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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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" ?+ i) ~$ {" {) i0 U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 3 c$ @4 I, s7 J% Y: p1 Q0 \) z

* M/ x9 s' M1 {/ ^+ V5 c; q3 iAS 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.3 D% h( K6 A1 p! O' X" a
   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 9 p) s; d& t  [; p. n! G) W

' L* Z; O* A7 v7 j8 F# Y0 H" l: D3 ^I must do him the justice to say, however, that when he made up his
+ m% R" g" [1 D* x6 b& y) Emind finally to settle in that town, it was under the impression that
7 T& Q2 D+ _- A" s/ x0 u. ano newspaper, and consequently no editor, existed in that particular
2 f2 c, f! \! c, wsection of the country. In establishing 'The Tea-Pot' he expected to
& g% Q0 }) M$ F. {- Y6 N% i* Hhave the field all to himself. I feel confident he never would have
* w* Q5 Y/ K4 r- ^/ @: ?/ R2 N/ Pdreamed of taking up his residence in Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis
7 Z$ e. U& ], k  O0 d$ f  Whad he been aware that, in Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis, there lived+ D/ ?9 z% \3 x: C8 t
a gentleman named John Smith (if I rightly remember), who for many
' X. t! a9 x6 x) C* p. o  V* Wyears had there quietly grown fat in editing and publishing the
8 }( s/ T) Q; o$ p'Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis Daily News.' It was solely, therefore, on
; @9 \/ x8 }, _0 c9 z  ], Faccount of having been misinformed, that Mr. Bullet-head found
2 t) N8 u" N* K, D, t2 R" khimself in Alex-suppose we call it Nopolis, 'for short' -- but, as he; v* I( }, a" a, v) l
did find himself there, he determined to keep up his character for. a9 z9 }# e. O4 c% ]* Z
obst -- for firmness, and remain. So remain he did; and he did more;( G5 B8 _. |  J& ~, [
he unpacked his press, type, etc., etc., rented an office exactly9 w! B" S; X% D: E% S
opposite to that of the 'Daily News,' and, on the third morning after/ |. n  n/ r9 D0 [6 Z
his arrival, issued the first number of 'The Alexan' -- that is to) l! [0 n) |% B8 L' F: G
say, of 'The Nopolis Tea-Pot' -- as nearly as I can recollect, this$ }% O0 t( d& B6 G
was the name of the new paper.1 s2 B" g3 }+ Y1 d, l

# E: f( Y! y. S% W* ?: Q4 {# G; e3 gThe leading article, I must admit, was brilliant -- not to say
8 T1 `4 [* u6 w' H  J& ~% Qsevere. It was especially bitter about things in general -- and as
* b6 ]. }. ~/ b4 B7 {# sfor the editor of 'The Daily News,' he was torn all to pieces in: l3 N2 I& o* A; N$ ?
particular. Some of Bullethead's remarks were really so fiery that I2 v7 R" I  H/ [9 _0 D' X
have always, since that time, been forced to look upon John Smith,
& x3 f0 v( d- \. C% ?+ U+ ewho is still alive, in the light of a salamander. I cannot pretend to
/ X2 ]4 |7 w# I& S3 U: S+ k0 Egive all the 'Tea-Pot's' paragraphs verbatim, but one of them runs/ y, v  s5 _1 C, B' b
thus:
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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
6 W- ?8 }. s" His a genius -- O, my! Oh, goodness, gracious! -- what is this world- l  F. [" h$ }' w# G' G% P
coming to? Oh, tempora! Oh, Moses!'
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: M2 W( f- H- i' zA philippic at once so caustic and so classical, alighted like a* T/ L/ j7 S* z) [( o0 P$ K
bombshell among the hitherto peaceful citizens of Nopolis. Groups of
  J) b2 j9 K" |  p7 Q( ^4 fexcited individuals gathered at the corners of the streets. Every one
" M: {8 I9 Y. A+ Tawaited, with heartfelt anxiety, the reply of the dignified Smith.5 W  N  o. p4 s# `7 J0 V4 z) o( }, g/ q
Next morning it appeared as follows:
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'We quote from "The Tea-Pot" of yesterday the subjoined paragraph:
& d3 F+ b4 w+ L, e, O"Oh, yes! Oh, we perceive! Oh, no doubt! Oh, my! Oh, goodness! Oh,$ q- J; M3 g* u! ~+ T/ [
tempora! Oh, Moses!" Why, the fellow is all O! That accounts for his) ^& _: B& r+ j0 R8 H
reasoning in a circle, and explains why there is neither beginning% K( @+ y3 _) V, e& e6 A
nor end to him, nor to anything he says. We really do not believe the5 C' N6 n" i# p; D+ y  M6 O( Z' n
vagabond can write a word that hasn't an O in it. Wonder if this
, c' q4 F5 h9 D1 M$ g$ ?' A) eO-ing is a habit of his? By-the-by, he came away from Down-East in a
3 a" o( y1 O* ~! J# D8 N% K6 n" R; q9 egreat hurry. Wonder if he O's as much there as he does here? "O! it
5 B# X: T/ e5 ^5 A( Q/ nis pitiful."'+ y" _# B+ k5 \) s5 y+ b' ^
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The indignation of Mr. Bullet-head at these scandalous insinuations,7 b( L5 @+ c6 P& z$ A9 |  b
I shall not attempt to describe. On the eel-skinning principle,6 c6 K6 R) G& o4 Y; d: J
however, he did not seem to be so much incensed at the attack upon9 R! E# P2 e5 C" y# w
his integrity as one might have imagined. It was the sneer at his. E# n* C! g2 Q& T& G5 ~
style that drove him to desperation. What! -- he Touch-and-go9 m# g- I2 ~6 E8 T; p, C
Bullet-head! -- not able to write a word without an O in it! He would
( J1 r; H: Q, A( _* }( t* Ssoon let the jackanapes see that he was mistaken. Yes! he would let( Z1 V" ~' \0 c. j. V
him see how much he was mistaken, the puppy! He, Touch-and-go' ]. |) H9 g$ r3 d
Bullet-head, of Frogpondium, would let Mr. John Smith perceive that! t9 ^; ^' `& `9 F
he, Bullet-head, could indite, if it so pleased him, a whole, `/ u7 ~  I3 w  p) u7 l, Y
paragraph -- aye! a whole article -- in which that contemptible vowel7 y! x" d# \* X" y: B' j4 _0 k4 k
should not once -- not even once -- make its appearance. But no; --
2 N/ I2 x& T' `( Q( y! S! Xthat would be yielding a point to the said John Smith. He,  O5 c. P1 f- t" B
Bullet-head, would make no alteration in his style, to suit the" s  |6 ^, R% O$ Q; i
caprices of any Mr. Smith in Christendom. Perish so vile a thought!) S6 c- p4 k3 H0 J. }
The O forever; He would persist in the O. He would be as O-wy as O-wy
# o- D8 T3 u& A# fcould be.
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Burning with the chivalry of this determination, the great# H" u. z& n# V
Touch-and-go, in the next 'Tea-Pot,' came out merely with this simple
7 U! ]2 f4 n0 N; ?3 |/ T2 l# Ybut resolute paragraph, in reference to this unhappy affair:: ~$ ~5 P9 @2 B# N7 f( n: r

  {7 P! w% q. ?/ d'The editor of the "Tea-Pot" has the honor of advising the editor of
1 I- d$ }( g( w+ b+ S/ t, j+ |" Xthe "Gazette" that he (the "Tea-Pot") will take an opportunity in
: I5 _0 w" L3 stomorrow morning's paper, of convincing him (the "Daily News") that he
0 I  i9 r, b4 f$ R& F% ^(the "Tea-Pot") both can and will be his own master, as regards( ]2 z* j* o& \; ]& p  A" [
style; he (the "Tea-Pot") intending to show him (the "Daily News") the
# Z5 p+ H1 P6 Esupreme, and indeed the withering contempt with which the criticism# @, B; c! H7 _' n
of him (the "Daily News") inspires the independent bosom of him (the; |) v* Z" w; m$ _6 K9 f
"TeaPot") by composing for the especial gratification (?) of him (the
! Q7 q) T0 I- {$ k- ^"Daily News") a leading article, of some extent, in which the beautiful
7 s, |2 T- }5 U% Lvowel -- the emblem of Eternity -- yet so offensive to the
# Z  B& k8 c: A$ u) z4 Q% ~hyper-exquisite delicacy of him (the "Daily News") shall most certainly5 T: p1 q3 ^4 q! I; t% c! Q
not be avoided by his (the "Daily News") most obedient, humble; P: |1 u$ T  {) t8 p0 r& z) |) e# s
servant, the "Tea-Pot." "So much for Buckingham!"'
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1 d" A3 v+ G8 g8 [" [0 \In fulfilment of the awful threat thus darkly intimated rather than% A4 z( g+ X! S- V: m6 G- p* f* Y* W9 M
decidedly enunciated, the great Bullet-head, turning a deaf ear to
! S' d+ w% ?! eall entreaties for 'copy,' and simply requesting his foreman to 'go
/ h: I# G9 r3 m# }) K5 A6 E# K7 T6 p. cto the d-l,' when he (the foreman) assured him (the 'Tea-Pot'!) that
" S  o$ ?) Z! p/ \8 pit was high time to 'go to press': turning a deaf ear to everything,
3 n! p# F5 [& ^9 R+ w5 y1 FI say, the great Bullet-head sat up until day-break, consuming the
4 G4 _8 s9 U( X3 l& kmidnight oil, and absorbed in the composition of the really' B; r/ ~% y1 z7 Z2 @
unparalleled paragraph, which follows:-
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'So ho, John! how now? Told you so, you know. Don't crow, another- O9 s4 D. o6 a" D; ]# x- K
time, before you're out of the woods! Does your mother know you're
- U4 }+ C" R  L; [out? Oh, no, no! -- so go home at once, now, John, to your odious old6 z4 {: K% ^7 m& k& H
woods of Concord! Go home to your woods, old owl -- go! You won't!
# l. K5 w  k' c2 z& D9 ^Oh, poh, poh, don't do so! You've got to go, you know! So go at once,
3 v2 I! X7 [/ D& F3 }and don't go slow, for nobody owns you here, you know! Oh! John,7 b, }# X8 x6 j: {3 j7 q9 h
John, if you don't go you're no homo -- no! You're only a fowl, an
/ r3 T6 ~, k' p3 y+ dowl, a cow, a sow, -- a doll, a poll; a poor, old,
% x3 v# u5 T6 R, p4 o% l/ _- hgood-for-nothing-to-nobody, log, dog, hog, or frog, come out of a
0 c4 {- ], h+ X3 sConcord bog. Cool, now -- cool! Do be cool, you fool! None of your
9 Q; g  x6 Z) a) hcrowing, old cock! Don't frown so -- don't! Don't hollo, nor howl nor
% B2 q3 w9 i, `/ T- ogrowl, nor bow-wow-wow! Good Lord, John, how you do look! Told you
6 k, U* n4 |# Q0 G; Lso, you know -- but stop rolling your goose of an old poll about so,
, ]( `, ^- I' V+ sand 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 ^. P! _1 _; F' }! N& m/ LTouch-and-go could do nothing more than that night.  He handed his article to
7 u4 Y; M% H0 \& @the printer's boy who was waiting, and walked slowly home to bed.
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% c) e8 N0 [8 U% \' w% S* m8 mThe 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$ g+ S- U% Q: F' g4 R% O3 F
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
8 \) R; C3 p3 Zdescribe his feelings of horror when his fingers came out of it without a* W) o9 D3 f8 R5 o  D! d2 U
letter in them? who can tell of his astonishment and anger when he realized that the little box was completely empty?  Not a single
/ \+ T" `& m, E3 S. ?' X: Clittle-o was in the little-o box; and, glancing fearfully at the
3 L/ Z/ `; ?* u& A" D, n0 O) Acapital-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 nothing8 S' T; H/ d* R0 K' n
without no o's.'7 Q4 r& g# }! I# Y) s- [

, ^2 u1 l7 s' D'What do you mean by that?' said the chief, who was  very
. F6 U" C0 s! ~* Zangry 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' W0 Z' Z( q& H( u1 R7 `+ G. H
little one!'
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'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
- ~8 o4 H7 u! r8 D$ w; [0 jpurple with rage 'but I tell you what you do, Bob, that's a good boy
' C3 [" Q6 Y: [. j4 p-- you go over to the Daily News the first chance you get, and take every one of their" d# Q2 x" [. e5 X$ e3 f
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'Right,' replied Bob. 'I'll go,0 F/ v( v5 c- G5 \4 w
I'll show them a thing or two; but what about that
/ L* y+ J  Y5 U: l$ vparagraph? 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?': N0 ~: \3 C8 T2 H2 S4 Q% z6 b

  ^* z6 `# z% ^'I Shouldn't call it a very long paragrab.'0 ~( {' z4 v- F3 j1 {$ f+ s

0 k3 l( i% c' A. Q/ ^! V( e'Ah, well, then! Do the best you can with it! We must get it ready,'
" M1 E2 ?+ v0 a7 m0 j0 `4 Esaid the chief, who was buried in work; 'just put in- \- h! @# Y/ H/ G9 @/ H
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* B- F6 O) g* I- q0 c
case, muttering as he went: 'Considdeble vell, them ere expressions,
+ `0 M1 c/ K# W6 e3 r* Uperticcler for a man as doesn't swar. So I's to gouge out all their& V7 R; G4 ~! \/ \
eyes, eh? and d-n all their gizzards! Vell! this here's the chap as
4 o' C7 l% s+ G6 k+ Q/ ]7 Jis just able for to do it.' The fact is that although Bob was but$ ^# q5 b- y, E2 V; r* H, Z& z* u
twelve years old and four feet high, he was equal to any amount of* [0 L) O3 ~1 I+ ~- s9 p! u6 ~6 e
fight, in a small way.& Q8 S8 g7 W# D# R! `' c
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The exigency here described is by no means of rare occurrence in
+ X4 L: ^, ?( B* N  x4 U: C+ H8 Iprinting-offices; and I cannot tell how to account for it, but the) K7 @# a( [5 R4 G
fact is indisputable, that when the exigency does occur, it almost9 ?: O2 s7 H# }, h( h( s6 B
always happens that x is adopted as a substitute for the letter
! R8 S: R" E5 l- W% ~# Rdeficient. The true reason, perhaps, is that x is rather the most8 w. `( M4 J, t, O( g* u
superabundant letter in the cases, or at least was so in the old
3 z$ K% n/ x6 l1 f" Gtimes -- long enough to render the substitution in question an; e! Q; D( y$ a, u. B: }' a9 x
habitual thing with printers. As for Bob, he would have considered it$ `, l% ?$ a" _# [6 a- ~% O
heretical to employ any other character, in a case of this kind, than
2 F+ j8 k5 r: g" i$ Gthe x to which he had been accustomed.- N) o- K. M( e/ u0 U8 J

! ~' H9 D8 a5 B; k'I shell have to x this ere paragrab,' said he to himself, as he read
, |9 \) N9 ]: i+ {6 git over in astonishment, 'but it's jest about the awfulest o-wy4 D- g2 y. L; R' R. I1 z
paragrab I ever did see': so x it he did, unflinchingly, and to press- J9 }, q" o$ R) W7 k5 R
it went x-ed.
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& p) o$ q% }9 S, _# mNext morning the population of Nopolis were taken all aback by
7 }) }5 x6 ~* r2 W2 Greading in 'The Tea-Pot,' the following extraordinary leader:, a7 X5 F  e* e2 |7 Q# F# H

" z  _) c: ~+ W/ [8 j0 k* T6 P'Sx hx, Jxhn! hxw nxw? Txld yxu sx, yxu knxw. Dxn't crxw, anxther
$ y- L# C5 @8 X) k4 ^1 ]time, befxre yxu're xut xf the wxxds! Dxes yxur mxther knxw yxu're
2 p$ _$ D) f, F$ Gxut? Xh, nx, nx! -- sx gx hxme at xnce, nxw, Jxhn, tx yxur xdixus xld. [# S  t3 F& f. _" u3 y
wxxds xf Cxncxrd! Gx hxme tx yxur wxxds, xld xwl, -- gx! Yxu wxn't?
/ D; _3 O& d4 \) T' Y- cXh, pxh, pxh, Jxhn, dxn't dx sx! Yxu've gxt tx gx, yxu knxw, sx gx at& x' P2 y  r2 h% k8 L0 i2 e& N
xnce, and dxn't gx slxw; fxr nxbxdy xwns yxu here, yxu knxw. Xh,5 z! R& F0 {8 W, o1 \
Jxhn, Jxhn, Jxhn, if yxu dxn't gx yxu're nx hxmx -- nx! Yxu're xnly a2 z3 l8 r: Q# p5 O( [
fxwl, an xwl; a cxw, a sxw; a dxll, a pxll; a pxxr xld
. ?2 N, }* w  M% q6 p+ [0 I, Ygxxd-fxr-nxthing-tx-nxbxdy, lxg, dxg, hxg, xr frxg, cxme xut xf a
# ]0 a4 ?: c+ O# nCxncxrd bxg. Cxxl, nxw -- cxxl! Dx be cxxl, yxu fxxl! Nxne xf yxur: `; G/ ], y9 s4 O5 [
crxwing, xld cxck! Dxn't frxwn sx -- dxn't! Dxn't hxllx, nxr hxwl,
8 K8 s; R( i& t' snxr grxwl, nxr bxw-wxw-wxw! Gxxd Lxrd, Jxhn, hxw yxu dx lxxk! Txld
1 k7 J6 o9 G8 }yxu sx, yxu knxw, -- but stxp rxlling yxur gxxse xf an xld pxll abxut
  M+ S/ E+ h  K4 L( f/ tsx, 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
5 a: T1 ]0 @, ]$ E+ A) qnot to be conceived. The first definite idea entertained by the
) {/ i& @$ Z4 s3 jpopulace was, that some diabolical treason lay concealed in the
3 [" e9 k, R& |/ E, q( c& c( P, Jhieroglyphics; and there was a general rush to Bullet-head's
0 d& b+ D7 S* m$ a+ Presidence, for the purpose of riding him on a rail; but that
6 c. C8 c3 u/ fgentleman was nowhere to be found. He had vanished, no one could tell
! B/ z3 t# a& Thow; and not even the ghost of him has ever been seen since." ?$ \) m$ v4 J# R8 q

/ F8 _6 m9 t; \* s8 X3 J' h6 MUnable to discover its legitimate object, the popular fury at length2 O2 Y" i% f  p0 o
subsided; leaving behind it, by way of sediment, quite a medley of
* f6 C: F( X* U& D' P! Copinion about this unhappy affair.' {/ \# p' ^( ]- N
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One gentleman thought the whole an X-ellent joke.
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9 t7 J  L# d5 cAnother said that, indeed, Bullet-head had shown much X-uberance of, C9 A' W8 v7 `$ G' H2 E; C% \
fancy.
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+ y% B0 ]5 X6 v0 E& pA third admitted him X-entric, but no more.
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. n  N' R% z2 y) a+ ~  E7 CA fourth could only suppose it the Yankee's design to X-press, in a( P8 J9 A' P* s8 B2 |, {! \
general way, his X-asperation.
7 r- {! H' B8 g% @0 G) E0 _
! A: y! T. U7 |- p. L8 ^" E'Say, rather, to set an X-ample to posterity,' suggested a fifth.8 `$ x8 d3 }) n  n2 \+ ~

& q3 X7 ]- h$ g  M$ P- X* U7 MThat Bullet-head had been driven to an extremity, was clear to all;6 y3 ^3 _4 `7 o: ~% u
and in fact, since that editor could not be found, there was some4 M$ ^* i# x7 a
talk about lynching the other one.
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The more common conclusion, however, was that the affair was, simply,# @" v+ q- i7 l. I9 p) O5 F! P
X-traordinary and in-X-plicable. Even the town mathematician
# X$ `" w+ @( zconfessed that he could make nothing of so dark a problem. X, every.. {3 s4 }6 u' T# N! J
body knew, was an unknown quantity; but in this case (as he properly% K( x# }8 x! r, e! R  j2 w8 m
observed), there was an unknown quantity of X.) P9 Z% r% M) T3 _& U$ u9 m8 W

0 G5 U+ D" s$ n$ w5 x8 L, P/ XThe opinion of Bob, the devil (who kept dark about his having 'X-ed6 R+ @' H: ~( Y' u: {
the paragrab'), did not meet with so much attention as I think it
; i1 Z1 a4 \# R7 g4 jdeserved, although it was very openly and very fearlessly expressed.
* k: Y, T3 ^* bHe said that, for his part, he had no doubt about the matter at all,4 ?+ v) n  \5 d* C1 S
that it was a clear case, that Mr. Bullet-head 'never could be
$ g$ B! ~" m+ ?# v- Ppersuaded fur to drink like other folks, but vas continually
$ f) {9 c# Q/ D4 `! |$ l! ?7 Ra-svigging o' that ere blessed XXX ale, and as a naiteral3 _0 x5 G; m, @
consekvence, it just puffed him up savage, and made him X (cross) in
& U& y/ c7 ?  ^) qthe X-treme.'
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