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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 AllanPoe2 A) b# n1 y2 E3 t3 e7 y

! k" d! U! \; S& Y% |0 m9 Z8 M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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AS 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.
* \$ h* a0 ?7 P5 a( ]- a$ q   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 . u1 ^- ^5 S# c. Q
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I must do him the justice to say, however, that when he made up his% C4 _* w+ o0 W6 X: r
mind finally to settle in that town, it was under the impression that4 v& ?8 t' X6 I4 c& Q3 K: g. p; E! w
no newspaper, and consequently no editor, existed in that particular, J, u) |/ e% k! P- M: s
section of the country. In establishing 'The Tea-Pot' he expected to
' S) e; x6 _: q/ K. w9 D; ahave the field all to himself. I feel confident he never would have
; D  D) p2 g1 h" O  bdreamed of taking up his residence in Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis' y/ a1 t, N( E, W
had he been aware that, in Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis, there lived
" D+ s& s2 G4 B. Q' R4 r( Oa gentleman named John Smith (if I rightly remember), who for many
. x5 C' S# N: [8 q7 h4 vyears had there quietly grown fat in editing and publishing the
6 }9 q  M. M5 Y$ F) e'Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis Daily News.' It was solely, therefore, on/ s8 x3 O- K+ }; |
account of having been misinformed, that Mr. Bullet-head found: F2 V( _- L3 A9 l
himself in Alex-suppose we call it Nopolis, 'for short' -- but, as he: g3 E7 v5 u+ p8 x$ c, x
did find himself there, he determined to keep up his character for' J& _1 g% Z/ ?: h4 x6 n7 x9 Y
obst -- for firmness, and remain. So remain he did; and he did more;
" \) Q# B+ S, `8 P- T1 A, c5 ghe unpacked his press, type, etc., etc., rented an office exactly
% r/ {) x3 Z2 g: p: vopposite to that of the 'Daily News,' and, on the third morning after
' N' S8 V% ?8 G* X" u( }% Q. S1 m0 vhis arrival, issued the first number of 'The Alexan' -- that is to
: U9 Q4 ]7 O5 }0 psay, of 'The Nopolis Tea-Pot' -- as nearly as I can recollect, this
- s& _4 ^9 S( d( j' c- Hwas the name of the new paper.
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The leading article, I must admit, was brilliant -- not to say
) K% z* E' ^! r$ p5 ?+ |severe. It was especially bitter about things in general -- and as/ D0 r3 |$ [3 y# f  }! b
for the editor of 'The Daily News,' he was torn all to pieces in
) d* K- }+ M- T) v% [+ ]8 f0 |/ bparticular. Some of Bullethead's remarks were really so fiery that I, A5 z! Z/ L3 g; x5 v
have always, since that time, been forced to look upon John Smith,9 S9 O+ z8 s2 u+ A; S
who is still alive, in the light of a salamander. I cannot pretend to: ?; b$ p5 a2 Y7 g
give all the 'Tea-Pot's' paragraphs verbatim, but one of them runs$ k5 x( H- I- ~8 Q' I) B) Q! u. @& \
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 way5 Y' N( D+ K& `  }3 [
is a genius -- O, my! Oh, goodness, gracious! -- what is this world
' w. |$ W8 E1 tcoming to? Oh, tempora! Oh, Moses!'
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A philippic at once so caustic and so classical, alighted like a
% D6 b' w9 m5 a# ^7 L, g# a0 [bombshell among the hitherto peaceful citizens of Nopolis. Groups of3 g2 U* g. H+ L9 a
excited individuals gathered at the corners of the streets. Every one
- }1 ^( R) Y# w: ]7 m0 Mawaited, with heartfelt anxiety, the reply of the dignified Smith.
* T) l2 k( E+ M! c4 ~2 |& R" wNext morning it appeared as follows:% W* v& h: T4 x& g, X% H
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'We quote from "The Tea-Pot" of yesterday the subjoined paragraph:
% D" N3 y2 S/ h! p"Oh, yes! Oh, we perceive! Oh, no doubt! Oh, my! Oh, goodness! Oh,
* P9 B  c  o. otempora! Oh, Moses!" Why, the fellow is all O! That accounts for his
1 A9 @4 W3 \/ z) V0 t# rreasoning in a circle, and explains why there is neither beginning4 x9 H% }4 R8 t
nor end to him, nor to anything he says. We really do not believe the: l  @+ p4 r( G7 a
vagabond can write a word that hasn't an O in it. Wonder if this/ F8 I  _& E, f
O-ing is a habit of his? By-the-by, he came away from Down-East in a7 p* D' Z  C7 A# H8 {" d
great hurry. Wonder if he O's as much there as he does here? "O! it: C, c+ i/ s$ }( P3 o" ^
is pitiful."'( }  k$ L% N) U6 d6 W0 T: ?

