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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 AllanPoe/ f( U) }( q3 Z" t  |

9 w/ Z, [& j* R3 N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   p* L! t  e- y% K& h( k
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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.
1 R( ?9 J# b2 P   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 his2 l7 {* z" N1 a# F7 m: K4 K2 D  `- V
mind finally to settle in that town, it was under the impression that. L6 R, T# E+ j! G& o; U+ O; a. c
no newspaper, and consequently no editor, existed in that particular% B; F. X; S$ }* x6 l% Z9 L4 R
section of the country. In establishing 'The Tea-Pot' he expected to8 n8 g2 \! @# H
have the field all to himself. I feel confident he never would have  e( |4 T2 G8 C& h5 A3 U
dreamed of taking up his residence in Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis' k* z, t0 w+ n
had he been aware that, in Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis, there lived
( ], @; y/ x/ N1 R4 la gentleman named John Smith (if I rightly remember), who for many
: K% t$ p! a3 a- n" o* Y  qyears had there quietly grown fat in editing and publishing the
9 Y& c; x! Y, a& v/ R'Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis Daily News.' It was solely, therefore, on# z! s: |4 H' `' S" @. _* ?9 e* j4 x
account of having been misinformed, that Mr. Bullet-head found
1 J0 q& k8 D. q( D. S$ M0 @himself in Alex-suppose we call it Nopolis, 'for short' -- but, as he
9 S2 N5 \; H" W- I! e* O5 Udid find himself there, he determined to keep up his character for
! D& \' u/ b) R' o/ Oobst -- for firmness, and remain. So remain he did; and he did more;
# _4 ?! ]' f3 n! u& p2 w, {3 L! ~he unpacked his press, type, etc., etc., rented an office exactly
: K3 g# S5 ?: n3 T+ `# R$ Uopposite to that of the 'Daily News,' and, on the third morning after
0 ]! d% P( @& F; o. q# g  dhis arrival, issued the first number of 'The Alexan' -- that is to% Z6 m- m- k' s* g: p  f* P  j9 D
say, of 'The Nopolis Tea-Pot' -- as nearly as I can recollect, this. ?2 x6 W: c3 x# s+ p
was the name of the new paper.
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* {% A) h$ K; c& \# Q2 @# ^The leading article, I must admit, was brilliant -- not to say
) G+ y  J9 K) \* L/ Y/ W- [severe. It was especially bitter about things in general -- and as& H  T. B* |) I  j0 b- @
for the editor of 'The Daily News,' he was torn all to pieces in' `7 [5 |& b. t, i
particular. Some of Bullethead's remarks were really so fiery that I
  u% N9 d2 i/ R- }" K& _; Whave always, since that time, been forced to look upon John Smith,
# V' n2 K  |. q! Z* \: gwho is still alive, in the light of a salamander. I cannot pretend to
7 {- f; E. x5 d8 k' n0 g! Egive all the 'Tea-Pot's' paragraphs verbatim, but one of them runs
' g0 y* Q; [" X# A# ?1 wthus:
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'Oh, yes! -- Oh, we perceive! Oh, no doubt! The editor over the way
+ g$ u) Z& `- R" uis a genius -- O, my! Oh, goodness, gracious! -- what is this world/ h" f, b8 H; R/ M
coming to? Oh, tempora! Oh, Moses!'
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1 F' F  ~: H0 oA philippic at once so caustic and so classical, alighted like a! w& G; t" I  y: B
bombshell among the hitherto peaceful citizens of Nopolis. Groups of
  U; V2 U& _; ?" u+ d8 i; S/ t( f5 zexcited individuals gathered at the corners of the streets. Every one
3 e' X4 X8 m! E, @: }5 Uawaited, with heartfelt anxiety, the reply of the dignified Smith.5 z' C& a$ j% b" E* ~8 z" Y
Next morning it appeared as follows:6 L! d4 K$ R6 P; X7 c

