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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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; @% F: J) k! K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 ; P4 K; s( n0 w5 \8 n/ U- |

- A7 h2 z/ w5 P2 ?4 P& t7 LAS 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.7 C3 Z% q) c/ O' z2 N
   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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本帖最后由 rainbowfish 于 2009-7-27 23:29 编辑 / S: X( j; D$ f9 H2 o9 c

/ U0 `- o- O8 ]% |5 t# hI must do him the justice to say, however, that when he made up his2 C* B+ r5 s% v/ i: p) y: {, F
mind finally to settle in that town, it was under the impression that
7 D% I# `1 R  v7 D  Kno newspaper, and consequently no editor, existed in that particular7 b8 O6 e* _2 c( E* v
section of the country. In establishing 'The Tea-Pot' he expected to
* R8 u3 B1 s+ c& y4 S6 x% fhave the field all to himself. I feel confident he never would have
& U0 k+ N& I& O, h- y- ddreamed of taking up his residence in Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis- c/ O5 F& n9 N% w3 z6 N
had he been aware that, in Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis, there lived% B9 O# `7 k* q
a gentleman named John Smith (if I rightly remember), who for many+ e5 _% ^; W+ w$ V% |" G
years had there quietly grown fat in editing and publishing the9 o4 t' f0 ]8 C: y* u0 T; S
'Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis Daily News.' It was solely, therefore, on
! C1 q9 h/ ^" O( M( B8 Daccount of having been misinformed, that Mr. Bullet-head found! o6 ~' O5 x" a- s; r# S
himself in Alex-suppose we call it Nopolis, 'for short' -- but, as he
. z! G7 s5 ]9 f: z' kdid find himself there, he determined to keep up his character for" {2 ]8 ]5 j+ ~6 b
obst -- for firmness, and remain. So remain he did; and he did more;
5 Q5 F) H4 L3 W6 D* ^he unpacked his press, type, etc., etc., rented an office exactly; u8 ?- d8 t& J
opposite to that of the 'Daily News,' and, on the third morning after
" P6 Y; q7 E: khis arrival, issued the first number of 'The Alexan' -- that is to1 A: q2 `( R. M$ u; w, s0 D3 E
say, of 'The Nopolis Tea-Pot' -- as nearly as I can recollect, this- T( i8 C7 m6 g' }$ e& X3 v( F4 I
was the name of the new paper.: C1 u: ?% e1 s: [
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The leading article, I must admit, was brilliant -- not to say
$ N; T$ S6 o; J+ s* ^severe. It was especially bitter about things in general -- and as* K& r: ]1 a- C
for the editor of 'The Daily News,' he was torn all to pieces in
0 P: g6 u  W! p1 z6 O$ d4 K9 J7 i" nparticular. Some of Bullethead's remarks were really so fiery that I- u7 _# A/ W) w
have always, since that time, been forced to look upon John Smith,
! M( R" q- |+ d6 \. q# K- }+ e5 Xwho is still alive, in the light of a salamander. I cannot pretend to% C5 w% }. B( E* f3 `! i
give all the 'Tea-Pot's' paragraphs verbatim, but one of them runs& ~" [- r, U$ l! C' \- s* [
thus:
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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
$ \$ c6 |- P$ z) \+ Tis a genius -- O, my! Oh, goodness, gracious! -- what is this world' C- ]" g" X+ Q- C% g
coming to? Oh, tempora! Oh, Moses!'0 U  U3 y2 m& Y. i

