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发表于 2009-7-27 21:35 | 显示全部楼层 |阅读模式
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X-ing a Paragraph—————Edgar AllanPoe. c  o4 ~' x; I! v

& y. m9 Q& C8 ^5 a7 T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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本帖最后由 rainbowfish 于 2009-7-27 22:45 编辑 9 @; c  l) i( g( X) v  Y1 V

, B+ X0 S9 P$ U8 {# n! vAS 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.8 l* T" R  G) h0 p9 J: e
   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 ! w) j+ Q0 \- I+ m

. F& i, _- \0 q5 h2 r8 x7 sI must do him the justice to say, however, that when he made up his
$ X3 s5 k8 v4 S3 N7 Q9 Smind finally to settle in that town, it was under the impression that
, g1 F, Q$ b% E; x5 v) W4 uno newspaper, and consequently no editor, existed in that particular
* j' F' J: ^! B8 Zsection of the country. In establishing 'The Tea-Pot' he expected to
# P! I, H+ K2 p/ bhave the field all to himself. I feel confident he never would have& ]0 ~' b1 k. l: ]. G, e/ V
dreamed of taking up his residence in Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis
, o$ ]! m7 P- Rhad he been aware that, in Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis, there lived
, }6 O+ D# h& X' H4 U0 @a gentleman named John Smith (if I rightly remember), who for many# ?& j4 {/ E4 w! a
years had there quietly grown fat in editing and publishing the* k/ k4 {- h; m. y% D6 D! c4 ]
'Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis Daily News.' It was solely, therefore, on  Y1 F) n/ y' ]% S
account of having been misinformed, that Mr. Bullet-head found
" b9 f7 c" ?1 U5 u. `# P- Thimself in Alex-suppose we call it Nopolis, 'for short' -- but, as he- o' Z7 L4 F; J1 _" D& z/ [. d; I
did find himself there, he determined to keep up his character for! C, E2 A$ {6 ^4 ]% x7 U1 D
obst -- for firmness, and remain. So remain he did; and he did more;
8 \; \& J6 q! S" M* \- U) u1 @he unpacked his press, type, etc., etc., rented an office exactly
2 j" a- D5 o6 M! n$ ]5 U% C, wopposite to that of the 'Daily News,' and, on the third morning after) n& S$ N% v: _" \& f! p4 Y2 c2 a
his arrival, issued the first number of 'The Alexan' -- that is to
& _' P, p0 U2 g! n- k+ J6 G! a) Q; [say, of 'The Nopolis Tea-Pot' -- as nearly as I can recollect, this
# a+ J* \! k9 F. \$ S, u  Iwas the name of the new paper.+ P0 K$ D% U/ D) J% B* I2 C! G# f
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The leading article, I must admit, was brilliant -- not to say
& g# O. C7 v2 O) f7 Msevere. It was especially bitter about things in general -- and as
  C7 H! q1 X. i& \7 r0 C& ffor the editor of 'The Daily News,' he was torn all to pieces in
6 B# K/ x, Y4 z$ N0 cparticular. Some of Bullethead's remarks were really so fiery that I
+ ]# i- q% U  p6 e! p4 C# _- Q3 m% [, S3 chave always, since that time, been forced to look upon John Smith,8 ]6 a  ^* x* @
who is still alive, in the light of a salamander. I cannot pretend to
  y) \. E! t* o. dgive all the 'Tea-Pot's' paragraphs verbatim, but one of them runs! r, m$ m3 V. P9 B" I) R3 l3 D& m: z; i0 @
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
! d& t- n7 q6 b# T$ n$ Gis a genius -- O, my! Oh, goodness, gracious! -- what is this world
4 n$ v/ J. _: Z2 K; {coming to? Oh, tempora! Oh, Moses!'
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A philippic at once so caustic and so classical, alighted like a8 w3 i" [2 o% [& I! u- M# a: s+ |7 S
bombshell among the hitherto peaceful citizens of Nopolis. Groups of
3 k: V3 H2 u  k! t# Qexcited individuals gathered at the corners of the streets. Every one# D, U& ?# B7 y  [# U4 M) P% t
awaited, with heartfelt anxiety, the reply of the dignified Smith.
