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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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3 D; }4 x. }3 u9 E" y! z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 ' q8 P2 p: R7 @9 e6 o) d
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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.
9 e" |6 N+ b" {* M! e8 s3 s4 V   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 * @* O1 C3 ~0 l0 c7 _" Y( T

, O8 ]  m! A0 b# NI must do him the justice to say, however, that when he made up his2 p0 m4 T4 i0 p  A; ?  M
mind finally to settle in that town, it was under the impression that
" p, S3 n, d: ~/ w4 `no newspaper, and consequently no editor, existed in that particular: C* s# ?0 u- P. P/ r$ q3 i
section of the country. In establishing 'The Tea-Pot' he expected to1 L# {6 Y2 ]9 o% F
have the field all to himself. I feel confident he never would have- J1 @; j" G" G' }
dreamed of taking up his residence in Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis
( n) F  U1 B6 r. {2 p9 \had he been aware that, in Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis, there lived
4 t1 z) `) T* qa gentleman named John Smith (if I rightly remember), who for many
; G5 Z6 X6 M" N+ |: F  y. w, |years had there quietly grown fat in editing and publishing the0 ~, X, L! R+ V
'Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis Daily News.' It was solely, therefore, on
' h, e. ~9 Q' w  Z# maccount of having been misinformed, that Mr. Bullet-head found
* C4 _4 }5 g1 p' c3 D% Chimself in Alex-suppose we call it Nopolis, 'for short' -- but, as he) c" ?, s- A& ~0 O2 A
did find himself there, he determined to keep up his character for4 z. r( T6 j) Q" n5 K
obst -- for firmness, and remain. So remain he did; and he did more;6 Q% Y7 k$ x" ]( D
he unpacked his press, type, etc., etc., rented an office exactly
: T% k& Z% t6 ?2 \  A) }! _opposite to that of the 'Daily News,' and, on the third morning after0 `+ Y7 \1 ^5 w: P! w. D
his arrival, issued the first number of 'The Alexan' -- that is to3 y( s. K+ _/ ]# M3 s+ K
say, of 'The Nopolis Tea-Pot' -- as nearly as I can recollect, this
$ U( i) J& ~1 c% hwas the name of the new paper.
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+ }( i7 E" O* R, _7 Y4 w( OThe leading article, I must admit, was brilliant -- not to say
" d6 i0 _" W  m2 m; a& e$ k! k# z) C; tsevere. It was especially bitter about things in general -- and as. J' y6 S5 W, ]5 x, U
for the editor of 'The Daily News,' he was torn all to pieces in  a8 A" E1 Z  h( o2 `% w, K: e0 _( e, O
particular. Some of Bullethead's remarks were really so fiery that I' a$ }- U/ w7 ], R' D
have always, since that time, been forced to look upon John Smith,$ G9 L2 R5 a% ~1 ^1 E7 J! p
who is still alive, in the light of a salamander. I cannot pretend to
* r* p: q/ d, Ggive all the 'Tea-Pot's' paragraphs verbatim, but one of them runs
' P! ^+ w& c" y/ @/ q8 k# l9 ethus:
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 楼主| 发表于 2009-7-27 21:59 | 显示全部楼层
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'Oh, yes! -- Oh, we perceive! Oh, no doubt! The editor over the way1 C) t" c) z% G1 U; x1 f
is a genius -- O, my! Oh, goodness, gracious! -- what is this world8 P+ h- i# B. r' h/ o
coming to? Oh, tempora! Oh, Moses!'
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" h7 U# ?1 V' b5 F) UA philippic at once so caustic and so classical, alighted like a3 q, U% k3 \9 H! k. E
bombshell among the hitherto peaceful citizens of Nopolis. Groups of
& g) R, c9 Z. I! X  W$ o) Sexcited individuals gathered at the corners of the streets. Every one
5 I8 D' z3 h5 ~1 [  Iawaited, with heartfelt anxiety, the reply of the dignified Smith.
# K% b, z! c' U& Z6 ], WNext morning it appeared as follows:
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'We quote from "The Tea-Pot" of yesterday the subjoined paragraph:
) X4 C; ~' o. a& N2 o: J"Oh, yes! Oh, we perceive! Oh, no doubt! Oh, my! Oh, goodness! Oh,2 H/ a" P% b! G$ p5 z7 t! w* C
tempora! Oh, Moses!" Why, the fellow is all O! That accounts for his
9 @) A2 j: j. R7 o* u7 E; rreasoning in a circle, and explains why there is neither beginning$ O/ E0 t4 R) D; u0 G8 s
nor end to him, nor to anything he says. We really do not believe the! j" \% ~+ T: F
vagabond can write a word that hasn't an O in it. Wonder if this/ J; V/ h3 ~, V/ @
O-ing is a habit of his? By-the-by, he came away from Down-East in a
- e4 s# C5 }, }1 U7 }/ X' Xgreat hurry. Wonder if he O's as much there as he does here? "O! it; a2 F, c) z- ^
is pitiful."'
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The indignation of Mr. Bullet-head at these scandalous insinuations,
. z: D  I' p5 N1 C' R  X# KI shall not attempt to describe. On the eel-skinning principle,& T7 R, D% L3 W/ Z# f4 X; |; B
however, he did not seem to be so much incensed at the attack upon
5 }( g6 K& q  D( _" X* \his integrity as one might have imagined. It was the sneer at his
6 ~( e8 j" r1 ~7 z% f8 f; Nstyle that drove him to desperation. What! -- he Touch-and-go
; _7 R* E0 o' o, V' WBullet-head! -- not able to write a word without an O in it! He would. Z1 H; {* Z4 |$ l
soon let the jackanapes see that he was mistaken. Yes! he would let8 r4 u1 h- _! r1 e9 P" H' v
him see how much he was mistaken, the puppy! He, Touch-and-go$ U$ ^! }. ?- W4 r) ~0 q" u- E% J
Bullet-head, of Frogpondium, would let Mr. John Smith perceive that
. _* p& |% U/ i$ s* y- {he, Bullet-head, could indite, if it so pleased him, a whole0 V5 f8 `' k- m6 ^! O
paragraph -- aye! a whole article -- in which that contemptible vowel
' y( B! h# }% C! hshould not once -- not even once -- make its appearance. But no; --+ J0 s; H: d3 q) Y0 ]) c$ X
that would be yielding a point to the said John Smith. He,
8 z+ X% l5 E; Y; mBullet-head, would make no alteration in his style, to suit the
/ s! F% V9 V' M$ Z- D' Y  Icaprices of any Mr. Smith in Christendom. Perish so vile a thought!
. r6 c8 f4 a) Y8 H( e1 }The O forever; He would persist in the O. He would be as O-wy as O-wy! h: u7 G" D0 p( Y. R/ A
could be.
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本帖最后由 rainbowfish 于 2009-7-27 23:33 编辑 9 `% s) o+ S3 V6 V
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Burning with the chivalry of this determination, the great
- ^6 D( r3 @3 o: t3 O& |9 jTouch-and-go, in the next 'Tea-Pot,' came out merely with this simple& l, d% s) I7 ~! X5 Y" O3 o: A
but resolute paragraph, in reference to this unhappy affair:6 d, j; @0 C4 v' \9 h

