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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 AllanPoe1 d: m# V" J" e$ v- I* }0 o
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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 3 x- q  s( I8 ~6 q3 g  J

& Y: Q+ H  G, ]' O- Z- `* EAS 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.
1 r. x1 l& C' j9 R   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( b9 s9 h/ H! P( R7 _
mind finally to settle in that town, it was under the impression that
! ^9 U9 b; q4 N# A( Qno newspaper, and consequently no editor, existed in that particular
+ ^) a: G0 j1 C& t/ N% lsection of the country. In establishing 'The Tea-Pot' he expected to
2 p& v4 c$ f. S) f) R7 t" \& e, zhave the field all to himself. I feel confident he never would have
8 C' o9 ]3 {2 J1 Ndreamed of taking up his residence in Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis
  ]- o, s+ s( |# y, Ohad he been aware that, in Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis, there lived
! J& N! d$ y) F8 e% a& qa gentleman named John Smith (if I rightly remember), who for many' R; r) R! T2 q3 K6 Q7 M% A& B4 g
years had there quietly grown fat in editing and publishing the
. B8 k  ?& f6 X7 T; @'Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis Daily News.' It was solely, therefore, on
1 O( A$ D. n$ Daccount of having been misinformed, that Mr. Bullet-head found
0 V) s9 K* w) W8 B' K4 B3 Nhimself in Alex-suppose we call it Nopolis, 'for short' -- but, as he/ ~: z; h2 u: O) E% d5 A6 i, u! f$ ^
did find himself there, he determined to keep up his character for. ~" V. U! [+ i2 |8 X' j
obst -- for firmness, and remain. So remain he did; and he did more;) q2 B% s" i% r& M) K: l, w* _
he unpacked his press, type, etc., etc., rented an office exactly
( Z& |/ E9 N( ?6 n2 [opposite to that of the 'Daily News,' and, on the third morning after8 q- f% |7 d3 o2 m- R* T4 @1 O
his arrival, issued the first number of 'The Alexan' -- that is to+ A" ]) Y" |* b* r* H
say, of 'The Nopolis Tea-Pot' -- as nearly as I can recollect, this! x) E6 n! _8 v+ H, A
was the name of the new paper.
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The leading article, I must admit, was brilliant -- not to say4 }: O! d+ S8 @$ k) i' D
severe. It was especially bitter about things in general -- and as
& I# u& b& U* bfor the editor of 'The Daily News,' he was torn all to pieces in1 @. {' j2 o! |1 z8 h$ q
particular. Some of Bullethead's remarks were really so fiery that I( a2 T! ~- s& |0 }: K7 g
have always, since that time, been forced to look upon John Smith,
& L& I- z# ~" _' _7 ?& iwho is still alive, in the light of a salamander. I cannot pretend to
9 `2 O( Z% Z) L7 L. @+ p3 agive all the 'Tea-Pot's' paragraphs verbatim, but one of them runs9 V3 m% n- [7 _5 t5 E
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
: D6 K+ L$ [. v7 wis a genius -- O, my! Oh, goodness, gracious! -- what is this world0 G% h! ^5 ]$ K4 S8 h6 a
coming to? Oh, tempora! Oh, Moses!'1 Y, M! D/ V) L% b: m* ^1 {6 o) t

# r+ y  }5 p; F8 h  uA philippic at once so caustic and so classical, alighted like a
& I$ I6 T9 x6 W6 W% K. I7 b) tbombshell among the hitherto peaceful citizens of Nopolis. Groups of
% h5 a  E! l" z: r" aexcited individuals gathered at the corners of the streets. Every one" @# X( `* w( R6 o8 s
awaited, with heartfelt anxiety, the reply of the dignified Smith.