: o! ^. O6 {7 u! b" _. j: [) ?Next morning it appeared as follows:
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3 j7 i3 B  \: G'We quote from "The Tea-Pot" of yesterday the subjoined paragraph:. |. R' H. N, l' C# Y7 `5 j* ~! f
"Oh, yes! Oh, we perceive! Oh, no doubt! Oh, my! Oh, goodness! Oh,
' Y  w/ M( {* E1 s2 X7 H+ {5 |tempora! Oh, Moses!" Why, the fellow is all O! That accounts for his9 {" N' j5 a! O. r) E' Y3 h% ]* H
reasoning in a circle, and explains why there is neither beginning
  L2 P/ e$ V) z) a' [: e. H# g+ onor end to him, nor to anything he says. We really do not believe the. G0 E* {3 b/ q3 {1 s' d6 ^: |6 V
vagabond can write a word that hasn't an O in it. Wonder if this' a. [# b, O# Z, M8 o9 W8 z
O-ing is a habit of his? By-the-by, he came away from Down-East in a: H  v) v" }1 `( r$ ?
great hurry. Wonder if he O's as much there as he does here? "O! it
2 T( T% \: A) D; `: A9 M* xis pitiful."'
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The indignation of Mr. Bullet-head at these scandalous insinuations,
' W7 F3 P. T' K  Q7 CI shall not attempt to describe. On the eel-skinning principle,6 x8 ?9 V# n/ J5 I
however, he did not seem to be so much incensed at the attack upon* Y3 y8 @( F8 U* P1 y8 |+ b, A
his integrity as one might have imagined. It was the sneer at his
- @; y* a; W* \, n5 E3 Dstyle that drove him to desperation. What! -- he Touch-and-go
+ y, ~5 Z8 w+ `1 K/ e& G+ KBullet-head! -- not able to write a word without an O in it! He would* `9 [3 x) T- U' s
soon let the jackanapes see that he was mistaken. Yes! he would let
9 V$ Q; ^! c/ M, l- I- O; z5 Lhim see how much he was mistaken, the puppy! He, Touch-and-go6 `. p/ t0 _0 X0 I3 I& R
Bullet-head, of Frogpondium, would let Mr. John Smith perceive that# ^/ C  P; H! l! J8 W  T
he, Bullet-head, could indite, if it so pleased him, a whole! |4 n3 s9 A2 p# c% D0 t
paragraph -- aye! a whole article -- in which that contemptible vowel, L  G% I+ e+ q* D9 O2 J8 Q: f0 w
should not once -- not even once -- make its appearance. But no; --
7 A2 f8 E2 k8 V' D: }( ^8 zthat would be yielding a point to the said John Smith. He,
$ D. G: C) q' ^' G+ J  I1 |% nBullet-head, would make no alteration in his style, to suit the
9 _' ~" i. W; R- y* b- V9 q8 @caprices of any Mr. Smith in Christendom. Perish so vile a thought!6 \/ k8 c6 m& g% W: p8 ~
The O forever; He would persist in the O. He would be as O-wy as O-wy, I/ p" p% z% [9 |$ }& o) P
could be.
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Burning with the chivalry of this determination, the great
3 A) D1 ^# v& s  ?+ s  XTouch-and-go, in the next 'Tea-Pot,' came out merely with this simple
  g. ?, h" D$ s2 pbut resolute paragraph, in reference to this unhappy affair:
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'The editor of the "Tea-Pot" has the honor of advising the editor of
  X+ r- n+ {2 O% m/ Kthe "Gazette" that he (the "Tea-Pot") will take an opportunity in9 ^$ c7 F* n& W6 z) ]. y- q; z
tomorrow morning's paper, of convincing him (the "Daily News") that he
1 h* B2 \/ y( }(the "Tea-Pot") both can and will be his own master, as regards+ |$ R1 W* t5 a; u# K) m2 H
style; he (the "Tea-Pot") intending to show him (the "Daily News") the! S7 s8 M2 o% n/ Z4 u! K8 Z& {" ^
supreme, and indeed the withering contempt with which the criticism) ^0 ~% o/ i6 d
of him (the "Daily News") inspires the independent bosom of him (the
4 l4 g2 B4 L9 |. ?( V"TeaPot") by composing for the especial gratification (?) of him (the1 N0 y4 w7 k/ h; e- G# K
"Daily News") a leading article, of some extent, in which the beautiful; u% ~" j6 h: z- j) ]+ C
