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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 AllanPoe7 F' Y- X& `6 W2 K1 m

! W' ]' f: H4 t8 I  N  h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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$ @8 B: u! E! Z0 j3 Q% }' {, OAS 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.5 G1 Q, g- T5 Q# N, `/ i+ D! B
   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
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I must do him the justice to say, however, that when he made up his
6 X# b/ \$ q2 I' B5 Tmind finally to settle in that town, it was under the impression that  S9 e( ]5 h4 u0 f9 ^: A! ~9 W
no newspaper, and consequently no editor, existed in that particular
+ ]  c  T1 z" F9 {section of the country. In establishing 'The Tea-Pot' he expected to8 }0 q4 a+ ^7 M7 b2 y) J4 |
have the field all to himself. I feel confident he never would have
. k# ?  ~: U2 Q- Wdreamed of taking up his residence in Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis
  v* L8 C! T+ M0 |, ~& Q9 R" ^had he been aware that, in Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis, there lived
9 _$ Y3 W$ d' e5 o: l+ y4 K; k7 A+ Pa gentleman named John Smith (if I rightly remember), who for many4 @, x' R, C" d4 L/ }
years had there quietly grown fat in editing and publishing the
+ \; `6 u$ f0 |'Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis Daily News.' It was solely, therefore, on
% Q5 R, Y& t  uaccount of having been misinformed, that Mr. Bullet-head found
- D1 ?' b; j) p- Z# p1 Y- q3 ]himself in Alex-suppose we call it Nopolis, 'for short' -- but, as he
/ L/ B% H$ {5 ]* N* J( D# j/ kdid find himself there, he determined to keep up his character for
1 H0 }, h! y) R+ ~" i& q: b# `, h9 yobst -- for firmness, and remain. So remain he did; and he did more;6 `0 t# t7 P9 U
he unpacked his press, type, etc., etc., rented an office exactly5 `) |. G* U. o9 X3 C$ _' E0 K
opposite to that of the 'Daily News,' and, on the third morning after( F; r& f! w6 m
his arrival, issued the first number of 'The Alexan' -- that is to" p7 H, V1 z+ D' N+ x2 C
say, of 'The Nopolis Tea-Pot' -- as nearly as I can recollect, this0 a+ \+ P0 `8 F9 Q5 F$ {7 x, l
was the name of the new paper.( U6 M" G# \# n- P

4 y' F: {4 y! a$ vThe leading article, I must admit, was brilliant -- not to say: w7 b: s3 ?4 P. K
severe. It was especially bitter about things in general -- and as
" \% T+ v: @# Cfor the editor of 'The Daily News,' he was torn all to pieces in
" T) x( z3 E7 `+ g  F  \particular. Some of Bullethead's remarks were really so fiery that I" X9 o% f; t; l
have always, since that time, been forced to look upon John Smith,
8 @  J) S( F# U- i& p4 [6 i" Ywho is still alive, in the light of a salamander. I cannot pretend to
/ j2 T$ ~8 V6 v% ]. G& ^1 ~, }give all the 'Tea-Pot's' paragraphs verbatim, but one of them runs4 B$ D9 y+ U& f1 A5 n8 ^7 O
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
+ y5 }! D5 o; s/ R$ gis a genius -- O, my! Oh, goodness, gracious! -- what is this world7 \! ^8 s+ A2 p4 F
coming to? Oh, tempora! Oh, Moses!'
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1 q# W0 U4 H0 X0 lA philippic at once so caustic and so classical, alighted like a
) _( e1 r7 s( {% C9 M! C3 R- Ybombshell among the hitherto peaceful citizens of Nopolis. Groups of
4 S# L+ T8 m( P( c# _excited individuals gathered at the corners of the streets. Every one
' a* a# r, Y2 ]: n# Xawaited, with heartfelt anxiety, the reply of the dignified Smith., Z/ _0 o5 |- Y
Next morning it appeared as follows:
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'We quote from "The Tea-Pot" of yesterday the subjoined paragraph:4 Z3 i" e$ [; [0 Q# W
"Oh, yes! Oh, we perceive! Oh, no doubt! Oh, my! Oh, goodness! Oh,
4 P( |0 N; }  i2 D+ rtempora! Oh, Moses!" Why, the fellow is all O! That accounts for his
* Q  h+ u$ m/ Z! |reasoning in a circle, and explains why there is neither beginning
: v( Q, J, n1 @+ Lnor end to him, nor to anything he says. We really do not believe the4 l% n8 L) H' E2 B+ i( U% x
vagabond can write a word that hasn't an O in it. Wonder if this
  r1 Z* p4 _- k, n" q4 ]O-ing is a habit of his? By-the-by, he came away from Down-East in a
* s! E, }1 C4 [+ G  K1 U& Cgreat hurry. Wonder if he O's as much there as he does here? "O! it
. V! @2 q; N" i  N: h$ gis pitiful."': G  _$ x) _+ H* O# y* _2 ]" y

