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'Wery well,' replied Bob, 'here goes it!' and off he hurried to his
2 ^+ j5 T/ ]* I1 o- R% _! i+ Scase, muttering as he went: 'Considdeble vell, them ere expressions,
/ E# g" {& C1 i @! C! O, kperticcler for a man as doesn't swar. So I's to gouge out all their
! u8 x: _$ J& Z* \! Neyes, eh? and d-n all their gizzards! Vell! this here's the chap as& H0 E1 x8 } r5 d# Y4 ]
is just able for to do it.' The fact is that although Bob was but
8 ~$ O6 W* b7 H) O6 n- X+ v+ dtwelve years old and four feet high, he was equal to any amount of
5 F4 u$ [1 S: T: `& q; zfight, in a small way.
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The exigency here described is by no means of rare occurrence in
0 m$ Y; f) w# q) Pprinting-offices; and I cannot tell how to account for it, but the
; j5 p) ~& b: c) \3 B. x1 }& gfact is indisputable, that when the exigency does occur, it almost
' G+ E, D( I/ ]. |/ Valways happens that x is adopted as a substitute for the letter3 h5 D* _$ v* y4 k
deficient. The true reason, perhaps, is that x is rather the most
. L; k0 z2 G- }5 Y7 gsuperabundant letter in the cases, or at least was so in the old$ ?4 _0 j# O& V! B
times -- long enough to render the substitution in question an
0 n0 l) f5 t# [! {" U& Rhabitual thing with printers. As for Bob, he would have considered it
% ?. Q2 ?; F+ ~5 b6 X/ B0 B# k. A8 theretical to employ any other character, in a case of this kind, than
9 ]1 ^0 J4 l5 S& r( k. Bthe x to which he had been accustomed.0 L( R( ^* |& w- C/ T( W& B7 {% |
: m8 i+ i+ e3 ~$ i/ N'I shell have to x this ere paragrab,' said he to himself, as he read
4 A* A9 H9 \! i0 h8 |* dit over in astonishment, 'but it's jest about the awfulest o-wy
m+ Z( f4 }- i2 |, Tparagrab I ever did see': so x it he did, unflinchingly, and to press
7 o6 h: Q# r% Q; [/ v P; Q7 |- Wit went x-ed.( v4 y7 K2 N L' B
{, Y* F6 G, B9 D5 kNext morning the population of Nopolis were taken all aback by
1 s% Q! }, I" n) Ureading in 'The Tea-Pot,' the following extraordinary leader:
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