& r* v5 s. j+ {+ d6 r9 QNext morning it appeared as follows:( F+ r5 T! j; @2 Q
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'We quote from "The Tea-Pot" of yesterday the subjoined paragraph:; q$ A& _! d" m, D) \6 Q) V8 b8 X
"Oh, yes! Oh, we perceive! Oh, no doubt! Oh, my! Oh, goodness! Oh,' U3 }4 C% s2 j5 N9 t
tempora! Oh, Moses!" Why, the fellow is all O! That accounts for his
( e- Q& U5 h' C' }/ H) P, i" Treasoning in a circle, and explains why there is neither beginning
3 d$ o! H1 k4 p  o$ ]8 U" Rnor end to him, nor to anything he says. We really do not believe the
& u9 p: j" D5 `' B( Fvagabond can write a word that hasn't an O in it. Wonder if this
4 q7 z/ d) `  k- XO-ing is a habit of his? By-the-by, he came away from Down-East in a7 P, l% n: f0 i. N5 t# E, Z$ O
great hurry. Wonder if he O's as much there as he does here? "O! it
( q9 R2 W: o0 fis pitiful."'1 j0 N; x; R, P" q) ^& x
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The indignation of Mr. Bullet-head at these scandalous insinuations,
" s  F. y5 j6 G8 s9 U2 LI shall not attempt to describe. On the eel-skinning principle,; z0 `, t% C6 A/ Z' c0 h# O
however, he did not seem to be so much incensed at the attack upon, {% r3 N! F) P+ E$ O, T* P0 l
his integrity as one might have imagined. It was the sneer at his
: ?7 B: c$ I& a3 k  F: V8 g* ystyle that drove him to desperation. What! -- he Touch-and-go! [% @" x7 U% s  B6 I! z- e
Bullet-head! -- not able to write a word without an O in it! He would" m$ a7 V0 l5 w5 k- T; M
soon let the jackanapes see that he was mistaken. Yes! he would let
3 Y" j5 B# |( i  ~9 H2 Ghim see how much he was mistaken, the puppy! He, Touch-and-go% p% A0 z) |3 I
Bullet-head, of Frogpondium, would let Mr. John Smith perceive that1 k" W# K! o: G" x4 z1 R
he, Bullet-head, could indite, if it so pleased him, a whole
; X. ~" o# g! i8 L2 S' X9 aparagraph -- aye! a whole article -- in which that contemptible vowel
  |, U0 S9 g! q$ m0 N1 H! @should not once -- not even once -- make its appearance. But no; --# K: G+ ^. V5 K
that would be yielding a point to the said John Smith. He,1 v8 I3 ~8 E9 F6 v& m! B
Bullet-head, would make no alteration in his style, to suit the
; k1 T/ i1 x" O( y1 K  scaprices of any Mr. Smith in Christendom. Perish so vile a thought!  M6 S5 g& ?# f' ]9 h* Z# M
The O forever; He would persist in the O. He would be as O-wy as O-wy
0 S! J, M! D  j7 z( B0 ]could be.
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2 T* U/ q) m" }3 xBurning with the chivalry of this determination, the great
3 z  {4 L5 h" o& h5 hTouch-and-go, in the next 'Tea-Pot,' came out merely with this simple
. [% [. k# Y% f4 r5 w  k- N( H8 lbut resolute paragraph, in reference to this unhappy affair:
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: u" _! p( c& B. k$ ]2 q" i+ I; \'The editor of the "Tea-Pot" has the honor of advising the editor of7 G2 r1 l( M; [, i; p
the "Gazette" that he (the "Tea-Pot") will take an opportunity in
$ l% f% k: ^* n9 s7 j3 ~tomorrow morning's paper, of convincing him (the "Daily News") that he
) K, K# M, ?  a2 N3 R) W) l(the "Tea-Pot") both can and will be his own master, as regards6 H) f( A: q' J7 w% n4 \
style; he (the "Tea-Pot") intending to show him (the "Daily News") the
  \$ n- y0 \9 ~! S' |2 ~supreme, and indeed the withering contempt with which the criticism
9 ~* _. s: C5 r, Tof him (the "Daily News") inspires the independent bosom of him (the5 V3 {* C; a* l2 x. J
"TeaPot") by composing for the especial gratification (?) of him (the- y! s! P! ?+ \( R, [* B
"Daily News") a leading article, of some extent, in which the beautiful
# a: ~" J3 W9 Q3 Yvowel -- the emblem of Eternity -- yet so offensive to the' g9 u. e  e6 G" h
hyper-exquisite delicacy of him (the "Daily News") shall most certainly8 ]2 w" e# G8 M) B
not be avoided by his (the "Daily News") most obedient, humble; D- E. V! L: v4 Q; Z7 \
servant, the "Tea-Pot." "So much for Buckingham!"'
