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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
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& W0 d$ X3 t- D) w2 E; E0 v6 F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 / j+ _  v, s% X" g  \
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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.
# a' B6 V3 M7 r: \2 P; i4 L   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
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I must do him the justice to say, however, that when he made up his
; U1 D- a- G5 G: N- e2 f8 xmind finally to settle in that town, it was under the impression that
; G  C) {8 W" V2 t. G, A' Eno newspaper, and consequently no editor, existed in that particular7 R9 ^/ G7 z! W, |( s* U
section of the country. In establishing 'The Tea-Pot' he expected to+ M6 v$ u' G( Z! ]- B+ t$ E
have the field all to himself. I feel confident he never would have
- B1 l: m" c  I7 X% Z& pdreamed of taking up his residence in Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis% Q! L9 B2 _% D/ i
had he been aware that, in Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis, there lived! `$ r- @# i# ^: O
a gentleman named John Smith (if I rightly remember), who for many
# {6 @/ b$ ~5 M" zyears had there quietly grown fat in editing and publishing the' c" P: |0 b# \+ G* d9 d1 K
'Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis Daily News.' It was solely, therefore, on! r0 ~& r6 P% P6 D
account of having been misinformed, that Mr. Bullet-head found/ L$ ^% [$ z' T+ H
himself in Alex-suppose we call it Nopolis, 'for short' -- but, as he
6 \, l& H3 t+ sdid find himself there, he determined to keep up his character for! O; G( z8 `8 r0 t
obst -- for firmness, and remain. So remain he did; and he did more;
- q# C& _& ?* V- l4 l# fhe unpacked his press, type, etc., etc., rented an office exactly
2 {9 M0 N! U& L+ s1 ^9 copposite to that of the 'Daily News,' and, on the third morning after& P% Q$ p+ C) c! e' E. c; h
his arrival, issued the first number of 'The Alexan' -- that is to
- L, p' c3 V, g1 R/ d% J4 msay, of 'The Nopolis Tea-Pot' -- as nearly as I can recollect, this
8 o. W) D. q2 t& Q) zwas the name of the new paper.# ~* A4 C! A9 O- s# \
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The leading article, I must admit, was brilliant -- not to say
& W# W0 S$ b, f0 m1 P" Isevere. It was especially bitter about things in general -- and as, {% T& b7 ?6 S, W! Q
for the editor of 'The Daily News,' he was torn all to pieces in8 N8 G: S! ]. L1 c$ I
particular. Some of Bullethead's remarks were really so fiery that I1 T/ ?0 {7 U8 m+ X6 e4 P% R9 G6 S
have always, since that time, been forced to look upon John Smith,
  H3 [' |! \8 g4 p7 @+ T  kwho is still alive, in the light of a salamander. I cannot pretend to6 {, H9 R1 v( |7 j  X
give all the 'Tea-Pot's' paragraphs verbatim, but one of them runs: Y# V  _+ A3 G0 ^! m- v# L
thus:
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'Oh, yes! -- Oh, we perceive! Oh, no doubt! The editor over the way9 \  Y' A( K3 \2 }' K; z$ Z- E5 ^0 b
is a genius -- O, my! Oh, goodness, gracious! -- what is this world
+ y4 H" ~% H4 Q/ k9 `coming to? Oh, tempora! Oh, Moses!'( W6 j  b* `+ i3 v0 n9 I