8 o9 B! o8 X* E: ?$ G" h'The editor of the "Tea-Pot" has the honor of advising the editor of
/ o0 |, _5 O9 g- \$ I1 P: Vthe "Gazette" that he (the "Tea-Pot") will take an opportunity in5 Q% X. @8 i. `, C. x
tomorrow morning's paper, of convincing him (the "Daily News") that he' j' b, j( x1 G
(the "Tea-Pot") both can and will be his own master, as regards
; s5 h% v4 a* h9 fstyle; he (the "Tea-Pot") intending to show him (the "Daily News") the: q9 U2 ^# [( J
supreme, and indeed the withering contempt with which the criticism9 R, z' Q4 l9 E  d3 j, a8 E  m: M
of him (the "Daily News") inspires the independent bosom of him (the+ Y' f8 r7 A" V  ^4 ]1 ~' d
"TeaPot") by composing for the especial gratification (?) of him (the
7 p# _% e) Z7 \8 w8 M"Daily News") a leading article, of some extent, in which the beautiful2 R/ _) c2 D7 X6 A5 ]" g6 ~
vowel -- the emblem of Eternity -- yet so offensive to the
" p  r6 E, u6 J! l# Thyper-exquisite delicacy of him (the "Daily News") shall most certainly) J8 ]) @6 _- [4 |+ k, f
not be avoided by his (the "Daily News") most obedient, humble7 O6 s: d9 o. p) R
servant, the "Tea-Pot." "So much for Buckingham!"', [, {( K1 H& G- b2 d

