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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 AllanPoe0 z$ k' }& I& S& {8 c$ N$ @/ i) z

0 z0 C6 ]) O7 @; q# B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 / `. }2 C! O# ^! c! Q! M+ }

1 i5 Z# ?+ i( NAS 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.
# o0 O- U2 R9 C/ ~# @: f   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 , `; ]8 H! m) |6 L. p# Z: m6 Q; T
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I must do him the justice to say, however, that when he made up his, c  p  X6 T/ Y$ p4 h) |
mind finally to settle in that town, it was under the impression that$ q: A  g2 v2 D0 o. p+ w
no newspaper, and consequently no editor, existed in that particular3 }7 U" k  I8 W
section of the country. In establishing 'The Tea-Pot' he expected to5 A5 b  r( d% B3 i  Q
have the field all to himself. I feel confident he never would have0 }* [& t+ x# y( Y! U* f  x
dreamed of taking up his residence in Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis2 u9 e  |! I" }% `
had he been aware that, in Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis, there lived
7 A% s9 C7 d) A" S6 {- h4 Fa gentleman named John Smith (if I rightly remember), who for many
; h- E0 z+ o9 `7 \9 ?& u( D! iyears had there quietly grown fat in editing and publishing the
9 m) A; |( o! `% S' z- m0 s* N'Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis Daily News.' It was solely, therefore, on3 }$ m6 [5 i1 I
account of having been misinformed, that Mr. Bullet-head found
& U' t) O3 j9 C# ?( v" O8 hhimself in Alex-suppose we call it Nopolis, 'for short' -- but, as he
. j) ^/ a% i8 O7 C2 l) ?3 ]did find himself there, he determined to keep up his character for
; ~* \5 x5 a! u7 kobst -- for firmness, and remain. So remain he did; and he did more;
* K' ~7 M! g# H0 m0 A5 |2 K' ?* Vhe unpacked his press, type, etc., etc., rented an office exactly6 a1 E% D' k; S
opposite to that of the 'Daily News,' and, on the third morning after: O- `. p! O# _- g
his arrival, issued the first number of 'The Alexan' -- that is to# O3 N8 ^8 ?- u& ~( Y
say, of 'The Nopolis Tea-Pot' -- as nearly as I can recollect, this% N8 c/ N4 H* n% Y4 n
was the name of the new paper.; }! S0 }" i/ N# X) U# U

0 J0 J" P9 w3 Z7 F: P+ YThe leading article, I must admit, was brilliant -- not to say1 I9 \1 n% _8 C# v1 R8 g
severe. It was especially bitter about things in general -- and as
$ Q" [1 Y2 I5 b0 X# N' B* `for the editor of 'The Daily News,' he was torn all to pieces in* F# h" v8 b7 Y# t" c* |0 Q
particular. Some of Bullethead's remarks were really so fiery that I- c% ?8 f+ {* v% {: ?
have always, since that time, been forced to look upon John Smith,4 x; E5 d$ N  {/ r" s
who is still alive, in the light of a salamander. I cannot pretend to7 @* W9 C% c1 ^5 K" ^
give all the 'Tea-Pot's' paragraphs verbatim, but one of them runs+ Q! v' V$ Z  j2 O# e
thus:
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'Oh, yes! -- Oh, we perceive! Oh, no doubt! The editor over the way
( B% n) B2 j6 @9 f: Uis a genius -- O, my! Oh, goodness, gracious! -- what is this world
! x" ]8 [0 y, O* J. pcoming to? Oh, tempora! Oh, Moses!'
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A philippic at once so caustic and so classical, alighted like a+ Y% f) e* |! f: t/ {! p
bombshell among the hitherto peaceful citizens of Nopolis. Groups of
! `1 `4 P- w: I3 @excited individuals gathered at the corners of the streets. Every one' m9 n4 L/ O3 K$ o4 I7 Y: w" S
awaited, with heartfelt anxiety, the reply of the dignified Smith.