: p3 E$ I4 r1 [6 t" W0 F. R: sThe indignation of Mr. Bullet-head at these scandalous insinuations,' W( D0 z- v# d  ~1 h- u0 g
I shall not attempt to describe. On the eel-skinning principle,! V" X0 U! g" D5 R- r9 J
however, he did not seem to be so much incensed at the attack upon* n+ {$ Q  V2 W3 t
his integrity as one might have imagined. It was the sneer at his
5 A* W1 d' l/ ^' ^* H( ~8 w# H7 y1 Kstyle that drove him to desperation. What! -- he Touch-and-go
8 ]! h  J( M6 ^- v  u5 y2 xBullet-head! -- not able to write a word without an O in it! He would7 k0 j/ x+ M; S8 _/ u2 t
soon let the jackanapes see that he was mistaken. Yes! he would let
- o% I) V5 p8 z# V: m+ L% vhim see how much he was mistaken, the puppy! He, Touch-and-go" ^9 v6 {) [! }( M& t  m" N% i9 J& w- w
Bullet-head, of Frogpondium, would let Mr. John Smith perceive that
$ R% j( Q8 ~$ [/ p0 {5 Mhe, Bullet-head, could indite, if it so pleased him, a whole1 p+ p* U- Y+ L0 h& x$ w# I, }0 c* A
paragraph -- aye! a whole article -- in which that contemptible vowel
( j/ p9 K  @* N4 k$ P) ~" V+ fshould not once -- not even once -- make its appearance. But no; --
. ?$ b: b; b% }( w7 jthat would be yielding a point to the said John Smith. He,
# M, W5 v  i/ _# a8 G+ q& lBullet-head, would make no alteration in his style, to suit the$ J: G5 E: b( A  H6 R. o
caprices of any Mr. Smith in Christendom. Perish so vile a thought!! D5 _# d' l0 G9 K' d  {
The O forever; He would persist in the O. He would be as O-wy as O-wy
8 u- R  j5 S" i3 X$ `& j& \could be.
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Burning with the chivalry of this determination, the great# w6 Z+ p. ?, G4 ]3 {
Touch-and-go, in the next 'Tea-Pot,' came out merely with this simple
2 f( V  z3 J$ p0 h% hbut resolute paragraph, in reference to this unhappy affair:9 C! L. [* ^' T

# [9 d# \: L: n: z/ U! h'The editor of the "Tea-Pot" has the honor of advising the editor of
) L' l3 W% z( G' Fthe "Gazette" that he (the "Tea-Pot") will take an opportunity in) T; ~0 U4 [4 p- I. p$ v+ ^
tomorrow morning's paper, of convincing him (the "Daily News") that he3 L. w" h& Q; S. v
(the "Tea-Pot") both can and will be his own master, as regards
1 @+ x1 T$ K) cstyle; he (the "Tea-Pot") intending to show him (the "Daily News") the( ^. e3 r. o7 A2 W" F
supreme, and indeed the withering contempt with which the criticism
2 O& S; S9 X/ {$ l' {# Z/ ^of him (the "Daily News") inspires the independent bosom of him (the
" X( @& @* Y7 V"TeaPot") by composing for the especial gratification (?) of him (the& \/ R* M' b2 G7 Y3 X- N
"Daily News") a leading article, of some extent, in which the beautiful
2 @% p- D  m4 F1 ?5 Q8 O8 Jvowel -- the emblem of Eternity -- yet so offensive to the
6 ~. @$ C/ z0 x0 G/ h1 i0 Khyper-exquisite delicacy of him (the "Daily News") shall most certainly; S1 \, @8 J; g5 E
not be avoided by his (the "Daily News") most obedient, humble
* T& P8 J, x0 B8 c# |2 P) ~4 S7 yservant, the "Tea-Pot." "So much for Buckingham!"'6 @5 Y- d. [1 e% x9 h6 H: S9 i