vowel -- the emblem of Eternity -- yet so offensive to the0 w5 p6 x9 i9 I0 J
hyper-exquisite delicacy of him (the "Daily News") shall most certainly
! q- M8 _1 w* Mnot be avoided by his (the "Daily News") most obedient, humble
+ i/ `( ^( t* K0 p: Gservant, the "Tea-Pot." "So much for Buckingham!"'4 M' z; r$ E6 q& G. Q: `
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In fulfilment of the awful threat thus darkly intimated rather than+ {4 F8 U) n  b4 o" O: J
decidedly enunciated, the great Bullet-head, turning a deaf ear to) R7 t) ~$ {& g0 d$ t
all entreaties for 'copy,' and simply requesting his foreman to 'go
0 s9 _4 D, O: m5 \# p, Jto the d-l,' when he (the foreman) assured him (the 'Tea-Pot'!) that6 t5 h) r1 v' }  N$ X: i4 a1 R
it was high time to 'go to press': turning a deaf ear to everything,$ d  _7 ~1 ^% v+ L& T3 |
I say, the great Bullet-head sat up until day-break, consuming the
3 [" L! A. J& g8 ~. Gmidnight oil, and absorbed in the composition of the really
% p! O6 U: w/ i6 ^. Funparalleled paragraph, which follows:-/ q% ]+ f" ]) J' Z4 ?+ Z

5 n# q* `9 P1 }5 J'So ho, John! how now? Told you so, you know. Don't crow, another
7 r8 [% U: e8 ~1 }0 Stime, before you're out of the woods! Does your mother know you're) V" P+ O  u! A' G+ k7 H$ Z3 e
out? Oh, no, no! -- so go home at once, now, John, to your odious old; g% e: R0 H- i
woods of Concord! Go home to your woods, old owl -- go! You won't!  ^6 G. s% ]1 R% H+ {
Oh, poh, poh, don't do so! You've got to go, you know! So go at once,
7 m9 [) b( A3 [2 T2 q/ h. }# o7 T% Dand don't go slow, for nobody owns you here, you know! Oh! John,8 ~# \7 A' }0 B5 s
John, if you don't go you're no homo -- no! You're only a fowl, an2 ?/ J5 X; P% _- z) q: |4 ~- U
owl, a cow, a sow, -- a doll, a poll; a poor, old,
/ e) w6 i* W$ i7 B( Jgood-for-nothing-to-nobody, log, dog, hog, or frog, come out of a
1 |1 u" c) E4 W2 v; h- a; pConcord bog. Cool, now -- cool! Do be cool, you fool! None of your
8 X  r# s$ b, Qcrowing, old cock! Don't frown so -- don't! Don't hollo, nor howl nor
- K% ], L/ e& I7 a3 Lgrowl, nor bow-wow-wow! Good Lord, John, how you do look! Told you  T) `8 d# T# I, i: F
so, you know -- but stop rolling your goose of an old poll about so,. o; B2 c/ _3 }
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 great1 B4 q; y( x8 [) [6 z
Touch-and-go could do nothing more than that night.  He handed his article to
7 U# x  ^( W2 Ithe printer's boy who was waiting, and walked slowly home to bed.0 l8 n: o2 R$ M; }& h
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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,' -- he0 T7 _1 U, S( R, W1 c5 F6 L8 V
looked 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* J! \6 ]( J9 \# i7 z
describe his feelings of horror when his fingers came out of it without a
' X2 E/ x; z8 Q  h" c" H- v# Nletter in them? who can tell of his astonishment and anger when he realized that the little box was completely empty?  Not a single' ]% f) D7 V$ l6 \
little-o was in the little-o box; and, glancing fearfully at the
5 B  i5 c: ~' G3 l2 G( t% lcapital-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
1 t3 k% C1 g  j0 {* I- w& pwithout no o's.'
$ q7 h+ r! _9 E5 y+ k# F1 u0 B) L( K
'What do you mean by that?' said the chief, who was  very
( V% Q( h6 C9 hangry 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 D. ^6 I5 [. t3 `: ylittle one!'
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# g; h5 E: f% x, D! Y, @6 k'What -- what has happened to all those that were in the box?'1 O$ H# A* h* |& u( m
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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.'
