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' Z4 R k' v# i) eBurning with the chivalry of this determination, the great. ~$ m$ _) t7 B
Touch-and-go, in the next 'Tea-Pot,' came out merely with this simple8 ^1 n0 y6 r4 u% z+ u( _6 H/ c
but resolute paragraph, in reference to this unhappy affair:$ q) B+ R( b+ s7 G* Z$ v* I6 x+ q
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'The editor of the "Tea-Pot" has the honor of advising the editor of$ z. g* A* ~# q$ p, D
the "Gazette" that he (the "Tea-Pot") will take an opportunity in
. w; k4 `& a( z, B1 P; ?tomorrow morning's paper, of convincing him (the "Daily News") that he
7 c" T5 l. X2 K. }/ b$ n2 _, P(the "Tea-Pot") both can and will be his own master, as regards
: t/ X9 {1 F" G, m3 v8 Zstyle; he (the "Tea-Pot") intending to show him (the "Daily News") the
) U4 j9 z, Q. ~/ S* t) @/ [ Qsupreme, and indeed the withering contempt with which the criticism
6 q3 e5 ~* e9 ~; k: Eof him (the "Daily News") inspires the independent bosom of him (the
* f4 z3 w6 k; ~+ Q7 c: {"TeaPot") by composing for the especial gratification (?) of him (the$ k: `0 X m4 o! I2 i
"Daily News") a leading article, of some extent, in which the beautiful9 w' B; W- }* Y9 r/ B8 c. J
vowel -- the emblem of Eternity -- yet so offensive to the
2 z% \* X0 D- q$ Bhyper-exquisite delicacy of him (the "Daily News") shall most certainly% s2 g, e1 e+ O* F. \, c& f. Z7 E
not be avoided by his (the "Daily News") most obedient, humble
Y6 s5 c; Y* kservant, the "Tea-Pot." "So much for Buckingham!"'
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: F+ r' t/ x5 { ]3 V8 @. vIn fulfilment of the awful threat thus darkly intimated rather than! F" B- c$ s9 p) y6 Y1 H5 \2 }% t8 H/ `
decidedly enunciated, the great Bullet-head, turning a deaf ear to
: _: G. }2 q b7 d) Fall entreaties for 'copy,' and simply requesting his foreman to 'go8 n3 i! I' R8 R; W
to the d-l,' when he (the foreman) assured him (the 'Tea-Pot'!) that ?7 {1 i: _1 G; {6 F
it was high time to 'go to press': turning a deaf ear to everything,
0 V$ ?1 W9 Z9 ~4 y" NI say, the great Bullet-head sat up until day-break, consuming the- B1 y- A" n' K5 U/ K+ a
midnight oil, and absorbed in the composition of the really" X* I3 [0 a, u% s7 B
unparalleled paragraph, which follows:- ^6 x. W1 a/ {+ t7 b" j7 _7 T
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'So ho, John! how now? Told you so, you know. Don't crow, another" [' q: h( v& g$ L x, x, y
time, before you're out of the woods! Does your mother know you're* T. ^& H4 v0 w4 H2 a
out? Oh, no, no! -- so go home at once, now, John, to your odious old
" o. t# g0 [2 _' k2 {$ awoods of Concord! Go home to your woods, old owl -- go! You won't! l% \ I& P0 d. W7 f" c
Oh, poh, poh, don't do so! You've got to go, you know! So go at once,- `" B" v2 A+ s
and don't go slow, for nobody owns you here, you know! Oh! John,2 q& P9 }& }1 e1 f- k
John, if you don't go you're no homo -- no! You're only a fowl, an3 a0 ]5 _; S4 Y
owl, a cow, a sow, -- a doll, a poll; a poor, old,
8 h: e$ ]3 Y, h ogood-for-nothing-to-nobody, log, dog, hog, or frog, come out of a
: Q. O; A5 z" o) {$ _Concord bog. Cool, now -- cool! Do be cool, you fool! None of your
2 P: ?# b! K- e; R! Tcrowing, old cock! Don't frown so -- don't! Don't hollo, nor howl nor
4 q( ~9 K' t2 i1 f$ ggrowl, nor bow-wow-wow! Good Lord, John, how you do look! Told you" E: h& X9 J3 P T( x! j, i
so, you know -- but stop rolling your goose of an old poll about so,
1 ]9 H1 t1 {+ t: wand go and drown your sorrows in a bowl!' |
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