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'Wery well,' replied Bob, 'here goes it!' and off he hurried to his* z9 l0 T& d2 B& `2 S
case, muttering as he went: 'Considdeble vell, them ere expressions,7 j: q7 p' [: x% a
perticcler for a man as doesn't swar. So I's to gouge out all their
% r V3 m$ ]( K* Neyes, eh? and d-n all their gizzards! Vell! this here's the chap as- p, W- |/ B/ G# p
is just able for to do it.' The fact is that although Bob was but
9 X6 }8 r5 k; Q: p1 h, Atwelve years old and four feet high, he was equal to any amount of$ r& ?4 V' w9 U9 @3 h8 m! U6 O
fight, in a small way.3 ?1 z) {0 w6 d$ e2 u/ P
6 h+ V* m( Y- s# M- I. R7 m& M. xThe exigency here described is by no means of rare occurrence in5 h6 t3 @* s- j5 o7 C: Z
printing-offices; and I cannot tell how to account for it, but the2 }% [ b/ l' j. x7 b+ M
fact is indisputable, that when the exigency does occur, it almost( H1 }) ~0 H* q6 O0 u1 P
always happens that x is adopted as a substitute for the letter1 J3 o4 w! p5 Z& Z& K0 s4 J
deficient. The true reason, perhaps, is that x is rather the most
3 K2 I7 w% ?2 K; D6 esuperabundant letter in the cases, or at least was so in the old0 D9 g* Q3 R+ E+ j6 [
times -- long enough to render the substitution in question an
4 H# |' S7 R9 B% p+ V) o5 b& o0 C& _habitual thing with printers. As for Bob, he would have considered it( [/ Z& N' z5 @" k
heretical to employ any other character, in a case of this kind, than8 {- r' E* m' E2 t. n
the x to which he had been accustomed.* o; x1 Z4 _$ A v9 K
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'I shell have to x this ere paragrab,' said he to himself, as he read# _9 I/ `2 q" R& n) z; T
it over in astonishment, 'but it's jest about the awfulest o-wy- J J$ `5 `& l9 S$ E4 A* c4 Z1 K2 H( r4 F
paragrab I ever did see': so x it he did, unflinchingly, and to press
2 v) P$ m% \5 _8 ^. D% Zit went x-ed.5 X" z; }' q1 y N# I/ b
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Next morning the population of Nopolis were taken all aback by$ L- B: a' {- w) [9 O [
reading in 'The Tea-Pot,' the following extraordinary leader:2 Q, z- m3 t5 L4 g6 A, r$ l6 p, H
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'Sx hx, Jxhn! hxw nxw? Txld yxu sx, yxu knxw. Dxn't crxw, anxther
+ X# c$ Z4 ~/ Z# Y6 Btime, befxre yxu're xut xf the wxxds! Dxes yxur mxther knxw yxu're
- P, C6 i: H5 X( Z) ~xut? Xh, nx, nx! -- sx gx hxme at xnce, nxw, Jxhn, tx yxur xdixus xld
; T* X) L8 @* L1 q( Pwxxds xf Cxncxrd! Gx hxme tx yxur wxxds, xld xwl, -- gx! Yxu wxn't?
# X4 N. D# W" wXh, pxh, pxh, Jxhn, dxn't dx sx! Yxu've gxt tx gx, yxu knxw, sx gx at
+ L/ E0 l4 Y/ q0 k; _* Kxnce, and dxn't gx slxw; fxr nxbxdy xwns yxu here, yxu knxw. Xh,0 L8 ]6 y; y& P, P
Jxhn, Jxhn, Jxhn, if yxu dxn't gx yxu're nx hxmx -- nx! Yxu're xnly a( d0 x, l- X" v, X5 E# m: o* u
fxwl, an xwl; a cxw, a sxw; a dxll, a pxll; a pxxr xld
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% h2 h1 ~ p" r( Fcrxwing, xld cxck! Dxn't frxwn sx -- dxn't! Dxn't hxllx, nxr hxwl,
+ G# V5 |! s/ j" ynxr grxwl, nxr bxw-wxw-wxw! Gxxd Lxrd, Jxhn, hxw yxu dx lxxk! Txld
1 \1 i8 w! M7 z! d0 j# h% H: byxu sx, yxu knxw, -- but stxp rxlling yxur gxxse xf an xld pxll abxut
& m+ D, n) @; Y0 Ysx, and gx and drxwn yxur sxrrxws in a bxwl!' |
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