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'I haven't a doubt of it,' replied the chief angrily, turning3 ~1 J' ^* f! U6 N$ _9 U& ~! T6 z  ]
purple with rage 'but I tell you what you do, Bob, that's a good boy, h. m0 H0 w9 p4 d+ A
-- you go over to the Daily News the first chance you get, and take every one of their0 }( H8 f/ t0 x
i's .'
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'Right,' replied Bob. 'I'll go,, s- `( u# y* P3 E2 f& _
I'll show them a thing or two; but what about that7 i3 o" }( u. d. q0 u
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?'
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( |" L+ R( c# |& w2 P'I Shouldn't call it a very long paragrab.'
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'Ah, well, then! Do the best you can with it! We must get it ready,'
& e1 Z6 m) ^6 H% ~; Wsaid the chief, who was buried in work; 'just put in6 ^& o" O: \# V4 E# v
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 B) W- q+ `0 J  \
case, muttering as he went: 'Considdeble vell, them ere expressions,
6 T2 @9 h% ~9 W5 z* Operticcler for a man as doesn't swar. So I's to gouge out all their% q' l/ {" A1 K% w* a5 t2 N
eyes, eh? and d-n all their gizzards! Vell! this here's the chap as0 M7 V7 O3 H* {* ~) S
is just able for to do it.' The fact is that although Bob was but
) k8 G9 q5 Z3 @+ otwelve years old and four feet high, he was equal to any amount of+ a1 X! O. J9 n" [
fight, in a small way.. N! @! [8 o+ K$ Q

5 u0 S7 w! K. M3 YThe exigency here described is by no means of rare occurrence in6 V2 ~. l5 e) ^, U2 l- D
printing-offices; and I cannot tell how to account for it, but the! u1 i3 [# x7 U( Q
fact is indisputable, that when the exigency does occur, it almost1 L, @6 L4 l) \+ j+ v) X' p1 z
always happens that x is adopted as a substitute for the letter! k. v! p3 x9 v5 F4 L
deficient. The true reason, perhaps, is that x is rather the most* ?5 f) E8 z2 Q8 \! L" s5 V
superabundant letter in the cases, or at least was so in the old
4 ]. W; G9 d0 S- z# W9 C' Z5 g/ Ktimes -- long enough to render the substitution in question an
% W6 g  V8 G  \- W6 m  Fhabitual thing with printers. As for Bob, he would have considered it, i, z8 O6 z* W
heretical to employ any other character, in a case of this kind, than  S5 H  ~5 K1 H0 y
the x to which he had been accustomed.% k6 @) z7 V( Z0 v/ U: Q/ `* d5 n4 H
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'I shell have to x this ere paragrab,' said he to himself, as he read. f4 \7 D; M7 R7 K* r: e
it over in astonishment, 'but it's jest about the awfulest o-wy
% c3 d6 H6 W: P. b: ~# c# rparagrab I ever did see': so x it he did, unflinchingly, and to press/ K+ }! P* }! c" k, r3 t( v, L. ^9 T
it went x-ed.
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Next morning the population of Nopolis were taken all aback by
$ O1 a' \9 l# Kreading 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$ C1 s1 r4 w1 J( f* e4 z
time, befxre yxu're xut xf the wxxds! Dxes yxur mxther knxw yxu're4 V! v5 p, u( {
xut? Xh, nx, nx! -- sx gx hxme at xnce, nxw, Jxhn, tx yxur xdixus xld
" [8 V8 ]  H+ h: L. ?wxxds xf Cxncxrd! Gx hxme tx yxur wxxds, xld xwl, -- gx! Yxu wxn't?! w5 H3 F! `) `9 i+ e
Xh, pxh, pxh, Jxhn, dxn't dx sx! Yxu've gxt tx gx, yxu knxw, sx gx at
3 k+ D* ^7 D! T  |. A  Dxnce, and dxn't gx slxw; fxr nxbxdy xwns yxu here, yxu knxw. Xh,
6 h1 w* U6 \; U( V* A9 |Jxhn, Jxhn, Jxhn, if yxu dxn't gx yxu're nx hxmx -- nx! Yxu're xnly a3 Q' |* Y4 T) ?, N9 D9 X% Q
fxwl, an xwl; a cxw, a sxw; a dxll, a pxll; a pxxr xld
5 d# y1 h$ v9 Qgxxd-fxr-nxthing-tx-nxbxdy, lxg, dxg, hxg, xr frxg, cxme xut xf a; E# i' A& E* \/ C  ]  b5 }* h
Cxncxrd bxg. Cxxl, nxw -- cxxl! Dx be cxxl, yxu fxxl! Nxne xf yxur
; K9 |5 g$ T9 x1 o: o  V, n$ xcrxwing, xld cxck! Dxn't frxwn sx -- dxn't! Dxn't hxllx, nxr hxwl,, s& ]. q% ~2 ]: j" h6 ?
