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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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) g$ f/ N- y0 |% I* N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 7 R! w1 [* V- Z- @
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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.
$ E. L8 o, L$ ^5 n* W0 @+ j1 w   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 : Z0 v; J- i5 B0 F5 d
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I must do him the justice to say, however, that when he made up his
9 M, H$ t! u9 z" V+ b* jmind finally to settle in that town, it was under the impression that
0 c# G, @5 u, Dno newspaper, and consequently no editor, existed in that particular5 \+ J% G. P2 e! W9 n3 ^
section of the country. In establishing 'The Tea-Pot' he expected to
. a" D. }% _3 jhave the field all to himself. I feel confident he never would have; d% i5 |0 z/ C0 U2 I
dreamed of taking up his residence in Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis
8 ?5 F  M# y! d. U! Q4 O1 b% Vhad he been aware that, in Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis, there lived
# [; E# a% G( ]3 |# P4 [1 Fa gentleman named John Smith (if I rightly remember), who for many
4 b$ N1 _9 M5 `: C# m$ ~8 x( l% iyears had there quietly grown fat in editing and publishing the: O- n  B1 I$ w  ^& g
'Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis Daily News.' It was solely, therefore, on# E. @' u! Z  L) a2 I2 v, L' D* h
account of having been misinformed, that Mr. Bullet-head found7 V, H/ J6 i. [5 ]* I' {6 P
himself in Alex-suppose we call it Nopolis, 'for short' -- but, as he0 n1 a9 k  ~9 T" V
did find himself there, he determined to keep up his character for  t# i+ {# y8 D9 d& Q7 ~
obst -- for firmness, and remain. So remain he did; and he did more;% E: Q, C' `' b! I% |# Q
he unpacked his press, type, etc., etc., rented an office exactly+ l5 [" w8 s3 g3 s; r! Z0 a
opposite to that of the 'Daily News,' and, on the third morning after4 E; J7 C/ f9 ?8 Y0 J
his arrival, issued the first number of 'The Alexan' -- that is to/ e& A8 U* _3 O- A% O
say, of 'The Nopolis Tea-Pot' -- as nearly as I can recollect, this
) Q- t3 y/ _* g: p) c. Swas the name of the new paper.
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The leading article, I must admit, was brilliant -- not to say5 ?  @; w8 h5 G, Z
severe. It was especially bitter about things in general -- and as) N8 e. b2 z6 h. n
for the editor of 'The Daily News,' he was torn all to pieces in: P8 t: p! W4 m- A3 v/ l& j2 l
particular. Some of Bullethead's remarks were really so fiery that I. j( P' j; b% }0 }% i* _+ k! S$ D
have always, since that time, been forced to look upon John Smith,
' Y6 R1 `* K1 P! n5 B( `( uwho is still alive, in the light of a salamander. I cannot pretend to% |7 G+ R: z' G( P& k2 ~0 H
give all the 'Tea-Pot's' paragraphs verbatim, but one of them runs
& R+ f4 A' B. d1 L* |9 J+ Tthus:
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 楼主| 发表于 2009-7-27 21:59 | 显示全部楼层
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'Oh, yes! -- Oh, we perceive! Oh, no doubt! The editor over the way. E8 U% O: f. `( d
is a genius -- O, my! Oh, goodness, gracious! -- what is this world
% F* }- R( ^& k- ocoming to? Oh, tempora! Oh, Moses!'
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A philippic at once so caustic and so classical, alighted like a! q) p& b' c. G+ W
bombshell among the hitherto peaceful citizens of Nopolis. Groups of" u- U4 }. O# @" v( O  P
excited individuals gathered at the corners of the streets. Every one$ W9 {+ Y. `/ x
awaited, with heartfelt anxiety, the reply of the dignified Smith.
