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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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本帖最后由 rainbowfish 于 2009-7-27 22:45 编辑 ( k4 h1 L/ |  D  r% m* G
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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.
' U% ~' V! t0 H   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
. b, T- W) h) c' P: j  dmind finally to settle in that town, it was under the impression that" o0 s+ h* V0 z
no newspaper, and consequently no editor, existed in that particular
/ r) j  L  Q2 k  {4 E$ M; Rsection of the country. In establishing 'The Tea-Pot' he expected to0 [$ p: W8 J( G" N
have the field all to himself. I feel confident he never would have
+ L+ @) C( o% d" g9 Ydreamed of taking up his residence in Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis
6 g; [  {3 m3 I2 [* ihad he been aware that, in Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis, there lived
! z9 l0 \* l5 D5 [& S: _* y- pa gentleman named John Smith (if I rightly remember), who for many
: [1 d" ^- K) ?1 S+ Gyears had there quietly grown fat in editing and publishing the4 n" O) V8 x$ N1 D* L  X$ N
'Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis Daily News.' It was solely, therefore, on. H% x3 ^7 E# E* w  \' @. P8 v
account of having been misinformed, that Mr. Bullet-head found. T) J- w- \7 d$ j3 F
himself in Alex-suppose we call it Nopolis, 'for short' -- but, as he
' s2 ~8 ?- f! i) v  ^& ^' Adid find himself there, he determined to keep up his character for6 y4 D, {) B: d! _1 w$ k
obst -- for firmness, and remain. So remain he did; and he did more;4 i) q1 N3 R6 H% E: H- ?5 j5 Q
he unpacked his press, type, etc., etc., rented an office exactly
2 h- l1 ?# U" }& J* X; V  Sopposite to that of the 'Daily News,' and, on the third morning after
, n# D$ G5 @6 {; O5 ~, W& N8 ahis arrival, issued the first number of 'The Alexan' -- that is to
1 J( B$ R4 @1 r8 N9 \- d5 `say, of 'The Nopolis Tea-Pot' -- as nearly as I can recollect, this- a9 H! l9 B; E  J3 F' p% C1 o& i
was the name of the new paper.+ y+ G: C2 Z" j  U

4 [) d) i, }  }* C4 I! ]" mThe leading article, I must admit, was brilliant -- not to say
% K% E8 C% Q" Q8 I8 X$ Ksevere. It was especially bitter about things in general -- and as
! b4 U9 b1 B  S$ ?: f* i1 nfor the editor of 'The Daily News,' he was torn all to pieces in6 Y1 M+ ^: Z0 k8 N. X: P$ F6 Z0 e
particular. Some of Bullethead's remarks were really so fiery that I: f4 I  C' R) R7 @, a/ h. A
have always, since that time, been forced to look upon John Smith,# m6 ], D! Y& D6 n5 l- J
who is still alive, in the light of a salamander. I cannot pretend to
8 _6 x% y3 z" |! j* pgive all the 'Tea-Pot's' paragraphs verbatim, but one of them runs  P) @6 T% D  t- X; E
thus:
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 楼主| 发表于 2009-7-27 21:59 | 显示全部楼层
老杨团队 追求完美
'Oh, yes! -- Oh, we perceive! Oh, no doubt! The editor over the way
) L8 i8 t* O7 F5 ]1 y; Mis a genius -- O, my! Oh, goodness, gracious! -- what is this world# l5 `3 v$ t! E6 N/ R" d
coming to? Oh, tempora! Oh, Moses!'- {& M; {. @: n) V( ?; f- }

