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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 AllanPoe
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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
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& Y- C: n" G8 W! m% IAS 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.
2 C+ X3 M, u: ]3 d  {   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
- e, o3 X* y- X9 V" Emind finally to settle in that town, it was under the impression that- x, @9 z5 ^3 d$ ?0 I5 H3 P. M2 p
no newspaper, and consequently no editor, existed in that particular! {6 R1 \+ |1 C: K
section of the country. In establishing 'The Tea-Pot' he expected to
1 G+ T, J7 U+ j! c; shave the field all to himself. I feel confident he never would have
0 M  [" v/ |8 c+ ?+ J  k9 C! @dreamed of taking up his residence in Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis3 P: h& K4 s  S6 g% C3 e
had he been aware that, in Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis, there lived9 \- P: U% [; ~' O$ L. m
a gentleman named John Smith (if I rightly remember), who for many5 c7 ^% Z. V6 J
years had there quietly grown fat in editing and publishing the0 M- [& t1 ^% v$ O; z' K, c! c/ ^
'Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis Daily News.' It was solely, therefore, on
7 G9 N6 i5 _5 }5 Kaccount of having been misinformed, that Mr. Bullet-head found4 u; D2 p+ Y* ]' B
himself in Alex-suppose we call it Nopolis, 'for short' -- but, as he
: b6 H9 G# _2 y3 w+ Pdid find himself there, he determined to keep up his character for% q: u; _) d! x! l6 `
obst -- for firmness, and remain. So remain he did; and he did more;
/ Q* a! p9 @/ Xhe unpacked his press, type, etc., etc., rented an office exactly$ e8 `4 b3 h& D: o1 ~: ]
opposite to that of the 'Daily News,' and, on the third morning after
- T) I$ E% C- g8 m) L: @" U9 Fhis arrival, issued the first number of 'The Alexan' -- that is to
3 `* D" a7 F! W6 o. S' _, [; Q' w+ o) Msay, of 'The Nopolis Tea-Pot' -- as nearly as I can recollect, this
6 q* }2 r  z& X/ f. l1 K* Y& Vwas the name of the new paper.
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- V* t7 |0 s# D# _$ w( T, I, mThe leading article, I must admit, was brilliant -- not to say9 p4 g; e' O. X5 A0 @# E5 K# h. _
severe. It was especially bitter about things in general -- and as
3 r- @) c5 S. d7 Qfor the editor of 'The Daily News,' he was torn all to pieces in2 p, C0 ~4 e4 h( o+ q6 D
particular. Some of Bullethead's remarks were really so fiery that I
# k7 [: n+ [0 P, N) }have always, since that time, been forced to look upon John Smith,
6 V% n2 x# |" M: n3 pwho is still alive, in the light of a salamander. I cannot pretend to2 h5 ], g) e& A* _; [0 P) S
give all the 'Tea-Pot's' paragraphs verbatim, but one of them runs$ A. ^" P8 k: f5 K3 a
thus:
理袁律师事务所
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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; U1 Y% @. A* S+ v- k
is a genius -- O, my! Oh, goodness, gracious! -- what is this world
; m7 Q9 z+ q& ~7 Xcoming to? Oh, tempora! Oh, Moses!'
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A philippic at once so caustic and so classical, alighted like a; x) f2 e/ L: C6 t/ J& p
bombshell among the hitherto peaceful citizens of Nopolis. Groups of' s( W; S/ a% x% @' w  [
excited individuals gathered at the corners of the streets. Every one: [) s$ x+ M9 Z# Z  M% X! ]4 O+ D
awaited, with heartfelt anxiety, the reply of the dignified Smith.
/ Y& M7 g6 Z( g: ~" F% C% MNext morning it appeared as follows:$ b4 H' u3 a. N% ]2 V* y

; j  x+ s% b, u'We quote from "The Tea-Pot" of yesterday the subjoined paragraph:
# _  v0 {6 ?3 O; v, c3 n4 U2 l6 e"Oh, yes! Oh, we perceive! Oh, no doubt! Oh, my! Oh, goodness! Oh,, F+ q$ F: f$ e8 D) P' `) \; L
tempora! Oh, Moses!" Why, the fellow is all O! That accounts for his/ a9 I; v: z( p2 ?/ g& {7 m7 h# H
reasoning in a circle, and explains why there is neither beginning! N8 D: g  t$ _& ?
nor end to him, nor to anything he says. We really do not believe the# [2 [2 v+ r* U8 H
vagabond can write a word that hasn't an O in it. Wonder if this& ~; e. o$ c* Y, l, b$ p
O-ing is a habit of his? By-the-by, he came away from Down-East in a) j; X. A9 n* R* S
great hurry. Wonder if he O's as much there as he does here? "O! it& O: c4 h6 t6 K2 I6 l. a# o' z( O
is pitiful."'4 b' F- M- l0 E0 O