. I) X2 B8 c. r1 K: E8 z: c4 c& T# ANext morning it appeared as follows:* S) \' u+ M& `5 ^5 n* Y! @
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'We quote from "The Tea-Pot" of yesterday the subjoined paragraph:
) s+ @9 \0 z5 k) V! d1 Z: E+ ?"Oh, yes! Oh, we perceive! Oh, no doubt! Oh, my! Oh, goodness! Oh,
1 _. m9 h; g/ M% V4 B- ]% k/ Q0 @tempora! Oh, Moses!" Why, the fellow is all O! That accounts for his
" b0 D$ r9 ]1 |  F  f" ]reasoning in a circle, and explains why there is neither beginning3 s" o! q0 e( X& Q1 `
nor end to him, nor to anything he says. We really do not believe the
2 N. M* e/ g( G2 wvagabond can write a word that hasn't an O in it. Wonder if this8 \8 j' N0 k; H1 G2 ~% O
O-ing is a habit of his? By-the-by, he came away from Down-East in a
+ {) r' S1 [. L5 M1 ?/ wgreat hurry. Wonder if he O's as much there as he does here? "O! it
2 J9 J8 [- [" J" J; uis pitiful."'9 Z. p7 L0 E' W1 r+ E: [
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The indignation of Mr. Bullet-head at these scandalous insinuations,; H$ E. i$ E) q+ I$ d2 Q
I shall not attempt to describe. On the eel-skinning principle,
+ G9 d( f4 u! _however, he did not seem to be so much incensed at the attack upon* x5 J( L- A6 c$ q, I* U
his integrity as one might have imagined. It was the sneer at his9 m) y8 M. Q8 E3 k
style that drove him to desperation. What! -- he Touch-and-go2 h3 c9 z( x. Q8 C( z1 _/ e
Bullet-head! -- not able to write a word without an O in it! He would
7 e1 l1 r: a$ k9 [" v( gsoon let the jackanapes see that he was mistaken. Yes! he would let
9 z+ p# O. l) C& i: A5 Hhim see how much he was mistaken, the puppy! He, Touch-and-go- V& \  `  {3 d! l, n8 v
Bullet-head, of Frogpondium, would let Mr. John Smith perceive that
4 Z' C+ M* E9 |+ w9 [! r1 r, G, {he, Bullet-head, could indite, if it so pleased him, a whole+ @4 t& ]. f' V0 h: l$ a4 h" I$ C
paragraph -- aye! a whole article -- in which that contemptible vowel
# [' K% U3 k, z& [% S# L& y% n# m+ Jshould not once -- not even once -- make its appearance. But no; --3 q! p6 Q1 W$ d3 B
that would be yielding a point to the said John Smith. He,
9 K6 ?/ D, Z( hBullet-head, would make no alteration in his style, to suit the
$ U$ u' |" K2 D, n" I' @% Ecaprices of any Mr. Smith in Christendom. Perish so vile a thought!
; i2 v9 j5 C/ z* N8 HThe O forever; He would persist in the O. He would be as O-wy as O-wy
& n: r' g8 z8 x# F- q/ D- Ccould be.
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. K8 Q6 S, P7 b0 pBurning with the chivalry of this determination, the great
  g, A2 \) h- B* L, JTouch-and-go, in the next 'Tea-Pot,' came out merely with this simple
7 K7 j6 y) E9 L7 ]( l- _but resolute paragraph, in reference to this unhappy affair:
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9 [* n1 W7 O* _  O& y/ e'The editor of the "Tea-Pot" has the honor of advising the editor of" F9 P. M7 k# A& O. v) g6 o3 p
the "Gazette" that he (the "Tea-Pot") will take an opportunity in
4 u9 ]- p+ Q" b) I4 w3 M- y& utomorrow morning's paper, of convincing him (the "Daily News") that he
  A4 r# w  `: S' Q% U5 n' O(the "Tea-Pot") both can and will be his own master, as regards
% Z. A* E; }! O7 e  ?0 b6 Y1 _style; he (the "Tea-Pot") intending to show him (the "Daily News") the
" [' W4 ^' p2 [# w0 ?* x( ssupreme, and indeed the withering contempt with which the criticism
2 f; x0 A3 u- D/ r  c0 Iof him (the "Daily News") inspires the independent bosom of him (the
4 a6 f7 t" v% S% ]" \5 s& ]7 h"TeaPot") by composing for the especial gratification (?) of him (the
8 p) h5 _# I) ^6 B2 U6 T& t2 @"Daily News") a leading article, of some extent, in which the beautiful
( {7 t  @6 X. a, @5 J9 {vowel -- the emblem of Eternity -- yet so offensive to the
- T- M) }& _5 v$ x# B4 nhyper-exquisite delicacy of him (the "Daily News") shall most certainly: c# l) d/ r) Y  a8 i2 `% ~
