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'Wery well,' replied Bob, 'here goes it!' and off he hurried to his: u2 N1 f* r6 p' M. e' |
case, muttering as he went: 'Considdeble vell, them ere expressions,
2 e! L N) n4 R0 w Rperticcler for a man as doesn't swar. So I's to gouge out all their
# D; H/ N; t* Q+ o! aeyes, eh? and d-n all their gizzards! Vell! this here's the chap as
! B7 V9 J" T1 i0 tis just able for to do it.' The fact is that although Bob was but4 q A4 F ^; j8 @
twelve years old and four feet high, he was equal to any amount of/ H; n+ p& I5 L0 X
fight, in a small way.
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The exigency here described is by no means of rare occurrence in
. `& v0 o$ ~2 O0 m8 k0 b4 aprinting-offices; and I cannot tell how to account for it, but the
9 W7 B* M1 l& M k8 W& Sfact is indisputable, that when the exigency does occur, it almost' c6 t2 O3 D3 r+ B
always happens that x is adopted as a substitute for the letter E7 ?: F: T8 m! R1 |1 D9 Q
deficient. The true reason, perhaps, is that x is rather the most
0 S7 y3 M3 L& P) m4 \. ^, d9 }superabundant letter in the cases, or at least was so in the old! u& ^: F( G/ L5 r( ~0 }3 B
times -- long enough to render the substitution in question an2 K$ [" Z) m% i p
habitual thing with printers. As for Bob, he would have considered it
8 f2 f" Q' {: [) J* V; j2 Fheretical to employ any other character, in a case of this kind, than
r3 J' p- s! `; S, Mthe x to which he had been accustomed.3 e2 w0 P+ f4 m6 E* Y) y7 z
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'I shell have to x this ere paragrab,' said he to himself, as he read% K* d9 H- I' i
it over in astonishment, 'but it's jest about the awfulest o-wy
7 m& Y$ m1 V, G L& R$ Rparagrab I ever did see': so x it he did, unflinchingly, and to press
- t$ Y2 c t) v2 Nit went x-ed.. O+ }6 T* n$ r& y' {6 K4 S- v9 u
6 ^' s% D0 u( n1 ~4 m QNext morning the population of Nopolis were taken all aback by& R; u, o* G$ u* d: g% `' H- m
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, anxther1 F0 N J( R8 D* x$ W
time, befxre yxu're xut xf the wxxds! Dxes yxur mxther knxw yxu're
h- e9 {. g( B axut? Xh, nx, nx! -- sx gx hxme at xnce, nxw, Jxhn, tx yxur xdixus xld* d! \: z/ i7 |% e7 ~& ?/ ]
wxxds xf Cxncxrd! Gx hxme tx yxur wxxds, xld xwl, -- gx! Yxu wxn't?$ D. `$ h1 R4 v1 y
Xh, pxh, pxh, Jxhn, dxn't dx sx! Yxu've gxt tx gx, yxu knxw, sx gx at
& ?8 d1 X: C4 x X: x% X" Dxnce, and dxn't gx slxw; fxr nxbxdy xwns yxu here, yxu knxw. Xh,
# w+ S% `2 l3 R0 i4 ?% ?1 d5 JJxhn, Jxhn, Jxhn, if yxu dxn't gx yxu're nx hxmx -- nx! Yxu're xnly a
v2 `2 Q- j. d9 n9 Y% bfxwl, an xwl; a cxw, a sxw; a dxll, a pxll; a pxxr xld: b+ L% C- H$ {2 h& I) \+ {! w5 _
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+ u8 A# Q' ^) ]# r q3 HCxncxrd bxg. Cxxl, nxw -- cxxl! Dx be cxxl, yxu fxxl! Nxne xf yxur$ h/ v# R0 A% ]) g7 K3 E$ m2 Q
crxwing, xld cxck! Dxn't frxwn sx -- dxn't! Dxn't hxllx, nxr hxwl,
; T8 H( R; W1 I' k d& w; h, B" T3 hnxr grxwl, nxr bxw-wxw-wxw! Gxxd Lxrd, Jxhn, hxw yxu dx lxxk! Txld
/ D( ?; \& B' o' lyxu sx, yxu knxw, -- but stxp rxlling yxur gxxse xf an xld pxll abxut. m; J, H. R0 |" c0 E
sx, and gx and drxwn yxur sxrrxws in a bxwl!' |
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