1 s' @* |  m4 eThe indignation of Mr. Bullet-head at these scandalous insinuations,
, ?, M$ [" K. tI shall not attempt to describe. On the eel-skinning principle,1 A) N0 x6 W: f
however, he did not seem to be so much incensed at the attack upon
, x8 Y, b/ A3 `* D5 nhis integrity as one might have imagined. It was the sneer at his
+ w8 U1 Y) B( P  \2 n5 Gstyle that drove him to desperation. What! -- he Touch-and-go
. M5 z. D8 d7 B3 `Bullet-head! -- not able to write a word without an O in it! He would
0 u4 A$ g& }4 Vsoon let the jackanapes see that he was mistaken. Yes! he would let) A( w3 o* Z) J
him see how much he was mistaken, the puppy! He, Touch-and-go% |/ S+ P" d+ v0 X
Bullet-head, of Frogpondium, would let Mr. John Smith perceive that; W$ \3 A7 G, f" x8 t5 S: @" R
he, Bullet-head, could indite, if it so pleased him, a whole
+ B& h+ D$ z9 u  C  Pparagraph -- aye! a whole article -- in which that contemptible vowel4 `% V* B# |" Y& Z8 h+ H; m' ~
should not once -- not even once -- make its appearance. But no; --% L6 m" Q( T2 k- Z) U7 X& `
that would be yielding a point to the said John Smith. He,
1 Q3 F+ q3 `3 K2 j) kBullet-head, would make no alteration in his style, to suit the6 P% m  `" ?, _2 Y
caprices of any Mr. Smith in Christendom. Perish so vile a thought!
/ o  Q# d* v  H5 ~The O forever; He would persist in the O. He would be as O-wy as O-wy
$ z$ E+ X; T$ M( Ccould be.
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Burning with the chivalry of this determination, the great: r9 K, S! r7 b7 r  Z1 V
Touch-and-go, in the next 'Tea-Pot,' came out merely with this simple) D7 o7 C% l8 U7 c
but resolute paragraph, in reference to this unhappy affair:
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' J% u- R3 C# M7 ?$ s/ P'The editor of the "Tea-Pot" has the honor of advising the editor of. F, W- i; \5 J5 i8 H+ ~( D- }
the "Gazette" that he (the "Tea-Pot") will take an opportunity in; |, y7 N: ]$ p' e. ~- q
tomorrow morning's paper, of convincing him (the "Daily News") that he
  W7 D1 X# ^7 V, x# e(the "Tea-Pot") both can and will be his own master, as regards+ t& h% C7 ^7 z$ T
style; he (the "Tea-Pot") intending to show him (the "Daily News") the0 X( G) V( a0 S" Q2 Z/ s1 J, h' {
supreme, and indeed the withering contempt with which the criticism
5 l3 A* m5 W6 y# N# r! cof him (the "Daily News") inspires the independent bosom of him (the' ]8 O) y* v- {8 O: C
"TeaPot") by composing for the especial gratification (?) of him (the
. [& c8 u2 b; y. a" W/ v' Z5 J"Daily News") a leading article, of some extent, in which the beautiful
: z  ]2 Z. |) I& M& b( W/ Cvowel -- the emblem of Eternity -- yet so offensive to the
+ k( P* n* _; u' }: O  phyper-exquisite delicacy of him (the "Daily News") shall most certainly
# `* ]! Y( V  H3 N& h/ Knot be avoided by his (the "Daily News") most obedient, humble
9 R  B3 v& `8 ]! D# J; U4 G9 J1 eservant, the "Tea-Pot." "So much for Buckingham!"'8 ]* c2 ^3 |; _6 S
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In fulfilment of the awful threat thus darkly intimated rather than2 ~( P+ Z! Y  r! R) ^