: m" m1 d1 b+ i4 @% w1 C) M) R& GA philippic at once so caustic and so classical, alighted like a- l* w1 [5 L  {4 r$ k
bombshell among the hitherto peaceful citizens of Nopolis. Groups of
! d. ~# }2 G2 _& ?7 w: Eexcited individuals gathered at the corners of the streets. Every one4 h! I( `. @( L, Q0 x
awaited, with heartfelt anxiety, the reply of the dignified Smith.0 A9 A3 a& l2 S/ l& w( J& J
Next morning it appeared as follows:) `& t2 n4 t$ t
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'We quote from "The Tea-Pot" of yesterday the subjoined paragraph:
/ O* _' Y8 [' E( F: F& w3 f' S"Oh, yes! Oh, we perceive! Oh, no doubt! Oh, my! Oh, goodness! Oh,: j- o) r- Z1 T' v0 K$ t' x. h& Z; k6 M
tempora! Oh, Moses!" Why, the fellow is all O! That accounts for his: S! ]+ p. J' g: G: l, r, \7 X
reasoning in a circle, and explains why there is neither beginning
# F$ V- c7 Q3 Unor end to him, nor to anything he says. We really do not believe the
& t* V! Y0 j+ D& y* R5 jvagabond can write a word that hasn't an O in it. Wonder if this1 ?' m- m/ O  J) B. t
O-ing is a habit of his? By-the-by, he came away from Down-East in a' x6 @2 `2 L0 \! T
great hurry. Wonder if he O's as much there as he does here? "O! it' P' p, f. d' L7 D/ o
is pitiful."'
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' E3 d! |% h. RThe indignation of Mr. Bullet-head at these scandalous insinuations,
9 I' N" F: q- Z7 uI shall not attempt to describe. On the eel-skinning principle,% ^5 O5 z: [9 W% q9 d; L
however, he did not seem to be so much incensed at the attack upon* D2 E) P' ]1 z2 M& F+ O# U
his integrity as one might have imagined. It was the sneer at his! C9 a" q# T; U& n* a  S  y" t
style that drove him to desperation. What! -- he Touch-and-go9 X; T7 P( B* ?; e
Bullet-head! -- not able to write a word without an O in it! He would% t% E2 Q6 w8 a6 e' ^. X
soon let the jackanapes see that he was mistaken. Yes! he would let
$ v- L$ e" k! L6 q0 B* z& J# m& _him see how much he was mistaken, the puppy! He, Touch-and-go
( t8 o4 H9 e2 d8 N8 v5 iBullet-head, of Frogpondium, would let Mr. John Smith perceive that
9 ?' W( a( M4 ?! vhe, Bullet-head, could indite, if it so pleased him, a whole
, B  }/ M. R7 n: Bparagraph -- aye! a whole article -- in which that contemptible vowel0 Q. q# Z/ q+ X+ Z# G
should not once -- not even once -- make its appearance. But no; --
' h+ H2 z( [9 h; O* v: Fthat would be yielding a point to the said John Smith. He,3 T, U; z1 l. Y) v
Bullet-head, would make no alteration in his style, to suit the; ^7 j; A) i; X, \7 I: o: ~: I2 T
caprices of any Mr. Smith in Christendom. Perish so vile a thought!9 O0 U7 N. K4 w7 [% H$ d; q
The O forever; He would persist in the O. He would be as O-wy as O-wy
5 U% u, r2 c0 Z$ {could be.
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本帖最后由 rainbowfish 于 2009-7-27 23:33 编辑
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' j& ^: E& H/ }# U" tBurning with the chivalry of this determination, the great  Q2 g! r) l. C8 B6 A! Z  g3 i4 M
Touch-and-go, in the next 'Tea-Pot,' came out merely with this simple
- Y' B8 c9 j" m1 s  |  J$ I* t: V( ^but resolute paragraph, in reference to this unhappy affair:0 K5 G5 C, S" j# d1 e

