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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) D5 E8 y( v: ]4 t  Z& B* N

0 M& F* [; N7 g, F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
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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.
/ l. B- N) c6 e: S# {   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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 楼主| 发表于 2009-7-27 21:57 | 显示全部楼层
本帖最后由 rainbowfish 于 2009-7-27 23:29 编辑
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I must do him the justice to say, however, that when he made up his& x/ L) L; {, z6 N* S
mind finally to settle in that town, it was under the impression that( j) U+ R) m1 P1 i3 O6 S
no newspaper, and consequently no editor, existed in that particular
8 }. ^8 y& {& [/ y5 ^, xsection of the country. In establishing 'The Tea-Pot' he expected to
( ~& R1 v* f, ?2 q. v3 M$ ihave the field all to himself. I feel confident he never would have& \8 F, x& `' y$ Q
dreamed of taking up his residence in Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis" @0 O( ?+ L1 `9 ^! v
had he been aware that, in Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis, there lived0 e1 T8 |9 D3 e- r
a gentleman named John Smith (if I rightly remember), who for many6 ~% Z3 Q8 b9 x4 v6 V2 z
years had there quietly grown fat in editing and publishing the
: y2 G- m  |  C4 j7 x; y9 {% x'Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis Daily News.' It was solely, therefore, on) n( n; C& \: j
account of having been misinformed, that Mr. Bullet-head found6 j6 c: e4 h/ l/ ?
himself in Alex-suppose we call it Nopolis, 'for short' -- but, as he2 z- ]- S9 m! p5 A4 G- r
did find himself there, he determined to keep up his character for/ ^  v* K$ k) B3 x" u
obst -- for firmness, and remain. So remain he did; and he did more;- t' ?7 \$ N( U; w
he unpacked his press, type, etc., etc., rented an office exactly$ O8 `% g1 i+ X: W
opposite to that of the 'Daily News,' and, on the third morning after, p. u9 ?7 V9 |' n$ t" @: i% |
his arrival, issued the first number of 'The Alexan' -- that is to/ f7 U4 F* q. }- y/ x: S
say, of 'The Nopolis Tea-Pot' -- as nearly as I can recollect, this9 p& y& z: ^1 c1 \# s% S; ]+ H; y
was the name of the new paper.
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The leading article, I must admit, was brilliant -- not to say5 K! H$ H5 l3 H" u2 i' ^1 y/ r
severe. It was especially bitter about things in general -- and as
7 f5 q" M- {. sfor the editor of 'The Daily News,' he was torn all to pieces in! e( C, X* z- I$ v' M0 p, @
particular. Some of Bullethead's remarks were really so fiery that I  v9 K; k* @& U  B
have always, since that time, been forced to look upon John Smith,
( n5 k9 s8 o. |1 q1 j" ]8 cwho is still alive, in the light of a salamander. I cannot pretend to
+ _7 @( k: R, }8 s2 D! [& {give all the 'Tea-Pot's' paragraphs verbatim, but one of them runs
% p4 _! ]' s' k! v0 Y8 vthus:
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 楼主| 发表于 2009-7-27 21:59 | 显示全部楼层
老杨团队 追求完美
'Oh, yes! -- Oh, we perceive! Oh, no doubt! The editor over the way6 }) P1 k! Z6 [2 `& ~! s# P" h  u: V
is a genius -- O, my! Oh, goodness, gracious! -- what is this world6 p& z' S& Y: r4 f  ?! a- n( V
coming to? Oh, tempora! Oh, Moses!'
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1 _4 T  m7 @# E$ L4 o& ^  XA philippic at once so caustic and so classical, alighted like a
5 E' t6 `' E# n$ {# F+ Fbombshell among the hitherto peaceful citizens of Nopolis. Groups of
+ J& k- D( J5 ?7 J8 K  d( W2 Yexcited individuals gathered at the corners of the streets. Every one
: h* Z2 M5 {/ l* s! J9 g* ^  dawaited, with heartfelt anxiety, the reply of the dignified Smith.
" m5 g) ^! w* ]+ p( ?0 jNext morning it appeared as follows:
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, m2 H' q" m9 H'We quote from "The Tea-Pot" of yesterday the subjoined paragraph:" z; K3 z- U9 U6 ~/ O! v
"Oh, yes! Oh, we perceive! Oh, no doubt! Oh, my! Oh, goodness! Oh,- _7 q& V4 D6 y: Q1 {: V- ]
tempora! Oh, Moses!" Why, the fellow is all O! That accounts for his) k6 ]2 N0 _( I2 X" _' ^
reasoning in a circle, and explains why there is neither beginning
+ @4 y  b& o* M# J# Dnor end to him, nor to anything he says. We really do not believe the
- A' p9 Y+ o! d$ [) O- |! \vagabond can write a word that hasn't an O in it. Wonder if this5 n% d' h7 A5 j- [! Y$ a$ n% X
O-ing is a habit of his? By-the-by, he came away from Down-East in a
6 p5 n% i, r) a& K9 d- m3 qgreat hurry. Wonder if he O's as much there as he does here? "O! it