decidedly enunciated, the great Bullet-head, turning a deaf ear to
/ M* N3 m- F1 a; d* c$ Kall entreaties for 'copy,' and simply requesting his foreman to 'go
- K$ Y+ C% H6 b( P3 t2 mto the d-l,' when he (the foreman) assured him (the 'Tea-Pot'!) that
: W% P/ k) H+ x0 |it was high time to 'go to press': turning a deaf ear to everything,! u1 S7 g7 i7 g8 ]0 q
I say, the great Bullet-head sat up until day-break, consuming the$ }# v) K1 h8 a3 ^- W% |
midnight oil, and absorbed in the composition of the really# p. n6 P/ d, `0 L* N5 R
unparalleled paragraph, which follows:-
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- g4 X  ]; |9 O& I$ Z* |6 C'So ho, John! how now? Told you so, you know. Don't crow, another4 V9 _# v4 ?1 M. Y* @! x$ z
time, before you're out of the woods! Does your mother know you're
. D  j- x1 T- Y, fout? Oh, no, no! -- so go home at once, now, John, to your odious old. `" @% z4 n1 {/ k
woods of Concord! Go home to your woods, old owl -- go! You won't!0 W7 U( [: a' a, x% ?
Oh, poh, poh, don't do so! You've got to go, you know! So go at once,8 w- y4 W' h8 @: i* }
and don't go slow, for nobody owns you here, you know! Oh! John,
) B4 |8 A. ]$ w" BJohn, if you don't go you're no homo -- no! You're only a fowl, an
2 _' c! q5 V! h0 Towl, a cow, a sow, -- a doll, a poll; a poor, old,
- L$ I+ Z8 a% b, f* Sgood-for-nothing-to-nobody, log, dog, hog, or frog, come out of a5 W3 F+ N7 x2 h; r% L; K  h
Concord bog. Cool, now -- cool! Do be cool, you fool! None of your% w* {" L# k. O  ]
crowing, old cock! Don't frown so -- don't! Don't hollo, nor howl nor( F/ W" [9 H  Q$ P0 A8 v# F# F
growl, nor bow-wow-wow! Good Lord, John, how you do look! Told you8 X* p( w1 _6 R
so, you know -- but stop rolling your goose of an old poll about so,4 V/ z& M# a7 z* _7 i) k
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 great9 V- _1 e- A/ @8 ^) v9 \- C
Touch-and-go could do nothing more than that night.  He handed his article to
9 j' ?3 t& H% U7 \9 j5 g  zthe printer's boy who was waiting, and walked slowly home to bed.
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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
8 {# f) i" t" m5 ~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" F/ y) @  g9 s" B. H5 L
describe his feelings of horror when his fingers came out of it without a
( n8 y) L& r4 w/ T$ cletter in them? who can tell of his astonishment and anger when he realized that the little box was completely empty?  Not a single% B8 |* c; ?1 e
little-o was in the little-o box; and, glancing fearfully at the
; D! o6 i; n' y/ U3 F( gcapital-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  x" Y8 G/ i- T4 J
without no o's.'
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" E. D# l3 T0 ?# x* |9 O- X'What do you mean by that?' said the chief, who was  very
7 D& V! K+ t' h. V; P" ]. p# gangry at being kept from his bed so late.
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8 t. B1 H0 n$ W. e'Well, sir, there isn't an o in the office, neither a big one nor a
2 {' U  k$ K, ]* }0 @2 z* Ilittle one!', F  E0 r. u/ ]0 V! Y# A

