( T3 D: |( t. z& `* U# tthus:
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 楼主| 发表于 2009-7-27 21:59 | 显示全部楼层
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'Oh, yes! -- Oh, we perceive! Oh, no doubt! The editor over the way
! }- I( r1 O) \* ~is a genius -- O, my! Oh, goodness, gracious! -- what is this world) G& t) Q& s$ I% `0 Y8 F  v
coming to? Oh, tempora! Oh, Moses!'; c6 V$ @+ M' V4 x5 k
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A philippic at once so caustic and so classical, alighted like a
$ b' W& J. `! }( J; Sbombshell among the hitherto peaceful citizens of Nopolis. Groups of
: u* M* F8 l2 A& Z0 X  h5 R& z% q4 Cexcited individuals gathered at the corners of the streets. Every one- |% _8 h/ s0 Y7 A+ x! `: I
awaited, with heartfelt anxiety, the reply of the dignified Smith.( [$ y1 q4 U0 {) W0 p2 Z
Next morning it appeared as follows:' e, {/ X$ K7 ~$ i: e0 W
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'We quote from "The Tea-Pot" of yesterday the subjoined paragraph:% o" H1 n  b5 @$ T/ e, \
"Oh, yes! Oh, we perceive! Oh, no doubt! Oh, my! Oh, goodness! Oh,
* o8 C' U- V& Gtempora! Oh, Moses!" Why, the fellow is all O! That accounts for his1 d( |" ]. R0 y% X
reasoning in a circle, and explains why there is neither beginning" B, `$ H, u6 l2 [
nor end to him, nor to anything he says. We really do not believe the
  Q! w1 x, r3 O5 x% ?& b8 \vagabond can write a word that hasn't an O in it. Wonder if this; o; ?, o3 a6 l7 |' A
O-ing is a habit of his? By-the-by, he came away from Down-East in a! o: A( W& I. f. O3 ~
great hurry. Wonder if he O's as much there as he does here? "O! it
6 r3 p9 ^* Z/ u# tis pitiful."'
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# y8 ^8 F& y' kThe indignation of Mr. Bullet-head at these scandalous insinuations,
% M* U/ _. c" w8 D/ A  ~. d( p# h4 jI shall not attempt to describe. On the eel-skinning principle,
/ J- {0 C1 \6 s3 f) {$ Qhowever, he did not seem to be so much incensed at the attack upon: b- W3 L) ^6 M& y- f! w! A
his integrity as one might have imagined. It was the sneer at his" Y9 b4 b5 ?* ]- n+ V- o& Y6 \2 c
style that drove him to desperation. What! -- he Touch-and-go1 [# }+ o9 t- [& s
Bullet-head! -- not able to write a word without an O in it! He would' E7 [1 T5 p( N# w' x; \7 P
soon let the jackanapes see that he was mistaken. Yes! he would let
) P( C3 |% ?" X4 n4 N7 ^( x" f# Hhim see how much he was mistaken, the puppy! He, Touch-and-go, _# J) U4 }* j; K  K% Y0 a' |
Bullet-head, of Frogpondium, would let Mr. John Smith perceive that
2 \7 X- Y* v( T; qhe, Bullet-head, could indite, if it so pleased him, a whole
( ]3 M8 |; F) a/ A, v1 S: @9 Rparagraph -- aye! a whole article -- in which that contemptible vowel( e9 F( C" `$ d8 u8 g. ]
should not once -- not even once -- make its appearance. But no; --* S( a/ U3 }6 B2 B! j
that would be yielding a point to the said John Smith. He,  Z7 d) S6 D: d- ]; ~1 W( W' d
Bullet-head, would make no alteration in his style, to suit the
' {/ L0 Y& r2 V: \7 \' g) z4 fcaprices of any Mr. Smith in Christendom. Perish so vile a thought!
' W7 S+ S  R2 s! r/ s( EThe O forever; He would persist in the O. He would be as O-wy as O-wy
/ l! S. W- C. [# \$ H* c0 d# ocould be.
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本帖最后由 rainbowfish 于 2009-7-27 23:33 编辑
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Burning with the chivalry of this determination, the great
" t  o* n- [# k1 `, L; QTouch-and-go, in the next 'Tea-Pot,' came out merely with this simple9 w" Q1 Z) y7 j% b8 h, Q8 ?