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+ t6 d! @$ `8 [: Y9 AIn fulfilment of the awful threat thus darkly intimated rather than
' w( R1 |, d- ?* I+ Kdecidedly enunciated, the great Bullet-head, turning a deaf ear to
8 d3 }  D4 v7 Q4 ~$ O2 d4 Sall entreaties for 'copy,' and simply requesting his foreman to 'go
" }8 M; E6 j% K0 G; O* Z; @; o( D2 \to the d-l,' when he (the foreman) assured him (the 'Tea-Pot'!) that
/ C7 `% G) a' H( y* {it was high time to 'go to press': turning a deaf ear to everything,/ X, x$ c7 ?- q: y  m; B: K
I say, the great Bullet-head sat up until day-break, consuming the) ]# |# D* z4 V3 u4 A
midnight oil, and absorbed in the composition of the really! K* g, E" s( A- s  ^7 e# c
unparalleled paragraph, which follows:-4 c9 Y0 T. a5 G8 K: f, R& Q

5 t) s5 S/ U$ [; O5 I+ p'So ho, John! how now? Told you so, you know. Don't crow, another
/ r3 v" M! U( C- C5 Ftime, before you're out of the woods! Does your mother know you're
7 X3 _% x/ X: [, L" J& e7 nout? Oh, no, no! -- so go home at once, now, John, to your odious old
6 F& o1 u* C+ V$ n* E0 E5 n; `woods of Concord! Go home to your woods, old owl -- go! You won't!3 i+ b6 V) G: ^- w& K( T9 e+ p
Oh, poh, poh, don't do so! You've got to go, you know! So go at once,% o. N6 G9 M' m; K/ W
and don't go slow, for nobody owns you here, you know! Oh! John,
" a: Z8 Z* L8 s9 t* m; X" g& eJohn, if you don't go you're no homo -- no! You're only a fowl, an
' f1 k5 H) C0 powl, a cow, a sow, -- a doll, a poll; a poor, old,
+ Z* Z$ B2 K5 C8 G+ [good-for-nothing-to-nobody, log, dog, hog, or frog, come out of a
+ L. Q' `7 ^" z* T  Q' QConcord bog. Cool, now -- cool! Do be cool, you fool! None of your
; N5 O  t) N, p+ {' ^crowing, old cock! Don't frown so -- don't! Don't hollo, nor howl nor1 V8 J+ n0 a0 t$ r) m
growl, nor bow-wow-wow! Good Lord, John, how you do look! Told you
1 `( E5 u0 U+ g; A: K5 R" iso, you know -- but stop rolling your goose of an old poll about so,, ?* z" F! C) `" ?* 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
- [- E7 ^: `) g: P% V& ~Touch-and-go could do nothing more than that night.  He handed his article to
% _- U( X4 h- L' M3 Xthe printer's boy who was waiting, and walked slowly home to bed.
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0 J+ J  A# N" h% `# u/ XThe 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
( e, Y+ x* N$ x3 x/ H1 n7 x* K& Clooked 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 can3 g; ^" A! e  P& v+ D7 }& z: W
describe his feelings of horror when his fingers came out of it without a
. b7 `" P. \0 r4 X! Jletter in them? who can tell of his astonishment and anger when he realized that the little box was completely empty?  Not a single, D- s# o. |6 p5 r0 X. c5 E3 J0 z
little-o was in the little-o box; and, glancing fearfully at the5 b$ g4 H. m+ L+ }
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 nothing0 s$ ~$ |9 X+ |9 i( t# ?
without no o's.'
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'What do you mean by that?' said the chief, who was  very- {1 ?/ T6 J1 s
angry at being kept from his bed so late.
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% e" k8 _" B2 d( W$ y. F! g2 K# R; \'Well, sir, there isn't an o in the office, neither a big one nor a0 {" c0 h% m+ D6 [! o
little one!'
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'What -- what has happened to all those that were in the box?'
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' v; u8 {0 b4 T'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.'; A; y. E( F( Q9 k/ J

; T+ h! {) S- h0 V) g7 Z( |7 C'I haven't a doubt of it,' replied the chief angrily, turning. E. g6 t2 K. q! W& r. @/ c7 v& S% L3 \
purple with rage 'but I tell you what you do, Bob, that's a good boy
- ]4 r/ @: c* x' N-- you go over to the Daily News the first chance you get, and take every one of their6 g- l9 G6 s% }' U. \
i's .'
