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Burning with the chivalry of this determination, the great
1 B" {! l$ f S* _$ X. c+ ], JTouch-and-go, in the next 'Tea-Pot,' came out merely with this simple. J- N: N& V! }
but resolute paragraph, in reference to this unhappy affair:) b6 }# r/ V4 U }; D7 T6 ~
& \8 j2 [: f2 v- ]'The editor of the "Tea-Pot" has the honor of advising the editor of
) K3 `) [8 }% `* U+ j! |0 p. i0 [! V, sthe "Gazette" that he (the "Tea-Pot") will take an opportunity in7 Z% i- X9 E; |& s) [. ~! @1 L
tomorrow morning's paper, of convincing him (the "Daily News") that he R; v$ o1 Q5 C3 V/ P h7 v( j5 D
(the "Tea-Pot") both can and will be his own master, as regards$ A( j( U E- n# I8 | g$ F
style; he (the "Tea-Pot") intending to show him (the "Daily News") the$ D0 @% k& G+ q; e4 b9 ?
supreme, and indeed the withering contempt with which the criticism6 }# c' f7 u3 Q) ?
of him (the "Daily News") inspires the independent bosom of him (the
/ V- ^* K2 k% g. Q! N; {$ _8 ]"TeaPot") by composing for the especial gratification (?) of him (the/ |5 J3 x% M& \$ p: d) A
"Daily News") a leading article, of some extent, in which the beautiful2 R- c# R* G* S, M
vowel -- the emblem of Eternity -- yet so offensive to the1 ]( M2 @# B+ w" V% i1 ^5 R
hyper-exquisite delicacy of him (the "Daily News") shall most certainly5 c6 X; H7 o, @ O
not be avoided by his (the "Daily News") most obedient, humble
# k7 o6 Z; Q. J; O6 R* x& Bservant, the "Tea-Pot." "So much for Buckingham!"'
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; i5 w. M/ E1 w0 p' D* Z# C, J$ {% c' WIn fulfilment of the awful threat thus darkly intimated rather than
- R$ v6 r) v: d% K8 p; J# }# Kdecidedly enunciated, the great Bullet-head, turning a deaf ear to7 _) m5 s- D0 S, m r$ b9 z1 A
all entreaties for 'copy,' and simply requesting his foreman to 'go
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it was high time to 'go to press': turning a deaf ear to everything,
5 u" C: f+ ^, j6 _& L7 m, H* M: ?& RI say, the great Bullet-head sat up until day-break, consuming the
0 S) k4 @3 g0 Amidnight oil, and absorbed in the composition of the really
3 ]6 n$ C* h) N# E+ ? w" gunparalleled paragraph, which follows:-
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6 i" D7 H% I, x$ w3 X'So ho, John! how now? Told you so, you know. Don't crow, another
_9 M' N) h- ^9 O8 Gtime, before you're out of the woods! Does your mother know you're- x- [* C/ y5 Q) ]/ E
out? Oh, no, no! -- so go home at once, now, John, to your odious old
4 ^0 b' S; e3 \4 D9 O1 Wwoods of Concord! Go home to your woods, old owl -- go! You won't!
. G' k' E& f, vOh, poh, poh, don't do so! You've got to go, you know! So go at once,7 E [! {8 X w7 X3 e3 u+ `
and don't go slow, for nobody owns you here, you know! Oh! John, g: ?* p- D- d% J5 Y
John, if you don't go you're no homo -- no! You're only a fowl, an+ T9 V7 a5 J7 i) n. e3 W; v" z
owl, a cow, a sow, -- a doll, a poll; a poor, old,
& P# z7 U. t, Y- j: H: \6 C- Wgood-for-nothing-to-nobody, log, dog, hog, or frog, come out of a8 ]6 L: U7 p( E, a. R3 k
Concord bog. Cool, now -- cool! Do be cool, you fool! None of your& T; T8 G5 ^" t6 R
crowing, old cock! Don't frown so -- don't! Don't hollo, nor howl nor
8 c5 M; K% a) H# Wgrowl, nor bow-wow-wow! Good Lord, John, how you do look! Told you& `1 y/ k6 N# N! f' u
so, you know -- but stop rolling your goose of an old poll about so,
+ T. M' `0 G% T: jand go and drown your sorrows in a bowl!' |
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