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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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 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 # ~+ ^# K8 N) b( P; s
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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.
+ N* l5 D8 l* S9 K7 B4 C5 j0 N( {   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 his$ z  @6 _4 A. c! F
mind finally to settle in that town, it was under the impression that
/ L( k/ d8 u, Ono newspaper, and consequently no editor, existed in that particular6 S1 T% K1 ^* D5 K8 M
section of the country. In establishing 'The Tea-Pot' he expected to) r2 _+ `/ _  B3 Z! H- t
have the field all to himself. I feel confident he never would have
' Q: {/ P$ x: Y2 _2 ]! N6 \dreamed of taking up his residence in Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis
7 R! T5 x1 V. G/ Y; u+ c9 p) Qhad he been aware that, in Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis, there lived
) ~( `0 l( A+ B& e5 B; u- }9 ja gentleman named John Smith (if I rightly remember), who for many# ]' j) f5 L, B/ r1 v
years had there quietly grown fat in editing and publishing the
, S3 c, @7 e# H% \1 p  J* `7 O'Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis Daily News.' It was solely, therefore, on
6 O  d1 F3 m( [4 maccount of having been misinformed, that Mr. Bullet-head found
; [1 X! A/ `3 m# p& M8 J: s, [himself in Alex-suppose we call it Nopolis, 'for short' -- but, as he
/ A9 f2 f3 A+ }+ p" b# S: {- hdid find himself there, he determined to keep up his character for
; s" S6 C* T/ g, Q+ Xobst -- for firmness, and remain. So remain he did; and he did more;
: n. R: g; o" @7 V$ J: T7 xhe unpacked his press, type, etc., etc., rented an office exactly7 b- e4 Z4 \7 w, V" K( y
opposite to that of the 'Daily News,' and, on the third morning after5 ~: u( R$ q3 v* A
his arrival, issued the first number of 'The Alexan' -- that is to. c- A4 w) V3 F% V: s
say, of 'The Nopolis Tea-Pot' -- as nearly as I can recollect, this9 M) |9 y$ p/ ?& z
was the name of the new paper.$ w; M7 e; \; @. k5 Z: C

: S1 F  ?6 y, L: \, S, n8 T2 dThe leading article, I must admit, was brilliant -- not to say9 Q" H+ F/ M9 o
severe. It was especially bitter about things in general -- and as3 p! a. j5 k) b# I
for the editor of 'The Daily News,' he was torn all to pieces in# T" l4 L3 C5 j. x0 B" j8 t1 J0 i
particular. Some of Bullethead's remarks were really so fiery that I4 }2 M, o5 f. }! U! [* `9 C: B6 Q
have always, since that time, been forced to look upon John Smith,
* j9 a8 T! ?- z& g1 t: Cwho is still alive, in the light of a salamander. I cannot pretend to7 [' h1 F1 d- B6 n
give all the 'Tea-Pot's' paragraphs verbatim, but one of them runs. Z) E& h, i- [8 g# A) k2 v5 |
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 way7 G# f/ ~9 w& b0 o8 V
is a genius -- O, my! Oh, goodness, gracious! -- what is this world5 w8 ]) \9 {4 Z* r, {
coming to? Oh, tempora! Oh, Moses!'& T( A& n/ t! ~/ c# f$ A0 ]
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A philippic at once so caustic and so classical, alighted like a+ J2 G' z2 |. h1 w1 c
bombshell among the hitherto peaceful citizens of Nopolis. Groups of9 Y1 y6 K7 e$ u4 B6 H( i7 k& G, m* p
excited individuals gathered at the corners of the streets. Every one
# U- A* _. q, X  nawaited, with heartfelt anxiety, the reply of the dignified Smith.
( D/ J" d3 D# Q2 f! _$ r+ v+ r) BNext morning it appeared as follows:4 U% [6 u: x# @

