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'Wery well,' replied Bob, 'here goes it!' and off he hurried to his$ a5 y# [+ R, c! r& q/ V
case, muttering as he went: 'Considdeble vell, them ere expressions,5 l% O% B" _. A' t4 c/ P+ g8 J/ C
perticcler for a man as doesn't swar. So I's to gouge out all their
* w" B$ c' n3 m* r9 j# j9 \) veyes, eh? and d-n all their gizzards! Vell! this here's the chap as
4 c$ H( O7 f0 |, eis just able for to do it.' The fact is that although Bob was but
8 U D2 e/ G& F) k. M, L6 H7 ]twelve years old and four feet high, he was equal to any amount of3 m- u ^8 N$ Q
fight, in a small way.
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The exigency here described is by no means of rare occurrence in
8 b! V2 ?0 f5 D$ V+ U3 S G5 qprinting-offices; and I cannot tell how to account for it, but the' c) }9 p1 a( }- l/ w# n
fact is indisputable, that when the exigency does occur, it almost
9 x6 z. `& B4 |8 {' k0 |! ~always happens that x is adopted as a substitute for the letter
$ c6 Z2 w# \* p) s( t1 f& n- ?3 E3 n8 wdeficient. The true reason, perhaps, is that x is rather the most9 C6 n) r# y8 a; q2 F! o2 y
superabundant letter in the cases, or at least was so in the old
+ Q- Q0 B9 ~1 O$ s0 v3 Ztimes -- long enough to render the substitution in question an
9 C* l& y1 I" `$ p% xhabitual thing with printers. As for Bob, he would have considered it
) [; i$ m4 y' Z% f; y2 yheretical to employ any other character, in a case of this kind, than
0 z) Q# r8 B, `% c' Rthe x to which he had been accustomed.5 l- `0 R0 H* t5 ~
* m& z. c6 \- g2 S0 V6 p: G'I shell have to x this ere paragrab,' said he to himself, as he read
' |9 N: C4 A' [6 M R6 l' j5 mit over in astonishment, 'but it's jest about the awfulest o-wy
7 b ]8 q+ w9 C) R, w( k# l) Gparagrab I ever did see': so x it he did, unflinchingly, and to press5 F4 |0 v2 a5 D0 Z% r) j
it went x-ed., \# V" G+ @) ?: C/ G* I& P
7 B0 P* H& T) ~0 T2 s) DNext morning the population of Nopolis were taken all aback by
2 O" Q; l- B* X* w v- U% d8 Qreading in 'The Tea-Pot,' the following extraordinary leader:
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'Sx hx, Jxhn! hxw nxw? Txld yxu sx, yxu knxw. Dxn't crxw, anxther$ J: |' T# i! i5 [: n# s- P8 p) N8 K
time, befxre yxu're xut xf the wxxds! Dxes yxur mxther knxw yxu're
* W% k6 T. k, K8 K0 X+ Jxut? Xh, nx, nx! -- sx gx hxme at xnce, nxw, Jxhn, tx yxur xdixus xld
3 j$ K5 w% l+ \# f# `4 f/ pwxxds xf Cxncxrd! Gx hxme tx yxur wxxds, xld xwl, -- gx! Yxu wxn't?
6 a$ ]" J6 d; N) EXh, pxh, pxh, Jxhn, dxn't dx sx! Yxu've gxt tx gx, yxu knxw, sx gx at
1 n- O: @4 N" j) w8 o. H% pxnce, and dxn't gx slxw; fxr nxbxdy xwns yxu here, yxu knxw. Xh,
# ]) Y& P3 R! m6 _) _Jxhn, Jxhn, Jxhn, if yxu dxn't gx yxu're nx hxmx -- nx! Yxu're xnly a
( \: q4 o0 E M9 h* k: J8 J2 Yfxwl, an xwl; a cxw, a sxw; a dxll, a pxll; a pxxr xld
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- ~+ T/ K% r. y" b! V0 F) ZCxncxrd bxg. Cxxl, nxw -- cxxl! Dx be cxxl, yxu fxxl! Nxne xf yxur
( g2 R* E/ P9 B6 c: Bcrxwing, xld cxck! Dxn't frxwn sx -- dxn't! Dxn't hxllx, nxr hxwl,
8 Y; c' \ U7 a7 ?1 m; Enxr grxwl, nxr bxw-wxw-wxw! Gxxd Lxrd, Jxhn, hxw yxu dx lxxk! Txld- B1 |: Z1 q; I q
yxu sx, yxu knxw, -- but stxp rxlling yxur gxxse xf an xld pxll abxut
3 u1 a- A( Q, n7 t& e1 X. x# ysx, and gx and drxwn yxur sxrrxws in a bxwl!' |
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