2 Z  y9 W; ~- w9 s8 S5 pIn fulfilment of the awful threat thus darkly intimated rather than
" H9 H( X- m* S: B* l) x) d. j. Kdecidedly enunciated, the great Bullet-head, turning a deaf ear to
3 j. h2 O8 x3 X, r" r9 mall entreaties for 'copy,' and simply requesting his foreman to 'go
8 w! L9 z6 ~- p. I" B& i# Mto the d-l,' when he (the foreman) assured him (the 'Tea-Pot'!) that
  P: o: V4 R2 @' O+ y" ]9 Wit was high time to 'go to press': turning a deaf ear to everything,6 a9 ^8 Q0 {. D5 C+ L8 D  w
I say, the great Bullet-head sat up until day-break, consuming the! V# p; w1 y* t* `1 ~4 d+ ]
midnight oil, and absorbed in the composition of the really
/ M1 K; E. i& r* v7 U8 g* Cunparalleled paragraph, which follows:-
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'So ho, John! how now? Told you so, you know. Don't crow, another
" y# f  |" z2 A3 [9 {7 c* ctime, before you're out of the woods! Does your mother know you're" e4 t8 @! R) k% m3 s% D* D
out? Oh, no, no! -- so go home at once, now, John, to your odious old
& l4 i" a* n5 V. z2 c4 n7 Q+ J% cwoods of Concord! Go home to your woods, old owl -- go! You won't!
; a1 r% W( h, Z/ d, {+ H! }% LOh, poh, poh, don't do so! You've got to go, you know! So go at once,- _. }" |+ k2 G  b0 ?+ y
and don't go slow, for nobody owns you here, you know! Oh! John,
( {1 X# S' i- pJohn, if you don't go you're no homo -- no! You're only a fowl, an
/ L4 L) l3 S8 w0 w; P; [owl, a cow, a sow, -- a doll, a poll; a poor, old,
# m* |# V; t0 {! f; ~! Ogood-for-nothing-to-nobody, log, dog, hog, or frog, come out of a
. m! ~: t' Y2 d* o/ rConcord bog. Cool, now -- cool! Do be cool, you fool! None of your
0 S: |9 a3 J* b+ b5 C7 Dcrowing, old cock! Don't frown so -- don't! Don't hollo, nor howl nor
; ^/ V& T8 T' h8 e: Qgrowl, nor bow-wow-wow! Good Lord, John, how you do look! Told you
) M  h; Z8 Z5 B4 i  s3 Y) K7 Eso, you know -- but stop rolling your goose of an old poll about so,3 b% [( f) J0 {; S' P
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
8 L5 c- C2 D: L1 pTouch-and-go could do nothing more than that night.  He handed his article to5 {6 g  @" H. @" `! Q
the printer's boy who was waiting, and walked slowly home to bed.! s1 X) {  F; V) I$ T( T& L
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The 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
- D, v/ }! ~0 H5 Olooked 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! b+ Y, m1 L! r
describe his feelings of horror when his fingers came out of it without a2 \& \; L+ I: {9 o
letter in them? who can tell of his astonishment and anger when he realized that the little box was completely empty?  Not a single8 j6 A  }3 l* ?2 b# z0 J+ R
little-o was in the little-o box; and, glancing fearfully at the% O; l4 ~, c+ E
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 nothing3 z* }* H$ {$ J" R" F+ T, _+ X1 N, [
without no o's.'
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'What do you mean by that?' said the chief, who was  very3 z1 E& J. x: F4 k
angry at being kept from his bed so late.3 c9 R: n; u/ G
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'Well, sir, there isn't an o in the office, neither a big one nor a
0 j5 Z5 a. ?$ V4 ?% g' Ilittle one!'
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'What -- what has happened to all those that were in the box?'+ @. r( D' ~& B! V+ o) j2 M' u( ]3 |
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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.') G' L9 g5 G9 Y( T8 j5 P4 N
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'I haven't a doubt of it,' replied the chief angrily, turning* ]! ?7 u9 N* f- |. W
purple with rage 'but I tell you what you do, Bob, that's a good boy
0 k' }' X$ E( g$ d+ d-- you go over to the Daily News the first chance you get, and take every one of their9 i( }/ ^; K, ?. u7 a2 V7 l
i's .'
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5 q5 J& I" ?+ Q/ D) ?, q'Right,' replied Bob. 'I'll go,/ N: g. e8 ^1 F
I'll show them a thing or two; but what about that
0 c" ~. q$ b+ tparagraph? 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?'3 |: j7 b" f" {. l" w3 }) e
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'I Shouldn't call it a very long paragrab.'6 I5 K9 s4 c: m; U& x& l