; h+ v5 |3 U1 v9 C- f: j3 c'The editor of the "Tea-Pot" has the honor of advising the editor of
- |2 T% D9 L; s4 Lthe "Gazette" that he (the "Tea-Pot") will take an opportunity in
$ K. a  l) c) [9 n' V3 atomorrow morning's paper, of convincing him (the "Daily News") that he6 S( o9 i$ l1 m2 ?# P
(the "Tea-Pot") both can and will be his own master, as regards
* t& H5 i" M8 gstyle; he (the "Tea-Pot") intending to show him (the "Daily News") the
* Z( N3 }* d! M. [1 D3 B6 T5 Asupreme, and indeed the withering contempt with which the criticism
/ S2 t/ x, j) wof him (the "Daily News") inspires the independent bosom of him (the! \3 A% u/ l$ F2 C( ]: }& v. F
"TeaPot") by composing for the especial gratification (?) of him (the
: h, Q7 `8 v" x' P"Daily News") a leading article, of some extent, in which the beautiful( H6 q) F& |" U( |1 V1 h! I5 Y
vowel -- the emblem of Eternity -- yet so offensive to the( y0 f( Y8 Q0 H1 a9 V
hyper-exquisite delicacy of him (the "Daily News") shall most certainly& ~! \: I; Q  P7 a! C8 _/ E! D; l: Y
not be avoided by his (the "Daily News") most obedient, humble
, W+ E( M2 M5 B' e* H7 K' i+ zservant, the "Tea-Pot." "So much for Buckingham!"'
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0 @/ o3 \) P# nIn fulfilment of the awful threat thus darkly intimated rather than* H0 }; c# q' H, ?
decidedly enunciated, the great Bullet-head, turning a deaf ear to
- E: k# b( F+ e# ^all entreaties for 'copy,' and simply requesting his foreman to 'go8 }3 w' Q6 n( v
to the d-l,' when he (the foreman) assured him (the 'Tea-Pot'!) that( m5 k& m; R. X4 H1 B4 I% y
it was high time to 'go to press': turning a deaf ear to everything,( v7 }8 D$ \2 c& H
I say, the great Bullet-head sat up until day-break, consuming the
% f# I4 n' l# Cmidnight oil, and absorbed in the composition of the really
+ X1 {/ X& k7 O) |( P. d! junparalleled paragraph, which follows:-
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- n  c+ p% M* |6 N( J. w'So ho, John! how now? Told you so, you know. Don't crow, another! q) Q' {$ _6 w9 ?5 c$ }
time, before you're out of the woods! Does your mother know you're
% G$ E6 j5 T$ V5 y' Uout? Oh, no, no! -- so go home at once, now, John, to your odious old* b- J! Z% D+ x9 |. P& s1 I% ?
woods of Concord! Go home to your woods, old owl -- go! You won't!
; i, e) a, V+ w; ~( S, ROh, poh, poh, don't do so! You've got to go, you know! So go at once,
: J$ L4 ?( {: q  jand don't go slow, for nobody owns you here, you know! Oh! John,+ [; W& H6 ?6 Y
John, if you don't go you're no homo -- no! You're only a fowl, an
9 `9 Q6 H/ j2 _; J2 i: v" Wowl, a cow, a sow, -- a doll, a poll; a poor, old,
' c# ]" b) z- _* }, l& a' zgood-for-nothing-to-nobody, log, dog, hog, or frog, come out of a
$ W' P0 C: |" D  KConcord bog. Cool, now -- cool! Do be cool, you fool! None of your
/ L1 Q* F/ ~  z# w' P9 k% l! M+ g5 Zcrowing, old cock! Don't frown so -- don't! Don't hollo, nor howl nor) f% _+ l1 L( B, M
growl, nor bow-wow-wow! Good Lord, John, how you do look! Told you
3 z$ ?5 M% R$ o% I0 o% G8 m  Lso, you know -- but stop rolling your goose of an old poll about so,' r& Z! W, m! `- Y! E/ [3 @2 s
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
& g1 d5 [* |4 b& g9 h+ u9 {/ wTouch-and-go could do nothing more than that night.  He handed his article to3 V& |  I) Y4 v
the printer's boy who was waiting, and walked slowly home to bed.( [/ u" N- y0 {6 C5 g
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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
! E9 P4 V& R3 V- ?4 }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% J4 R% t) M$ S# h4 z5 t
describe his feelings of horror when his fingers came out of it without a5 s2 F2 O1 w$ x7 [. A
letter in them? who can tell of his astonishment and anger when he realized that the little box was completely empty?  Not a single2 U: x. O. J! c6 O* e4 v- {
little-o was in the little-o box; and, glancing fearfully at the; c/ f' G; d7 N8 [+ x( d: M
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 nothing2 z+ z" N' z6 N. V2 D
without no o's.'8 m! I$ W. M: [0 r* Z) g

. D) n6 }+ F$ u) ?'What do you mean by that?' said the chief, who was  very
6 X2 D3 d% U$ Dangry at being kept from his bed so late.
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- q$ a7 {+ B( t3 {: T& _'Well, sir, there isn't an o in the office, neither a big one nor a
+ e/ p9 n3 h; J! [. o/ Slittle one!'
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'What -- what has happened to all those that were in the box?'3 U! e$ ]( r$ X0 T( X

