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'Wery well,' replied Bob, 'here goes it!' and off he hurried to his6 N( W9 w, t `' q% y0 l- b
case, muttering as he went: 'Considdeble vell, them ere expressions, ?9 n) O& t! i- [. U& X. K6 o8 N
perticcler for a man as doesn't swar. So I's to gouge out all their
- |+ V3 Q+ L6 aeyes, eh? and d-n all their gizzards! Vell! this here's the chap as
# s9 O; h" ~: M. F% G0 i# iis just able for to do it.' The fact is that although Bob was but
X' T6 L9 v3 t$ w2 Z0 r. mtwelve years old and four feet high, he was equal to any amount of% o, H& d* v- y3 m* ?
fight, in a small way.: T* L9 [2 _+ I7 f) S
/ @0 A% b$ E" E- }& |* zThe exigency here described is by no means of rare occurrence in- |, ?3 \. z5 k) v+ I
printing-offices; and I cannot tell how to account for it, but the# o" T% l; a2 `; C: W
fact is indisputable, that when the exigency does occur, it almost2 e! `& n A1 F6 E6 A
always happens that x is adopted as a substitute for the letter
" P8 n2 r) M& L5 A$ X' Y' pdeficient. The true reason, perhaps, is that x is rather the most
[$ I& d( M" ]1 J$ x J7 i6 @superabundant letter in the cases, or at least was so in the old
. [) _) D9 n: v% i3 M6 G0 U: Wtimes -- long enough to render the substitution in question an
# W5 a, B, z6 u+ U* ^, n- Q/ Ghabitual thing with printers. As for Bob, he would have considered it& L% x! A8 a' ^6 f/ k& b0 g
heretical to employ any other character, in a case of this kind, than
4 v) a% E% @( {* t, V. Wthe x to which he had been accustomed.
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: T. A- V$ Y! T& ^8 R1 f'I shell have to x this ere paragrab,' said he to himself, as he read
& J) y5 h7 S' U+ y$ b) Eit over in astonishment, 'but it's jest about the awfulest o-wy" Y' ?. Y: I2 u- c& G
paragrab I ever did see': so x it he did, unflinchingly, and to press% z6 C; Y7 c2 H( ?: K) P# Z4 M& s
it went x-ed.
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* j6 t% q. G5 N/ R% }Next morning the population of Nopolis were taken all aback by
& F3 t. c* p1 c. r {reading in 'The Tea-Pot,' the following extraordinary leader:; E1 a$ k0 p$ T
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