1 w1 A/ l8 {+ h8 V: a" {6 Y) T'Ah, well, then! Do the best you can with it! We must get it ready,'
% |$ F. d9 G/ S$ tsaid the chief, who was buried in work; 'just put in+ I9 m! D: |$ n( o/ I+ n
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 his8 H1 |" M, }% U: I  O7 g. G
case, muttering as he went: 'Considdeble vell, them ere expressions,6 q# l, X; w+ k4 L! {: ?* _
perticcler for a man as doesn't swar. So I's to gouge out all their& X" c7 y* J1 i
eyes, eh? and d-n all their gizzards! Vell! this here's the chap as
* w/ [* C1 I" c: b& cis just able for to do it.' The fact is that although Bob was but# w/ s/ o, [3 U5 Y# C
twelve years old and four feet high, he was equal to any amount of$ D1 k6 I: R# ]
fight, in a small way.1 r+ O1 S/ \% ^" U$ M# V9 @7 [

' _0 O& N3 b5 VThe exigency here described is by no means of rare occurrence in5 ~  ^4 `" o2 v7 d  a5 W7 F  f
printing-offices; and I cannot tell how to account for it, but the
: r; K4 u! T" o# h) @4 Sfact is indisputable, that when the exigency does occur, it almost
# E6 y3 v, k( z# Galways happens that x is adopted as a substitute for the letter  V1 }+ B( V) K8 p" h% Y7 E+ o
deficient. The true reason, perhaps, is that x is rather the most
. O+ z* a! [$ Q  d; P, P# `superabundant letter in the cases, or at least was so in the old
0 Y% D/ F- {/ A2 ]% K( Vtimes -- long enough to render the substitution in question an
8 [' ?: E3 s. J  m$ nhabitual thing with printers. As for Bob, he would have considered it
  `5 F) m  t* d' `8 q7 p& J" U$ rheretical to employ any other character, in a case of this kind, than
+ u1 i1 M3 x/ R2 d4 Lthe x to which he had been accustomed.# m  r* C( y8 `- R

& [) E4 h9 k! M; k) y0 H'I shell have to x this ere paragrab,' said he to himself, as he read
1 G' Z4 W* V7 v2 r, j# q8 Tit over in astonishment, 'but it's jest about the awfulest o-wy
3 t: K) G% k/ k. iparagrab I ever did see': so x it he did, unflinchingly, and to press$ O/ _: ~# Y" b' \5 a7 |" J
it went x-ed.: X; g' R1 d$ N3 }