- C7 c6 d. ?* u, ^5 A2 lIn fulfilment of the awful threat thus darkly intimated rather than
  k+ c0 T; `" g$ P1 {: Qdecidedly enunciated, the great Bullet-head, turning a deaf ear to) k0 y5 M) z( ]* d5 Z  g/ ]
all entreaties for 'copy,' and simply requesting his foreman to 'go  b8 c# J& c& I, t, F+ x8 J
to the d-l,' when he (the foreman) assured him (the 'Tea-Pot'!) that
9 c" {/ g# y; e1 L+ M6 z* z/ Y' _it was high time to 'go to press': turning a deaf ear to everything,
+ K# ~! B( M2 V$ c5 hI say, the great Bullet-head sat up until day-break, consuming the$ y+ t5 W/ Q  H( k: G
midnight oil, and absorbed in the composition of the really
7 ?% r( x' t3 I% S( Tunparalleled paragraph, which follows:-0 n) S  x  i: Z/ X# a
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'So ho, John! how now? Told you so, you know. Don't crow, another
# G2 S  u8 b" d, w5 [+ l+ J( i) Rtime, before you're out of the woods! Does your mother know you're4 b: ~( h3 n& u" e/ l" d7 L& {
out? Oh, no, no! -- so go home at once, now, John, to your odious old
6 b4 Y6 s/ [) [; C' P+ l2 B! }) R% {woods of Concord! Go home to your woods, old owl -- go! You won't!" b- i. @0 K# ?( P; T4 Y7 G# J
Oh, poh, poh, don't do so! You've got to go, you know! So go at once,: N7 ~( A( F, |7 {) f' G
and don't go slow, for nobody owns you here, you know! Oh! John,7 U: ]! ^7 w7 C6 A9 z, `
John, if you don't go you're no homo -- no! You're only a fowl, an) E/ H4 l6 i3 ]! x4 g) p- J% k0 ?. M
owl, a cow, a sow, -- a doll, a poll; a poor, old,2 j2 x6 x. {& z# g! ]  T# K+ z3 H8 c7 y
good-for-nothing-to-nobody, log, dog, hog, or frog, come out of a
/ o% {! o" l2 j: F3 I  {Concord bog. Cool, now -- cool! Do be cool, you fool! None of your* z, _! r$ h/ l: ^7 w8 y: H2 l$ j
crowing, old cock! Don't frown so -- don't! Don't hollo, nor howl nor
, w% E' M: e2 {# v% T% ]6 |growl, nor bow-wow-wow! Good Lord, John, how you do look! Told you$ g  _& C6 G0 ]# R7 Y5 D9 ^8 S
so, you know -- but stop rolling your goose of an old poll about so,5 {% f& S! U% M. T, a" q
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
1 N6 e* G1 b8 k6 U, nTouch-and-go could do nothing more than that night.  He handed his article to
& |) t: n- I/ X" @  Rthe printer's boy who was waiting, and walked slowly home to bed.: T9 h  B/ w1 _* Q
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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
% q! p5 g! m) K- Tlooked 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 X/ w8 @* J3 p  Q: c$ b9 H
describe his feelings of horror when his fingers came out of it without a/ g7 ?) R" }2 b- O
letter in them? who can tell of his astonishment and anger when he realized that the little box was completely empty?  Not a single
$ v$ Z  l6 S$ ^little-o was in the little-o box; and, glancing fearfully at the6 C9 A- _: w: g
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% E) l* f: H! G
without no o's.'  A. g1 _& H/ }# O8 ?: B3 A: t
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'What do you mean by that?' said the chief, who was  very3 I, r$ J+ ]+ j/ T& G9 ^% ^
angry at being kept from his bed so late.* L" _3 i+ v$ j9 d2 h/ d

* I' ]3 y' j+ H: S% Z'Well, sir, there isn't an o in the office, neither a big one nor a# ~- O/ i$ B2 c5 }0 H! B! b
little one!'' T) ~. y$ U4 J3 ^% W
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'What -- what has happened to all those that were in the box?'' a: i" i, P9 m& G2 R3 u

& s' k4 Z9 a# k5 {8 o'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.'+ Y; s& k/ E) n0 w, A