! m+ z& {4 k' r0 G4 [" K& ]Next morning it appeared as follows:
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'We quote from "The Tea-Pot" of yesterday the subjoined paragraph:
+ U& V; ]1 R* @+ Z- R* }"Oh, yes! Oh, we perceive! Oh, no doubt! Oh, my! Oh, goodness! Oh,7 I" l. ~# s9 Z4 O8 p) X' I
tempora! Oh, Moses!" Why, the fellow is all O! That accounts for his2 E) F- a6 H  `5 Z- W& \
reasoning in a circle, and explains why there is neither beginning
5 a2 L1 x1 W; m( v# Q( q# nnor end to him, nor to anything he says. We really do not believe the
0 o8 }, s& m1 bvagabond can write a word that hasn't an O in it. Wonder if this' Z/ L& @* P. y0 p+ H' H4 D
O-ing is a habit of his? By-the-by, he came away from Down-East in a( [! p, }. Q  q2 E
great hurry. Wonder if he O's as much there as he does here? "O! it
. I0 D" V* p: S: r4 {is pitiful."': y1 c1 v. @. ^) B6 Q0 S2 N

+ A. g0 w$ i" zThe indignation of Mr. Bullet-head at these scandalous insinuations,
% I! W- s: B/ r4 h) M. RI shall not attempt to describe. On the eel-skinning principle,' r' f( J, A3 l, e2 A
however, he did not seem to be so much incensed at the attack upon5 B& g5 o% Y" Y
his integrity as one might have imagined. It was the sneer at his% F0 A' S0 L3 a' Q$ r
style that drove him to desperation. What! -- he Touch-and-go" h" q7 R7 K8 O& p& C
Bullet-head! -- not able to write a word without an O in it! He would1 Z4 X  P! z2 B* Q( N
soon let the jackanapes see that he was mistaken. Yes! he would let) h% k+ }9 ^  ?! J5 q' r5 L* }1 Q. Y
him see how much he was mistaken, the puppy! He, Touch-and-go
. q+ Q1 N6 H$ Y/ ~Bullet-head, of Frogpondium, would let Mr. John Smith perceive that4 {5 a" |1 }# x% a1 F, @7 L5 F
he, Bullet-head, could indite, if it so pleased him, a whole
+ q1 h) b/ t/ T4 x9 I# O1 R3 vparagraph -- aye! a whole article -- in which that contemptible vowel' L4 ?* G, T+ k8 m) L
should not once -- not even once -- make its appearance. But no; --
7 ]8 P# ~3 a) J$ ]# athat would be yielding a point to the said John Smith. He,
" N: K3 h) E; i) F7 S. c/ dBullet-head, would make no alteration in his style, to suit the
) A3 z3 o3 Z' K3 a- r) `9 c9 I8 Zcaprices of any Mr. Smith in Christendom. Perish so vile a thought!
0 i" w9 B/ \1 }; f8 o1 w2 }; f  S2 QThe O forever; He would persist in the O. He would be as O-wy as O-wy' _# b; O  u# Q8 ~
could be.
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Burning with the chivalry of this determination, the great2 V/ P% [: l, A0 ?
Touch-and-go, in the next 'Tea-Pot,' came out merely with this simple
( h2 w$ ~% G5 R7 G8 u- p( Ybut resolute paragraph, in reference to this unhappy affair:3 m# _0 d5 \3 O

6 l  x/ \& Y* u  ['The editor of the "Tea-Pot" has the honor of advising the editor of
- N* h/ }7 T" A( G3 O: `the "Gazette" that he (the "Tea-Pot") will take an opportunity in- p; k/ W* {: o- K: I! X' c
tomorrow morning's paper, of convincing him (the "Daily News") that he# L8 r( ~5 {5 D( q& f7 Y  n, {! H* s5 J
(the "Tea-Pot") both can and will be his own master, as regards+ v8 a5 e# x0 t* r, ]8 _
style; he (the "Tea-Pot") intending to show him (the "Daily News") the
; U4 @& ?+ {: p8 m8 n0 H8 @supreme, and indeed the withering contempt with which the criticism$ O( @( l$ s. i
of him (the "Daily News") inspires the independent bosom of him (the" j  P0 J- e# x# ~
"TeaPot") by composing for the especial gratification (?) of him (the1 C5 P5 g! x# m, X
"Daily News") a leading article, of some extent, in which the beautiful0 b% |( V7 D' o3 V9 j
vowel -- the emblem of Eternity -- yet so offensive to the4 G1 {! v$ I' u* V& s
hyper-exquisite delicacy of him (the "Daily News") shall most certainly+ d4 T& G- Z( ]3 w
not be avoided by his (the "Daily News") most obedient, humble8 R/ m) K# z& g% Z" x
servant, the "Tea-Pot." "So much for Buckingham!"'