% p5 w$ q6 w, E1 ZNext morning the population of Nopolis were taken all aback by
% u; j* U9 o$ y6 n! ^# lreading 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, anxther
! E+ |/ c4 C. @5 ^0 W8 Ztime, befxre yxu're xut xf the wxxds! Dxes yxur mxther knxw yxu're% ^) v/ ^7 N# ~
xut? Xh, nx, nx! -- sx gx hxme at xnce, nxw, Jxhn, tx yxur xdixus xld
& G. [3 A  j2 M' qwxxds xf Cxncxrd! Gx hxme tx yxur wxxds, xld xwl, -- gx! Yxu wxn't?1 L+ J6 q- \6 r4 N9 V
Xh, pxh, pxh, Jxhn, dxn't dx sx! Yxu've gxt tx gx, yxu knxw, sx gx at
9 ?2 C' e5 g' |, j1 g1 w/ @9 Lxnce, and dxn't gx slxw; fxr nxbxdy xwns yxu here, yxu knxw. Xh,
; O. d4 Z* B7 C5 n- N5 YJxhn, Jxhn, Jxhn, if yxu dxn't gx yxu're nx hxmx -- nx! Yxu're xnly a4 H+ ]. o4 A, R# V
fxwl, an xwl; a cxw, a sxw; a dxll, a pxll; a pxxr xld7 g8 I8 C) @/ ~% t
gxxd-fxr-nxthing-tx-nxbxdy, lxg, dxg, hxg, xr frxg, cxme xut xf a4 [; D  ]) j/ v( S7 R/ K
Cxncxrd bxg. Cxxl, nxw -- cxxl! Dx be cxxl, yxu fxxl! Nxne xf yxur
' A% D6 Q2 b: Ecrxwing, xld cxck! Dxn't frxwn sx -- dxn't! Dxn't hxllx, nxr hxwl,8 T# B! ?9 U, F# ]
nxr grxwl, nxr bxw-wxw-wxw! Gxxd Lxrd, Jxhn, hxw yxu dx lxxk! Txld
4 }( y, F0 Y# [6 V" g2 `; p& |7 Myxu sx, yxu knxw, -- but stxp rxlling yxur gxxse xf an xld pxll abxut* g) g0 U4 }6 c$ C+ K* g' {- i
sx, and gx and drxwn yxur sxrrxws in a bxwl!'
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The uproar occasioned by this mystical and cabalistical article, is
7 ~/ A" N* g% V: Y: }; xnot to be conceived. The first definite idea entertained by the
0 Q6 g4 R$ W' M! ~9 x8 |populace was, that some diabolical treason lay concealed in the
* Y' Q" C' \* p* g- j7 @- c6 h& \hieroglyphics; and there was a general rush to Bullet-head's
7 o. y; i- K2 N" l1 i2 {residence, for the purpose of riding him on a rail; but that$ X8 k! y' w" L. i3 r
gentleman was nowhere to be found. He had vanished, no one could tell
4 V9 e6 B& R, V3 `# ~# ?4 m6 dhow; and not even the ghost of him has ever been seen since.  e9 @0 N% e9 x! `- ^9 U# R# f

1 c  s) M) j/ a9 LUnable to discover its legitimate object, the popular fury at length
1 b7 a7 t% ?% N7 @$ p( x, }subsided; leaving behind it, by way of sediment, quite a medley of  q- g$ \4 D% s! h$ Y
opinion about this unhappy affair.
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One gentleman thought the whole an X-ellent joke.$ [' L4 @1 W  ?- F
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Another said that, indeed, Bullet-head had shown much X-uberance of! O( C/ Z, U& G% @
fancy.  Z' r) c9 [, t7 P9 F
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A third admitted him X-entric, but no more.
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) B0 O8 \: _# W3 [' PA fourth could only suppose it the Yankee's design to X-press, in a+ Y% O7 a& n$ P; e& `  `+ n
general way, his X-asperation.
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'Say, rather, to set an X-ample to posterity,' suggested a fifth.
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That Bullet-head had been driven to an extremity, was clear to all;
$ ~" X. r- p$ a; b0 @1 P" Q7 kand in fact, since that editor could not be found, there was some
) R' Z) t/ d2 Z" Ltalk about lynching the other one.
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The more common conclusion, however, was that the affair was, simply,
" O4 \5 v* U( Y8 GX-traordinary and in-X-plicable. Even the town mathematician! g; O7 W5 K+ U* T5 k7 v7 M# o
confessed that he could make nothing of so dark a problem. X, every.- u4 |$ A1 q6 u0 m2 d/ E
body knew, was an unknown quantity; but in this case (as he properly/ y8 B' B" ?( W# S
observed), there was an unknown quantity of X.  n0 a7 `* z: L6 K% L1 S- Q) ~. Z! ^: ]
, U  ~- ?+ N& \8 Z) I! p
The opinion of Bob, the devil (who kept dark about his having 'X-ed
5 M/ b$ B, \4 n4 X2 Ethe paragrab'), did not meet with so much attention as I think it
5 N% B* E4 U8 J- X2 ~( H, xdeserved, although it was very openly and very fearlessly expressed.+ D/ a# I) b7 Q4 w: A  y/ S  {
He said that, for his part, he had no doubt about the matter at all,8 O: r! F% j2 g" a
that it was a clear case, that Mr. Bullet-head 'never could be
. I8 ]" B! i7 Z6 H9 k  I# [$ @persuaded fur to drink like other folks, but vas continually
6 Q* K. `5 J' ~a-svigging o' that ere blessed XXX ale, and as a naiteral! {/ T) H9 O' I9 `
consekvence, it just puffed him up savage, and made him X (cross) in
3 h: c' h0 S8 R( ]9 ~the X-treme.'
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