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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: N( g0 b0 i" h

3 d$ p% E6 u% T/ `9 ^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.2 h/ o  O& _% S7 z$ P) l3 I
   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 + h4 l' v) p+ ^- g
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I must do him the justice to say, however, that when he made up his* j  Y% f2 T3 m3 J$ Y
mind finally to settle in that town, it was under the impression that0 {/ e, ^5 M4 O$ d% D+ ~5 }
no newspaper, and consequently no editor, existed in that particular
! j/ y! z) i7 @. K6 d# D9 q3 w. y8 N  Bsection of the country. In establishing 'The Tea-Pot' he expected to
# J( @+ F- B& c) @9 @have the field all to himself. I feel confident he never would have
( d4 j! @" v/ h& S2 ddreamed of taking up his residence in Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis
7 ?4 {9 |+ }/ W5 g" {) Zhad he been aware that, in Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis, there lived
4 l. K# s# E- {a gentleman named John Smith (if I rightly remember), who for many0 I6 t9 Q4 v: H' i) M. X9 p
years had there quietly grown fat in editing and publishing the) D+ _, H; u$ p
'Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis Daily News.' It was solely, therefore, on
* u  W* M" k% V* l$ ^8 R- Y. }: J; m5 paccount of having been misinformed, that Mr. Bullet-head found9 A' |4 O$ `8 ~5 i6 d. F1 W( g: D; V% \
himself in Alex-suppose we call it Nopolis, 'for short' -- but, as he
$ L& E& \- z1 X3 s. T; H/ Ydid find himself there, he determined to keep up his character for
0 B" Q. J+ W" y6 K' w1 ?obst -- for firmness, and remain. So remain he did; and he did more;+ }! h* L1 b! c/ b( |2 S
he unpacked his press, type, etc., etc., rented an office exactly
0 ]5 K* |5 u8 G$ b) n4 Q8 qopposite to that of the 'Daily News,' and, on the third morning after
; H2 o: Q; C8 x5 Hhis arrival, issued the first number of 'The Alexan' -- that is to
! d2 C7 \3 v/ O( Y3 K; e* \say, of 'The Nopolis Tea-Pot' -- as nearly as I can recollect, this
& [* o5 A' @( @* D: dwas the name of the new paper.
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The leading article, I must admit, was brilliant -- not to say
' c) Z6 {( l, ^  D6 X5 R6 ?4 R8 Csevere. It was especially bitter about things in general -- and as
7 t# _' O/ z' a" N/ d: u) ffor the editor of 'The Daily News,' he was torn all to pieces in% t1 ^/ o. }* W; a1 `
particular. Some of Bullethead's remarks were really so fiery that I5 f. Z+ u' |5 l6 L/ F
have always, since that time, been forced to look upon John Smith,
* L: b9 S* E$ U# X( Xwho is still alive, in the light of a salamander. I cannot pretend to/ w+ c7 q$ e" e* h
give all the 'Tea-Pot's' paragraphs verbatim, but one of them runs0 z2 x" ?! @/ d6 `' @, D# Q3 T
thus:
大型搬家
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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
2 U* i$ r2 h6 T, }1 Eis a genius -- O, my! Oh, goodness, gracious! -- what is this world1 u7 _7 J9 n( |" G- j5 ]
coming to? Oh, tempora! Oh, Moses!'