/ H2 i+ G5 Q, m7 FThe indignation of Mr. Bullet-head at these scandalous insinuations,( w  r; x' w' {
I shall not attempt to describe. On the eel-skinning principle,
! d+ r  `. l! |1 r3 ehowever, he did not seem to be so much incensed at the attack upon
' W: z: }* j, V1 jhis integrity as one might have imagined. It was the sneer at his
1 H3 b9 W& ^* T5 x; pstyle that drove him to desperation. What! -- he Touch-and-go
  t4 Z3 J3 K1 |7 Z8 SBullet-head! -- not able to write a word without an O in it! He would
# R. r  Y* G" W" y7 e5 j* \/ ~soon let the jackanapes see that he was mistaken. Yes! he would let
, t1 d3 \$ R" F, B% G" U6 C  S2 @* xhim see how much he was mistaken, the puppy! He, Touch-and-go
' d6 y7 |7 c8 {- X. U; KBullet-head, of Frogpondium, would let Mr. John Smith perceive that
! R9 N: F! T, zhe, Bullet-head, could indite, if it so pleased him, a whole$ ]2 z- z$ F  F
paragraph -- aye! a whole article -- in which that contemptible vowel) g' a6 y+ I- _
should not once -- not even once -- make its appearance. But no; --
5 C* g! t6 f5 F1 S8 R; ]2 C% j; wthat would be yielding a point to the said John Smith. He,
4 p3 q3 F& z( Q- S! Z0 R1 mBullet-head, would make no alteration in his style, to suit the, g+ ]% j0 v" _7 |
caprices of any Mr. Smith in Christendom. Perish so vile a thought!8 H& W7 i5 G% g9 a
The O forever; He would persist in the O. He would be as O-wy as O-wy4 W6 A: [* Z. z4 }7 I7 u
could be.
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本帖最后由 rainbowfish 于 2009-7-27 23:33 编辑
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) ^9 J" T* l1 B1 Y- O9 e2 OBurning with the chivalry of this determination, the great
/ }& D" W+ V9 t. gTouch-and-go, in the next 'Tea-Pot,' came out merely with this simple
; T8 l7 x: b/ g1 Vbut resolute paragraph, in reference to this unhappy affair:
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1 \1 e7 L1 E, {1 F3 o0 A'The editor of the "Tea-Pot" has the honor of advising the editor of1 |; D$ o/ w6 }6 K
the "Gazette" that he (the "Tea-Pot") will take an opportunity in
9 E( S- d( g# ]: z' Rtomorrow morning's paper, of convincing him (the "Daily News") that he
& X- N- B* ~# p. b' G! S(the "Tea-Pot") both can and will be his own master, as regards
( c, c+ p& I- `+ @% dstyle; he (the "Tea-Pot") intending to show him (the "Daily News") the
4 D3 [" K* L! fsupreme, and indeed the withering contempt with which the criticism' X+ Z3 z; m$ C, X' [2 F. t
of him (the "Daily News") inspires the independent bosom of him (the
4 \$ i! ~, ?& ?/ @& t2 U5 L"TeaPot") by composing for the especial gratification (?) of him (the
0 S9 Y: L4 N# K$ m"Daily News") a leading article, of some extent, in which the beautiful& F5 E$ T1 @0 h" h2 q
vowel -- the emblem of Eternity -- yet so offensive to the
( x% Z+ u) B$ qhyper-exquisite delicacy of him (the "Daily News") shall most certainly
0 x7 N# d8 s9 y: N. U$ Gnot be avoided by his (the "Daily News") most obedient, humble
" n% ?; K+ {2 V6 lservant, the "Tea-Pot." "So much for Buckingham!"'
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! d  n, z& y  M/ XIn fulfilment of the awful threat thus darkly intimated rather than3 I+ u8 K% p0 P! F1 D5 ?$ \& [
decidedly enunciated, the great Bullet-head, turning a deaf ear to( T7 k+ x0 S( Y3 ~
all entreaties for 'copy,' and simply requesting his foreman to 'go0 |; \2 I# \$ Q. H4 ]
to the d-l,' when he (the foreman) assured him (the 'Tea-Pot'!) that
0 ?2 G- C7 r) X7 C# y- \0 y9 _it was high time to 'go to press': turning a deaf ear to everything,
0 ?  M  r) h( j2 AI say, the great Bullet-head sat up until day-break, consuming the3 l2 C5 `1 p0 n
midnight oil, and absorbed in the composition of the really
, f; g! _7 k! h: eunparalleled paragraph, which follows:-
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* L8 U3 J1 S+ O. L2 o8 @) a'So ho, John! how now? Told you so, you know. Don't crow, another( Y4 W& L8 U5 u, P) r3 x- B
time, before you're out of the woods! Does your mother know you're6 G, P6 T7 g6 V% ?# P
out? Oh, no, no! -- so go home at once, now, John, to your odious old
/ r5 f/ }- \# w0 Qwoods of Concord! Go home to your woods, old owl -- go! You won't!- _, P9 v& Z- r
Oh, poh, poh, don't do so! You've got to go, you know! So go at once,
* b) s0 [- @- rand don't go slow, for nobody owns you here, you know! Oh! John,
+ [) \* d7 L8 N1 W% VJohn, if you don't go you're no homo -- no! You're only a fowl, an: d$ \; o: X- `* q
owl, a cow, a sow, -- a doll, a poll; a poor, old,
! U" r0 e. `# e/ r) Ygood-for-nothing-to-nobody, log, dog, hog, or frog, come out of a
$ l# T. y3 ]0 }- V4 e# i  X# _/ vConcord bog. Cool, now -- cool! Do be cool, you fool! None of your. [; I( V' M, q. ~
crowing, old cock! Don't frown so -- don't! Don't hollo, nor howl nor& f, [+ ^* N  ^$ k  z
growl, nor bow-wow-wow! Good Lord, John, how you do look! Told you" r( ^2 c' E8 O1 X9 B" `
so, you know -- but stop rolling your goose of an old poll about so,3 j2 l+ |- f) a- f
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
. c; O+ M, w0 }( YTouch-and-go could do nothing more than that night.  He handed his article to" Q# R% M: j) o2 v; q$ q
the printer's boy who was waiting, and walked slowly home to bed.; h0 U# @: Z, L6 p5 n, h& M! V
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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
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In the first place, of course, -- as the opening word was 'So,' -- he
; U; A/ e$ P4 `  M) h- \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
+ L9 Q" K& u  x8 U% w* ^5 L) Z; r0 kdescribe his feelings of horror when his fingers came out of it without a
4 r  O7 O6 e- I% Eletter in them? who can tell of his astonishment and anger when he realized that the little box was completely empty?  Not a single& E0 g  V8 F2 |6 ^0 `  d
little-o was in the little-o box; and, glancing fearfully at the: ^& L3 s4 S$ c2 Z
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 nothing# v  u' R) w' G* r5 J
without no o's.'# y$ _+ ?- b; ]0 ]- n