& M  \6 n0 f' y: T" ^( `'I haven't a doubt of it,' replied the chief angrily, turning7 a$ V" B8 j' A. d# Q' z& ]
purple with rage 'but I tell you what you do, Bob, that's a good boy' s% s7 b0 H0 h" V/ n1 Z3 T
-- you go over to the Daily News the first chance you get, and take every one of their
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( O. ]1 I9 |5 ?0 y+ Z- L'Right,' replied Bob. 'I'll go,- G1 H/ V: U6 s" v$ q1 o
I'll show them a thing or two; but what about that! p, U3 z6 a% X6 m6 w  d
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
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'Trouble enough. Is it a long paragraph, Bob?'
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'I Shouldn't call it a very long paragrab.'
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/ M+ w. J& N5 t3 x'Ah, well, then! Do the best you can with it! We must get it ready,'
; d4 f3 G$ Y$ D( c1 osaid the chief, who was buried in work; 'just put in' g5 _, M9 M2 s
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
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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+ L5 R% x' D/ O; wcase, muttering as he went: 'Considdeble vell, them ere expressions,( Q& I/ E4 ]! m; m
perticcler for a man as doesn't swar. So I's to gouge out all their$ K& `" k" m! {* Q! t1 }5 P* ^
eyes, eh? and d-n all their gizzards! Vell! this here's the chap as
3 R3 C" E  [( Yis just able for to do it.' The fact is that although Bob was but
9 X* Y2 H7 n- F, A/ Htwelve years old and four feet high, he was equal to any amount of
5 v5 n7 g; v) p% [! V, zfight, in a small way.7 t8 ~- E. T8 d2 b, p4 z$ L

7 A' Z: m  e- m4 o3 U. vThe exigency here described is by no means of rare occurrence in
: n* n$ r+ R' {* ]& W  z" j: Pprinting-offices; and I cannot tell how to account for it, but the, ]7 f0 H) G. Q& i! Y
fact is indisputable, that when the exigency does occur, it almost: B# ?  b5 L& E- c$ f
always happens that x is adopted as a substitute for the letter$ y# Q, o% b7 Q) c
deficient. The true reason, perhaps, is that x is rather the most
; h8 ~" @' B. Z: Jsuperabundant letter in the cases, or at least was so in the old
' Y# \  V& f3 V0 d- R' k& j+ Ttimes -- long enough to render the substitution in question an
, Q9 K6 D( p: I' ^; J0 lhabitual thing with printers. As for Bob, he would have considered it  N& x/ b) Z1 c
heretical to employ any other character, in a case of this kind, than
$ X) N, [: q' P$ \: Jthe x to which he had been accustomed.
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4 R' P/ i8 J1 u: k. U; P  y* }7 ^5 \'I shell have to x this ere paragrab,' said he to himself, as he read
1 ~, |; ~, e) B7 Y9 Sit over in astonishment, 'but it's jest about the awfulest o-wy
; [1 M4 P1 {& }, I+ Y$ l/ Uparagrab I ever did see': so x it he did, unflinchingly, and to press6 G) J  U( Q  a2 |0 n- l: u
it went x-ed.
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Next morning the population of Nopolis were taken all aback by
0 z; [  o) ?) E+ @' ?' s- qreading in 'The Tea-Pot,' the following extraordinary leader:) r3 q) a0 u4 H