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1 H+ _  S) F+ k( K* _6 G# C! bA philippic at once so caustic and so classical, alighted like a) l; ~4 ^+ h  [' Q$ v( P
bombshell among the hitherto peaceful citizens of Nopolis. Groups of
) ?$ H1 O! S" |6 G3 `" ^excited individuals gathered at the corners of the streets. Every one3 J) [7 B+ K$ |
awaited, with heartfelt anxiety, the reply of the dignified Smith.( w( H- }8 A/ Y3 h* x3 ~' ~( C
Next morning it appeared as follows:
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'We quote from "The Tea-Pot" of yesterday the subjoined paragraph:
/ ^) a/ L% L7 c"Oh, yes! Oh, we perceive! Oh, no doubt! Oh, my! Oh, goodness! Oh,# T1 u5 N9 j% Y3 f5 o5 A
tempora! Oh, Moses!" Why, the fellow is all O! That accounts for his
6 ?" [- n4 J) I* Ureasoning in a circle, and explains why there is neither beginning
' y0 |; w7 _/ Y' B( R( pnor end to him, nor to anything he says. We really do not believe the( q! k- Q6 l) U# O( |& A
vagabond can write a word that hasn't an O in it. Wonder if this
; u! W8 K+ D( F' t- G1 }O-ing is a habit of his? By-the-by, he came away from Down-East in a+ K* j4 t4 H2 ~6 m& E
great hurry. Wonder if he O's as much there as he does here? "O! it
7 i5 r) \( m* v. @3 z* \is pitiful."'7 r+ N5 D- G5 O

( _, w% i% W% e( \* QThe indignation of Mr. Bullet-head at these scandalous insinuations,
: R% ]' V; Y1 S8 P! X( S! fI shall not attempt to describe. On the eel-skinning principle,% M/ {6 r" f9 L0 Y# ]8 a1 ~
however, he did not seem to be so much incensed at the attack upon7 P1 p7 B$ D: t. p! B& S6 O
his integrity as one might have imagined. It was the sneer at his
  F1 O9 f/ j7 P: W: d( c( Q0 b. }: Mstyle that drove him to desperation. What! -- he Touch-and-go
/ Z& r2 P, Y- V2 [; A9 O8 i1 [Bullet-head! -- not able to write a word without an O in it! He would
. m+ ~9 Y/ q* Rsoon let the jackanapes see that he was mistaken. Yes! he would let
! G% H- Q6 ^- w. E) Ehim see how much he was mistaken, the puppy! He, Touch-and-go% L6 y* }* _: W& f  Q/ p
Bullet-head, of Frogpondium, would let Mr. John Smith perceive that
+ Z* x  d! f7 T' n2 \5 {he, Bullet-head, could indite, if it so pleased him, a whole
" Z+ L; S/ o) m. r" zparagraph -- aye! a whole article -- in which that contemptible vowel+ b: S% m* S' i% J% u4 ~
should not once -- not even once -- make its appearance. But no; --/ A. Q' q1 o. A+ P- A
that would be yielding a point to the said John Smith. He,0 K. u9 k6 n% r' `
Bullet-head, would make no alteration in his style, to suit the- H4 ^9 S: n- b  d& m
caprices of any Mr. Smith in Christendom. Perish so vile a thought!+ a: Z* C2 h2 g4 K" j2 K0 h: v
The O forever; He would persist in the O. He would be as O-wy as O-wy
5 m- V, z% ]  z. g3 Q8 v3 }; Ocould be.
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Burning with the chivalry of this determination, the great& w  R+ t, Y$ A* k4 v" c
Touch-and-go, in the next 'Tea-Pot,' came out merely with this simple) J( X3 m7 I: u
but resolute paragraph, in reference to this unhappy affair:" n7 P& y4 x; ^8 W

2 W" N; n6 j0 `7 @6 Z'The editor of the "Tea-Pot" has the honor of advising the editor of
  ]# T; j/ U" J; p& Z3 U& Dthe "Gazette" that he (the "Tea-Pot") will take an opportunity in& m) @* ?+ E' o0 D) K
tomorrow morning's paper, of convincing him (the "Daily News") that he# ^0 m  A) [" ?. o: g+ v
(the "Tea-Pot") both can and will be his own master, as regards
9 L7 C7 ?6 O5 M- o$ E6 ostyle; he (the "Tea-Pot") intending to show him (the "Daily News") the
* E. B' ]& |9 D1 [supreme, and indeed the withering contempt with which the criticism
2 a3 o  S0 N& P6 f4 s+ ?& {of him (the "Daily News") inspires the independent bosom of him (the
: G& {! Y3 I3 w* C  w& a"TeaPot") by composing for the especial gratification (?) of him (the