9 c3 [$ o0 a# N2 E  r7 Y; I'What do you mean by that?' said the chief, who was  very
( U* ^+ o% q1 \2 P! e" u5 c% Iangry at being kept from his bed so late.2 O8 W* x/ v! R. \# g/ S
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'Well, sir, there isn't an o in the office, neither a big one nor a3 k2 \3 M& J4 q# G8 W
little one!'
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" P0 D) H( |9 L0 e'What -- what has happened to all those that were in the box?'0 F4 h# v; E$ S  |/ z+ `

+ H0 O. @9 d9 k! ~* V$ `% ~' D'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.'. ~) ~9 a3 w8 O
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'I haven't a doubt of it,' replied the chief angrily, turning% h8 I4 i, y# @* ?% M
purple with rage 'but I tell you what you do, Bob, that's a good boy+ |5 _( M3 S& t) l
-- you go over to the Daily News the first chance you get, and take every one of their
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) b- \8 C2 {# l. ?8 X- {'Right,' replied Bob. 'I'll go,
6 q% L2 W9 v# g7 f+ @6 H) TI'll show them a thing or two; but what about that
( i; V0 ]( u) G6 r0 b. _. h/ dparagraph? 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
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'Trouble enough. Is it a long paragraph, Bob?'9 L4 W6 `5 o. W( u- @
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'I Shouldn't call it a very long paragrab.'" o; q# {/ @5 F' r( s  T7 s1 o