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9 p& L) e! z' A'Right,' replied Bob. 'I'll go,
. e6 i5 h5 i8 SI'll show them a thing or two; but what about that% D3 `. x* Q2 X5 u3 H
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?'# v8 z; Q3 Q5 E$ N9 N! ]+ t

, Q: d; B( u/ Q1 {1 h1 O( `9 C2 k'I Shouldn't call it a very long paragrab.'
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) i5 B0 X: l# _1 K+ @% ]- q" |'Ah, well, then! Do the best you can with it! We must get it ready,'0 F% U: I9 J# |3 K
said the chief, who was buried in work; 'just put in
  r( q, l3 x7 ysome 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 his2 F9 ]! C+ P& e
case, muttering as he went: 'Considdeble vell, them ere expressions,
- [/ y+ ^' I/ m& C# L4 Gperticcler for a man as doesn't swar. So I's to gouge out all their
! y1 v+ M2 M/ e9 Y& Feyes, eh? and d-n all their gizzards! Vell! this here's the chap as
* b+ G0 A( J- a2 t8 @4 J1 k$ Yis just able for to do it.' The fact is that although Bob was but6 m4 R9 m1 h  h2 ~. \  B) G1 L
twelve years old and four feet high, he was equal to any amount of. T- X) ^$ I! L( L9 w" s' _1 T1 n
fight, in a small way.
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# e# Y- M  r, q5 F! R" N. eThe exigency here described is by no means of rare occurrence in
7 }$ v$ o' r) Pprinting-offices; and I cannot tell how to account for it, but the
# s7 P  D6 C1 u4 r. A) _. Kfact is indisputable, that when the exigency does occur, it almost
3 o6 P; ]. O9 {# P6 _5 u% @+ _always happens that x is adopted as a substitute for the letter2 d: o2 O+ R! t0 O0 W! H
deficient. The true reason, perhaps, is that x is rather the most8 a2 o2 r. h( O! h: M
superabundant letter in the cases, or at least was so in the old' \: _" N1 x/ R2 G/ u  l# x
times -- long enough to render the substitution in question an8 p  y* I6 i, l
habitual thing with printers. As for Bob, he would have considered it# C( r2 N0 `8 J* A1 q9 w
heretical to employ any other character, in a case of this kind, than( L# s  _2 E0 L0 [* c  ]8 R
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
; l$ ~2 e& G# A7 b2 K/ V/ V6 T+ f& \4 mit over in astonishment, 'but it's jest about the awfulest o-wy
2 d4 r5 W, W( dparagrab I ever did see': so x it he did, unflinchingly, and to press
, d$ L; z$ k8 y- Q& u. lit went x-ed.* U) S  o; a9 k4 a+ A- O8 |% c1 ?

3 J/ s: n) J( O9 b7 [4 QNext morning the population of Nopolis were taken all aback by
& V2 y$ P' F- |1 o. t1 @) Lreading in 'The Tea-Pot,' the following extraordinary leader:  `5 D0 T0 n6 n! Q' u. T# n" p1 j( n

# H  E# R3 h& B4 ^- l' y'Sx hx, Jxhn! hxw nxw? Txld yxu sx, yxu knxw. Dxn't crxw, anxther
( a" H. t8 ~6 e* v& Btime, befxre yxu're xut xf the wxxds! Dxes yxur mxther knxw yxu're. l0 K- Y" G5 h4 s9 b( a
xut? Xh, nx, nx! -- sx gx hxme at xnce, nxw, Jxhn, tx yxur xdixus xld
- }0 k) M/ ^( N: G1 K, |wxxds xf Cxncxrd! Gx hxme tx yxur wxxds, xld xwl, -- gx! Yxu wxn't?1 J& w3 \* s) Z
Xh, pxh, pxh, Jxhn, dxn't dx sx! Yxu've gxt tx gx, yxu knxw, sx gx at( D. H/ x( B4 h
xnce, and dxn't gx slxw; fxr nxbxdy xwns yxu here, yxu knxw. Xh,; u" }3 `  @8 g. V, ?" o! _
Jxhn, Jxhn, Jxhn, if yxu dxn't gx yxu're nx hxmx -- nx! Yxu're xnly a
. {% E  l5 ~7 w8 ^$ Y) [6 yfxwl, an xwl; a cxw, a sxw; a dxll, a pxll; a pxxr xld) W) M# P( S+ B# t/ P8 g+ `
gxxd-fxr-nxthing-tx-nxbxdy, lxg, dxg, hxg, xr frxg, cxme xut xf a
/ M, i$ `  c' P$ u0 W5 w( ^; N8 NCxncxrd bxg. Cxxl, nxw -- cxxl! Dx be cxxl, yxu fxxl! Nxne xf yxur
: g5 E2 g# u* w; H, w7 f- O; Kcrxwing, xld cxck! Dxn't frxwn sx -- dxn't! Dxn't hxllx, nxr hxwl,. X# B6 `/ l; ^
nxr grxwl, nxr bxw-wxw-wxw! Gxxd Lxrd, Jxhn, hxw yxu dx lxxk! Txld) e" \" j: J9 v# w0 x
yxu sx, yxu knxw, -- but stxp rxlling yxur gxxse xf an xld pxll abxut9 Y2 l  `, Z9 ^! h
sx, and gx and drxwn yxur sxrrxws in a bxwl!'