: Y. t* ]- ^: J' [' @$ T) L% F; P2 {"Daily News") a leading article, of some extent, in which the beautiful1 P; g$ N- o% N: g3 @
vowel -- the emblem of Eternity -- yet so offensive to the: g! C# U1 ?# X8 _
hyper-exquisite delicacy of him (the "Daily News") shall most certainly
3 H" `% J+ W7 t( |8 P" \not be avoided by his (the "Daily News") most obedient, humble. l7 x+ ^6 I0 Y& P9 A( p6 ]5 s5 l
servant, the "Tea-Pot." "So much for Buckingham!"'' Q4 a" P  C( T  s) v$ ?9 F# I
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In fulfilment of the awful threat thus darkly intimated rather than
# x# X( Z; P' q" G. h- E; ]- @2 X! Tdecidedly enunciated, the great Bullet-head, turning a deaf ear to# K' f. K8 d, n0 }( a  j
all entreaties for 'copy,' and simply requesting his foreman to 'go
8 w1 Y$ J7 r% U0 z3 v% v  S* Hto the d-l,' when he (the foreman) assured him (the 'Tea-Pot'!) that# _8 w. E" l: N1 Z- \: j/ T3 C0 Y
it was high time to 'go to press': turning a deaf ear to everything,
6 h( d: r. i0 p) ^6 rI say, the great Bullet-head sat up until day-break, consuming the
+ J" c" a# y( \/ L% v4 U: ~$ cmidnight oil, and absorbed in the composition of the really6 p. s* w1 x/ T+ H( v8 G1 E
unparalleled paragraph, which follows:-, y7 W/ i' M0 F4 N

& J" d- P  a  J& ^, d9 D'So ho, John! how now? Told you so, you know. Don't crow, another
/ o) ^; W4 r; n8 I' E, o- htime, before you're out of the woods! Does your mother know you're
6 l! W9 e8 c7 Q% p4 G/ Mout? Oh, no, no! -- so go home at once, now, John, to your odious old
# c: D: c) ?: O3 @4 awoods of Concord! Go home to your woods, old owl -- go! You won't!
3 \* U+ M" `# COh, poh, poh, don't do so! You've got to go, you know! So go at once,
2 F) c9 z9 `$ N6 T$ ]2 n& w# uand don't go slow, for nobody owns you here, you know! Oh! John,
. w9 B/ n3 p0 ~John, if you don't go you're no homo -- no! You're only a fowl, an1 f$ w8 C7 m) B0 A0 e3 Q3 J
owl, a cow, a sow, -- a doll, a poll; a poor, old,
% `1 x7 H# e. C& Sgood-for-nothing-to-nobody, log, dog, hog, or frog, come out of a" z5 e4 \* Q6 o+ c3 D4 i0 x2 f; {
Concord bog. Cool, now -- cool! Do be cool, you fool! None of your0 C4 a0 U# ?6 _6 y/ @
crowing, old cock! Don't frown so -- don't! Don't hollo, nor howl nor* }/ d3 T) G  S$ T/ E& s# ?4 c) Q
growl, nor bow-wow-wow! Good Lord, John, how you do look! Told you4 R, A* ]0 c5 F' W
so, you know -- but stop rolling your goose of an old poll about so,/ D  I6 @8 r* j6 t+ c/ g8 D4 c- j
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
6 S! A! `5 p6 N7 N- c' R4 m& _Touch-and-go could do nothing more than that night.  He handed his article to
) b, Z. e" d! }2 l/ ithe 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
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
/ b* w& f, E$ M' r: u. _3 Alooked 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 can8 i) I1 P0 q7 [; z+ f. W
describe his feelings of horror when his fingers came out of it without a0 v$ P2 O" |/ s8 G8 N1 F
letter in them? who can tell of his astonishment and anger when he realized that the little box was completely empty?  Not a single
6 [( h  z" x, c& H3 Mlittle-o was in the little-o box; and, glancing fearfully at the3 D. f2 y3 y+ a
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
' q1 A. [2 ?0 @, L% L! Qwithout no o's.'
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'What do you mean by that?' said the chief, who was  very" l8 ~% ^  Y$ M+ ~1 f1 D
angry at being kept from his bed so late., H( N( O  V, Q3 p) I5 P9 c. Y

1 C( O' F5 o3 \1 ^5 K7 d'Well, sir, there isn't an o in the office, neither a big one nor a
  k' B9 F$ W0 _( A6 D2 rlittle one!'
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'What -- what has happened to all those that were in the box?'