nxr grxwl, nxr bxw-wxw-wxw! Gxxd Lxrd, Jxhn, hxw yxu dx lxxk! Txld3 M8 J' P, i' k& Y$ r1 q+ l
yxu sx, yxu knxw, -- but stxp rxlling yxur gxxse xf an xld pxll abxut4 Z! x3 t% G* J
sx, and gx and drxwn yxur sxrrxws in a bxwl!'
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The uproar occasioned by this mystical and cabalistical article, is  s3 z( e. u2 c( F
not to be conceived. The first definite idea entertained by the
% h8 T! s2 v- V" d) M' x8 Upopulace was, that some diabolical treason lay concealed in the
+ U# f1 ]' @' k% Q% X4 vhieroglyphics; and there was a general rush to Bullet-head's
/ Y) f7 ?/ t# _9 R* B7 n- Uresidence, for the purpose of riding him on a rail; but that
- p+ R, j* v+ m" ^) Vgentleman was nowhere to be found. He had vanished, no one could tell
; X/ I) B! j7 o8 y& h# A3 Vhow; and not even the ghost of him has ever been seen since.* s# h3 }9 z4 o8 |8 b$ w8 d7 u
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Unable to discover its legitimate object, the popular fury at length0 F. F8 |5 l; a& j' ?8 _
subsided; leaving behind it, by way of sediment, quite a medley of7 B. w" w! t1 j, j
opinion about this unhappy affair.
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. C* o$ Q2 N: q9 oOne gentleman thought the whole an X-ellent joke.
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1 X, R# ]7 W! E; e: UAnother said that, indeed, Bullet-head had shown much X-uberance of
: d: O' E4 b0 z* U) ]6 \fancy.
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4 f1 Q' a) T2 i! g' AA 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
  S1 b9 N* ], @general way, his X-asperation.+ c3 J) K- H5 v9 `, C8 Q
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'Say, rather, to set an X-ample to posterity,' suggested a fifth.* F* T  ^8 L7 ?5 M  s' L. ^

/ u- S7 r3 b/ [* _0 Z) d* HThat Bullet-head had been driven to an extremity, was clear to all;
+ H* r: t5 T4 |9 w; h  `) Q) }, ~and in fact, since that editor could not be found, there was some
* G" H$ d/ a1 S0 N* rtalk about lynching the other one.
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The more common conclusion, however, was that the affair was, simply,! e" {, p3 I  k8 p: T% R4 j3 h! a
X-traordinary and in-X-plicable. Even the town mathematician7 M6 {/ V2 u6 z
confessed that he could make nothing of so dark a problem. X, every.
9 y0 a# x7 s$ e- B' T) b! ubody knew, was an unknown quantity; but in this case (as he properly5 z" N4 T4 a3 J* @! L. |
observed), there was an unknown quantity of X.
4 p2 A, E( c, K) \! P
4 J; j6 @" J0 N8 x3 \) J7 G1 e& ]1 dThe opinion of Bob, the devil (who kept dark about his having 'X-ed. j/ |2 L& O  D& e
the paragrab'), did not meet with so much attention as I think it
+ T. A2 n( f, e" j$ Vdeserved, although it was very openly and very fearlessly expressed.
9 S3 ^& k# \. @. S' G) s" U6 IHe said that, for his part, he had no doubt about the matter at all,' j; ?! O" v- O- `7 v" G
that it was a clear case, that Mr. Bullet-head 'never could be
1 W" m$ }, e# G0 D) Npersuaded fur to drink like other folks, but vas continually7 J  m$ \. q+ J
a-svigging o' that ere blessed XXX ale, and as a naiteral- r9 z# W) D9 G- |& ?; h; C
consekvence, it just puffed him up savage, and made him X (cross) in4 d& i8 P; ]) N
the X-treme.'
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