: K$ D/ N$ Q  Q- _'We quote from "The Tea-Pot" of yesterday the subjoined paragraph:! ?) J; Z  i2 L7 ]# e1 B& V
"Oh, yes! Oh, we perceive! Oh, no doubt! Oh, my! Oh, goodness! Oh,
* w- r2 P! B5 p- btempora! Oh, Moses!" Why, the fellow is all O! That accounts for his1 v' \5 {6 A9 M5 P
reasoning in a circle, and explains why there is neither beginning
" I+ B! Q/ _8 x9 \3 o$ W# M/ I# p+ h8 Mnor end to him, nor to anything he says. We really do not believe the
7 p% a- `' O, j2 pvagabond can write a word that hasn't an O in it. Wonder if this2 }; a% e, E0 _* Z& m# w- L
O-ing is a habit of his? By-the-by, he came away from Down-East in a
5 P5 j/ H, q: c: t" v# qgreat hurry. Wonder if he O's as much there as he does here? "O! it( y5 ?* V2 q, H% m7 i& u3 z7 Y! A
is pitiful."'
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9 v  o6 I  ?. s" m4 g" Z: N; yThe indignation of Mr. Bullet-head at these scandalous insinuations,1 Z; L2 U6 D  e# e+ s$ u! B
I shall not attempt to describe. On the eel-skinning principle,
" H, x' I9 ~4 o% ihowever, he did not seem to be so much incensed at the attack upon
4 h8 X: x( A9 H, @% Nhis integrity as one might have imagined. It was the sneer at his* S( h; i3 Q& S" m: v$ i9 G: V) _
style that drove him to desperation. What! -- he Touch-and-go2 p& o3 K3 F9 J: x, _4 @
Bullet-head! -- not able to write a word without an O in it! He would: C3 W) Q( M1 c- [( L) F
soon let the jackanapes see that he was mistaken. Yes! he would let6 C2 r6 m1 k4 m' a
him see how much he was mistaken, the puppy! He, Touch-and-go' N) m9 r- W0 n4 E
Bullet-head, of Frogpondium, would let Mr. John Smith perceive that+ X' j0 Y- {( a( `9 y4 }4 O
he, Bullet-head, could indite, if it so pleased him, a whole
3 C; R4 q% B8 y$ }paragraph -- aye! a whole article -- in which that contemptible vowel
- K. m6 {6 q- r4 j. Kshould not once -- not even once -- make its appearance. But no; --2 A6 w* W9 j( S- s2 p0 W3 x3 f
that would be yielding a point to the said John Smith. He,
# t- T2 P# J& b7 s2 l. E2 |) kBullet-head, would make no alteration in his style, to suit the
# \$ _$ ?* ~. l' tcaprices of any Mr. Smith in Christendom. Perish so vile a thought!
7 N* q6 I4 M4 a1 {. f+ b, A: fThe O forever; He would persist in the O. He would be as O-wy as O-wy: u8 K6 Z, w5 ~) y9 E2 ]
could be.
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本帖最后由 rainbowfish 于 2009-7-27 23:33 编辑
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Burning with the chivalry of this determination, the great
3 _, W0 ^5 a. ?# d" j" I  ZTouch-and-go, in the next 'Tea-Pot,' came out merely with this simple" y$ S4 |- ?5 u  y- A, Q8 T
but resolute paragraph, in reference to this unhappy affair:% K: v, d4 I( B; B' q

3 Y  f5 o& Q# ^'The editor of the "Tea-Pot" has the honor of advising the editor of% u7 H' d) K& M0 d( Q7 `
the "Gazette" that he (the "Tea-Pot") will take an opportunity in' x; j2 \7 K! s5 I& L
tomorrow morning's paper, of convincing him (the "Daily News") that he7 H- e! v) w4 s( o  @
(the "Tea-Pot") both can and will be his own master, as regards
; W6 x; T% `  X9 h$ Y6 Ustyle; he (the "Tea-Pot") intending to show him (the "Daily News") the8 g& M3 w0 j2 s0 a
supreme, and indeed the withering contempt with which the criticism4 R8 }5 `  I5 _* E$ C5 w( w" [0 j
of him (the "Daily News") inspires the independent bosom of him (the$ l' |! Z# m, C. x. O
"TeaPot") by composing for the especial gratification (?) of him (the
* l  V! l# r6 A8 d5 ~0 e- g. k"Daily News") a leading article, of some extent, in which the beautiful" f' M; \. Z$ u8 L& q2 E- J+ K
vowel -- the emblem of Eternity -- yet so offensive to the
5 D# Y# F1 M4 C3 W  O! \  v1 Jhyper-exquisite delicacy of him (the "Daily News") shall most certainly
% s( ^4 H* j; o# z5 vnot be avoided by his (the "Daily News") most obedient, humble7 v9 g1 a+ ?. m
servant, the "Tea-Pot." "So much for Buckingham!"'1 V2 z9 }, a6 W; m) v. e