3 E+ I7 h# J" K& @6 tis pitiful."'
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: j4 x7 r6 t  u( M6 N# O! ]The indignation of Mr. Bullet-head at these scandalous insinuations,
# a! \3 S& ?1 qI shall not attempt to describe. On the eel-skinning principle,. a6 R: y9 U2 g, U/ h6 R2 Y, W% ?
however, he did not seem to be so much incensed at the attack upon
! y; T! s  `  Y0 Chis integrity as one might have imagined. It was the sneer at his
# X5 R7 p4 F! K3 a/ k: jstyle that drove him to desperation. What! -- he Touch-and-go
: D+ e/ v$ ~9 K: N4 L* L+ ~: tBullet-head! -- not able to write a word without an O in it! He would
  U( h/ R1 }8 csoon let the jackanapes see that he was mistaken. Yes! he would let
0 _; w, o- e3 ]# W; Chim see how much he was mistaken, the puppy! He, Touch-and-go
& l5 K  B( v  R( cBullet-head, of Frogpondium, would let Mr. John Smith perceive that1 z$ B1 U# y) e0 l/ _7 j2 c- }; [
he, Bullet-head, could indite, if it so pleased him, a whole
; a8 Z' @/ J- u) Y! S5 U) ?1 E  u8 B( Wparagraph -- aye! a whole article -- in which that contemptible vowel
$ b& k! i7 u( _should not once -- not even once -- make its appearance. But no; --
- Z4 I# q! ~9 x* y+ wthat would be yielding a point to the said John Smith. He,
; M$ X9 I2 C: I9 e4 n+ h2 yBullet-head, would make no alteration in his style, to suit the  r5 K3 T9 Y9 J: B( H
caprices of any Mr. Smith in Christendom. Perish so vile a thought!6 o/ Y; T! o5 _6 E
The O forever; He would persist in the O. He would be as O-wy as O-wy1 ?' {1 o; L) r! R* _
could be.
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本帖最后由 rainbowfish 于 2009-7-27 23:33 编辑
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/ h( l* c1 P& e" gBurning with the chivalry of this determination, the great0 m0 t' h& Y8 M' ~! m% Z" H5 \
Touch-and-go, in the next 'Tea-Pot,' came out merely with this simple
; k: J% _. c, ^4 Q0 s) w" m" @but resolute paragraph, in reference to this unhappy affair:
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'The editor of the "Tea-Pot" has the honor of advising the editor of5 R* m" G/ N0 v1 }% F) v) Z: j0 j$ n
the "Gazette" that he (the "Tea-Pot") will take an opportunity in
3 f6 |" T- ], N8 I  N: Xtomorrow morning's paper, of convincing him (the "Daily News") that he$ |0 I% i( i4 X, j. v+ F7 @
(the "Tea-Pot") both can and will be his own master, as regards
7 f$ Q) b( p! x/ D5 S- T, P' t# tstyle; he (the "Tea-Pot") intending to show him (the "Daily News") the  @' J, @3 l4 V3 L' \7 ], b5 r
supreme, and indeed the withering contempt with which the criticism& i$ R9 l' m" S0 s, t
of him (the "Daily News") inspires the independent bosom of him (the3 l9 D- |& f8 L  t, ?% c
"TeaPot") by composing for the especial gratification (?) of him (the
( b0 T3 ?- l. }$ D* o! h"Daily News") a leading article, of some extent, in which the beautiful: R+ b& o  ~, F. V  D& ]. h6 e0 s
vowel -- the emblem of Eternity -- yet so offensive to the2 W: J7 ?% ], {, S7 v  i' x6 h
hyper-exquisite delicacy of him (the "Daily News") shall most certainly5 a. R# M' V1 p- P$ W# G5 H2 u. H2 F