but resolute paragraph, in reference to this unhappy affair:
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! x. L  a. u  r# g5 k3 n* M8 E'The editor of the "Tea-Pot" has the honor of advising the editor of# `: `/ z% T* z# R8 h! U  b0 X
the "Gazette" that he (the "Tea-Pot") will take an opportunity in: A3 E8 G, V4 U5 u
tomorrow morning's paper, of convincing him (the "Daily News") that he
, r. j) S: A4 M9 o' S9 l(the "Tea-Pot") both can and will be his own master, as regards4 B+ X! O) k. p! u
style; he (the "Tea-Pot") intending to show him (the "Daily News") the
; V. W" R% P) f7 {3 A; z+ tsupreme, and indeed the withering contempt with which the criticism9 k; l3 ]# B1 y  q" `3 z" M
of him (the "Daily News") inspires the independent bosom of him (the( Y; P1 r8 [  g% J( g/ n) C$ N
"TeaPot") by composing for the especial gratification (?) of him (the4 W/ e  ~* r' O9 G3 e9 ^3 M! i: v
"Daily News") a leading article, of some extent, in which the beautiful
+ j2 W/ L& C. C. t" n+ f, lvowel -- the emblem of Eternity -- yet so offensive to the
' ?7 O% g$ D! O1 @' u9 vhyper-exquisite delicacy of him (the "Daily News") shall most certainly" I7 z; i4 `0 z7 t6 P3 [
not be avoided by his (the "Daily News") most obedient, humble4 h: w6 `" }" z9 V5 ]" f
servant, the "Tea-Pot." "So much for Buckingham!"'5 @, V/ f& k5 L4 c2 O+ g8 ^+ k
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In fulfilment of the awful threat thus darkly intimated rather than$ x1 f8 I+ O5 T7 l+ U
decidedly enunciated, the great Bullet-head, turning a deaf ear to( d3 d( y1 M2 w1 l
all entreaties for 'copy,' and simply requesting his foreman to 'go; V; |" P: L8 b. E
to the d-l,' when he (the foreman) assured him (the 'Tea-Pot'!) that8 {; B: W3 U4 K8 ^) `+ [; e
it was high time to 'go to press': turning a deaf ear to everything,) |5 p/ [1 Z3 I% w6 C: t
I say, the great Bullet-head sat up until day-break, consuming the
7 Z. t* @5 M  K% R! J" Pmidnight oil, and absorbed in the composition of the really
- p7 G; l8 J5 w1 I, y  H4 yunparalleled paragraph, which follows:-" P# I/ m& f2 J8 c

6 o4 c7 C, f3 k- _( @* k' T; l'So ho, John! how now? Told you so, you know. Don't crow, another6 `! a, _& e6 u" X0 S) ]  b8 {
time, before you're out of the woods! Does your mother know you're1 k3 _. f1 d6 Q7 M# R5 v6 _
out? Oh, no, no! -- so go home at once, now, John, to your odious old
  U8 Q& \  a$ |5 B/ A5 Owoods of Concord! Go home to your woods, old owl -- go! You won't!# P. ]2 N; [" S
Oh, poh, poh, don't do so! You've got to go, you know! So go at once,
/ S# p3 P& p  L7 Q, kand don't go slow, for nobody owns you here, you know! Oh! John,
/ b' [  t) M* v+ s. `/ D/ R0 JJohn, if you don't go you're no homo -- no! You're only a fowl, an
8 C' g) B5 \- E6 P& cowl, a cow, a sow, -- a doll, a poll; a poor, old,
- T+ a5 M, T/ d% Fgood-for-nothing-to-nobody, log, dog, hog, or frog, come out of a3 O$ B; ]6 F' Y2 M) @  ?' K2 }
Concord bog. Cool, now -- cool! Do be cool, you fool! None of your
! i$ |4 H- }8 g, O. z3 \3 U+ Ycrowing, old cock! Don't frown so -- don't! Don't hollo, nor howl nor/ M6 i$ G( J8 X+ D0 t. o& B
growl, nor bow-wow-wow! Good Lord, John, how you do look! Told you
5 w; C0 S" H6 T" Uso, you know -- but stop rolling your goose of an old poll about so,; X. h5 E* }* @# m' {
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 A" ]: P, J# z: H: i1 [Touch-and-go could do nothing more than that night.  He handed his article to- c& M/ Z+ d4 p$ F1 D! b( j2 s
the printer's boy who was waiting, and walked slowly home to bed.
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+ D8 X8 t: Z9 E' A8 f6 VThe 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
2 h" z. [5 a* ?/ m9 h1 {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. X' j. ~8 t, f6 `
describe his feelings of horror when his fingers came out of it without a5 [8 x+ {' j" h1 q4 W
letter in them? who can tell of his astonishment and anger when he realized that the little box was completely empty?  Not a single
, I$ g3 s; @: \& J; elittle-o was in the little-o box; and, glancing fearfully at the2 f/ z9 [  J) t% n
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
" t2 n  e  A+ f1 L1 hwithout no o's.'3 D! [: g( G; Z7 l0 C' L+ Y2 E6 H- U

5 z4 p2 N# j$ W$ ]- h1 C) Z# h2 q'What do you mean by that?' said the chief, who was  very& c2 n5 ~3 B2 b$ l! L/ E
angry at being kept from his bed so late.! n. ^7 y1 j+ p5 z  s. z1 M

+ o# H% c9 I$ U" z'Well, sir, there isn't an o in the office, neither a big one nor a
  G: W4 I! I2 X$ m* M1 b9 p8 zlittle one!'