+ d. |$ D6 G) O- o) i. ^; `'We quote from "The Tea-Pot" of yesterday the subjoined paragraph:
( R0 |! f1 f9 h7 `"Oh, yes! Oh, we perceive! Oh, no doubt! Oh, my! Oh, goodness! Oh,
) l& m* W5 E. F' F( R- y3 q' Ntempora! Oh, Moses!" Why, the fellow is all O! That accounts for his
  O2 t% E  ~6 t3 ^reasoning in a circle, and explains why there is neither beginning
- v1 ?) M% {+ F! \0 `nor end to him, nor to anything he says. We really do not believe the+ w1 P0 y- `; a# Z
vagabond can write a word that hasn't an O in it. Wonder if this
/ l1 B" X' j2 b* K6 r7 |9 wO-ing is a habit of his? By-the-by, he came away from Down-East in a9 D" O( y3 a1 B4 I' [- j( O* q
great hurry. Wonder if he O's as much there as he does here? "O! it
1 V0 i% v; K0 B+ i+ ]7 o) _is pitiful."'1 T# Q$ t3 t4 {5 O6 ~$ O5 h1 w  V" d

( q$ R' A1 o' d# y& k0 NThe indignation of Mr. Bullet-head at these scandalous insinuations,5 C0 E2 M; J8 j( A1 J1 Y/ n+ U% M: i
I shall not attempt to describe. On the eel-skinning principle,
1 i( G. {5 H: c  n$ ]) jhowever, he did not seem to be so much incensed at the attack upon
, |* E' b, S( f; z4 b5 J, f5 chis integrity as one might have imagined. It was the sneer at his
% N/ L( x/ [: T: {& G" astyle that drove him to desperation. What! -- he Touch-and-go
9 u. Y. N  D7 T* R, vBullet-head! -- not able to write a word without an O in it! He would  _. B4 u) A4 t, c
soon let the jackanapes see that he was mistaken. Yes! he would let7 i- f; g' [8 p8 ]& l" Z+ g" z, I5 r
him see how much he was mistaken, the puppy! He, Touch-and-go
! d6 t7 W, }% |- ~( l. }3 `9 F  _Bullet-head, of Frogpondium, would let Mr. John Smith perceive that( v. I3 R* I: z! W  W# s
he, Bullet-head, could indite, if it so pleased him, a whole
! m2 h4 G3 \) _1 v) Jparagraph -- aye! a whole article -- in which that contemptible vowel9 }1 O$ B4 D" G: b
should not once -- not even once -- make its appearance. But no; --
/ U* Y0 k/ G: g; o) @that would be yielding a point to the said John Smith. He,
; }, Y3 j9 o* F5 \; iBullet-head, would make no alteration in his style, to suit the
$ s! H* n/ {* J, {! q0 Vcaprices of any Mr. Smith in Christendom. Perish so vile a thought!
% V6 H9 y8 i; vThe O forever; He would persist in the O. He would be as O-wy as O-wy2 w- G/ ~, ~5 K
could be.
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Burning with the chivalry of this determination, the great
5 i% D" {& f8 i0 m1 r1 QTouch-and-go, in the next 'Tea-Pot,' came out merely with this simple
" f8 k& A0 E( _, m8 t4 ]8 rbut resolute paragraph, in reference to this unhappy affair:  ~' P3 {& |- ^. Z

6 v  q" Y  h: ^2 d% g'The editor of the "Tea-Pot" has the honor of advising the editor of: J1 h0 t% {( {" D! u) S
the "Gazette" that he (the "Tea-Pot") will take an opportunity in8 ^8 ?% S/ T$ t) Y% l9 U1 t
tomorrow morning's paper, of convincing him (the "Daily News") that he; \4 ~3 h* N& f6 m8 L4 o* x
(the "Tea-Pot") both can and will be his own master, as regards- ?1 s, V4 [- p) {  o
style; he (the "Tea-Pot") intending to show him (the "Daily News") the
& @9 f2 `- b; _  B* G3 z; }supreme, and indeed the withering contempt with which the criticism& t2 T# J' N: P- q
of him (the "Daily News") inspires the independent bosom of him (the
1 U6 v& Y9 n5 p; n% [& o& `! z2 R/ o"TeaPot") by composing for the especial gratification (?) of him (the1 ?! Q. F9 x$ N" `% v6 L
"Daily News") a leading article, of some extent, in which the beautiful
( q: V0 l8 @; o$ t* [vowel -- the emblem of Eternity -- yet so offensive to the7 y5 E. U7 f3 s4 [
hyper-exquisite delicacy of him (the "Daily News") shall most certainly. Y& m' q+ @- Z& n4 O7 }7 d
not be avoided by his (the "Daily News") most obedient, humble
# \  j9 C. G( Q) p2 r" N. G, eservant, the "Tea-Pot." "So much for Buckingham!"'( Y  J. q/ w+ M* I( s( T