" d0 a* W2 w+ W4 h0 [A philippic at once so caustic and so classical, alighted like a
" s7 N! x: W3 u) Sbombshell among the hitherto peaceful citizens of Nopolis. Groups of
% T! C' k% U. K! cexcited individuals gathered at the corners of the streets. Every one
5 Y4 A6 z4 G/ G; \7 U* Sawaited, with heartfelt anxiety, the reply of the dignified Smith.
' @0 a4 m# M, K1 v" f, ANext morning it appeared as follows:
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6 J7 h+ a4 p3 s  z8 E  n$ s'We quote from "The Tea-Pot" of yesterday the subjoined paragraph:' N* `, v3 Z7 d4 h
"Oh, yes! Oh, we perceive! Oh, no doubt! Oh, my! Oh, goodness! Oh,' G3 C; G  C7 p
tempora! Oh, Moses!" Why, the fellow is all O! That accounts for his5 h. x7 G& y& B* M3 D  t1 @
reasoning in a circle, and explains why there is neither beginning
' j  B) B3 z1 a, w( L: F( N$ znor end to him, nor to anything he says. We really do not believe the& ]0 y9 n0 G6 E1 V1 ]
vagabond can write a word that hasn't an O in it. Wonder if this- m: l# t% c7 [/ d* t$ r( _
O-ing is a habit of his? By-the-by, he came away from Down-East in a( R* S  q  Z+ i. B9 I  u
great hurry. Wonder if he O's as much there as he does here? "O! it
. U  y: y9 ^& K6 W* m! o' _  N' q/ _0 qis pitiful."'
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The indignation of Mr. Bullet-head at these scandalous insinuations,
; _8 M4 V2 G& V9 `; I; q  u1 {( [. u3 Z& xI shall not attempt to describe. On the eel-skinning principle,
1 G$ k5 r4 \& p/ m1 x6 \5 p4 Ghowever, he did not seem to be so much incensed at the attack upon
+ B: o( [$ e/ }" uhis integrity as one might have imagined. It was the sneer at his* h+ Z5 z& u$ S9 `$ h& i
style that drove him to desperation. What! -- he Touch-and-go( Q9 ^$ t6 t( Z
Bullet-head! -- not able to write a word without an O in it! He would6 O4 J( ]( W6 b/ }) Y: \
soon let the jackanapes see that he was mistaken. Yes! he would let
6 x8 P1 ~9 }7 z+ Y* nhim see how much he was mistaken, the puppy! He, Touch-and-go" [" ]: U  U# g' C8 x
Bullet-head, of Frogpondium, would let Mr. John Smith perceive that" M( l& B/ ^1 t" ]8 X
he, Bullet-head, could indite, if it so pleased him, a whole
9 G+ P6 ]1 m( {1 A4 f& Dparagraph -- aye! a whole article -- in which that contemptible vowel3 |4 J' M0 f: k3 f, V1 [
should not once -- not even once -- make its appearance. But no; --
+ \& w1 ?7 a' x3 A6 r! Kthat would be yielding a point to the said John Smith. He,
6 G  q/ B! C; s# o5 G/ IBullet-head, would make no alteration in his style, to suit the; i4 R$ r! {' @' R0 h5 q5 b
caprices of any Mr. Smith in Christendom. Perish so vile a thought!
; n3 e1 W+ z# ?" b4 @The O forever; He would persist in the O. He would be as O-wy as O-wy2 O* P" p! }4 W1 C* o% Q
could be.
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. N/ r) k. R7 _$ r& B( U+ DBurning with the chivalry of this determination, the great2 Y5 K% D9 p. [
Touch-and-go, in the next 'Tea-Pot,' came out merely with this simple
" q, |& G7 x1 z* j# N( m' Gbut resolute paragraph, in reference to this unhappy affair:
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2 \8 ]2 N! s% A1 ?0 l$ }; c'The editor of the "Tea-Pot" has the honor of advising the editor of
) P8 R& a2 {* c3 k4 L( a" \/ L5 D( c2 d3 mthe "Gazette" that he (the "Tea-Pot") will take an opportunity in/ t6 m9 A* m/ K% w
tomorrow morning's paper, of convincing him (the "Daily News") that he
6 E# M1 s! z7 u; N! @! ]$ e2 a$ C(the "Tea-Pot") both can and will be his own master, as regards/ f4 e) u& I* h2 z# Z% l) w
style; he (the "Tea-Pot") intending to show him (the "Daily News") the
- B( S! _5 O1 |* E' G, k/ Ysupreme, and indeed the withering contempt with which the criticism
8 E* g7 X' u' g% d4 H5 nof him (the "Daily News") inspires the independent bosom of him (the
7 o4 ^' v) t! L, ~6 g1 K% K3 ["TeaPot") by composing for the especial gratification (?) of him (the
. m9 J; ^, I0 ~! e. B- r7 W6 Y"Daily News") a leading article, of some extent, in which the beautiful- j' F% q3 p4 I2 k
vowel -- the emblem of Eternity -- yet so offensive to the
! t3 A! H8 L) l0 }( P$ \hyper-exquisite delicacy of him (the "Daily News") shall most certainly
- d3 _( S/ |5 m: e) B) n3 j$ \  Onot be avoided by his (the "Daily News") most obedient, humble6 @6 _9 n# ^( h1 q
servant, the "Tea-Pot." "So much for Buckingham!"'
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3 K" q- f9 D/ I# w* OIn fulfilment of the awful threat thus darkly intimated rather than7 b. p% a$ {2 V/ v$ [/ U2 o1 \
decidedly enunciated, the great Bullet-head, turning a deaf ear to
: B& [- K1 O7 Z/ ]& ]% jall entreaties for 'copy,' and simply requesting his foreman to 'go6 D8 o% ]# e4 X* g+ ]4 a6 h
to the d-l,' when he (the foreman) assured him (the 'Tea-Pot'!) that
- u( I+ ?# I: R  J; e* ^9 Wit was high time to 'go to press': turning a deaf ear to everything,9 E- `9 G+ I& M; [, @8 m
I say, the great Bullet-head sat up until day-break, consuming the
7 a1 Q9 \0 f# j9 U1 W4 Z4 N4 o4 m8 xmidnight oil, and absorbed in the composition of the really* {* Q7 b. N& J5 G9 r
unparalleled paragraph, which follows:-1 J' ?: h+ |8 J) X* y. O