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In fulfilment of the awful threat thus darkly intimated rather than
- P9 Z: B! V: H" c. e7 L- ldecidedly enunciated, the great Bullet-head, turning a deaf ear to& [* C( n) `1 [3 R2 g  ]. ]4 z
all entreaties for 'copy,' and simply requesting his foreman to 'go
5 I1 S* X) g) E% O% a3 \to the d-l,' when he (the foreman) assured him (the 'Tea-Pot'!) that2 }. ]+ O- _0 M: [" R2 l; a
it was high time to 'go to press': turning a deaf ear to everything,9 k6 D# y  H0 r" A: H! D# H( C
I say, the great Bullet-head sat up until day-break, consuming the) x- X( v' Q. d! r# W5 Z2 s$ H
midnight oil, and absorbed in the composition of the really
8 }# s* g" _6 |9 L& t9 f# runparalleled paragraph, which follows:-
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'So ho, John! how now? Told you so, you know. Don't crow, another
! D2 w6 E" d3 d- e9 ?time, before you're out of the woods! Does your mother know you're
8 Z9 A# Y0 A% g: ^0 c2 h: x" ~out? Oh, no, no! -- so go home at once, now, John, to your odious old
7 w8 d9 f% U; n0 lwoods of Concord! Go home to your woods, old owl -- go! You won't!
5 N+ r0 o% X" ^; p8 t( h: f9 F! AOh, poh, poh, don't do so! You've got to go, you know! So go at once,
% H" q' g* I/ e6 C  yand don't go slow, for nobody owns you here, you know! Oh! John,
# j1 W9 }. l1 @# Q; M/ KJohn, if you don't go you're no homo -- no! You're only a fowl, an
! H+ r1 i% ^" i' v! R/ Zowl, a cow, a sow, -- a doll, a poll; a poor, old,
. j8 ~1 ^& [& ygood-for-nothing-to-nobody, log, dog, hog, or frog, come out of a0 o$ C2 e) y( k
Concord bog. Cool, now -- cool! Do be cool, you fool! None of your
, V6 ~6 q9 A; a$ B0 `* Ycrowing, old cock! Don't frown so -- don't! Don't hollo, nor howl nor( I( I! H% M$ E6 a* \5 k) X$ Y
growl, nor bow-wow-wow! Good Lord, John, how you do look! Told you
1 f6 N% d5 |+ e& S6 {so, you know -- but stop rolling your goose of an old poll about so," ~  `" O/ J5 {  y' d
and 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 great1 M7 Z  ]: S3 L" G# {  P- F$ S
Touch-and-go could do nothing more than that night.  He handed his article to& w- W3 H+ x  v" v; N1 ~$ m' W+ s% e
the printer's boy who was waiting, and walked slowly home to bed.
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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
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In the first place, of course, -- as the opening word was 'So,' -- he+ J- Q( p- F  ]
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
5 o1 G3 t' r) I' K3 }2 N( Ndescribe his feelings of horror when his fingers came out of it without a
$ \+ h& M1 W& s. S! U6 }& c. Hletter in them? who can tell of his astonishment and anger when he realized that the little box was completely empty?  Not a single1 Y+ ]( u) C) f- w- _/ C( F" Y5 }$ b# v
little-o was in the little-o box; and, glancing fearfully at the1 z" M* Z9 C5 A( k% C7 V2 _" K
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/ k' m4 b+ d* D
without no o's.', h/ Z* |* L( W* _3 a+ S

4 m2 R/ f0 C8 F/ r'What do you mean by that?' said the chief, who was  very
3 h) Y& r0 d7 t0 ?  P1 B: mangry at being kept from his bed so late.
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'Well, sir, there isn't an o in the office, neither a big one nor a5 D$ J% [0 o5 {. u8 g
little one!'
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8 v) j  d0 ?& J) x'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.'! D- r0 k1 u( n& l9 T
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'I haven't a doubt of it,' replied the chief angrily, turning
) m: \( D2 X! i$ vpurple with rage 'but I tell you what you do, Bob, that's a good boy9 V) o- u" Q0 M& W* y, C
-- you go over to the Daily News the first chance you get, and take every one of their7 d0 l0 q2 z1 f3 Z3 {9 _
i's .'5 I/ r4 ]5 J& ?1 k& q; U

5 |' L  d/ M0 {& F/ J" s/ K'Right,' replied Bob. 'I'll go,+ j: Q. T, t) P+ ?9 U" T1 A0 L& N
I'll show them a thing or two; but what about that
0 F1 c1 W- O2 Y+ U$ R8 gparagraph? 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
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'Trouble enough. Is it a long paragraph, Bob?'