; e4 [% B6 ^$ SIn fulfilment of the awful threat thus darkly intimated rather than( s; O( E/ Y5 T& ]9 M
decidedly enunciated, the great Bullet-head, turning a deaf ear to8 [1 X9 G0 C. |. w$ j
all entreaties for 'copy,' and simply requesting his foreman to 'go
9 W: k( k0 A/ L3 N% h" xto the d-l,' when he (the foreman) assured him (the 'Tea-Pot'!) that
7 d# t+ B9 S* B4 ^it was high time to 'go to press': turning a deaf ear to everything,
& \: ]1 p) O1 H8 g: @9 V  zI say, the great Bullet-head sat up until day-break, consuming the
4 y/ @6 M. ]1 w3 Omidnight oil, and absorbed in the composition of the really
- y$ I! L: {: yunparalleled paragraph, which follows:-
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'So ho, John! how now? Told you so, you know. Don't crow, another
* b8 z4 c2 |# c. Q8 Gtime, before you're out of the woods! Does your mother know you're
- @4 R; E, R8 g( Tout? Oh, no, no! -- so go home at once, now, John, to your odious old% W7 t% R3 W. f; q0 s
woods of Concord! Go home to your woods, old owl -- go! You won't!! ~# u8 B: }+ [% a7 S- v
Oh, poh, poh, don't do so! You've got to go, you know! So go at once,
( D% f: b: E1 p: N' E; X/ T) Aand don't go slow, for nobody owns you here, you know! Oh! John,
8 a2 V1 V; D4 L& r- l% ?John, if you don't go you're no homo -- no! You're only a fowl, an
8 v7 i$ R: P4 @5 yowl, a cow, a sow, -- a doll, a poll; a poor, old,
+ h1 Q) b- B/ q8 R& |) h& igood-for-nothing-to-nobody, log, dog, hog, or frog, come out of a
2 n' f' R: I- |6 g9 P! \1 b+ nConcord bog. Cool, now -- cool! Do be cool, you fool! None of your9 V" E! P' S' r2 I6 r1 i
crowing, old cock! Don't frown so -- don't! Don't hollo, nor howl nor5 A) a: P. a7 T+ c8 S
growl, nor bow-wow-wow! Good Lord, John, how you do look! Told you; l  v3 x9 y" x6 G$ S! z- h
so, you know -- but stop rolling your goose of an old poll about so,
/ l  y) _6 r0 W8 Kand go and drown your sorrows in a bowl!'
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Tired out, of course, by so wonderful a piece of work, the great$ Z8 E6 Z" S. @5 W; M/ q+ o( ^
Touch-and-go could do nothing more than that night.  He handed his article to; u( J# J) j' N& l: u$ z' a
the printer's boy who was waiting, and walked slowly home to bed.  @# ]( C& _1 a/ O2 O9 `5 L% M

* e6 s7 |6 ]% G- B* [8 TThe 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
2 e! u* U3 t6 N, h2 [2 j" slooked 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& S6 |" l  P+ F  F2 ~% b/ L* \( R
describe his feelings of horror when his fingers came out of it without a/ d# b: q" D2 X* P
letter in them? who can tell of his astonishment and anger when he realized that the little box was completely empty?  Not a single* V7 V6 M9 k3 |/ e) f
little-o was in the little-o box; and, glancing fearfully at the
" K9 K7 B5 C9 t: }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 nothing0 q$ k* q1 W- K! W
without no o's.'; U3 A( V' [7 I% v/ P

; I! A' N: e& B# a  g* o7 I'What do you mean by that?' said the chief, who was  very9 T( x' M: n9 ~( W5 |* C) a+ z
angry at being kept from his bed so late.
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'Well, sir, there isn't an o in the office, neither a big one nor a3 w8 Z7 Q" Y* Y7 R4 X/ h6 n: [
little one!'
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'What -- what has happened to all those that were in the box?'! ?# \. A3 D8 E: w/ n

- i9 e: E* g! I' O" T& p'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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6 B9 m6 m# d; C'I haven't a doubt of it,' replied the chief angrily, turning
4 x, g) I( _4 R. ?* qpurple with rage 'but I tell you what you do, Bob, that's a good boy9 K3 D6 _7 m/ Y3 {$ @
-- you go over to the Daily News the first chance you get, and take every one of their+ o; h( y$ K0 r' ^% ^# d/ o; g- A3 x
i's .'
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'Right,' replied Bob. 'I'll go,$ C, ~+ E/ M* r3 n4 U. p/ Z5 |
I'll show them a thing or two; but what about that
8 b0 _' U) n  N$ t8 w$ tparagraph? 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?'
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'I Shouldn't call it a very long paragrab.', `, V. K8 H( v! z