/ N. K# q3 x+ C. ^+ c4 sIn fulfilment of the awful threat thus darkly intimated rather than
& E4 t% I2 n) ~( c; N5 j, Mdecidedly enunciated, the great Bullet-head, turning a deaf ear to6 b7 [/ N0 @- D- g& B
all entreaties for 'copy,' and simply requesting his foreman to 'go
$ o& j: c; M; e8 Jto the d-l,' when he (the foreman) assured him (the 'Tea-Pot'!) that( l8 [+ T3 [1 k: X! y, X9 B5 y: e
it was high time to 'go to press': turning a deaf ear to everything,
  T2 R5 u/ J* Q9 d0 C& A2 eI say, the great Bullet-head sat up until day-break, consuming the" F5 P0 ^, s: i0 |, v
midnight oil, and absorbed in the composition of the really$ _: |* u5 N: n+ [
unparalleled paragraph, which follows:-5 }; u; C% N- B" a
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'So ho, John! how now? Told you so, you know. Don't crow, another, u1 C9 ?5 y) {3 b- x: @% I
time, before you're out of the woods! Does your mother know you're# y. I$ \/ ]  P- V$ ?' ]
out? Oh, no, no! -- so go home at once, now, John, to your odious old
9 M8 q; R) S. A5 Iwoods of Concord! Go home to your woods, old owl -- go! You won't!6 l8 k  |; S1 y$ }4 d5 i4 o! _
Oh, poh, poh, don't do so! You've got to go, you know! So go at once,
3 E( ?5 C/ k2 z, nand don't go slow, for nobody owns you here, you know! Oh! John,: t% a0 ]& C6 J  E! X6 {# w2 Z) r
John, if you don't go you're no homo -- no! You're only a fowl, an- x" R1 E7 h- T) Y3 U3 E
owl, a cow, a sow, -- a doll, a poll; a poor, old,
7 ^2 V( G1 a3 kgood-for-nothing-to-nobody, log, dog, hog, or frog, come out of a0 b! `3 B9 H* u" W& T$ K
Concord bog. Cool, now -- cool! Do be cool, you fool! None of your/ ]. ^# C9 e% Y* w. l
crowing, old cock! Don't frown so -- don't! Don't hollo, nor howl nor% z! g+ H* ]1 K! d+ v  u. _
growl, nor bow-wow-wow! Good Lord, John, how you do look! Told you  O9 Z/ C# `$ Q( K
so, you know -- but stop rolling your goose of an old poll about so,
1 T7 Q/ z! H+ tand 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 great5 I$ h( S$ f8 P8 s
Touch-and-go could do nothing more than that night.  He handed his article to
  r* @! A# K+ T9 h5 n* 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  ^9 I* f- [/ g2 j4 S" n5 h
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
- q& V  _& b( W8 _% J; r3 \/ [describe his feelings of horror when his fingers came out of it without a) k& X! A; K6 R1 a1 q: ?( T
letter in them? who can tell of his astonishment and anger when he realized that the little box was completely empty?  Not a single
( ^% Z/ ^/ z% f, j7 F% U5 Hlittle-o was in the little-o box; and, glancing fearfully at the
( \* z2 m& D: i" e0 }0 H7 u3 g8 |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% a& i0 f' k; H
without no o's.'6 Q9 K4 S- N/ @" f  e0 S1 |$ v

1 s6 T+ K5 ]! O$ ^'What do you mean by that?' said the chief, who was  very
2 P% R% R" I8 e) E" i4 r% ?5 b* M# Vangry 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 a- U% ^, m5 l6 m
little 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.'
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'I haven't a doubt of it,' replied the chief angrily, turning0 p5 S. k; i! ^
purple with rage 'but I tell you what you do, Bob, that's a good boy
4 ?8 Q' I8 b& z9 h: S-- you go over to the Daily News the first chance you get, and take every one of their
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2 b: K( W$ I8 ~. F4 }'Right,' replied Bob. 'I'll go,
2 h* ^5 P  l  s1 `- L' L% fI'll show them a thing or two; but what about that
' o) I( O2 L- Z+ Yparagraph? 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?'5 E: H8 a+ Z( S0 O4 X