7 x6 i. M. |0 x) x$ D% O'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, turning
2 S  ]+ x, I8 Upurple with rage 'but I tell you what you do, Bob, that's a good boy; M, I1 s& {3 C7 F5 l
-- you go over to the Daily News the first chance you get, and take every one of their. e- I1 y, p* p& G1 P" C7 o" D2 K
i's .'
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'Right,' replied Bob. 'I'll go,
  Y) k5 i& g1 Y3 e7 ~I'll show them a thing or two; but what about that
9 }& |4 I6 ~0 \5 Wparagraph? 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?'( x% l' U) [& _) Y& q
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'I Shouldn't call it a very long paragrab.'9 \& U  Z$ f4 c$ m; \
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'Ah, well, then! Do the best you can with it! We must get it ready,'; N) `. }& v  p9 e$ J5 x( J
said the chief, who was buried in work; 'just put in
$ }1 a% z( \5 [' {. f$ ysome 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?
大型搬家
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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 p0 Z! _. b$ T2 |
case, muttering as he went: 'Considdeble vell, them ere expressions,
& Y( r# M& q# ]! C, r1 M9 X$ n8 cperticcler for a man as doesn't swar. So I's to gouge out all their% {4 d2 G  w# o1 R( X
eyes, eh? and d-n all their gizzards! Vell! this here's the chap as
. [( u6 d  }/ q7 U- qis just able for to do it.' The fact is that although Bob was but5 Q+ e' H: Y! u4 h- Z
twelve years old and four feet high, he was equal to any amount of- H$ d# j7 K6 D2 V, t
fight, in a small way.
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The exigency here described is by no means of rare occurrence in* C1 f4 v8 x; v" Q/ L2 V: p' G
printing-offices; and I cannot tell how to account for it, but the7 @( a# t4 Z5 X% ]/ `
fact is indisputable, that when the exigency does occur, it almost, M  R2 m% |- o6 u' p6 Y+ ^
always happens that x is adopted as a substitute for the letter6 j1 Z3 {- U* m9 |& G9 G
deficient. The true reason, perhaps, is that x is rather the most5 n3 {; U" t9 D/ u$ y$ t
superabundant letter in the cases, or at least was so in the old( U( O1 C: L. @! j
times -- long enough to render the substitution in question an; v# V/ y( ~' G& x  s
habitual thing with printers. As for Bob, he would have considered it# e7 U' _! v; a! D
heretical to employ any other character, in a case of this kind, than- O2 h8 U# \9 u+ p2 o( |
the x to which he had been accustomed.
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: \. g* H/ m5 V+ G' G* I'I shell have to x this ere paragrab,' said he to himself, as he read7 l7 K: z3 {0 D9 Y
it over in astonishment, 'but it's jest about the awfulest o-wy. q. |* A9 J+ I9 D$ v
paragrab I ever did see': so x it he did, unflinchingly, and to press1 X# G1 \/ f$ o4 M$ n- d
it went x-ed.5 Z$ p, l' c6 \3 f( ~
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Next morning the population of Nopolis were taken all aback by
& r3 M4 X2 r/ _3 |  t7 Preading in 'The Tea-Pot,' the following extraordinary leader:5 N0 B6 a! D& n& w+ q# ~- d: v
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'Sx hx, Jxhn! hxw nxw? Txld yxu sx, yxu knxw. Dxn't crxw, anxther4 I8 |' e1 T( [3 B) ]4 K' o7 p
time, befxre yxu're xut xf the wxxds! Dxes yxur mxther knxw yxu're
8 e4 a6 ^' Z* A( |xut? Xh, nx, nx! -- sx gx hxme at xnce, nxw, Jxhn, tx yxur xdixus xld$ V% `1 ^  b$ Y/ h+ i
wxxds xf Cxncxrd! Gx hxme tx yxur wxxds, xld xwl, -- gx! Yxu wxn't?
! Y4 P# ?' j# v) R8 ?0 E" IXh, pxh, pxh, Jxhn, dxn't dx sx! Yxu've gxt tx gx, yxu knxw, sx gx at
/ _0 z6 E& M" Z* X* `9 Q% b: j' Zxnce, and dxn't gx slxw; fxr nxbxdy xwns yxu here, yxu knxw. Xh,
; @6 A& b9 @" C& Q/ Y) WJxhn, Jxhn, Jxhn, if yxu dxn't gx yxu're nx hxmx -- nx! Yxu're xnly a3 ]) a9 u$ Z1 j- t  m" O' }; t1 ~
fxwl, an xwl; a cxw, a sxw; a dxll, a pxll; a pxxr xld
) w* L+ q6 @: z6 Pgxxd-fxr-nxthing-tx-nxbxdy, lxg, dxg, hxg, xr frxg, cxme xut xf a
9 r7 O! y8 U9 m& HCxncxrd bxg. Cxxl, nxw -- cxxl! Dx be cxxl, yxu fxxl! Nxne xf yxur
0 }& l9 {1 e/ D# l( P: K/ V2 zcrxwing, xld cxck! Dxn't frxwn sx -- dxn't! Dxn't hxllx, nxr hxwl,
  U5 J& L& I/ s% a8 jnxr grxwl, nxr bxw-wxw-wxw! Gxxd Lxrd, Jxhn, hxw yxu dx lxxk! Txld
+ u: t9 |! O5 O+ s4 Tyxu sx, yxu knxw, -- but stxp rxlling yxur gxxse xf an xld pxll abxut
  r% m, c7 D7 Gsx, 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
! |8 T, @4 m+ a' L  N' ]not to be conceived. The first definite idea entertained by the( f1 z. K9 Y! H4 f; j- H2 j1 n
populace was, that some diabolical treason lay concealed in the+ N2 R- C& ~9 D
hieroglyphics; and there was a general rush to Bullet-head's9 |5 D9 K8 X( J& a4 {
residence, for the purpose of riding him on a rail; but that
% y$ Q  D2 X1 E3 A- agentleman was nowhere to be found. He had vanished, no one could tell
: o# n6 W* q  Yhow; and not even the ghost of him has ever been seen since.: E& F" T* m$ i& l: i( ~
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Unable to discover its legitimate object, the popular fury at length
" |+ w; `0 {% Q4 `subsided; leaving behind it, by way of sediment, quite a medley of* \1 w0 p+ F! U7 G+ s6 Q7 T
opinion about this unhappy affair.% E7 ^' C. e6 c+ r# t