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4 q& I+ h; Y0 x1 X. {- Z. i'What -- what has happened to all those that were in the box?'
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'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.'
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'I haven't a doubt of it,' replied the chief angrily, turning( y( Q- M1 N9 Q2 n3 y
purple with rage 'but I tell you what you do, Bob, that's a good boy
1 p" b1 b2 Z  G8 R-- you go over to the Daily News the first chance you get, and take every one of their4 R6 Q; O4 v  c9 K# B0 q! p
i's .'
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% G8 A# n2 A+ ^1 g1 n4 S'Right,' replied Bob. 'I'll go,
% ~! w7 ~8 t0 O# G; eI'll show them a thing or two; but what about that
0 [5 ?9 i, }% F- nparagraph? 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
老杨团队,追求完美;客户至上,服务到位!
'Trouble enough. Is it a long paragraph, Bob?'
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+ t; k" t# e# t( n; _'I Shouldn't call it a very long paragrab.'9 p3 T8 N1 ?/ r8 X* ~
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'Ah, well, then! Do the best you can with it! We must get it ready,'
' A" M$ R* o2 m9 k5 }% Msaid the chief, who was buried in work; 'just put in
, l0 o% o8 y  R5 d1 i: osome 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: }6 ?  H# M) F
case, muttering as he went: 'Considdeble vell, them ere expressions,
, j9 D! Y" v* `0 }5 D$ @. Iperticcler for a man as doesn't swar. So I's to gouge out all their
# }+ \, k7 M$ v. ceyes, eh? and d-n all their gizzards! Vell! this here's the chap as: N1 t/ V# S5 t
is just able for to do it.' The fact is that although Bob was but
6 u. o' A: [, H- I/ O& Stwelve years old and four feet high, he was equal to any amount of
1 a# {' j( o4 \" dfight, in a small way.( {, E/ ]6 }2 b& H# U

7 m! C0 V# D* ~3 P" uThe exigency here described is by no means of rare occurrence in
/ T3 v# c, D1 q7 n, l9 D7 I& Kprinting-offices; and I cannot tell how to account for it, but the
0 M  i7 k# H  B; F+ qfact is indisputable, that when the exigency does occur, it almost
' X# J* Q& X9 A9 U, V4 c6 galways happens that x is adopted as a substitute for the letter9 O6 \* \# Q' O. n/ D. ^) t
deficient. The true reason, perhaps, is that x is rather the most
! j/ k  [0 o/ P# }$ c/ I- S3 ?superabundant letter in the cases, or at least was so in the old2 V) Y. h/ c# K* w
times -- long enough to render the substitution in question an1 x. Z5 {4 _' p6 X
habitual thing with printers. As for Bob, he would have considered it* b0 X2 y4 w1 m; W$ Z7 C/ P- a
heretical to employ any other character, in a case of this kind, than+ i8 S8 _( j; O. b* {" v+ q2 Y3 j
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 read& H. e* h* x9 k3 u: C
it over in astonishment, 'but it's jest about the awfulest o-wy# C$ p+ N+ t9 C2 U0 m
paragrab I ever did see': so x it he did, unflinchingly, and to press1 n: Z9 Z3 Q/ v+ w, P
it went x-ed.