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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.'; V7 b0 t2 D7 ]2 T
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'I haven't a doubt of it,' replied the chief angrily, turning6 l. Z- h% {# d6 T5 s9 f) D- t
purple with rage 'but I tell you what you do, Bob, that's a good boy
9 K3 f/ ?9 o" V: _-- you go over to the Daily News the first chance you get, and take every one of their  B' K) J& N8 ^. S/ [
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'Right,' replied Bob. 'I'll go,5 [) K+ E3 `1 w
I'll show them a thing or two; but what about that
; F1 j6 ^" ?* b/ d5 L- M$ k! hparagraph? 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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( ?+ e$ [/ D8 G" N, B+ R: z# u& R'I Shouldn't call it a very long paragrab.'$ t$ m! c; r7 ]* |4 o
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'Ah, well, then! Do the best you can with it! We must get it ready,'3 h, d  K6 X0 f7 x! D: s1 L
said the chief, who was buried in work; 'just put in6 f* D3 h" n6 {
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- _5 u* q- P" ~' U: M: ]1 S, P
case, muttering as he went: 'Considdeble vell, them ere expressions,
8 w& G  X. V# S' Fperticcler for a man as doesn't swar. So I's to gouge out all their
7 |+ X3 j7 ^- f) V! L% a# c! Weyes, eh? and d-n all their gizzards! Vell! this here's the chap as
2 N/ P+ b6 G9 T% o& k# Yis just able for to do it.' The fact is that although Bob was but
5 P9 Z+ V: ^4 _8 h& F) i# ]* htwelve years old and four feet high, he was equal to any amount of$ a& A3 w4 v& w) f0 n
fight, in a small way.
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# p. R3 n7 q& f6 X4 FThe exigency here described is by no means of rare occurrence in0 p, j  p) q2 x7 M0 v2 A* ^
printing-offices; and I cannot tell how to account for it, but the
. t: w9 O" d/ v* S/ b1 j$ ]* ~fact is indisputable, that when the exigency does occur, it almost
! _- ?6 J2 n7 ]6 `always happens that x is adopted as a substitute for the letter* I( b/ a5 ?9 \3 o3 x, P3 g
deficient. The true reason, perhaps, is that x is rather the most$ m3 ^/ `3 V% y/ f
superabundant letter in the cases, or at least was so in the old
  v; `8 y; G( Vtimes -- long enough to render the substitution in question an2 d3 c- I4 E# f) Z3 K3 n
habitual thing with printers. As for Bob, he would have considered it
9 l2 w* ~. D9 J& l' S4 hheretical to employ any other character, in a case of this kind, than
8 c# a' @" P* W$ i1 U9 C7 o4 Z$ [the x to which he had been accustomed.+ h7 E  Z6 I: F

& H4 F' v5 k- d'I shell have to x this ere paragrab,' said he to himself, as he read, Q9 R, s. U; f6 S
it over in astonishment, 'but it's jest about the awfulest o-wy( b0 }( B! X3 N' N3 v1 V
paragrab I ever did see': so x it he did, unflinchingly, and to press
6 |; r- L9 A7 y7 Y1 X, k/ i5 dit went x-ed.
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! ^* E9 J7 D* l2 z) UNext morning the population of Nopolis were taken all aback by
* o' P) q5 Q" u# b# \: Q- Sreading in 'The Tea-Pot,' the following extraordinary leader:/ G3 h1 f& p- u& ~* n7 o* D# Y
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'Sx hx, Jxhn! hxw nxw? Txld yxu sx, yxu knxw. Dxn't crxw, anxther* r8 w% o8 ?* X7 T% \( q. X
time, befxre yxu're xut xf the wxxds! Dxes yxur mxther knxw yxu're
, N: J( Y5 r& f' U& t0 y: m" v+ Vxut? Xh, nx, nx! -- sx gx hxme at xnce, nxw, Jxhn, tx yxur xdixus xld
+ w" R4 F" I1 l* B4 X" ewxxds xf Cxncxrd! Gx hxme tx yxur wxxds, xld xwl, -- gx! Yxu wxn't?: D9 g. w' y3 o$ N( Z
Xh, pxh, pxh, Jxhn, dxn't dx sx! Yxu've gxt tx gx, yxu knxw, sx gx at
" w7 A' o; {6 H. \8 U& Axnce, and dxn't gx slxw; fxr nxbxdy xwns yxu here, yxu knxw. Xh,( u1 v2 h* Q' ], |" ?" X, g
Jxhn, Jxhn, Jxhn, if yxu dxn't gx yxu're nx hxmx -- nx! Yxu're xnly a
+ K" f  @+ H2 ~! Y5 cfxwl, an xwl; a cxw, a sxw; a dxll, a pxll; a pxxr xld
9 m- n3 [5 G( O. _/ S9 v# m6 F7 Tgxxd-fxr-nxthing-tx-nxbxdy, lxg, dxg, hxg, xr frxg, cxme xut xf a8 i* W: H: t& N. {% E% k; K8 W# [
Cxncxrd bxg. Cxxl, nxw -- cxxl! Dx be cxxl, yxu fxxl! Nxne xf yxur8 w, b( w- w7 ]. G3 F5 p! b
crxwing, xld cxck! Dxn't frxwn sx -- dxn't! Dxn't hxllx, nxr hxwl,. a$ l3 t7 A* K7 E9 ^& r& B
nxr grxwl, nxr bxw-wxw-wxw! Gxxd Lxrd, Jxhn, hxw yxu dx lxxk! Txld$ R: d+ s6 p: `* s2 O* |! D