) b" {4 j# P5 Y- FOne gentleman thought the whole an X-ellent joke.2 K6 {/ a0 |# V* l  d

3 x: D  \' l, }7 l4 KAnother said that, indeed, Bullet-head had shown much X-uberance of- }3 H# L! q& z1 \: N6 {
fancy.2 N/ Y- ~8 c/ W+ j

" |4 A( A6 H' T+ ?, B; D# EA third admitted him X-entric, but no more.
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) ]3 C& V# Z8 c' x& DA fourth could only suppose it the Yankee's design to X-press, in a
% q7 ~/ K6 b& U" ]- Lgeneral way, his X-asperation.
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7 T1 ]+ X- F" f'Say, rather, to set an X-ample to posterity,' suggested a fifth." Q9 k3 t1 N8 `  `
% J" n+ D5 q7 G
That Bullet-head had been driven to an extremity, was clear to all;
5 E- i3 N; S/ M! ^* n) Tand in fact, since that editor could not be found, there was some
" {( U, t3 j' N/ r& p+ K4 a& ttalk about lynching the other one.
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The more common conclusion, however, was that the affair was, simply,, N% u1 V* t- Q+ s: w
X-traordinary and in-X-plicable. Even the town mathematician
1 \5 l" h- x# w% V% V* U) L$ }confessed that he could make nothing of so dark a problem. X, every.# n5 S* h: o+ l/ Q- q* C$ C
body knew, was an unknown quantity; but in this case (as he properly
; y' r! K' F: J1 aobserved), there was an unknown quantity of X.- V4 E' ?# C3 h

# m- w; g9 i& P% _The opinion of Bob, the devil (who kept dark about his having 'X-ed
# i( C' F' i6 r2 Mthe paragrab'), did not meet with so much attention as I think it+ v. m. F$ T% \" G% y* d
deserved, although it was very openly and very fearlessly expressed.; H) P3 I* w, _' r1 j' a# x
He said that, for his part, he had no doubt about the matter at all,
2 ]1 \" f9 [% D% a5 `  t/ Fthat it was a clear case, that Mr. Bullet-head 'never could be
& P9 ^# S* F  u9 E. Bpersuaded fur to drink like other folks, but vas continually
# V3 O* Y7 N$ a# }' fa-svigging o' that ere blessed XXX ale, and as a naiteral
. T; A( i  o8 n9 ?$ Dconsekvence, it just puffed him up savage, and made him X (cross) in
% h: e7 A7 H" K2 l3 Z+ M, V' mthe X-treme.'
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