! A5 z+ s  x0 _+ B5 g6 VA philippic at once so caustic and so classical, alighted like a
! _" N3 N" A4 \' Mbombshell among the hitherto peaceful citizens of Nopolis. Groups of
2 q+ i( r* O5 @# Y! @excited individuals gathered at the corners of the streets. Every one6 I5 }7 G- T5 \0 r
awaited, with heartfelt anxiety, the reply of the dignified Smith.
* k/ z0 N9 l3 @1 t5 iNext morning it appeared as follows:
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$ U6 F5 h( Q' g'We quote from "The Tea-Pot" of yesterday the subjoined paragraph:* {8 Y9 |4 Z8 M# j1 x( ]
"Oh, yes! Oh, we perceive! Oh, no doubt! Oh, my! Oh, goodness! Oh,
8 k+ p8 H" L  P6 _1 T$ S) q, Gtempora! Oh, Moses!" Why, the fellow is all O! That accounts for his
* g, T& t3 c5 s  V: O* [4 v" q% Rreasoning in a circle, and explains why there is neither beginning
( V& q% s  v" @! R4 U( nnor end to him, nor to anything he says. We really do not believe the
( E7 R$ Q0 V5 dvagabond can write a word that hasn't an O in it. Wonder if this
- S& `$ }5 y. e6 s& t0 TO-ing is a habit of his? By-the-by, he came away from Down-East in a
( Q2 J, ?' Y: s2 s3 ^% d3 ^9 vgreat hurry. Wonder if he O's as much there as he does here? "O! it7 L* k5 C, }) Y  ?0 \
is pitiful."'
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, t( n; K) Z$ Q2 k  j& o9 _The indignation of Mr. Bullet-head at these scandalous insinuations,7 i/ }0 U5 r% n, B* @
I shall not attempt to describe. On the eel-skinning principle,4 g" u  L+ B3 L& W
however, he did not seem to be so much incensed at the attack upon
( M. t; N. Q+ K" c% ghis integrity as one might have imagined. It was the sneer at his
. e3 J7 x9 j+ s: G0 x, nstyle that drove him to desperation. What! -- he Touch-and-go8 F( _, G6 J7 H2 c: a2 {6 f
Bullet-head! -- not able to write a word without an O in it! He would
- V/ j1 h, U6 p: rsoon let the jackanapes see that he was mistaken. Yes! he would let4 E- a/ J5 x5 c. u4 Z' |
him see how much he was mistaken, the puppy! He, Touch-and-go
7 J  I, s2 l& ^, e& M' b' fBullet-head, of Frogpondium, would let Mr. John Smith perceive that0 s, u, K6 Q! `) A( o
he, Bullet-head, could indite, if it so pleased him, a whole
' |$ Z" g; S9 N' I: K2 f6 n- Jparagraph -- aye! a whole article -- in which that contemptible vowel
1 U  G  {1 i. I1 g7 l8 M) }0 U. tshould not once -- not even once -- make its appearance. But no; --
- D* b! v; G5 b0 K: t, E2 `/ \that would be yielding a point to the said John Smith. He,
. H0 e+ j! r" ]2 P9 xBullet-head, would make no alteration in his style, to suit the
4 t+ O" C) Q7 P( ~$ X7 b! H: Dcaprices of any Mr. Smith in Christendom. Perish so vile a thought!+ g3 {+ Q4 B1 H! {: [: B
The O forever; He would persist in the O. He would be as O-wy as O-wy
: K( [' i( s( N5 q* rcould be.
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1 z* Z) J+ D7 i( IBurning with the chivalry of this determination, the great
0 h# J: D1 i2 zTouch-and-go, in the next 'Tea-Pot,' came out merely with this simple
( I  D" K  Z" Q1 C; s# tbut resolute paragraph, in reference to this unhappy affair:
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6 Z; {  r, O& j- h& `1 q'The editor of the "Tea-Pot" has the honor of advising the editor of+ q3 h/ D7 i4 Y6 Z% C) E* ?
the "Gazette" that he (the "Tea-Pot") will take an opportunity in7 q+ w/ O0 c3 p3 ], t
tomorrow morning's paper, of convincing him (the "Daily News") that he& z, l8 v8 u# N
(the "Tea-Pot") both can and will be his own master, as regards6 B; o  v1 X: }
style; he (the "Tea-Pot") intending to show him (the "Daily News") the$ p) D8 k- v6 E- o7 X% r
supreme, and indeed the withering contempt with which the criticism
, r4 V  U5 s& A( [5 f3 jof him (the "Daily News") inspires the independent bosom of him (the& n- y: y% i# G% }* s- t4 ]5 \
"TeaPot") by composing for the especial gratification (?) of him (the: E& t: [) l- u% t
"Daily News") a leading article, of some extent, in which the beautiful& R' U1 t: d. ^
vowel -- the emblem of Eternity -- yet so offensive to the2 u7 n+ h! `) Z8 J
hyper-exquisite delicacy of him (the "Daily News") shall most certainly6 q# F" V. d" ?% r
not be avoided by his (the "Daily News") most obedient, humble
. t* N# I0 P# {% g; Q0 m% [, Z4 Xservant, the "Tea-Pot." "So much for Buckingham!"'7 u8 f4 ]0 h. D" F9 u
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In fulfilment of the awful threat thus darkly intimated rather than
; Y- r; l+ n9 ]; Sdecidedly enunciated, the great Bullet-head, turning a deaf ear to
. P  y- ~& a% U4 r. Pall entreaties for 'copy,' and simply requesting his foreman to 'go
1 v- f  I  W' v; @. @% `& nto the d-l,' when he (the foreman) assured him (the 'Tea-Pot'!) that6 N5 T& x# A5 W, y  t1 C+ n
it was high time to 'go to press': turning a deaf ear to everything,
6 w( {) L$ e7 {" |( c6 H% lI say, the great Bullet-head sat up until day-break, consuming the
/ t; N, ~( q9 p  L+ [9 t4 zmidnight oil, and absorbed in the composition of the really
4 ?& \, t! d- k0 Q4 M7 Z4 {) u  Ounparalleled paragraph, which follows:-
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. a) J2 `, ~; C8 w! V'So ho, John! how now? Told you so, you know. Don't crow, another8 t) f& G2 a( T
time, before you're out of the woods! Does your mother know you're$ C4 t8 g2 X* G8 k0 F1 t
out? Oh, no, no! -- so go home at once, now, John, to your odious old
0 @8 O& H3 H4 w4 c, ]; T5 ?woods of Concord! Go home to your woods, old owl -- go! You won't!( g' F# @  q3 k
Oh, poh, poh, don't do so! You've got to go, you know! So go at once,- c4 s7 K' ?: `5 w0 _9 \
and don't go slow, for nobody owns you here, you know! Oh! John,8 Y$ o. R6 W" E3 Q7 B* S3 l
John, if you don't go you're no homo -- no! You're only a fowl, an
5 d# H9 F  D% ]( Vowl, a cow, a sow, -- a doll, a poll; a poor, old,
5 q' C, t9 _$ y+ m& G5 {+ y- Kgood-for-nothing-to-nobody, log, dog, hog, or frog, come out of a
/ T6 t: x, W3 \8 r9 CConcord bog. Cool, now -- cool! Do be cool, you fool! None of your
* r- w4 g. e: h" G6 ~crowing, old cock! Don't frown so -- don't! Don't hollo, nor howl nor7 @- [! M8 b" f4 d# T9 \
growl, nor bow-wow-wow! Good Lord, John, how you do look! Told you0 L, Q' k# |5 m& n+ w7 J' g
so, you know -- but stop rolling your goose of an old poll about so,
6 `: v# Q6 g- R7 k. mand 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
+ _  @! c$ M; f( f' {3 q+ |Touch-and-go could do nothing more than that night.  He handed his article to
& Q+ p% ~; d+ ]' `0 p8 S4 w1 athe printer's boy who was waiting, and walked slowly home to bed./ q8 }: E. d. _, P7 r# S$ p