/ k6 I# r# j6 {0 X1 G  U3 z'So ho, John! how now? Told you so, you know. Don't crow, another
. _% g5 ]' ]8 ?6 L3 m- Ttime, before you're out of the woods! Does your mother know you're& G# w! v" e+ r' D7 o
out? Oh, no, no! -- so go home at once, now, John, to your odious old3 t6 b. `3 Y6 G, \
woods of Concord! Go home to your woods, old owl -- go! You won't!! A+ Z: K" V1 W; M% r' b
Oh, poh, poh, don't do so! You've got to go, you know! So go at once,7 t+ o9 M: |' z& c. ~
and don't go slow, for nobody owns you here, you know! Oh! John,8 Z) q5 P! o( r9 u& k" V$ o
John, if you don't go you're no homo -- no! You're only a fowl, an3 ]+ _( ]- u6 T9 d
owl, a cow, a sow, -- a doll, a poll; a poor, old,2 J* \9 s' W$ `# \+ V1 _8 [+ g
good-for-nothing-to-nobody, log, dog, hog, or frog, come out of a2 {" [' m* {! J2 W& A* g8 K! [
Concord bog. Cool, now -- cool! Do be cool, you fool! None of your+ U; @7 f, [  N( F) {* D) i
crowing, old cock! Don't frown so -- don't! Don't hollo, nor howl nor
' K& G* T* C, ?4 lgrowl, nor bow-wow-wow! Good Lord, John, how you do look! Told you
- P' J3 e  U" t' q- t/ Bso, you know -- but stop rolling your goose of an old poll about so,
$ S) e! c) J4 e$ Dand 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
2 N$ {2 E  c1 |6 ITouch-and-go could do nothing more than that night.  He handed his article to- l3 Q, b( [! c& ?! y. S5 c0 P4 g# ]8 c
the printer's boy who was waiting, and walked slowly home to bed.
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& ?& k% m( N6 v) L7 g+ |2 LThe 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
3 c0 j5 u" ]0 dlooked 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$ D6 l4 }5 f0 N$ a; `
describe his feelings of horror when his fingers came out of it without a
" K# S. E4 c4 R# Lletter in them? who can tell of his astonishment and anger when he realized that the little box was completely empty?  Not a single
7 `9 ^# Q2 s* h2 d4 L. |little-o was in the little-o box; and, glancing fearfully at the0 r% O# M7 r! C8 M! Y
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
! M8 o6 s9 v. q- \# O0 _' Mwithout no o's.'
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% M4 a0 n( ~+ G9 H. c! I" x8 \2 ?4 {/ U'What do you mean by that?' said the chief, who was  very
0 C9 G- n* Y6 t4 w( Nangry 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
/ d, `* Z6 k/ u) p' ylittle one!'
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! I, I- w" ~0 O3 b& _  t" w'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.', S; X: x2 R( F