* S, ?$ \- j2 ]+ R7 V'What -- what has happened to all those that were in the box?'$ d( `0 h/ C" l* @& z* t9 Z
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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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: f' J3 |  j, T! x3 E8 A6 u'I haven't a doubt of it,' replied the chief angrily, turning& Z- w! B' Y, k( |% R
purple with rage 'but I tell you what you do, Bob, that's a good boy
) x( U6 y# Y: s-- you go over to the Daily News the first chance you get, and take every one of their2 m% {* p( `4 D/ c7 b1 @6 t
i's .'
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8 o+ K, R( T9 [, \9 Y: f6 ^'Right,' replied Bob. 'I'll go,9 X, e  M0 U2 z& E% \* z  T, U  Z
I'll show them a thing or two; but what about that
4 F7 H! A- ~% B6 {* J6 @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?'9 v5 \7 }2 F" \; X

3 i, y- m5 t; R6 k  @( _7 s+ s'I Shouldn't call it a very long paragrab.'1 y* [& ?& l2 s7 @5 ~- p

/ h1 H1 c0 w4 k9 f'Ah, well, then! Do the best you can with it! We must get it ready,'
4 J3 v7 b# R: V' K) w8 ?$ [said the chief, who was buried in work; 'just put in
* _. p2 i% f. asome 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 his
3 L  V1 m8 m' ^( kcase, muttering as he went: 'Considdeble vell, them ere expressions,0 _0 d2 A: P! H) j: O
perticcler for a man as doesn't swar. So I's to gouge out all their, H, r( |  X: c& k; g5 r" x
eyes, eh? and d-n all their gizzards! Vell! this here's the chap as! I6 \/ Y! o3 @" s) ^
is just able for to do it.' The fact is that although Bob was but
3 N; B' f' v- M2 Mtwelve years old and four feet high, he was equal to any amount of) a7 J. C9 z7 d) x- F' I
fight, in a small way.1 P; s3 J4 v, \

7 D; Z9 K) K6 p7 L# S/ {$ ^7 ~* MThe exigency here described is by no means of rare occurrence in
% X8 D# i, `7 p2 T+ t( X8 b3 l  xprinting-offices; and I cannot tell how to account for it, but the& J& [8 b& k6 {: ^( N
fact is indisputable, that when the exigency does occur, it almost
3 m# D$ |* m; A/ falways happens that x is adopted as a substitute for the letter0 M' @+ B& S% E7 S0 d  d, K1 p
deficient. The true reason, perhaps, is that x is rather the most9 T: {8 F! D: n& o% d9 u- [4 D" |
superabundant letter in the cases, or at least was so in the old
" K) O2 m  Y" J6 D1 Y% Ptimes -- long enough to render the substitution in question an
4 T: k1 z1 C/ ?4 T) Xhabitual thing with printers. As for Bob, he would have considered it
2 Q6 P2 A  ?& d2 u- C6 |heretical to employ any other character, in a case of this kind, than
0 a: l: Z  |7 V/ S9 {the x to which he had been accustomed.
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, l  x) f& T  M& u( j'I shell have to x this ere paragrab,' said he to himself, as he read5 f) _3 L  P; \0 L' D
it over in astonishment, 'but it's jest about the awfulest o-wy
& U+ u: ~, i4 i4 hparagrab I ever did see': so x it he did, unflinchingly, and to press
  q& T. t8 \  F, A* T# I6 wit went x-ed.
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Next morning the population of Nopolis were taken all aback by
8 v  w/ n1 @5 Mreading in 'The Tea-Pot,' the following extraordinary leader:
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; C) e# u) K8 U( ~: a  ~: m'Sx hx, Jxhn! hxw nxw? Txld yxu sx, yxu knxw. Dxn't crxw, anxther
4 A5 d/ X# I2 w5 X4 R# j: Q1 ttime, befxre yxu're xut xf the wxxds! Dxes yxur mxther knxw yxu're4 O% `5 g4 B/ s+ ~; Q9 u* Y# P
xut? Xh, nx, nx! -- sx gx hxme at xnce, nxw, Jxhn, tx yxur xdixus xld
% M, v& r) @4 Y, lwxxds xf Cxncxrd! Gx hxme tx yxur wxxds, xld xwl, -- gx! Yxu wxn't?
6 k3 t. O' f7 q  @, ]Xh, pxh, pxh, Jxhn, dxn't dx sx! Yxu've gxt tx gx, yxu knxw, sx gx at, W, B! t2 ^; ~" v: q8 V9 ^
xnce, and dxn't gx slxw; fxr nxbxdy xwns yxu here, yxu knxw. Xh,
- U: R: e7 t/ `0 fJxhn, Jxhn, Jxhn, if yxu dxn't gx yxu're nx hxmx -- nx! Yxu're xnly a
; a5 G- H: ]/ |fxwl, an xwl; a cxw, a sxw; a dxll, a pxll; a pxxr xld$ C3 n+ s7 X$ ]: K8 D. {
gxxd-fxr-nxthing-tx-nxbxdy, lxg, dxg, hxg, xr frxg, cxme xut xf a
7 ?7 I+ I7 A9 b# }) i& WCxncxrd bxg. Cxxl, nxw -- cxxl! Dx be cxxl, yxu fxxl! Nxne xf yxur
( P8 d2 u4 _6 @* v8 X' V8 R; [crxwing, xld cxck! Dxn't frxwn sx -- dxn't! Dxn't hxllx, nxr hxwl,
8 u( J- \- M; a5 z# `, Wnxr grxwl, nxr bxw-wxw-wxw! Gxxd Lxrd, Jxhn, hxw yxu dx lxxk! Txld
. G$ X2 f0 C- h* H: o3 gyxu sx, yxu knxw, -- but stxp rxlling yxur gxxse xf an xld pxll abxut: W- E5 F/ d) ]
sx, and gx and drxwn yxur sxrrxws in a bxwl!'
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 楼主| 发表于 2009-7-27 22:25 | 显示全部楼层
The uproar occasioned by this mystical and cabalistical article, is
* m9 u4 O( A. qnot to be conceived. The first definite idea entertained by the9 K& |# s; ]. \! n3 }
populace was, that some diabolical treason lay concealed in the" j5 z: g9 h- z! ]5 A
hieroglyphics; and there was a general rush to Bullet-head's5 d. r% N% ]5 S' o' }) X, c
residence, for the purpose of riding him on a rail; but that
" l+ m  d* y0 G1 ?) Sgentleman was nowhere to be found. He had vanished, no one could tell. k5 a0 n. G3 O4 A* O, t( @0 c, K
how; and not even the ghost of him has ever been seen since.
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# s9 v6 `+ m, O8 }6 W1 |' U3 rUnable to discover its legitimate object, the popular fury at length
+ b% K6 j* ^* L; N& W8 W! Z9 Psubsided; leaving behind it, by way of sediment, quite a medley of9 V8 j6 B& x/ h( i5 T
opinion about this unhappy affair.
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# W- u# C+ J2 z5 COne gentleman thought the whole an X-ellent joke.; F' O0 j7 }" D, }- }