- `; d5 _* V/ A/ I; @1 V$ U7 @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,' -- he3 {' i  h% |1 Q' ?4 j5 {! p
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
* W9 ]* p* m% {# x3 w/ cdescribe his feelings of horror when his fingers came out of it without a
0 W# {) |! o) e/ rletter in them? who can tell of his astonishment and anger when he realized that the little box was completely empty?  Not a single
0 m7 `" x7 r6 s' Slittle-o was in the little-o box; and, glancing fearfully at the3 a1 D: z9 }& T/ w
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) p, R; b  v9 p4 [( \, L) H, A
without no o's.'9 z4 `9 ~+ w% e' ~

! Y3 G8 I& U, s2 B" o'What do you mean by that?' said the chief, who was  very
+ R$ s3 b& D' i3 l5 ^3 {angry at being kept from his bed so late.- `+ R4 C3 \7 O) o# p* @  p% h

% w+ |) R0 w2 R'Well, sir, there isn't an o in the office, neither a big one nor a
1 j  B) g9 N  f$ l! Q% E- [9 A6 tlittle one!'! ~" G( J! M% [6 M8 `# J, E

+ U" M  p# y! Q8 P3 l" h8 e$ \  O'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.'. i0 X* y6 ?# |) p" {6 b+ a# }
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'I haven't a doubt of it,' replied the chief angrily, turning2 j2 f9 R  ?. U+ \# k( F- `
purple with rage 'but I tell you what you do, Bob, that's a good boy
% ?. O4 n  `6 F6 u' R6 z' \9 v: [-- you go over to the Daily News the first chance you get, and take every one of their3 }, B* y5 Z% V% p. W, x
i's .'2 W& \) x/ X/ f  ?4 k0 S: D