5 {1 j4 [& P* j) {3 G9 Q'I haven't a doubt of it,' replied the chief angrily, turning. t5 ]! s6 Q& ^% ~" j
purple with rage 'but I tell you what you do, Bob, that's a good boy+ i3 [# O% G. v1 r
-- you go over to the Daily News the first chance you get, and take every one of their
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'Right,' replied Bob. 'I'll go,
0 D9 c/ e& l$ z8 S1 `! Z6 rI'll show them a thing or two; but what about that! [0 X& h8 r1 B: `+ Y* a. K
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
老杨团队,追求完美;客户至上,服务到位!
'Trouble enough. Is it a long paragraph, Bob?'$ s2 u. v0 e+ ^% @" `& I7 f

8 P7 P: ^7 N8 Q'I Shouldn't call it a very long paragrab.'
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8 K7 L+ z: f6 u2 b# m'Ah, well, then! Do the best you can with it! We must get it ready,'
$ y# M6 h. I; Ysaid the chief, who was buried in work; 'just put in9 d# A+ e/ m3 U4 n9 Y
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
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$ M% X( i) Z; n3 X; R/ ~) q
case, muttering as he went: 'Considdeble vell, them ere expressions,2 A6 u9 _# M7 W
perticcler for a man as doesn't swar. So I's to gouge out all their
7 F( \, q- C6 F8 yeyes, eh? and d-n all their gizzards! Vell! this here's the chap as  q9 h) O' R3 J9 [% o
is just able for to do it.' The fact is that although Bob was but" F* R  d3 ?7 W/ y, z3 s" a
twelve years old and four feet high, he was equal to any amount of
; j3 W6 L' h" s! W% V( N* `fight, in a small way.
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The exigency here described is by no means of rare occurrence in+ T. s; n- L9 y
printing-offices; and I cannot tell how to account for it, but the
1 v# j% ~7 v5 J. Zfact is indisputable, that when the exigency does occur, it almost
/ b% }4 T: o: M3 Lalways happens that x is adopted as a substitute for the letter
2 e: J) G! |5 m  j5 |" U' pdeficient. The true reason, perhaps, is that x is rather the most
! |# G; D) j8 o) i' L- a1 ^superabundant letter in the cases, or at least was so in the old
9 }$ e9 [1 \, j3 N, C; Ntimes -- long enough to render the substitution in question an7 S3 ]) N( H/ K  `) u( }- q* ^- f3 l
habitual thing with printers. As for Bob, he would have considered it: P% v2 H; B  Z. l3 }3 `8 q" Q
heretical to employ any other character, in a case of this kind, than
* Q; Z3 j& E( i1 q: I1 t6 h7 dthe 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
2 N6 W- C0 }$ E7 r8 Vit over in astonishment, 'but it's jest about the awfulest o-wy9 f" Y2 ^. {/ E  ]# v' z9 w
paragrab I ever did see': so x it he did, unflinchingly, and to press
7 B' m( |0 J) tit went x-ed.8 p/ ~5 y' f# [0 `: q* T1 o
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Next morning the population of Nopolis were taken all aback by
3 r; b1 i6 c$ y' W% ~reading in 'The Tea-Pot,' the following extraordinary leader:
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'Sx hx, Jxhn! hxw nxw? Txld yxu sx, yxu knxw. Dxn't crxw, anxther* K% Z4 _$ ]# l% p
time, befxre yxu're xut xf the wxxds! Dxes yxur mxther knxw yxu're
2 O( n2 F* k5 U$ m5 ~2 o$ hxut? Xh, nx, nx! -- sx gx hxme at xnce, nxw, Jxhn, tx yxur xdixus xld7 d5 f- g: h' r1 l: m9 y4 |" i0 Y2 b
wxxds xf Cxncxrd! Gx hxme tx yxur wxxds, xld xwl, -- gx! Yxu wxn't?
6 H( x9 N3 |* M4 q# NXh, pxh, pxh, Jxhn, dxn't dx sx! Yxu've gxt tx gx, yxu knxw, sx gx at
& h3 g% q3 t$ D0 kxnce, and dxn't gx slxw; fxr nxbxdy xwns yxu here, yxu knxw. Xh,
- q8 {: f% L. ?/ i- q. u0 E- v/ oJxhn, Jxhn, Jxhn, if yxu dxn't gx yxu're nx hxmx -- nx! Yxu're xnly a9 I5 l  n6 C& m
fxwl, an xwl; a cxw, a sxw; a dxll, a pxll; a pxxr xld+ K# ^$ _! ?1 h! l4 S
gxxd-fxr-nxthing-tx-nxbxdy, lxg, dxg, hxg, xr frxg, cxme xut xf a8 `/ b  P6 O9 s$ ^
Cxncxrd bxg. Cxxl, nxw -- cxxl! Dx be cxxl, yxu fxxl! Nxne xf yxur
5 g& d" F4 K/ s+ `) M7 |& Scrxwing, xld cxck! Dxn't frxwn sx -- dxn't! Dxn't hxllx, nxr hxwl,3 w' S& V$ i% M9 k
nxr grxwl, nxr bxw-wxw-wxw! Gxxd Lxrd, Jxhn, hxw yxu dx lxxk! Txld
7 J8 K: K3 i3 p6 L4 nyxu sx, yxu knxw, -- but stxp rxlling yxur gxxse xf an xld pxll abxut
% L9 v" Q& _- Y- `) Asx, 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
& V) Z! O( S5 g$ snot to be conceived. The first definite idea entertained by the' f1 S0 n% Q+ v& ?9 N: ]
populace was, that some diabolical treason lay concealed in the
. P! E' C; m6 Ehieroglyphics; and there was a general rush to Bullet-head's
: ?9 Z+ m4 Z+ n& k, A6 n4 i$ Qresidence, for the purpose of riding him on a rail; but that
' J& I2 k- l  l! E" ]2 H7 ^7 Bgentleman was nowhere to be found. He had vanished, no one could tell# p6 ?/ N# p! N0 D
how; and not even the ghost of him has ever been seen since.7 B2 `# a# ~( o* p# G9 ?