, l- O+ ~- r' g& M% i7 TAnother said that, indeed, Bullet-head had shown much X-uberance of
# e+ k% X7 F7 L, n7 T, [0 F/ S' sfancy.% K: v6 q7 M# |$ z2 `: Y
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A third admitted him X-entric, but no more.
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* n! P2 o, F4 j& w$ w' ^+ t4 zA fourth could only suppose it the Yankee's design to X-press, in a3 P+ g1 M$ n2 w4 P8 R' Y) n6 _
general way, his X-asperation.8 l( }, \7 B. E' N& C  n( c$ Q* g

* L$ ?+ d' O6 X'Say, rather, to set an X-ample to posterity,' suggested a fifth., q" }, G& y5 E

- C) |4 e( M+ s5 K8 ZThat Bullet-head had been driven to an extremity, was clear to all;
* Y9 y" L1 m8 R; B8 vand in fact, since that editor could not be found, there was some% u6 V+ c6 R% r* v; b! b. r* H
talk about lynching the other one.
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The more common conclusion, however, was that the affair was, simply,
2 c8 p: {7 t7 F$ PX-traordinary and in-X-plicable. Even the town mathematician
! R1 c2 H) e6 Z; P. Tconfessed that he could make nothing of so dark a problem. X, every.
$ D  M! \2 ~, |3 u: dbody knew, was an unknown quantity; but in this case (as he properly1 y# ^1 Q  ]8 P  [8 |1 M
observed), there was an unknown quantity of X.6 P) {4 V  s0 ~- r# D, B8 f2 a
2 H/ r8 B8 u8 r, ]- n% |1 @, d3 h3 P
The opinion of Bob, the devil (who kept dark about his having 'X-ed
: O% L5 ~1 U& G5 C3 K% Q! |: _8 Kthe paragrab'), did not meet with so much attention as I think it. |# W" @" J: r; E; r3 D- S+ o. n8 D9 r
deserved, although it was very openly and very fearlessly expressed.
% |8 K+ F4 @/ v+ A4 j' X) IHe said that, for his part, he had no doubt about the matter at all,3 t6 a* g( W) b; u1 v; x. r$ _) T0 D
that it was a clear case, that Mr. Bullet-head 'never could be
2 z; t/ y- x- M4 Jpersuaded fur to drink like other folks, but vas continually
3 ^$ V7 q9 h% M2 `0 o- F6 ca-svigging o' that ere blessed XXX ale, and as a naiteral! C4 B& B, Y9 W. ~8 M
consekvence, it just puffed him up savage, and made him X (cross) in  W5 `6 v/ p; h* u' B2 @1 e0 {0 d6 e
the X-treme.'
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