4 r9 ]  X8 `% [; F'Right,' replied Bob. 'I'll go,
9 K# V; C. e! Z; aI'll show them a thing or two; but what about that
+ {  }8 V; b- c, _  h* mparagraph? 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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' N1 K* d) }% Y9 p. U, \'I Shouldn't call it a very long paragrab.'6 X) ]& x' I) S" t. s

2 a1 ?7 [7 }- _2 t8 d'Ah, well, then! Do the best you can with it! We must get it ready,'
0 v0 x, [- V: {said the chief, who was buried in work; 'just put in
  N7 h# B$ p3 c* U: }" z* {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
- H- g+ h( S  q; fcase, muttering as he went: 'Considdeble vell, them ere expressions,
* o. s2 A# l  S: V2 c: {perticcler for a man as doesn't swar. So I's to gouge out all their9 D1 i9 w8 w  F1 H( d  m. P
eyes, eh? and d-n all their gizzards! Vell! this here's the chap as
( a7 a( p9 M7 xis just able for to do it.' The fact is that although Bob was but/ d$ ^8 t. E# l- R% r
twelve years old and four feet high, he was equal to any amount of
8 r* C; [, S6 h, @. w1 efight, in a small way.$ L. I6 O. g. b! ]
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The exigency here described is by no means of rare occurrence in! @' O5 V7 w; m1 j8 f/ C' x
printing-offices; and I cannot tell how to account for it, but the) h9 j! F2 s! S- z4 G# ]  Y
fact is indisputable, that when the exigency does occur, it almost" u) r0 C; {# F) C. t! T2 b
always happens that x is adopted as a substitute for the letter/ g$ F2 ]2 P. o, u
deficient. The true reason, perhaps, is that x is rather the most' L- O+ w0 R" B  {
superabundant letter in the cases, or at least was so in the old- K+ }8 ^7 ~+ v+ K' T" E: `
times -- long enough to render the substitution in question an
  ^" t2 I. e  o- @6 ^4 w* h6 ohabitual thing with printers. As for Bob, he would have considered it2 i% u$ K+ U  Y( z0 z, f3 ]. R
heretical to employ any other character, in a case of this kind, than! }6 b$ ~/ V, F: W$ N
the 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
6 `7 h0 X! r5 ]) ?! mit over in astonishment, 'but it's jest about the awfulest o-wy
+ {4 }1 y+ w% {. B; Iparagrab I ever did see': so x it he did, unflinchingly, and to press
) p! N6 U8 }; \2 o5 }it went x-ed.
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4 p+ j7 I0 F4 N3 v/ J# aNext morning the population of Nopolis were taken all aback by
; U7 v' w( x( w3 Creading in 'The Tea-Pot,' the following extraordinary leader:" J' h$ i% ^' l' R