) X! R/ l" k( O, Q. x. A'Ah, well, then! Do the best you can with it! We must get it ready,'1 U& |# K7 z& F- V
said the chief, who was buried in work; 'just put in
( F8 l" E2 M/ k) @some 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
7 w( k: ?. u# h1 i. \8 E8 ]case, muttering as he went: 'Considdeble vell, them ere expressions,+ m9 ?3 B8 q3 N% L/ T% }  K
perticcler for a man as doesn't swar. So I's to gouge out all their
- G# L( I  |# a6 [/ v6 s- k- Z, leyes, eh? and d-n all their gizzards! Vell! this here's the chap as; c# V% E, m" u
is just able for to do it.' The fact is that although Bob was but- {  w, i# m7 l$ J) a0 A. ^
twelve years old and four feet high, he was equal to any amount of
, K3 O7 u' N4 `9 o+ S. {( Afight, in a small way.- A! t$ e& Y" {+ U7 V

  B5 z9 q# Z, t: b! o2 M+ X! }The exigency here described is by no means of rare occurrence in
/ r0 h$ {8 x5 @. c) @7 v0 lprinting-offices; and I cannot tell how to account for it, but the
* A) J8 u4 l! }1 Sfact is indisputable, that when the exigency does occur, it almost/ \! @2 s& w1 ]" ?: R& l
always happens that x is adopted as a substitute for the letter- \+ ]1 ^) O; S, Z, @
deficient. The true reason, perhaps, is that x is rather the most7 j, B/ e* W$ I$ V9 y" h! @
superabundant letter in the cases, or at least was so in the old
7 P: R) M1 Y. H- a  ^8 S! p$ A+ Y) T! Wtimes -- long enough to render the substitution in question an
: {" Z7 b) v! ^$ uhabitual thing with printers. As for Bob, he would have considered it
5 s% L" Y& x3 `heretical to employ any other character, in a case of this kind, than& i$ f# o/ r6 k& ]4 Q
the x to which he had been accustomed.
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3 z% Q: R4 p6 b. g- `& M$ O, U'I shell have to x this ere paragrab,' said he to himself, as he read  i6 C: d% L4 ?, |' @* c" a
it over in astonishment, 'but it's jest about the awfulest o-wy( @5 o( L6 n7 p$ z5 J( i
paragrab I ever did see': so x it he did, unflinchingly, and to press
2 e( d9 x0 x- j" Z7 Git went x-ed.
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0 X& Z4 {# m# G6 `/ p9 k$ kNext morning the population of Nopolis were taken all aback by/ V& Y  Y$ V1 K/ n
reading in 'The Tea-Pot,' the following extraordinary leader:$ p% u: u) j( d. ^, c
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'Sx hx, Jxhn! hxw nxw? Txld yxu sx, yxu knxw. Dxn't crxw, anxther# l: X4 W( \5 v9 T8 w- T- J
time, befxre yxu're xut xf the wxxds! Dxes yxur mxther knxw yxu're
8 J* x2 Z* l% G' I8 ]xut? Xh, nx, nx! -- sx gx hxme at xnce, nxw, Jxhn, tx yxur xdixus xld& ~7 a8 n5 n2 B6 X2 T& x% m) K
wxxds xf Cxncxrd! Gx hxme tx yxur wxxds, xld xwl, -- gx! Yxu wxn't?% Y5 J" c+ s/ f- |
Xh, pxh, pxh, Jxhn, dxn't dx sx! Yxu've gxt tx gx, yxu knxw, sx gx at5 s3 E' y' ^9 ]  ^
xnce, and dxn't gx slxw; fxr nxbxdy xwns yxu here, yxu knxw. Xh,; W5 `8 B2 ^0 v$ b, ]2 t8 `
Jxhn, Jxhn, Jxhn, if yxu dxn't gx yxu're nx hxmx -- nx! Yxu're xnly a6 D0 [$ N0 ?2 t
fxwl, an xwl; a cxw, a sxw; a dxll, a pxll; a pxxr xld! E/ \( Z/ Y1 n% x, G# I# K
gxxd-fxr-nxthing-tx-nxbxdy, lxg, dxg, hxg, xr frxg, cxme xut xf a
1 X4 I$ \8 v/ M- \+ h* t* rCxncxrd bxg. Cxxl, nxw -- cxxl! Dx be cxxl, yxu fxxl! Nxne xf yxur
* M6 \* n2 d* Vcrxwing, xld cxck! Dxn't frxwn sx -- dxn't! Dxn't hxllx, nxr hxwl,
: D; u# l4 r, j% B0 enxr grxwl, nxr bxw-wxw-wxw! Gxxd Lxrd, Jxhn, hxw yxu dx lxxk! Txld
8 u: G2 g7 |; kyxu sx, yxu knxw, -- but stxp rxlling yxur gxxse xf an xld pxll abxut
7 U% T, R0 B6 s8 ?- bsx, and gx and drxwn yxur sxrrxws in a bxwl!'
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The uproar occasioned by this mystical and cabalistical article, is
8 {& l! O4 p; T) w! H1 w  bnot to be conceived. The first definite idea entertained by the% C- Y9 l+ x6 g4 D
populace was, that some diabolical treason lay concealed in the
4 i' H" V( N, P9 F( dhieroglyphics; and there was a general rush to Bullet-head's; B. a% d0 s  ~: L, P! L2 o
residence, for the purpose of riding him on a rail; but that7 l% w, R! j0 `! {
gentleman was nowhere to be found. He had vanished, no one could tell
$ M% I  s$ c+ V6 yhow; and not even the ghost of him has ever been seen since.' w. x7 P) ^4 O/ y; v1 e3 f8 t
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Unable to discover its legitimate object, the popular fury at length
# |/ p+ \. k, [6 e$ d; ssubsided; leaving behind it, by way of sediment, quite a medley of
  _. X9 @* N  ^7 v$ B+ Kopinion about this unhappy affair.
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One gentleman thought the whole an X-ellent joke., |& {) d+ f5 n! e! z