not be avoided by his (the "Daily News") most obedient, humble
4 A7 @( ~, d% `  w, e7 m1 R8 M2 Yservant, the "Tea-Pot." "So much for Buckingham!"'
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* ~. \: U% U% Y; [! d" l- I1 }  ZIn fulfilment of the awful threat thus darkly intimated rather than
6 v/ k1 [/ S3 ^! l- Y2 ^$ |decidedly enunciated, the great Bullet-head, turning a deaf ear to
5 k6 p: I- r7 [0 p% tall entreaties for 'copy,' and simply requesting his foreman to 'go' S: o3 o+ F* j5 Q( Q
to the d-l,' when he (the foreman) assured him (the 'Tea-Pot'!) that$ k* o; n: U- |
it was high time to 'go to press': turning a deaf ear to everything,3 g, X8 r1 n7 x$ N; ~3 J
I say, the great Bullet-head sat up until day-break, consuming the
6 j- a. B$ f* \7 s* [0 {midnight oil, and absorbed in the composition of the really
1 X) T$ F! k. V* p+ i9 ~7 \; w/ d( l) yunparalleled paragraph, which follows:-
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'So ho, John! how now? Told you so, you know. Don't crow, another1 h! R' Q8 V* |" }+ \
time, before you're out of the woods! Does your mother know you're6 c+ R( L0 ~7 i
out? Oh, no, no! -- so go home at once, now, John, to your odious old
( g5 h9 n9 {- ]( N9 B/ A3 J. qwoods of Concord! Go home to your woods, old owl -- go! You won't!
+ ^' r4 E5 s& a% _+ GOh, poh, poh, don't do so! You've got to go, you know! So go at once,
* o; p/ |9 t( C5 w+ jand don't go slow, for nobody owns you here, you know! Oh! John,
4 O; p6 K3 J1 [" ?  h& kJohn, if you don't go you're no homo -- no! You're only a fowl, an* j0 `5 o" S4 w3 a
owl, a cow, a sow, -- a doll, a poll; a poor, old,1 U/ f# h( A1 g
good-for-nothing-to-nobody, log, dog, hog, or frog, come out of a3 I# r. D7 U# y* X
Concord bog. Cool, now -- cool! Do be cool, you fool! None of your
/ T- c0 A6 i( Y* w7 L" r4 D) @8 E" scrowing, old cock! Don't frown so -- don't! Don't hollo, nor howl nor. `2 P* J7 G' c# {5 @$ f* b
growl, nor bow-wow-wow! Good Lord, John, how you do look! Told you1 d9 H7 y9 K6 Y1 h
so, you know -- but stop rolling your goose of an old poll about so,
3 ?8 l  V+ O" Q! B9 p1 u8 ]1 w- Cand 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
! n# f9 W% @# U* \4 I0 TTouch-and-go could do nothing more than that night.  He handed his article to
# @/ M' j3 \3 T- N# @( M+ F6 _the 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
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In the first place, of course, -- as the opening word was 'So,' -- he
- O; y2 I8 M: v$ C+ C: n! M# \$ Ilooked 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
2 o7 {* m/ ~; {8 Z$ c$ P  \describe his feelings of horror when his fingers came out of it without a
! p- i1 M6 d; X1 M8 G' b/ z/ Qletter in them? who can tell of his astonishment and anger when he realized that the little box was completely empty?  Not a single/ O6 K9 s0 q" i4 @' `8 v& f
little-o was in the little-o box; and, glancing fearfully at the
4 X4 L( \  C, q2 Q% Kcapital-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! _5 b, q% R# U! d
without no o's.'
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( c; M6 t( o5 f' T5 A'What do you mean by that?' said the chief, who was  very
2 X$ P/ `2 N* K5 u- L2 Fangry at being kept from his bed so late.+ g; h/ u3 A. h- S2 x$ _& q! p

: X0 E- d" g5 q3 j; l# K1 z. ['Well, sir, there isn't an o in the office, neither a big one nor a. G& _/ S8 |& h- I! L- I. s
little one!'
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6 i5 r) M. `$ N+ |'What -- what has happened to all those that were in the box?'* z, D7 @0 N0 v9 I
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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.'- z& p" g8 z( S, u

0 W4 E1 N7 H; J' a0 D7 l3 D2 i: ]* ~- d'I haven't a doubt of it,' replied the chief angrily, turning
6 q! C2 R: B- L/ i4 s' I3 I9 ^purple with rage 'but I tell you what you do, Bob, that's a good boy
8 Q  V+ m; H- L- c8 m0 a( `; n5 B-- you go over to the Daily News the first chance you get, and take every one of their) I% C" y  B1 V  f- k
i's .'