# m) d& d- r4 I! X5 M  S'Sx hx, Jxhn! hxw nxw? Txld yxu sx, yxu knxw. Dxn't crxw, anxther. W9 L, \6 O; s
time, befxre yxu're xut xf the wxxds! Dxes yxur mxther knxw yxu're
7 w1 ^( U- n+ |. ?/ K. W: v5 `7 yxut? Xh, nx, nx! -- sx gx hxme at xnce, nxw, Jxhn, tx yxur xdixus xld
4 [# Z! u2 l' w* Y& a- |% Mwxxds xf Cxncxrd! Gx hxme tx yxur wxxds, xld xwl, -- gx! Yxu wxn't?
4 g. t  R! A  N- r" D2 FXh, pxh, pxh, Jxhn, dxn't dx sx! Yxu've gxt tx gx, yxu knxw, sx gx at4 c) @) I2 j6 k, n% \& Z2 k0 s" e
xnce, and dxn't gx slxw; fxr nxbxdy xwns yxu here, yxu knxw. Xh,
0 D% y6 }# }# M1 UJxhn, Jxhn, Jxhn, if yxu dxn't gx yxu're nx hxmx -- nx! Yxu're xnly a
4 o0 `1 c8 g+ v+ M. lfxwl, an xwl; a cxw, a sxw; a dxll, a pxll; a pxxr xld! P. h) D* {4 q/ D  Q  @2 x
gxxd-fxr-nxthing-tx-nxbxdy, lxg, dxg, hxg, xr frxg, cxme xut xf a0 ^5 w" P5 R; V. c1 q0 ?9 a
Cxncxrd bxg. Cxxl, nxw -- cxxl! Dx be cxxl, yxu fxxl! Nxne xf yxur
' E7 w3 X, f; u: H- H) [crxwing, xld cxck! Dxn't frxwn sx -- dxn't! Dxn't hxllx, nxr hxwl,
% K* C/ b  x- h3 m$ Dnxr grxwl, nxr bxw-wxw-wxw! Gxxd Lxrd, Jxhn, hxw yxu dx lxxk! Txld
5 o; p# l* V! @8 R/ W$ fyxu sx, yxu knxw, -- but stxp rxlling yxur gxxse xf an xld pxll abxut
5 j. @) }$ b2 y) m7 d7 ?! n+ Usx, 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
( K. I6 {0 C3 d: g( z" Lnot to be conceived. The first definite idea entertained by the
% }' f/ \% l5 o) B% Q; J+ Gpopulace was, that some diabolical treason lay concealed in the+ P! C% W4 z. K' V7 f: O' D/ _
hieroglyphics; and there was a general rush to Bullet-head's0 X3 f8 W( @. j1 k
residence, for the purpose of riding him on a rail; but that0 l& A8 z7 T! }2 F. o
gentleman was nowhere to be found. He had vanished, no one could tell1 I  V" `4 u1 h! n" B7 r+ h
how; and not even the ghost of him has ever been seen since., A( Y3 I6 e" ^/ G% F. N" c
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Unable to discover its legitimate object, the popular fury at length- }+ v" r( K+ U" Z$ a4 k/ {
subsided; leaving behind it, by way of sediment, quite a medley of+ N* T; _" W7 G9 [* @1 [2 \; K
opinion about this unhappy affair.
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" T; v- p# H- f# fOne gentleman thought the whole an X-ellent joke.
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Another said that, indeed, Bullet-head had shown much X-uberance of
* f9 d: M, ?  l. g3 K) W/ jfancy.  a+ n6 }, G3 q; u7 G8 e

/ T8 G$ q6 w8 E+ ~A third admitted him X-entric, but no more.: I. y) X  F* U" U, d5 B1 o

- k) ]7 q7 O4 I( i% g9 R% b0 yA fourth could only suppose it the Yankee's design to X-press, in a7 f; @$ u7 L7 H6 ]& {3 ^7 O  e
general way, his X-asperation.
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0 I$ u+ l! W; V! M6 W'Say, rather, to set an X-ample to posterity,' suggested a fifth.
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& W( s3 Z" R: X, p5 gThat Bullet-head had been driven to an extremity, was clear to all;. V% w7 Z( a+ f9 `
and in fact, since that editor could not be found, there was some
' J1 z, A- p6 K0 }; Dtalk about lynching the other one.
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The more common conclusion, however, was that the affair was, simply,4 [( d/ D: f& Y
X-traordinary and in-X-plicable. Even the town mathematician7 M2 S4 s  G% W6 T/ n
confessed that he could make nothing of so dark a problem. X, every.
' x9 z% c7 p) }# wbody knew, was an unknown quantity; but in this case (as he properly
% S3 S& C" k& p* F& m$ aobserved), there was an unknown quantity of X.7 H! {# H3 c" e. {" ~7 G
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The opinion of Bob, the devil (who kept dark about his having 'X-ed: [/ W+ @$ t0 m* p: k
the paragrab'), did not meet with so much attention as I think it
2 M# M- t, B4 f+ |2 Y% f9 J/ `deserved, although it was very openly and very fearlessly expressed.
4 y0 D4 J+ o6 _He said that, for his part, he had no doubt about the matter at all,
+ z# a# r4 e1 l) H7 Vthat it was a clear case, that Mr. Bullet-head 'never could be9 w( q$ d/ i, r$ ~
persuaded fur to drink like other folks, but vas continually
- ]$ q* t; ~# _+ W& M+ va-svigging o' that ere blessed XXX ale, and as a naiteral
' l8 ~  \/ t. yconsekvence, it just puffed him up savage, and made him X (cross) in" ]8 `8 O, E3 ~4 U
the X-treme.'
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