. i* n" r9 R7 T9 L7 a/ u3 C'Sx hx, Jxhn! hxw nxw? Txld yxu sx, yxu knxw. Dxn't crxw, anxther+ r# T0 @/ K4 L- R
time, befxre yxu're xut xf the wxxds! Dxes yxur mxther knxw yxu're
/ ^. k! c/ ]- m4 t3 }1 ?9 {. cxut? Xh, nx, nx! -- sx gx hxme at xnce, nxw, Jxhn, tx yxur xdixus xld
4 W7 ^" Z. i$ Pwxxds xf Cxncxrd! Gx hxme tx yxur wxxds, xld xwl, -- gx! Yxu wxn't?9 k6 z5 K' g* _; C. p8 P
Xh, pxh, pxh, Jxhn, dxn't dx sx! Yxu've gxt tx gx, yxu knxw, sx gx at0 h2 l" V% M7 B) x: G9 }
xnce, and dxn't gx slxw; fxr nxbxdy xwns yxu here, yxu knxw. Xh,3 ~9 ^) ]+ S: n
Jxhn, Jxhn, Jxhn, if yxu dxn't gx yxu're nx hxmx -- nx! Yxu're xnly a
2 l* a( y: N! h% P* g0 U6 Ofxwl, an xwl; a cxw, a sxw; a dxll, a pxll; a pxxr xld% x+ f- Z. ^2 g2 e# W" v5 |  F
gxxd-fxr-nxthing-tx-nxbxdy, lxg, dxg, hxg, xr frxg, cxme xut xf a
. \! X: ^' _1 K4 p/ M! |8 gCxncxrd bxg. Cxxl, nxw -- cxxl! Dx be cxxl, yxu fxxl! Nxne xf yxur
" Q' b2 j' ?2 c- Y% R) Rcrxwing, xld cxck! Dxn't frxwn sx -- dxn't! Dxn't hxllx, nxr hxwl,7 C8 f7 s! g0 R! E3 u
nxr grxwl, nxr bxw-wxw-wxw! Gxxd Lxrd, Jxhn, hxw yxu dx lxxk! Txld/ p7 L9 p: W% d6 e: S! H5 N
yxu sx, yxu knxw, -- but stxp rxlling yxur gxxse xf an xld pxll abxut3 N& Y3 E) N$ t# p- M& E3 ]1 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
3 h% m/ Q- @/ |$ nnot to be conceived. The first definite idea entertained by the
4 b- X. ^& Z" O6 O& U, D* S: Upopulace was, that some diabolical treason lay concealed in the
' c+ r6 F2 ~1 @hieroglyphics; and there was a general rush to Bullet-head's/ j2 n/ C. Y4 f6 K3 l  Y
residence, for the purpose of riding him on a rail; but that
- H) p8 ]1 K. K& ^) Agentleman was nowhere to be found. He had vanished, no one could tell
, R" O* |5 W: ~* `# L: Khow; and not even the ghost of him has ever been seen since.  a, W4 S+ D7 L. Z

4 F5 }& _! _4 ]. x$ I* D6 ~: i1 s$ LUnable to discover its legitimate object, the popular fury at length
1 K6 \1 \  b6 P- X! n, hsubsided; leaving behind it, by way of sediment, quite a medley of
) B  T; e7 ~) ^1 s; Aopinion about this unhappy affair.
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+ H3 F' _+ w/ }9 [  KOne gentleman thought the whole an X-ellent joke.2 V" s% X& f# w
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Another said that, indeed, Bullet-head had shown much X-uberance of
4 J2 `8 ^+ A2 I4 }; S! m# i, O, ~fancy.- A$ r0 C3 L  |! V$ ]6 Y

9 y5 b  D0 A6 r2 R0 G. A' ~5 WA third admitted him X-entric, but no more.6 Q: S4 v7 |9 T- X' p
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A fourth could only suppose it the Yankee's design to X-press, in a
% Q2 n  C8 Q, g1 e4 bgeneral way, his X-asperation.
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'Say, rather, to set an X-ample to posterity,' suggested a fifth.9 y- A- y  ]+ w9 o+ k0 ~
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That Bullet-head had been driven to an extremity, was clear to all;
; k$ u3 t& y+ z' {# yand in fact, since that editor could not be found, there was some( ~# }' n- ]3 X  h
talk about lynching the other one.
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The more common conclusion, however, was that the affair was, simply,* b* v% \* l* p, }+ B
X-traordinary and in-X-plicable. Even the town mathematician
6 u# W6 [+ M0 \6 Y% _. o8 F. l1 mconfessed that he could make nothing of so dark a problem. X, every.+ u# E% j! o& N' E2 f6 e4 W
body knew, was an unknown quantity; but in this case (as he properly; Q8 s) i: F9 }  ]9 j, e
observed), 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
* K8 b* o- R4 H. i% uthe paragrab'), did not meet with so much attention as I think it
7 y6 M$ h/ i6 r& N* |' g4 d' Jdeserved, although it was very openly and very fearlessly expressed.7 X* M6 H" {! G- Q! ~1 a$ p
He said that, for his part, he had no doubt about the matter at all,  j1 I& D3 W/ w9 v4 \/ V
that it was a clear case, that Mr. Bullet-head 'never could be$ r7 V- R! m$ y! ?- F
persuaded fur to drink like other folks, but vas continually
- O6 |$ f* x  i  h8 Ha-svigging o' that ere blessed XXX ale, and as a naiteral
  g/ d: R' @7 n2 e4 _6 iconsekvence, it just puffed him up savage, and made him X (cross) in
5 Z* V+ @6 }+ }! T+ ?. i3 Lthe X-treme.'
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