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7 R, ^7 s* x& M4 _9 mNext morning the population of Nopolis were taken all aback by8 O+ U# z' S; I2 |
reading in 'The Tea-Pot,' the following extraordinary leader:
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: c9 e- D3 t+ @( F  X'Sx hx, Jxhn! hxw nxw? Txld yxu sx, yxu knxw. Dxn't crxw, anxther
" [% P8 g7 {9 t, Ttime, befxre yxu're xut xf the wxxds! Dxes yxur mxther knxw yxu're9 [/ A. ?& {$ n$ X' {
xut? Xh, nx, nx! -- sx gx hxme at xnce, nxw, Jxhn, tx yxur xdixus xld, Z5 V8 c6 J  y$ V1 A" r$ l& T, i+ x) }
wxxds xf Cxncxrd! Gx hxme tx yxur wxxds, xld xwl, -- gx! Yxu wxn't?# ^1 h* R4 H/ l1 ]0 G
Xh, pxh, pxh, Jxhn, dxn't dx sx! Yxu've gxt tx gx, yxu knxw, sx gx at
1 s2 \+ ?! M% e, `6 }) E) l: Zxnce, and dxn't gx slxw; fxr nxbxdy xwns yxu here, yxu knxw. Xh,
) c, E7 W$ T. N6 s* \Jxhn, Jxhn, Jxhn, if yxu dxn't gx yxu're nx hxmx -- nx! Yxu're xnly a
9 h' i% |4 E- [- D- }fxwl, an xwl; a cxw, a sxw; a dxll, a pxll; a pxxr xld, a% h2 }/ |2 P$ s  N- W
gxxd-fxr-nxthing-tx-nxbxdy, lxg, dxg, hxg, xr frxg, cxme xut xf a
9 l! ^5 o& Z. qCxncxrd bxg. Cxxl, nxw -- cxxl! Dx be cxxl, yxu fxxl! Nxne xf yxur* [, Z( ?# Q! G  L( O7 _( i
crxwing, xld cxck! Dxn't frxwn sx -- dxn't! Dxn't hxllx, nxr hxwl,
4 Z# n* d- t/ Knxr grxwl, nxr bxw-wxw-wxw! Gxxd Lxrd, Jxhn, hxw yxu dx lxxk! Txld9 j+ c8 B8 G0 f0 j& [
yxu sx, yxu knxw, -- but stxp rxlling yxur gxxse xf an xld pxll abxut. M5 o7 }; I8 X" _9 q( |3 A1 e; s# S
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
& |4 w8 S: \7 I$ ]5 p% `not to be conceived. The first definite idea entertained by the
) T) a. g4 `6 g% ?% Z- m! {' R: bpopulace was, that some diabolical treason lay concealed in the+ D- h; r! z3 W6 m6 }% E
hieroglyphics; and there was a general rush to Bullet-head's
% `/ f0 Y( D' B% oresidence, for the purpose of riding him on a rail; but that* y8 F" j! F% S! s  D3 b" G
gentleman was nowhere to be found. He had vanished, no one could tell
+ Q& S5 |$ _* I% S, I7 r! ~6 F" V, whow; and not even the ghost of him has ever been seen since.' M% b4 r, P3 p: Q, K
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Unable to discover its legitimate object, the popular fury at length. @+ m) j( u& X* J
subsided; leaving behind it, by way of sediment, quite a medley of
+ v6 U! v) s2 _& G- vopinion about this unhappy affair.! P# L- u& x7 `& U

1 n' K2 X3 s% ^! U% O( O* ^( `One gentleman thought the whole an X-ellent joke.+ x5 Z; ?! L# X4 A0 {# D/ Y7 g

  ]; v8 T, D0 E* [; d. |6 \8 CAnother said that, indeed, Bullet-head had shown much X-uberance of4 u! y6 W" `& T* g2 O: h
fancy., u0 R* l* ~* d, Q5 b
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A third admitted him X-entric, but no more.
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% ^. y! }% k1 ?; \6 p( {  jA fourth could only suppose it the Yankee's design to X-press, in a: E0 g' Z  [: }& h3 ?2 Z$ z
general way, his X-asperation.
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" Q, I. l: F/ |/ ~/ N1 C4 p4 }'Say, rather, to set an X-ample to posterity,' suggested a fifth.! n4 b' B7 z7 N, M4 y
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That Bullet-head had been driven to an extremity, was clear to all;. h0 U$ V1 [- [/ a
and in fact, since that editor could not be found, there was some
7 S3 w9 w, u: ~" ?- a) ~1 ]talk about lynching the other one.
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The more common conclusion, however, was that the affair was, simply,4 ^  k% Q  M% e. O4 @
X-traordinary and in-X-plicable. Even the town mathematician7 D1 y% A0 S' W* q1 l! Y
confessed that he could make nothing of so dark a problem. X, every.
$ |; n8 x8 y' f" S, p7 ^body knew, was an unknown quantity; but in this case (as he properly5 p9 ?% }, {3 z4 R
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
+ F) z( D0 O5 A8 [# p0 ^2 |9 B. Qthe paragrab'), did not meet with so much attention as I think it4 J$ z* @9 O$ G; A2 ]
deserved, although it was very openly and very fearlessly expressed.
% H0 x5 Y; j- C1 Z# ]He said that, for his part, he had no doubt about the matter at all,. ^# p( Y" @; m/ Q- r; p. U5 T
that it was a clear case, that Mr. Bullet-head 'never could be
% t" `& b2 g2 j3 `: H+ spersuaded fur to drink like other folks, but vas continually% Q1 d7 T  Y7 p/ s( J, g4 u
a-svigging o' that ere blessed XXX ale, and as a naiteral
0 e/ z: W8 G5 z* o& [consekvence, it just puffed him up savage, and made him X (cross) in+ ?9 E* R$ B. G( |
the X-treme.'
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