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'Right,' replied Bob. 'I'll go,4 n) o, f: u3 A5 b" G
I'll show them a thing or two; but what about that% o) l2 D1 I+ [# i" W
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?') b% C) l% X6 D1 s" F2 c4 e9 i' x

& t% w% E2 T, a9 S'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,'
' h3 Z# l# ]& Xsaid the chief, who was buried in work; 'just put in
: B" [- R6 E0 Z$ {( _* Q) P2 esome other letter for o; nobody's going to read the man's nonsense in any case.'
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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
- V: E# c& s, s1 ~case, muttering as he went: 'Considdeble vell, them ere expressions,
% W: _' a' P% Z4 g0 pperticcler for a man as doesn't swar. So I's to gouge out all their& t8 V1 R% d; V8 E& C# [+ D& |
eyes, eh? and d-n all their gizzards! Vell! this here's the chap as
. `$ r( ?4 h! J7 T1 q; \$ e+ E0 `2 Cis just able for to do it.' The fact is that although Bob was but# H* i& d; V& ?3 `3 |7 \5 K, o
twelve years old and four feet high, he was equal to any amount of
. C  p1 p7 B5 u: e; U5 W, ]* [3 Sfight, in a small way.
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The exigency here described is by no means of rare occurrence in
: l: M+ ]% j  r) vprinting-offices; and I cannot tell how to account for it, but the
2 k& m. H2 L7 @+ Q0 t& Y4 B; r( ffact is indisputable, that when the exigency does occur, it almost
- Z( y) q+ c; k6 r, w1 Q5 ralways happens that x is adopted as a substitute for the letter& v$ ]( O0 Y& Z7 |& U7 Z$ R4 a
deficient. The true reason, perhaps, is that x is rather the most: ?+ n5 q2 |  {7 I
superabundant letter in the cases, or at least was so in the old
0 m- s2 \; D/ b/ itimes -- long enough to render the substitution in question an+ ~0 V/ S& E2 H% Y$ K
habitual thing with printers. As for Bob, he would have considered it
& V. k3 b$ `! P- P) Y1 X' d; q$ _heretical to employ any other character, in a case of this kind, than
, o$ P) @# S2 _8 O5 _, wthe x to which he had been accustomed.4 m. Q& C: }" ~8 N- Y
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'I shell have to x this ere paragrab,' said he to himself, as he read8 o5 `7 U0 U: M8 w2 r* ^
it over in astonishment, 'but it's jest about the awfulest o-wy( u: s8 K& Q" O1 Y5 J
paragrab I ever did see': so x it he did, unflinchingly, and to press, d; W% {4 q5 k* W) R) x% g
it went x-ed.
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# ^6 x2 c' K8 j3 r0 c3 E9 \Next morning the population of Nopolis were taken all aback by
( R. K2 u1 n3 X2 {reading in 'The Tea-Pot,' the following extraordinary leader:
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! H3 _, b) A" |1 ^'Sx hx, Jxhn! hxw nxw? Txld yxu sx, yxu knxw. Dxn't crxw, anxther8 v( c! R4 n0 [$ Q
time, befxre yxu're xut xf the wxxds! Dxes yxur mxther knxw yxu're
* D% L9 ~% U! Q4 C! F  [' n6 bxut? Xh, nx, nx! -- sx gx hxme at xnce, nxw, Jxhn, tx yxur xdixus xld
# d$ Z( G' H6 D1 I& U: Ywxxds xf Cxncxrd! Gx hxme tx yxur wxxds, xld xwl, -- gx! Yxu wxn't?; y& c# _% a+ f
Xh, pxh, pxh, Jxhn, dxn't dx sx! Yxu've gxt tx gx, yxu knxw, sx gx at9 E  @* W2 l/ P- f1 @
xnce, and dxn't gx slxw; fxr nxbxdy xwns yxu here, yxu knxw. Xh,9 f& Q  X# ~, k% C6 _+ |4 p0 P: |' p3 ~* j
Jxhn, Jxhn, Jxhn, if yxu dxn't gx yxu're nx hxmx -- nx! Yxu're xnly a5 R$ E( \9 i5 N& i
fxwl, an xwl; a cxw, a sxw; a dxll, a pxll; a pxxr xld
) @$ }/ T! y- I/ g" N1 Pgxxd-fxr-nxthing-tx-nxbxdy, lxg, dxg, hxg, xr frxg, cxme xut xf a0 E- u. ]% l7 E) l7 |) q