not be avoided by his (the "Daily News") most obedient, humble
# t/ G' l" ~. Z2 ^8 @! Kservant, the "Tea-Pot." "So much for Buckingham!"'
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In fulfilment of the awful threat thus darkly intimated rather than5 [7 O* W% y. `* y  j' P. b6 s
decidedly enunciated, the great Bullet-head, turning a deaf ear to5 q- ~3 ], s% `( L& Y! H. ^
all entreaties for 'copy,' and simply requesting his foreman to 'go2 S4 c" o8 d! A8 V5 M4 o& w8 I
to the d-l,' when he (the foreman) assured him (the 'Tea-Pot'!) that6 l/ f6 R. X' c( U
it was high time to 'go to press': turning a deaf ear to everything,
- d/ n  Y( ~6 H" \" KI say, the great Bullet-head sat up until day-break, consuming the4 o, E5 O9 ~& \0 H/ M: S
midnight oil, and absorbed in the composition of the really1 w. ?; ]/ @+ N1 i
unparalleled paragraph, which follows:-
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* B! E$ l3 t) X1 }'So ho, John! how now? Told you so, you know. Don't crow, another
6 Z0 _9 p& x9 j9 ]: b7 ktime, before you're out of the woods! Does your mother know you're0 M% [; G5 Z% b% p: x' p1 E3 H
out? Oh, no, no! -- so go home at once, now, John, to your odious old
/ E3 l9 @9 v0 r! ]# O7 mwoods of Concord! Go home to your woods, old owl -- go! You won't!
7 E3 w+ r* G' Z& S6 k1 GOh, poh, poh, don't do so! You've got to go, you know! So go at once,2 T. }& K8 `" |
and don't go slow, for nobody owns you here, you know! Oh! John,
: N) @' ~, L. G0 Z4 D  o9 OJohn, if you don't go you're no homo -- no! You're only a fowl, an1 j+ O; v1 L6 |' r2 @
owl, a cow, a sow, -- a doll, a poll; a poor, old,
, t" r& [8 C# b' n: |# dgood-for-nothing-to-nobody, log, dog, hog, or frog, come out of a0 S6 {1 _- u, D/ S" Y1 x/ P) T
Concord bog. Cool, now -- cool! Do be cool, you fool! None of your
/ v) X* Q1 e1 P" O( h( S5 L1 o+ d2 scrowing, old cock! Don't frown so -- don't! Don't hollo, nor howl nor
4 }/ `7 ]; A0 H  x9 D4 Zgrowl, nor bow-wow-wow! Good Lord, John, how you do look! Told you# M& C- ], m1 ]! K2 H
so, you know -- but stop rolling your goose of an old poll about so,; d3 b7 [4 L, y
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 great5 S0 ]7 M9 ~$ N
Touch-and-go could do nothing more than that night.  He handed his article to
; O4 C/ J& q2 {" P9 W8 M7 rthe 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
老杨团队,追求完美;客户至上,服务到位!
In the first place, of course, -- as the opening word was 'So,' -- he# X$ N! z4 h- w" h8 I
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" T, W7 K' M7 Z' W
describe his feelings of horror when his fingers came out of it without a
" I: t- Z4 A" [, u: Pletter in them? who can tell of his astonishment and anger when he realized that the little box was completely empty?  Not a single
( T3 E( g* D2 U- Q1 A( X1 s" B2 wlittle-o was in the little-o box; and, glancing fearfully at the4 }$ M* @( N: g0 O7 `
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
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0 A5 J( q. q! Q% C) ?4 g'What do you mean by that?' said the chief, who was  very
6 `1 {# W' a/ B6 [. M3 c: Xangry 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 a
, S/ ]7 H, q# X' J1 Wlittle one!'' Z2 E4 n; s! }  H; M
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'What -- what has happened to all those that were in the box?'' B8 b) p# D7 J. l
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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.'
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'I haven't a doubt of it,' replied the chief angrily, turning0 r* y+ S0 [  k0 C" K$ X9 Z
purple with rage 'but I tell you what you do, Bob, that's a good boy
3 F& w3 J( Q& ~: U+ `/ o-- you go over to the Daily News the first chance you get, and take every one of their& J, i0 D% N; E) [* o
i's .'
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'Right,' replied Bob. 'I'll go,3 a9 L. i/ ]9 t- Z  E
I'll show them a thing or two; but what about that8 z; b2 l/ L1 k; q1 F
paragraph? 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
'Trouble enough. Is it a long paragraph, Bob?') P- H4 d9 h+ t: s" A
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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,'
' ]; {! r8 ?8 I9 Vsaid the chief, who was buried in work; 'just put in
) V8 C* U* [# P8 C) D. d( isome 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+ P$ D* M6 B* [7 q
case, muttering as he went: 'Considdeble vell, them ere expressions,/ b* p  L% ]& w- K" o" [& [
perticcler for a man as doesn't swar. So I's to gouge out all their
- `9 H. V1 ^, `6 N" R0 l# H6 Neyes, eh? and d-n all their gizzards! Vell! this here's the chap as
& Z& j. I* ~7 l- |1 `" w5 eis just able for to do it.' The fact is that although Bob was but- f) C2 ]- Y- V# L
twelve years old and four feet high, he was equal to any amount of& _# h. A- ^+ @2 b3 W: m9 M
fight, in a small way.
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The exigency here described is by no means of rare occurrence in. g; s' c& @" p, v0 S( f" _
printing-offices; and I cannot tell how to account for it, but the
; H% G' O: p  c. