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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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; z9 m7 ~( s. P# y2 H% l9 r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.- }  f/ x3 e  b3 W
   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 ( S' s4 ^) }" o- U: b
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I must do him the justice to say, however, that when he made up his
) p% q. B5 {  |6 N( u9 _0 Bmind finally to settle in that town, it was under the impression that
- G- G2 F; v% _+ Pno newspaper, and consequently no editor, existed in that particular7 A4 }0 S& T4 w4 ?( |  P
section of the country. In establishing 'The Tea-Pot' he expected to: O3 g, O, S8 r8 I9 r2 {9 b
have the field all to himself. I feel confident he never would have4 }. m  }* ]1 c! X9 o" E) u
dreamed of taking up his residence in Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis1 Z0 ]% H2 b" _3 j
had he been aware that, in Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis, there lived+ T1 ]) h- `! C+ _9 ~
a gentleman named John Smith (if I rightly remember), who for many1 n$ Q, h* N* S' Y, D9 ^
years had there quietly grown fat in editing and publishing the
5 u; y+ m. h8 x( q- p, X'Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis Daily News.' It was solely, therefore, on
1 |: D! @& N5 B" {6 U& j' c: xaccount of having been misinformed, that Mr. Bullet-head found- h6 Q# `$ @: T9 ^
himself in Alex-suppose we call it Nopolis, 'for short' -- but, as he4 v& m- V6 D% o0 S5 V, q
did find himself there, he determined to keep up his character for
. |: J6 P5 ~2 Y4 v2 t1 Zobst -- for firmness, and remain. So remain he did; and he did more;0 o& {9 [& w- O  @# v1 G. L# m
he unpacked his press, type, etc., etc., rented an office exactly
: c( v. l- x, Y% J1 Bopposite to that of the 'Daily News,' and, on the third morning after
% _7 S( E/ M* l! Hhis arrival, issued the first number of 'The Alexan' -- that is to* S# R7 D) y  E
say, of 'The Nopolis Tea-Pot' -- as nearly as I can recollect, this3 ~: ?; `! |9 x; ?; o0 P$ q; i
was the name of the new paper.  U  Q! z6 e/ T# D1 X  j

$ j0 q9 e6 I9 p/ Y, i) p; JThe leading article, I must admit, was brilliant -- not to say
% G& l) C2 |' P$ tsevere. It was especially bitter about things in general -- and as
& ~, H( w  R% @for the editor of 'The Daily News,' he was torn all to pieces in
; c0 O9 `9 ?: @: M6 {6 P6 yparticular. Some of Bullethead's remarks were really so fiery that I0 a& u1 H9 t- s% ?9 d7 D
have always, since that time, been forced to look upon John Smith,
- k! t5 J, h# O. t+ E5 H2 M" Wwho is still alive, in the light of a salamander. I cannot pretend to
5 Y$ w4 X8 X; y# qgive all the 'Tea-Pot's' paragraphs verbatim, but one of them runs" K* g" k$ r7 j6 p/ H
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
; |1 C* {; g0 X4 i, m* H% Jis a genius -- O, my! Oh, goodness, gracious! -- what is this world
6 O& t+ Y! X' {, B8 jcoming to? Oh, tempora! Oh, Moses!'
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A philippic at once so caustic and so classical, alighted like a
6 T* ]' j, p3 f9 N# @bombshell among the hitherto peaceful citizens of Nopolis. Groups of, E! V% x# l' G) j/ F6 `& O
excited individuals gathered at the corners of the streets. Every one: B! _# F9 c3 C" U* H* y/ n
awaited, with heartfelt anxiety, the reply of the dignified Smith.1 C4 w5 w$ _3 F! ?8 M/ }
Next morning it appeared as follows:, M3 ~, o4 N! p5 `" {3 }
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'We quote from "The Tea-Pot" of yesterday the subjoined paragraph:
# a7 Y& S, @2 Y/ K"Oh, yes! Oh, we perceive! Oh, no doubt! Oh, my! Oh, goodness! Oh,
) ^: n5 N7 ^/ u6 f5 }, e$ m) [tempora! Oh, Moses!" Why, the fellow is all O! That accounts for his5 U( S+ {. q; _4 r! S+ ~% r
reasoning in a circle, and explains why there is neither beginning8 a9 l3 b) ^. g' L1 [, B% v
nor end to him, nor to anything he says. We really do not believe the6 v& k4 v" X$ h) ?$ M) V
vagabond can write a word that hasn't an O in it. Wonder if this
3 o7 ~) @; x9 T2 c3 lO-ing is a habit of his? By-the-by, he came away from Down-East in a
6 R  S& T5 ^& A' p9 F: a. pgreat hurry. Wonder if he O's as much there as he does here? "O! it" D/ S* \) Z3 h  U7 w
is pitiful."'* W+ M/ Q) t& \8 V9 z

1 X2 F2 i2 S7 A+ P8 BThe indignation of Mr. Bullet-head at these scandalous insinuations,
/ j8 D( D( x8 z& W' g5 CI shall not attempt to describe. On the eel-skinning principle,3 y  q2 O/ k9 E1 L4 s6 L
however, he did not seem to be so much incensed at the attack upon
8 Z+ v4 \- ^5 {6 h8 vhis integrity as one might have imagined. It was the sneer at his& I6 r6 t% ]9 J8 [
style that drove him to desperation. What! -- he Touch-and-go& S1 L( {( T0 @0 M3 f5 I
Bullet-head! -- not able to write a word without an O in it! He would
! _+ z; R# R' _# S8 k1 A+ Vsoon let the jackanapes see that he was mistaken. Yes! he would let3 E$ O$ i5 D: B; I* `
him see how much he was mistaken, the puppy! He, Touch-and-go
! M& T4 z' {  pBullet-head, of Frogpondium, would let Mr. John Smith perceive that+ b# V) d) w; A, f, e
he, Bullet-head, could indite, if it so pleased him, a whole
! ?" I$ N  V6 ?paragraph -- aye! a whole article -- in which that contemptible vowel
9 t, ?2 t0 P$ W& n" o/ vshould not once -- not even once -- make its appearance. But no; --. A. y+ h0 I  t+ e/ T% x" k0 L
that would be yielding a point to the said John Smith. He,2 p3 @5 K( z$ I9 H" y
Bullet-head, would make no alteration in his style, to suit the7 ~& L+ Y3 T5 ~8 W, }  v
caprices of any Mr. Smith in Christendom. Perish so vile a thought!
; B- W& q; w: l) E  |4 g4 W( @The O forever; He would persist in the O. He would be as O-wy as O-wy  L: M$ e. x& T  C7 ^" C
could be.
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 楼主| 发表于 2009-7-27 21:59 | 显示全部楼层
本帖最后由 rainbowfish 于 2009-7-27 23:33 编辑
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" h5 ]9 [- Q, GBurning with the chivalry of this determination, the great
9 ~  q, J% a' A! ^- H- ~Touch-and-go, in the next 'Tea-Pot,' came out merely with this simple
) K! Z4 |/ X/ O* fbut resolute paragraph, in reference to this unhappy affair:
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8 R4 t$ Y6 a+ G: l- f'The editor of the "Tea-Pot" has the honor of advising the editor of% U  C' C: C! A8 l( a, W6 R
the "Gazette" that he (the "Tea-Pot") will take an opportunity in
6 ?9 o1 {# }& g+ gtomorrow morning's paper, of convincing him (the "Daily News") that he5 W0 D6 u. a* K  o' u3 y  C
(the "Tea-Pot") both can and will be his own master, as regards
" q0 s6 ]$ s9 i: E7 ]style; he (the "Tea-Pot") intending to show him (the "Daily News") the
! o  `0 |% q7 X- f3 I9 asupreme, and indeed the withering contempt with which the criticism
9 R4 q7 z7 x1 C' M# k% {: tof him (the "Daily News") inspires the independent bosom of him (the
9 i' F5 i) g" c8 Z8 @+ g& t- y"TeaPot") by composing for the especial gratification (?) of him (the, u$ e0 t6 ~/ f3 m
"Daily News") a leading article, of some extent, in which the beautiful
4 v% P- S2 V! \! C4 P6 Mvowel -- the emblem of Eternity -- yet so offensive to the' z; e" b. `2 N" x1 D. N
hyper-exquisite delicacy of him (the "Daily News") shall most certainly9 [! G4 g% o. I' R4 B, N
not be avoided by his (the "Daily News") most obedient, humble
% `& t8 I) D- d' r' y$ v) o$ x; iservant, the "Tea-Pot." "So much for Buckingham!"'
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In fulfilment of the awful threat thus darkly intimated rather than
( c! L3 I& l2 _decidedly enunciated, the great Bullet-head, turning a deaf ear to
* V8 \7 S4 r2 F4 n$ G5 rall entreaties for 'copy,' and simply requesting his foreman to 'go! }6 C8 D. [9 W
to the d-l,' when he (the foreman) assured him (the 'Tea-Pot'!) that/ Y2 Y( |2 h3 [9 j0 U1 ^# U
it was high time to 'go to press': turning a deaf ear to everything,4 `, K7 u4 d& F( \& h: Z) o. h
I say, the great Bullet-head sat up until day-break, consuming the
# {7 y0 b5 d3 pmidnight oil, and absorbed in the composition of the really3 Z: X& T; r( p9 J! K
unparalleled paragraph, which follows:-
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'So ho, John! how now? Told you so, you know. Don't crow, another
( E5 \- |8 N& f8 Z4 ztime, before you're out of the woods! Does your mother know you're  y8 R5 y5 |4 N. G  w2 r
out? Oh, no, no! -- so go home at once, now, John, to your odious old
% W- t" `  }. Q7 I  L4 a( x. Gwoods of Concord! Go home to your woods, old owl -- go! You won't!
* c/ D4 @( Z: s" Q' O  A) }/ ^Oh, poh, poh, don't do so! You've got to go, you know! So go at once,
! n6 q. B4 |: }# p" q% g' gand don't go slow, for nobody owns you here, you know! Oh! John,
* J& y5 X0 g' zJohn, if you don't go you're no homo -- no! You're only a fowl, an8 t; z9 D$ L  b& p; D" b5 t" R
owl, a cow, a sow, -- a doll, a poll; a poor, old,4 l/ M) \8 A) |9 f6 u9 D
good-for-nothing-to-nobody, log, dog, hog, or frog, come out of a
8 h7 E- ?# \0 n0 P3 L+ gConcord bog. Cool, now -- cool! Do be cool, you fool! None of your' X6 M4 G. U+ j& [
crowing, old cock! Don't frown so -- don't! Don't hollo, nor howl nor
, G. v8 \* ^$ w5 I% ^8 y* Sgrowl, nor bow-wow-wow! Good Lord, John, how you do look! Told you
8 l' o3 L0 x8 g/ g( @% Q" W8 Vso, you know -- but stop rolling your goose of an old poll about so,( \4 S! Z1 [* D. z1 F2 L! b8 `
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) W' p( E3 {, i  u2 G* W3 F7 N1 A" I
Touch-and-go could do nothing more than that night.  He handed his article to! {1 Y  R9 c& ]! u5 z+ A7 L( B
the printer's boy who was waiting, and walked slowly home to bed.
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, k+ k* Q" w* A3 W+ _* \& NThe 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
' Y7 R$ H+ e* s' xlooked 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
- v. v& `" h7 T0 Sdescribe his feelings of horror when his fingers came out of it without a
+ T- D$ c5 c2 }6 R4 k( e, Eletter in them? who can tell of his astonishment and anger when he realized that the little box was completely empty?  Not a single
# p5 Z. @. @1 j  P- ]1 O3 M+ k- Elittle-o was in the little-o box; and, glancing fearfully at the+ V* F5 ^, X; S" O( {
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
8 m' h/ M: n6 Q; Y3 i  w9 m% pwithout no o's.': u0 h2 n& ~. k- @

8 h+ q  s8 U0 D3 o: W'What do you mean by that?' said the chief, who was  very+ A! N5 Q: I1 S, @' A
angry 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
3 }& j  g. C7 i  h  K4 flittle one!'& V0 `4 K& V3 `0 ^. p
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'What -- what has happened to all those that were in the box?'
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' u1 b- g9 j4 C9 |6 H( x. p'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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9 X/ w# i0 ]. n* q4 v, o7 _2 f! D7 v'I haven't a doubt of it,' replied the chief angrily, turning6 M& X2 n) [  }6 U
purple with rage 'but I tell you what you do, Bob, that's a good boy  n4 m1 l0 y; W3 _
-- you go over to the Daily News the first chance you get, and take every one of their
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& ]; K; ?# }; O6 g$ q'Right,' replied Bob. 'I'll go,
% O# H) }. j' YI'll show them a thing or two; but what about that7 g8 Y$ ]# f( ?, @
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?'. b* A+ R; |/ r
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'I Shouldn't call it a very long paragrab.'
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/ `* m/ n" s( ?( X$ u'Ah, well, then! Do the best you can with it! We must get it ready,'" A# J/ t; c7 Z) R5 `$ l2 u' E* @
said the chief, who was buried in work; 'just put in1 r9 X" G/ P, r) u6 a/ {
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
0 O# n$ d& t3 ?+ z7 u) ocase, muttering as he went: 'Considdeble vell, them ere expressions,) T7 B5 f6 c* i, Z; m+ U- W
perticcler for a man as doesn't swar. So I's to gouge out all their
9 E( H9 |7 P4 G! |eyes, eh? and d-n all their gizzards! Vell! this here's the chap as
4 I& X2 [( ], D; O6 ^5 q6 a9 i& kis just able for to do it.' The fact is that although Bob was but7 t2 d, e( Y7 n+ s+ R2 d
twelve years old and four feet high, he was equal to any amount of
! t; `( W" c# ]: d9 L. Yfight, in a small way.
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The exigency here described is by no means of rare occurrence in
; r2 T& {6 G5 g! I% Nprinting-offices; and I cannot tell how to account for it, but the
$ Q6 ?, z% H4 T  dfact is indisputable, that when the exigency does occur, it almost
3 e6 J4 e5 s9 b, ?always happens that x is adopted as a substitute for the letter
4 J7 B0 g% f5 o- i9 d. v+ X# Wdeficient. The true reason, perhaps, is that x is rather the most, F1 [$ w! y, b6 W" Z2 @' V' K
superabundant letter in the cases, or at least was so in the old; U2 X& A; \; L- ^4 D) H* j
times -- long enough to render the substitution in question an6 U; M5 f4 \) y
habitual thing with printers. As for Bob, he would have considered it6 _6 ]8 n- g$ o4 ~; M# U
heretical to employ any other character, in a case of this kind, than
" }; }+ m7 c0 ?5 C6 v+ ^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
5 ~. a+ m5 X% D6 {4 E6 lit over in astonishment, 'but it's jest about the awfulest o-wy
: u# v% \( [! b% T* c) k* e) xparagrab I ever did see': so x it he did, unflinchingly, and to press
8 T' v; [/ D6 iit went x-ed.7 A9 N$ Y% w6 e0 b5 R4 P" f

( B4 }% ?+ n5 T! Y4 YNext morning the population of Nopolis were taken all aback by
' u# P0 f9 T; h8 P0 m, `reading in 'The Tea-Pot,' the following extraordinary leader:  l5 C6 P) j" Y! @9 X

7 X: e, V/ `4 g" l* Y- N, K1 \* T$ u& P'Sx hx, Jxhn! hxw nxw? Txld yxu sx, yxu knxw. Dxn't crxw, anxther
6 \/ q( R# C' o& k% c( Htime, befxre yxu're xut xf the wxxds! Dxes yxur mxther knxw yxu're
. a* ~$ A8 x" m3 m+ ?# D1 xxut? Xh, nx, nx! -- sx gx hxme at xnce, nxw, Jxhn, tx yxur xdixus xld" X( ?, b0 ^4 z
wxxds xf Cxncxrd! Gx hxme tx yxur wxxds, xld xwl, -- gx! Yxu wxn't?; J2 L: c# X( `; U6 t' C
Xh, pxh, pxh, Jxhn, dxn't dx sx! Yxu've gxt tx gx, yxu knxw, sx gx at0 s+ ]( O: O' A
xnce, and dxn't gx slxw; fxr nxbxdy xwns yxu here, yxu knxw. Xh,- l; e9 W. R+ I9 b" [6 N
Jxhn, Jxhn, Jxhn, if yxu dxn't gx yxu're nx hxmx -- nx! Yxu're xnly a
" T1 I9 u1 n+ cfxwl, an xwl; a cxw, a sxw; a dxll, a pxll; a pxxr xld
1 E- I" j; s$ k8 F: n4 egxxd-fxr-nxthing-tx-nxbxdy, lxg, dxg, hxg, xr frxg, cxme xut xf a* Q' l4 m3 z& `: M8 q# {
Cxncxrd bxg. Cxxl, nxw -- cxxl! Dx be cxxl, yxu fxxl! Nxne xf yxur
$ r4 G" F3 m' ]4 v- @0 }4 M& qcrxwing, xld cxck! Dxn't frxwn sx -- dxn't! Dxn't hxllx, nxr hxwl,
2 v1 D2 M6 M* K+ P; m5 cnxr grxwl, nxr bxw-wxw-wxw! Gxxd Lxrd, Jxhn, hxw yxu dx lxxk! Txld
' |$ a- G0 b/ _! P0 [# g9 P1 kyxu sx, yxu knxw, -- but stxp rxlling yxur gxxse xf an xld pxll abxut8 T! o3 t3 z. F6 V
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
# Z7 U1 D2 Z' }not to be conceived. The first definite idea entertained by the' o( K) d1 |7 I3 h% g5 _$ E
populace was, that some diabolical treason lay concealed in the
3 J  E' E2 r* g( h5 dhieroglyphics; and there was a general rush to Bullet-head's
; A3 _+ W& P% f1 n. S' aresidence, for the purpose of riding him on a rail; but that- ~/ f5 f) M" I
gentleman was nowhere to be found. He had vanished, no one could tell& e* W/ U& a+ s& b3 Q4 ]
how; 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
2 B- `: ^; ~2 k2 L: @subsided; leaving behind it, by way of sediment, quite a medley of
% G0 `. g/ Z) s" c; `" dopinion about this unhappy affair.
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One gentleman thought the whole an X-ellent joke.- C$ v: A3 P5 d# G" S) @

+ {3 a: i# {) J. Z9 }& [& IAnother said that, indeed, Bullet-head had shown much X-uberance of9 D$ b' F, t9 R. o2 W+ Z! J
fancy.
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$ ?* ]5 j+ c3 p/ u, p. E- vA third admitted him X-entric, but no more.
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+ V% m" {/ \6 h2 U# M# {A fourth could only suppose it the Yankee's design to X-press, in a
# Q9 m# K6 h) x* N! [general way, his X-asperation.9 H# U& s3 S6 R9 E! a

! E" x$ T4 k" m8 b" [% Y'Say, rather, to set an X-ample to posterity,' suggested a fifth.+ z0 G0 e& [: x! K  Z0 P4 \
+ r. i. T0 C5 v9 j9 @3 |7 Q/ x
That Bullet-head had been driven to an extremity, was clear to all;
" ?) O; F* \% ~and in fact, since that editor could not be found, there was some* ~  J6 Q/ d+ h) ]1 ?
talk about lynching the other one.
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The more common conclusion, however, was that the affair was, simply,$ z: Y- x* y* m- Y) a* s
X-traordinary and in-X-plicable. Even the town mathematician
9 B- S4 ^% _" j3 K4 ]confessed that he could make nothing of so dark a problem. X, every.) e9 u; c* A, f$ ]
body knew, was an unknown quantity; but in this case (as he properly
' r  U) b2 W  G6 |/ e: ?observed), there was an unknown quantity of X.; n  A+ O8 R: [6 t+ h; F! |
8 M0 I8 O5 L# W  a" u
The opinion of Bob, the devil (who kept dark about his having 'X-ed
, z0 A8 G& _) W0 u# M. `. v4 Hthe paragrab'), did not meet with so much attention as I think it' [  \$ @! K2 W5 H
deserved, although it was very openly and very fearlessly expressed.
! y5 s$ \5 b1 ?0 V  _( o- CHe said that, for his part, he had no doubt about the matter at all,4 a: Z' d- p8 F$ S( A" ~' t" C  q
that it was a clear case, that Mr. Bullet-head 'never could be
. g  b1 ?' w  ~" ~' P, t/ Kpersuaded fur to drink like other folks, but vas continually$ T! d5 M# ]$ v% i
a-svigging o' that ere blessed XXX ale, and as a naiteral% @1 q! ~( d8 \0 @- ?+ F' n* m7 P2 }
consekvence, it just puffed him up savage, and made him X (cross) in
5 b& X9 i# A/ C$ I7 Y* athe X-treme.'
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