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'I Shouldn't call it a very long paragrab.'
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'Ah, well, then! Do the best you can with it! We must get it ready,'/ t; f2 Z2 w7 B  B1 f  K0 ]8 `
said the chief, who was buried in work; 'just put in
! ]- y3 u3 i+ f0 H* Osome 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
老杨团队,追求完美;客户至上,服务到位!
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( W. d& N( Q  I7 Y- X
case, muttering as he went: 'Considdeble vell, them ere expressions,# z; M. i' e: K, \8 [' i. O
perticcler for a man as doesn't swar. So I's to gouge out all their6 ^2 f4 ~) P* O) E2 G* Y/ A3 R2 U
eyes, eh? and d-n all their gizzards! Vell! this here's the chap as, S# e+ x' m4 G9 u  a( R! g/ F
is just able for to do it.' The fact is that although Bob was but% W( b9 G) j8 X2 i' N% B
twelve years old and four feet high, he was equal to any amount of- T* |; ]3 |8 j* e. f8 z
fight, in a small way.1 o2 @0 T' u7 U' ?6 D

8 s  D7 d$ e9 k! ^The exigency here described is by no means of rare occurrence in
' B) p; U. q* N$ ^6 |! jprinting-offices; and I cannot tell how to account for it, but the, |( g! R% V& n. _/ e
fact is indisputable, that when the exigency does occur, it almost
# p; G9 w0 Y' T# \7 Zalways happens that x is adopted as a substitute for the letter: d" H( Z5 T2 A2 i
deficient. The true reason, perhaps, is that x is rather the most7 D2 n" O: D, l; S) m3 ^) I
superabundant letter in the cases, or at least was so in the old0 q4 J, S) ?% V
times -- long enough to render the substitution in question an- F/ z) t4 X! |7 \3 O
habitual thing with printers. As for Bob, he would have considered it
0 q4 t1 v; h# wheretical to employ any other character, in a case of this kind, than6 Q- @2 a/ R6 t# i) \
the x to which he had been accustomed.1 i! p: Q4 m8 ]( J( L. g
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'I shell have to x this ere paragrab,' said he to himself, as he read% E% J6 f0 M, \: ]2 S
it over in astonishment, 'but it's jest about the awfulest o-wy* F* p1 H- C9 Z
paragrab I ever did see': so x it he did, unflinchingly, and to press, r, }! H# b1 x/ o  F
it went x-ed.
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Next morning the population of Nopolis were taken all aback by
' D0 P  V( W2 ?1 K! U- Z* yreading in 'The Tea-Pot,' the following extraordinary leader:
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. g/ m) s0 _/ e! Y+ l- R9 t'Sx hx, Jxhn! hxw nxw? Txld yxu sx, yxu knxw. Dxn't crxw, anxther
5 t" S2 W  w% q/ o" g( qtime, befxre yxu're xut xf the wxxds! Dxes yxur mxther knxw yxu're
$ O( A2 f2 \/ M5 X0 T3 j; oxut? Xh, nx, nx! -- sx gx hxme at xnce, nxw, Jxhn, tx yxur xdixus xld
  A5 B7 o" [: U- f! r$ ]( \wxxds xf Cxncxrd! Gx hxme tx yxur wxxds, xld xwl, -- gx! Yxu wxn't?2 s  F) G; t& K- T0 l4 b% I0 L1 v
Xh, pxh, pxh, Jxhn, dxn't dx sx! Yxu've gxt tx gx, yxu knxw, sx gx at
6 U# q% V5 g4 uxnce, and dxn't gx slxw; fxr nxbxdy xwns yxu here, yxu knxw. Xh,/ }3 C# y1 ?' a1 J$ n/ P
Jxhn, Jxhn, Jxhn, if yxu dxn't gx yxu're nx hxmx -- nx! Yxu're xnly a/ B; T/ L4 p8 C7 R  I4 F$ J9 T; z6 p& i
fxwl, an xwl; a cxw, a sxw; a dxll, a pxll; a pxxr xld
- U) Q; N8 Y* ~; Q/ ugxxd-fxr-nxthing-tx-nxbxdy, lxg, dxg, hxg, xr frxg, cxme xut xf a
2 {) j4 s; m6 g+ {- W. \2 zCxncxrd bxg. Cxxl, nxw -- cxxl! Dx be cxxl, yxu fxxl! Nxne xf yxur
4 G( `+ K0 l" L" ?crxwing, xld cxck! Dxn't frxwn sx -- dxn't! Dxn't hxllx, nxr hxwl,, c# V/ L* a! ~5 ]- u% Q! o