9 U0 p8 I9 K4 i; K" z) c'Ah, well, then! Do the best you can with it! We must get it ready,'; q% S; ~+ T4 t
said the chief, who was buried in work; 'just put in
( u  A6 @6 N6 ~6 O& I  wsome 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 his0 b% k2 F! m8 i+ w2 K, `, M& N
case, muttering as he went: 'Considdeble vell, them ere expressions,
: o  P6 W* K, R/ R# wperticcler for a man as doesn't swar. So I's to gouge out all their/ z8 }5 o' M# x/ Y! c
eyes, eh? and d-n all their gizzards! Vell! this here's the chap as  \2 p, ?  Q) K# i* d6 |! ?
is just able for to do it.' The fact is that although Bob was but
( t( G0 @9 y+ {! ^  ftwelve years old and four feet high, he was equal to any amount of
3 a! Q4 ~2 X. Zfight, in a small way.
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The exigency here described is by no means of rare occurrence in$ K" c5 ^1 T2 }4 K+ C
printing-offices; and I cannot tell how to account for it, but the. a8 N% i  w* ~8 ^4 @7 `$ c( e; n4 J
fact is indisputable, that when the exigency does occur, it almost
0 e" [0 z# w# P4 e. i' K* Lalways happens that x is adopted as a substitute for the letter- b! Q; g! k- F1 I
deficient. The true reason, perhaps, is that x is rather the most
: R* y9 P7 v8 usuperabundant letter in the cases, or at least was so in the old
. T* c/ D" T) g) ^$ {times -- long enough to render the substitution in question an
  U" E9 H0 N3 ihabitual thing with printers. As for Bob, he would have considered it
  R5 f5 m" |# ?" w. p% eheretical to employ any other character, in a case of this kind, than
( p+ Q8 J  f3 I) e" d( e+ zthe x to which he had been accustomed.# E( x, A3 ^: z: H

: f: S1 \. Y+ D* P; V'I shell have to x this ere paragrab,' said he to himself, as he read
# A( a8 r* b  K, q( e6 ~  Git over in astonishment, 'but it's jest about the awfulest o-wy
( j: s8 P2 A8 Z% eparagrab I ever did see': so x it he did, unflinchingly, and to press. I0 s& K  H; e" v
it went x-ed.! e- R" V5 F7 S: ^+ \2 D. P1 q- v& O