8 x. B1 ~: v$ c! t  O'I Shouldn't call it a very long paragrab.'! s' {  K/ y' a5 ?# z

; Y- Z& L8 r8 n; M3 K3 r: Y'Ah, well, then! Do the best you can with it! We must get it ready,'
8 R5 F1 g2 I- y- e8 o% d; C  tsaid the chief, who was buried in work; 'just put in
& U+ Z! U# c: J: m- n3 m! |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 his1 H; t) i/ C! O
case, muttering as he went: 'Considdeble vell, them ere expressions,4 e+ S' u  R" |& ^" a
perticcler for a man as doesn't swar. So I's to gouge out all their
1 ~4 |3 y& t' M) F2 ?" Yeyes, eh? and d-n all their gizzards! Vell! this here's the chap as9 `3 l0 B8 k6 I$ J6 Q7 `* f
is just able for to do it.' The fact is that although Bob was but
' K  B8 D( i/ [+ F6 H- @# Atwelve years old and four feet high, he was equal to any amount of
7 \2 w, D9 C: ~1 E- rfight, in a small way.
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The exigency here described is by no means of rare occurrence in
) V, m) G$ l7 m, Dprinting-offices; and I cannot tell how to account for it, but the
2 T! P" {9 g3 @4 |fact is indisputable, that when the exigency does occur, it almost' y4 K% \# R" d9 h" w! i: q
always happens that x is adopted as a substitute for the letter: m: C% p9 h+ f* e! y+ ?
deficient. The true reason, perhaps, is that x is rather the most: y; q: [" p4 B  g) Q* v8 R* x9 l6 X, K
superabundant letter in the cases, or at least was so in the old
4 l$ d+ T" M- x1 f# R9 \times -- long enough to render the substitution in question an/ Q2 B1 C1 ]6 K! W- h
habitual thing with printers. As for Bob, he would have considered it
" J/ M$ o+ T$ t6 e* Hheretical to employ any other character, in a case of this kind, than
2 q5 N) A9 U9 @- @& r0 V+ A# Vthe x to which he had been accustomed.
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'I shell have to x this ere paragrab,' said he to himself, as he read
/ ^" B0 X% K6 d( Yit over in astonishment, 'but it's jest about the awfulest o-wy
- S) ]/ y* |4 U7 L* S* jparagrab I ever did see': so x it he did, unflinchingly, and to press
6 C1 I4 b! N3 a* S3 s. Sit went x-ed.
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2 X+ w) n0 N4 E3 I3 CNext morning the population of Nopolis were taken all aback by
" `: K% ~9 i$ f# v5 {' T9 preading in 'The Tea-Pot,' the following extraordinary leader:
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6 o  M3 L* ~/ x/ t' B'Sx hx, Jxhn! hxw nxw? Txld yxu sx, yxu knxw. Dxn't crxw, anxther
9 z$ H, H2 Q7 A  [time, befxre yxu're xut xf the wxxds! Dxes yxur mxther knxw yxu're7 Y/ C' B( v, T& B5 ^2 ]
xut? Xh, nx, nx! -- sx gx hxme at xnce, nxw, Jxhn, tx yxur xdixus xld* [+ j: U5 Q( p
wxxds xf Cxncxrd! Gx hxme tx yxur wxxds, xld xwl, -- gx! Yxu wxn't?  p# o! a- p, G
Xh, pxh, pxh, Jxhn, dxn't dx sx! Yxu've gxt tx gx, yxu knxw, sx gx at
+ e' O! ^$ y3 B2 C2 T: ^- ?% txnce, and dxn't gx slxw; fxr nxbxdy xwns yxu here, yxu knxw. Xh,
" r/ s, W! Y- @, Z# t) r  OJxhn, Jxhn, Jxhn, if yxu dxn't gx yxu're nx hxmx -- nx! Yxu're xnly a
# e/ j$ L: L) f) p+ A( r  `6 Sfxwl, an xwl; a cxw, a sxw; a dxll, a pxll; a pxxr xld0 m0 C* P5 h3 g
gxxd-fxr-nxthing-tx-nxbxdy, lxg, dxg, hxg, xr frxg, cxme xut xf a
( U* H) ~; }$ RCxncxrd bxg. Cxxl, nxw -- cxxl! Dx be cxxl, yxu fxxl! Nxne xf yxur
( J* x% ], \' H* a& k1 v4 a, ycrxwing, xld cxck! Dxn't frxwn sx -- dxn't! Dxn't hxllx, nxr hxwl,0 K% l5 a( k8 ^
nxr grxwl, nxr bxw-wxw-wxw! Gxxd Lxrd, Jxhn, hxw yxu dx lxxk! Txld% k( a/ P6 }: C; U
yxu sx, yxu knxw, -- but stxp rxlling yxur gxxse xf an xld pxll abxut
& k$ D4 x) p% Z( K6 C3 vsx, 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
0 \- S; k" F9 l! _3 V2 inot to be conceived. The first definite idea entertained by the
0 f1 p. A* e( t  kpopulace was, that some diabolical treason lay concealed in the
) ^2 A8 a/ R1 N* G0 E# `hieroglyphics; and there was a general rush to Bullet-head's/ R( X: T' \$ ?% T4 w8 \, C
residence, for the purpose of riding him on a rail; but that
$ [8 D! u  G; k& `" X) r# C& vgentleman was nowhere to be found. He had vanished, no one could tell9 o3 H; k5 k. H* x
how; 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( a: x' W: V% U' V' P
subsided; leaving behind it, by way of sediment, quite a medley of
9 j2 W: q$ z0 xopinion about this unhappy affair.
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One gentleman thought the whole an X-ellent joke.
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6 S7 J% i( ]* s1 c- z! z  k5 JAnother said that, indeed, Bullet-head had shown much X-uberance of& z$ A# e( ^9 ^! l0 |
fancy.4 M# `8 ]/ U0 _- H3 w