: F/ T8 W3 Q* Q9 R" E# ?Unable to discover its legitimate object, the popular fury at length. v% E3 v* |5 K/ S# I
subsided; leaving behind it, by way of sediment, quite a medley of3 g# Z9 A% D8 [1 S8 w/ l
opinion about this unhappy affair.) w$ `/ R: _! \4 ?$ k- J( p

0 L# c2 O$ ?$ k" U% x2 F" dOne gentleman thought the whole an X-ellent joke.
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! U9 m7 e6 F( s1 E0 B; g# ZAnother said that, indeed, Bullet-head had shown much X-uberance of9 @7 z. M8 |+ _; b
fancy.
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! ^- w) J2 E5 C0 k5 v" JA third admitted him X-entric, but no more.0 l3 A9 F# A1 e: J7 G9 j

! u: _3 ~! A( kA fourth could only suppose it the Yankee's design to X-press, in a5 N6 w7 a1 u' p# Q& C8 x
general way, his X-asperation.6 y8 u( v; I7 ]' M; t

& _5 H2 u: p  \* ~1 b'Say, rather, to set an X-ample to posterity,' suggested a fifth.* b+ X- b3 h; G  C: |. r
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That Bullet-head had been driven to an extremity, was clear to all;
) [- H+ D' E9 n9 H1 j# M! [and in fact, since that editor could not be found, there was some6 U- A1 b) C3 M$ r9 W# a, u
talk about lynching the other one.
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The more common conclusion, however, was that the affair was, simply,  t' ]) q+ h5 N7 @2 \% v7 e! H
X-traordinary and in-X-plicable. Even the town mathematician
1 q4 j. N+ d) z4 E5 X$ }confessed that he could make nothing of so dark a problem. X, every.
* o6 S* m2 W5 c% _! U/ D% F0 M: @- Ibody knew, was an unknown quantity; but in this case (as he properly2 f9 V/ j3 W$ I! Y
observed), there was an unknown quantity of X.
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+ H" p, P8 d( i0 n3 wThe opinion of Bob, the devil (who kept dark about his having 'X-ed0 |# c# e6 L/ `: y
the paragrab'), did not meet with so much attention as I think it$ T4 z! b. M) |8 r6 d9 x0 m4 }
deserved, although it was very openly and very fearlessly expressed.6 Z0 ?2 V# `2 ]- ?  |" F
He said that, for his part, he had no doubt about the matter at all,3 M) M! J3 U7 G
that it was a clear case, that Mr. Bullet-head 'never could be5 x1 S8 L- v# Q2 V
persuaded fur to drink like other folks, but vas continually
: T) r; G" \/ |9 N3 fa-svigging o' that ere blessed XXX ale, and as a naiteral) V0 s. ]( d4 ^! q% G+ z6 ]
consekvence, it just puffed him up savage, and made him X (cross) in3 R6 B& B9 H) m+ c8 |
the X-treme.'
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