yxu sx, yxu knxw, -- but stxp rxlling yxur gxxse xf an xld pxll abxut
9 I# j" ^; c# Rsx, and gx and drxwn yxur sxrrxws in a bxwl!'
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The uproar occasioned by this mystical and cabalistical article, is/ x; v  J1 I" }. |
not to be conceived. The first definite idea entertained by the
8 R& A' f! \2 gpopulace was, that some diabolical treason lay concealed in the
+ b7 R) x7 y8 b" V7 q, {/ Z3 Phieroglyphics; and there was a general rush to Bullet-head's
. k9 t0 ]* w5 `0 xresidence, for the purpose of riding him on a rail; but that
2 R% C$ k4 I3 O' ~gentleman was nowhere to be found. He had vanished, no one could tell
6 w5 i' F1 j. ^2 Hhow; 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
$ ?% z6 @7 Y9 b% m9 W3 j1 _subsided; leaving behind it, by way of sediment, quite a medley of# E) ~. t' `4 C- U2 D9 k5 V
opinion about this unhappy affair.
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One gentleman thought the whole an X-ellent joke.4 x3 F) D  i$ k. Q
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Another said that, indeed, Bullet-head had shown much X-uberance of
3 {) `2 e' ^- W/ a: tfancy.
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A third admitted him X-entric, but no more.
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A fourth could only suppose it the Yankee's design to X-press, in a
/ M' B# k5 V" Zgeneral way, his X-asperation.( Y4 ?& y( k, W$ g

* h" l7 P8 z9 v8 V/ {$ _'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;  p4 |' o7 v: Y3 z! E! w
and in fact, since that editor could not be found, there was some( }. S$ a9 m- Z. x# f7 S5 ^; U. ~
talk about lynching the other one.
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The more common conclusion, however, was that the affair was, simply,: v3 L# @. Y2 s( h& n% M- ]4 M
X-traordinary and in-X-plicable. Even the town mathematician
; N+ w  f# e! a3 x( nconfessed that he could make nothing of so dark a problem. X, every.: A* s+ e9 q. V+ i0 |
body knew, was an unknown quantity; but in this case (as he properly
  u* t: d1 q. k" y0 eobserved), there was an unknown quantity of X.
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# ?( S0 l7 @6 ~7 p/ t' yThe opinion of Bob, the devil (who kept dark about his having 'X-ed7 |5 s! `) ^0 `$ n' ^: [
the paragrab'), did not meet with so much attention as I think it4 X3 p" }, a" M/ q3 v1 \
deserved, although it was very openly and very fearlessly expressed.* |/ L- a6 M' z& u6 u
He said that, for his part, he had no doubt about the matter at all,
* ?+ N6 \" p+ g/ B6 v8 b4 tthat it was a clear case, that Mr. Bullet-head 'never could be1 Q, Q$ o: |. ~2 A
persuaded fur to drink like other folks, but vas continually
; R5 p' U5 P1 ]* q- C! ya-svigging o' that ere blessed XXX ale, and as a naiteral
; F1 b) {( f4 }. {) f' ]4 {5 {consekvence, it just puffed him up savage, and made him X (cross) in  f) j  g/ j7 {+ Q
the X-treme.'
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