4 V% U5 a2 {; V; cNext morning the population of Nopolis were taken all aback by
+ [5 y" `( K3 q$ creading in 'The Tea-Pot,' the following extraordinary leader:
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  ]. z+ T/ Z; V5 O'Sx hx, Jxhn! hxw nxw? Txld yxu sx, yxu knxw. Dxn't crxw, anxther5 U9 f# i; u- c: w' u; `2 m$ Q
time, befxre yxu're xut xf the wxxds! Dxes yxur mxther knxw yxu're6 A! ^( }* s/ ^0 A* w' C
xut? Xh, nx, nx! -- sx gx hxme at xnce, nxw, Jxhn, tx yxur xdixus xld! H! H; U1 g* s2 o, ?( j
wxxds xf Cxncxrd! Gx hxme tx yxur wxxds, xld xwl, -- gx! Yxu wxn't?
/ l) ^4 c7 i" d. B9 H/ TXh, pxh, pxh, Jxhn, dxn't dx sx! Yxu've gxt tx gx, yxu knxw, sx gx at
' ^& |% [5 C% m' ^, jxnce, and dxn't gx slxw; fxr nxbxdy xwns yxu here, yxu knxw. Xh,
. e6 v( x: T! U6 Y# ]3 ~' hJxhn, Jxhn, Jxhn, if yxu dxn't gx yxu're nx hxmx -- nx! Yxu're xnly a
6 V$ ~" x" s5 D; p: t1 |1 ifxwl, an xwl; a cxw, a sxw; a dxll, a pxll; a pxxr xld7 J$ A) A' I' |3 q1 v: X
gxxd-fxr-nxthing-tx-nxbxdy, lxg, dxg, hxg, xr frxg, cxme xut xf a6 G+ [" z. g4 J0 k
Cxncxrd bxg. Cxxl, nxw -- cxxl! Dx be cxxl, yxu fxxl! Nxne xf yxur' I2 W' Z7 a/ y% r- Y
crxwing, xld cxck! Dxn't frxwn sx -- dxn't! Dxn't hxllx, nxr hxwl,0 L' m& d) {2 |# A7 S
nxr grxwl, nxr bxw-wxw-wxw! Gxxd Lxrd, Jxhn, hxw yxu dx lxxk! Txld
  n  ?- X/ W8 k7 a5 {$ ?6 w0 C3 |0 w7 Lyxu sx, yxu knxw, -- but stxp rxlling yxur gxxse xf an xld pxll abxut( G  G! a) V" q) E3 H9 D0 [
sx, and gx and drxwn yxur sxrrxws in a bxwl!'
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The uproar occasioned by this mystical and cabalistical article, is; F  r, g5 S) Y' I! v8 `9 Y, V" U
not to be conceived. The first definite idea entertained by the
* s- M1 v) @" b% c( w; Cpopulace was, that some diabolical treason lay concealed in the
% w. \  d2 D' khieroglyphics; and there was a general rush to Bullet-head's: f! b/ p% G3 L2 L7 v. U1 Q8 x
residence, for the purpose of riding him on a rail; but that
: M: H5 A( C% r6 i) x* a4 I# bgentleman was nowhere to be found. He had vanished, no one could tell
, @6 O! C: I4 P$ W6 J; ehow; and not even the ghost of him has ever been seen since.
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Unable to discover its legitimate object, the popular fury at length
) z5 `- }+ @2 ]; k( Wsubsided; leaving behind it, by way of sediment, quite a medley of
( L# v9 k; G3 P; H$ ]1 |, \opinion about this unhappy affair.
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One gentleman thought the whole an X-ellent joke.
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Another said that, indeed, Bullet-head had shown much X-uberance of
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& E, q" _+ f/ e1 p2 J2 i; C, KA third admitted him X-entric, but no more.& T( |/ w8 ?2 I3 o) i+ N+ r8 r: n

2 ^6 Y" K, K; k$ R$ ]A fourth could only suppose it the Yankee's design to X-press, in a
: ?6 }- {0 {: B- l, U+ ygeneral way, his X-asperation.# h: `# D7 J$ @# d9 _; g  q" c3 g

- w, k1 Z# g* o+ F. V; }* h'Say, rather, to set an X-ample to posterity,' suggested a fifth.( i( s. b" B$ Z2 p+ N5 O, {
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That Bullet-head had been driven to an extremity, was clear to all;
% {# E6 ?& w# w( m. yand in fact, since that editor could not be found, there was some# Z6 l6 l5 x6 T4 A
talk about lynching the other one.
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The more common conclusion, however, was that the affair was, simply,
! C1 v# H7 a, X) eX-traordinary and in-X-plicable. Even the town mathematician
# x5 O9 d2 d& w# [: Mconfessed that he could make nothing of so dark a problem. X, every.
1 A4 B2 P( j1 y) ]) ^; c, \body knew, was an unknown quantity; but in this case (as he properly1 m* E% T. U1 _2 L. U( f7 Q
observed), there was an unknown quantity of X.
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9 d4 u1 i8 s5 @2 [6 xThe opinion of Bob, the devil (who kept dark about his having 'X-ed
; }# V2 D, B& _, b2 {. ethe paragrab'), did not meet with so much attention as I think it% a4 |0 C5 W1 d: |
deserved, although it was very openly and very fearlessly expressed.$ s8 s, j7 l' [9 \( X
He said that, for his part, he had no doubt about the matter at all,
+ e6 r$ I* Z+ J% F8 vthat it was a clear case, that Mr. Bullet-head 'never could be
& T9 h, V8 i5 i% |! q1 d7 F- s4 Y5 epersuaded fur to drink like other folks, but vas continually, o& N' \9 v9 v: b
a-svigging o' that ere blessed XXX ale, and as a naiteral
) R3 h( \" \0 Y8 r! Xconsekvence, it just puffed him up savage, and made him X (cross) in; C' U3 v  p/ M- r' [6 m
the X-treme.'
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