Cxncxrd bxg. Cxxl, nxw -- cxxl! Dx be cxxl, yxu fxxl! Nxne xf yxur, G6 W6 D. v: u) }! h3 I
crxwing, xld cxck! Dxn't frxwn sx -- dxn't! Dxn't hxllx, nxr hxwl,
5 p) H; a  Q5 g3 m: tnxr grxwl, nxr bxw-wxw-wxw! Gxxd Lxrd, Jxhn, hxw yxu dx lxxk! Txld3 U3 k5 v! v% ?7 b7 Y8 T' @0 W4 e
yxu sx, yxu knxw, -- but stxp rxlling yxur gxxse xf an xld pxll abxut6 y# [1 k; \% u$ [% G& L
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
) m3 G/ _  B# q5 f- S( cnot to be conceived. The first definite idea entertained by the1 K( p+ N+ {9 W0 h
populace was, that some diabolical treason lay concealed in the7 `. K' q3 t* @- ?: u
hieroglyphics; and there was a general rush to Bullet-head's
% O3 w( p5 }! U% x6 xresidence, for the purpose of riding him on a rail; but that* Y2 X1 N# u$ ?- \7 N1 x0 v, {! L* Q
gentleman was nowhere to be found. He had vanished, no one could tell9 S  w: \2 c$ b' e3 I, a" P$ H
how; and not even the ghost of him has ever been seen since.- q3 x% p! |/ J7 ], ?
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Unable to discover its legitimate object, the popular fury at length
" m5 r6 y3 r, {' c2 _subsided; leaving behind it, by way of sediment, quite a medley of
$ \9 K$ u' ]2 P+ r7 v/ Z6 |opinion about this unhappy affair.
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: U5 C: ]) _* |! l, I' @8 |( qOne gentleman thought the whole an X-ellent joke.
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Another said that, indeed, Bullet-head had shown much X-uberance of. o. J+ `+ j, B( C# I* S. b
fancy.+ v. f/ S1 f2 H, e; g

5 t) T& q9 L, k# I0 }$ J1 ~A third admitted him X-entric, but no more.
1 I7 _( o7 ~( L* s) D5 p) L' M
' o9 E! v) h) W& cA fourth could only suppose it the Yankee's design to X-press, in a
4 z7 F) u8 Z# C& Y" N' A" _general way, his X-asperation.
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'Say, rather, to set an X-ample to posterity,' suggested a fifth.
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& P& G, ?5 A* h. s' g* e! N/ yThat Bullet-head had been driven to an extremity, was clear to all;
% L; m$ Y3 n" \5 uand in fact, since that editor could not be found, there was some2 N5 s& {, M1 p  ~0 P. k
talk about lynching the other one.
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The more common conclusion, however, was that the affair was, simply,
  c& ~- c) c0 ^! c) oX-traordinary and in-X-plicable. Even the town mathematician
, S! k' \/ e$ B2 ?+ ^9 oconfessed that he could make nothing of so dark a problem. X, every.& M8 d* C& n: I0 P
body knew, was an unknown quantity; but in this case (as he properly% ]4 u  F$ K3 A2 K* Z) B4 p
observed), there was an unknown quantity of X.5 c8 U/ X% K! `. H( _
- m2 \# e% O2 V1 T
The opinion of Bob, the devil (who kept dark about his having 'X-ed
& G, i# B# B' jthe paragrab'), did not meet with so much attention as I think it) I& V0 G  n: @1 R
deserved, although it was very openly and very fearlessly expressed.
  r8 D' f7 n5 U1 z; |1 [% q; _He said that, for his part, he had no doubt about the matter at all,: {8 i$ x% u- P& P5 S2 ]3 V
that it was a clear case, that Mr. Bullet-head 'never could be6 d# p) L7 X" V9 K& N
persuaded fur to drink like other folks, but vas continually* l! v& d) S  i6 }) {6 L7 Y& R
a-svigging o' that ere blessed XXX ale, and as a naiteral
6 n2 k0 G. B; Gconsekvence, it just puffed him up savage, and made him X (cross) in* b: f$ w5 g9 e& H
the X-treme.'
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