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'Wery well,' replied Bob, 'here goes it!' and off he hurried to his
! V& k) c4 M& F6 E" P- kcase, muttering as he went: 'Considdeble vell, them ere expressions,2 ^$ M1 h) l3 S" A$ Q- H' }
perticcler for a man as doesn't swar. So I's to gouge out all their4 H% o* W" O; t- O7 S8 ]# I
eyes, eh? and d-n all their gizzards! Vell! this here's the chap as
1 L/ O6 Y% E" l; {. lis just able for to do it.' The fact is that although Bob was but
" J. P1 a6 M, B6 r! T; ttwelve years old and four feet high, he was equal to any amount of
, R6 j: M+ h: V# A0 Tfight, in a small way./ O1 q) Q( c* I
) E8 U: k4 \1 t5 K; D, r n! S. KThe exigency here described is by no means of rare occurrence in
7 j! q m! F& lprinting-offices; and I cannot tell how to account for it, but the
% d; _& W* L) `) e% A! lfact is indisputable, that when the exigency does occur, it almost: V2 O: e, G3 V7 b# N2 a
always happens that x is adopted as a substitute for the letter" s2 _+ {" S) p: }5 v
deficient. The true reason, perhaps, is that x is rather the most; a5 d+ I# ~6 i& x- r
superabundant letter in the cases, or at least was so in the old
8 E7 N; r0 o- x# s( i; z# i' F; rtimes -- long enough to render the substitution in question an% N- O& T; E1 n7 b) c
habitual thing with printers. As for Bob, he would have considered it Y; T) y8 C2 G* ^# Y5 K
heretical to employ any other character, in a case of this kind, than6 U6 L' r. L9 _, O( g, V
the x to which he had been accustomed.. t+ `! ^3 e {" ]8 I+ R
/ w6 [( G( @7 i, ~. e4 J3 m'I shell have to x this ere paragrab,' said he to himself, as he read
6 e, D s: l: n- t( ?, Rit over in astonishment, 'but it's jest about the awfulest o-wy, k7 ]% ?* z1 Z5 f( l4 m4 j& @
paragrab I ever did see': so x it he did, unflinchingly, and to press
2 q1 _. M! h P) i& rit went x-ed.
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Next morning the population of Nopolis were taken all aback by
. [$ \! \) p3 H9 m1 }reading in 'The Tea-Pot,' the following extraordinary leader:
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'Sx hx, Jxhn! hxw nxw? Txld yxu sx, yxu knxw. Dxn't crxw, anxther
0 {9 F3 W& @# a ktime, befxre yxu're xut xf the wxxds! Dxes yxur mxther knxw yxu're. t3 Z5 Q# t5 O; T
xut? Xh, nx, nx! -- sx gx hxme at xnce, nxw, Jxhn, tx yxur xdixus xld5 z6 h* Z$ ^' o2 e
wxxds xf Cxncxrd! Gx hxme tx yxur wxxds, xld xwl, -- gx! Yxu wxn't?
: L1 i3 u9 a! ]6 Z" C4 e* IXh, pxh, pxh, Jxhn, dxn't dx sx! Yxu've gxt tx gx, yxu knxw, sx gx at
4 l: I% ~( K, F/ N! }xnce, and dxn't gx slxw; fxr nxbxdy xwns yxu here, yxu knxw. Xh,' A& v. X* j8 d$ ?7 b- n# G
Jxhn, Jxhn, Jxhn, if yxu dxn't gx yxu're nx hxmx -- nx! Yxu're xnly a8 N5 N2 _1 _& _+ E8 P9 Y6 A% c
fxwl, an xwl; a cxw, a sxw; a dxll, a pxll; a pxxr xld D! f8 f2 [: b1 ~& B4 f
gxxd-fxr-nxthing-tx-nxbxdy, lxg, dxg, hxg, xr frxg, cxme xut xf a" U; o0 b5 J/ ]6 w) ?
Cxncxrd bxg. Cxxl, nxw -- cxxl! Dx be cxxl, yxu fxxl! Nxne xf yxur& `3 C) I$ h! m
crxwing, xld cxck! Dxn't frxwn sx -- dxn't! Dxn't hxllx, nxr hxwl,
d3 R7 v: c6 ^1 \, ]" V6 Snxr grxwl, nxr bxw-wxw-wxw! Gxxd Lxrd, Jxhn, hxw yxu dx lxxk! Txld! i9 G' C) i# U' m0 z# ?
yxu sx, yxu knxw, -- but stxp rxlling yxur gxxse xf an xld pxll abxut. Z: C/ D1 O3 c" G5 T0 |
sx, and gx and drxwn yxur sxrrxws in a bxwl!' |
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