nxr grxwl, nxr bxw-wxw-wxw! Gxxd Lxrd, Jxhn, hxw yxu dx lxxk! Txld
* I5 O3 j2 T7 r+ j* B% O/ J1 Ayxu sx, yxu knxw, -- but stxp rxlling yxur gxxse xf an xld pxll abxut
9 m4 a4 [2 ^/ o' s+ U0 ~9 Vsx, 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
2 x  N! g& l* h+ Onot to be conceived. The first definite idea entertained by the3 x$ s+ |5 ]3 n5 `. J/ e
populace was, that some diabolical treason lay concealed in the2 R: Y' {" B3 P; K3 z0 U6 g
hieroglyphics; and there was a general rush to Bullet-head's
6 _- k5 R4 C$ H: Y$ Sresidence, for the purpose of riding him on a rail; but that1 W  D( c4 t1 M+ T! F1 P; ~1 S! i
gentleman was nowhere to be found. He had vanished, no one could tell
; T+ h! E9 F) A; j4 ]8 z- P3 ?" Ghow; and not even the ghost of him has ever been seen since.% X) B, T6 A, Z2 T; N

  [5 l' C) ^3 @3 H5 h* R% XUnable to discover its legitimate object, the popular fury at length: {6 ]' A1 D' ?- s; Y8 Z3 ?0 x
subsided; leaving behind it, by way of sediment, quite a medley of1 r' I( G, p2 j' h( U; c9 G
opinion about this unhappy affair.
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One gentleman thought the whole an X-ellent joke.( S7 |3 _# ?1 ~; V3 k
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Another said that, indeed, Bullet-head had shown much X-uberance of/ G7 S2 @. a3 u3 `0 ~9 L& u
fancy.8 `5 q# Q5 U4 @$ j  W
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A third admitted him X-entric, but no more.
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9 D3 c1 ?- K4 e* Z/ D# `) h7 VA fourth could only suppose it the Yankee's design to X-press, in a: X$ B1 h0 F; t2 ?0 \1 ?' w, X. O
general way, his X-asperation.
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'Say, rather, to set an X-ample to posterity,' suggested a fifth.
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That Bullet-head had been driven to an extremity, was clear to all;
+ _2 q: C7 {; g% q. ?) M2 Cand in fact, since that editor could not be found, there was some1 M2 P. p7 ?: G) N5 A3 v. }
talk about lynching the other one.
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The more common conclusion, however, was that the affair was, simply,  G8 n" d+ ^( \* T. x" t( f3 T% \
X-traordinary and in-X-plicable. Even the town mathematician. Y/ \' _. F" g
confessed that he could make nothing of so dark a problem. X, every.  d" a# z8 B* K
body knew, was an unknown quantity; but in this case (as he properly
! c- b3 c' _& L! x5 f( f& lobserved), there was an unknown quantity of X.: u' S: Q5 d6 W0 k4 j* C! z: F5 [
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The opinion of Bob, the devil (who kept dark about his having 'X-ed. e3 I0 B6 t; v) I- j, O: ^0 Y
the paragrab'), did not meet with so much attention as I think it
( k+ n9 o+ u, Mdeserved, although it was very openly and very fearlessly expressed.0 B* m- W! r8 e& @- @7 d
He said that, for his part, he had no doubt about the matter at all,; |" h. X$ Y7 m" }) V; u6 C5 V0 W" D$ }
that it was a clear case, that Mr. Bullet-head 'never could be% N. J. P3 A* W4 G
persuaded fur to drink like other folks, but vas continually  M/ J7 L7 W/ z) U% E8 Z. P& @
a-svigging o' that ere blessed XXX ale, and as a naiteral& `- N  g  O# p. r: D* d" M: m
consekvence, it just puffed him up savage, and made him X (cross) in
" c% u( I: ~( f3 W( bthe X-treme.'
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