0 A! n2 K  w7 ?: r4 MA third admitted him X-entric, but no more.0 o% l9 N0 p/ i1 v3 @2 [

, ?2 r  I7 D( x0 i2 F& d# rA fourth could only suppose it the Yankee's design to X-press, in a
# z0 i/ ]8 Y! ?, y6 E3 I, q5 r& Ageneral way, his X-asperation.) ?( U' R, v4 V- D4 @) y

4 ]$ j$ u# a  i5 g$ I8 U" e  Z'Say, rather, to set an X-ample to posterity,' suggested a fifth.
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" D% k2 I$ N3 w; \( cThat Bullet-head had been driven to an extremity, was clear to all;' {: v: w2 ]$ G& k
and in fact, since that editor could not be found, there was some
; G2 g. L5 L4 X. G/ Mtalk about lynching the other one.
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The more common conclusion, however, was that the affair was, simply,
$ u9 t6 @& d+ V3 S! V5 Z' n1 q, MX-traordinary and in-X-plicable. Even the town mathematician4 m, h" S0 I9 ?
confessed that he could make nothing of so dark a problem. X, every.
; v6 y. F3 x' G$ y3 vbody knew, was an unknown quantity; but in this case (as he properly
7 A4 y' |; t. m1 f* D2 oobserved), there was an unknown quantity of X.
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The opinion of Bob, the devil (who kept dark about his having 'X-ed% t! r7 a: W1 W, I+ |
the paragrab'), did not meet with so much attention as I think it
# i: `, A% l# U7 gdeserved, although it was very openly and very fearlessly expressed.- \9 C8 v5 H" {, _8 ~
He said that, for his part, he had no doubt about the matter at all,
# ]2 d# h3 q. Q4 ?2 ithat it was a clear case, that Mr. Bullet-head 'never could be
. u( [% r+ s' `/ [8 xpersuaded fur to drink like other folks, but vas continually
, C% `8 b9 A+ t' O( l1 Q& sa-svigging o' that ere blessed XXX ale, and as a naiteral1 l* q8 u4 `* r! \( p
consekvence, it just puffed him up savage, and made him X (cross) in
. {3 ^  R7 p+ Qthe X-treme.'
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