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The uproar occasioned by this mystical and cabalistical article, is- G% z- i5 A8 G% n+ ]9 W
not to be conceived. The first definite idea entertained by the
4 o! G7 s5 k" l; lpopulace was, that some diabolical treason lay concealed in the: J' u* I2 c2 v3 h9 ~7 u; S" ^' R
hieroglyphics; and there was a general rush to Bullet-head's) {. S! h. I4 F: ^$ m$ b! I
residence, for the purpose of riding him on a rail; but that
3 g& Z8 i$ N: qgentleman was nowhere to be found. He had vanished, no one could tell
" f6 ^7 `+ a# M% R/ P  ^! h4 ~) Zhow; and not even the ghost of him has ever been seen since., Y' H8 G; \  m$ S) G" ?
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Unable to discover its legitimate object, the popular fury at length. p0 i+ x( u! G+ B0 `- N/ J$ ^
subsided; leaving behind it, by way of sediment, quite a medley of" @% ]$ U) G, g1 v7 a/ Z3 e! F  j
opinion about this unhappy affair.  U9 V, G% L7 Z
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One gentleman thought the whole an X-ellent joke.
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# z+ k+ j6 W9 D3 uAnother said that, indeed, Bullet-head had shown much X-uberance of) |4 z6 n; V1 C% |: Q
fancy.
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A third admitted him X-entric, but no more.
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A fourth could only suppose it the Yankee's design to X-press, in a
* z2 }, m3 {. n* X  egeneral way, his X-asperation.6 b+ D  t2 e* T; ?
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'Say, rather, to set an X-ample to posterity,' suggested a fifth.9 d( g) _5 i  Q* |
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That Bullet-head had been driven to an extremity, was clear to all;0 U5 ^) }% x% A
and in fact, since that editor could not be found, there was some
: Y$ }0 p5 ]1 T7 ^' \4 s* \3 {& l7 Htalk about lynching the other one.
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The more common conclusion, however, was that the affair was, simply,
; t% ^4 n$ o5 C' {5 ?X-traordinary and in-X-plicable. Even the town mathematician2 r* H7 s/ e6 z2 t0 V
confessed that he could make nothing of so dark a problem. X, every.. t( y' h, l+ q% P: G
body knew, was an unknown quantity; but in this case (as he properly1 b3 r3 f" U; G, B/ Y
observed), there was an unknown quantity of X.
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3 `2 p$ I: U" ?, X: lThe opinion of Bob, the devil (who kept dark about his having 'X-ed
5 m1 d9 W6 w4 T: k- w3 ~4 |* Othe paragrab'), did not meet with so much attention as I think it
) J$ E9 B% n$ [4 ]  Bdeserved, although it was very openly and very fearlessly expressed.
' [8 ]: w6 H  i( Z$ l# yHe said that, for his part, he had no doubt about the matter at all,
2 c, Q6 l) L& }* d& S* }that it was a clear case, that Mr. Bullet-head 'never could be
% Y: s- X) N$ w  F4 b1 z" [3 kpersuaded fur to drink like other folks, but vas continually
* I; n+ e. V  n' Ca-svigging o' that ere blessed XXX ale, and as a naiteral
' {7 q/ A9 O6 d2 t6 p, J) y  Q! ^consekvence, it just puffed him up savage, and made him X (cross) in; y9 f3 y; \( u0 N5 `: m. ~( j
the X-treme.'
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