+ A& B/ U( z0 `1 d+ cAnother said that, indeed, Bullet-head had shown much X-uberance of9 p4 z0 d- B1 w7 i4 D0 i
fancy.4 J: ]* \/ v( r7 w* d

3 Y$ z5 @5 R1 {+ b- E  e# dA third admitted him X-entric, but no more.+ W, R$ S5 `9 @. G* e2 E

+ u5 D* `& Z! ]' Q; AA fourth could only suppose it the Yankee's design to X-press, in a1 S/ @8 l1 G+ L- W$ F  k
general way, his X-asperation.
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. d. [$ f3 |1 t. Y8 G'Say, rather, to set an X-ample to posterity,' suggested a fifth.
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That Bullet-head had been driven to an extremity, was clear to all;4 M  R0 \! @( z. ^6 c, P
and in fact, since that editor could not be found, there was some
# S$ W9 D) d! ~: C; vtalk about lynching the other one.
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The more common conclusion, however, was that the affair was, simply,7 @7 e  Z: [; O( g6 R$ a
X-traordinary and in-X-plicable. Even the town mathematician
& _6 }! r& N. \- |) Z; @& nconfessed that he could make nothing of so dark a problem. X, every.
, j' _, |7 i3 T. ^* }: [body knew, was an unknown quantity; but in this case (as he properly8 [; s  p( @, g8 t
observed), there was an unknown quantity of X.3 n. Z0 Z& g" y- T  v7 s
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The opinion of Bob, the devil (who kept dark about his having 'X-ed
* v4 E" U$ [$ _1 Mthe paragrab'), did not meet with so much attention as I think it
/ Z: v8 y6 i& t8 r" N8 l( \! Qdeserved, although it was very openly and very fearlessly expressed.1 k7 L( c0 M( `6 I7 m
He said that, for his part, he had no doubt about the matter at all,! M' ]. o7 I. m  }- N7 B# u- d
that it was a clear case, that Mr. Bullet-head 'never could be
4 b; a  ]1 n% `1 G8 Zpersuaded fur to drink like other folks, but vas continually* D+ Z6 M  E, V1 a5 ?/ R
a-svigging o' that ere blessed XXX ale, and as a naiteral
. V% N6 W3 ?1 W) B9 Nconsekvence, it just puffed him up savage, and made him X (cross) in
) M" R8 g; I2 f7 tthe X-treme.'
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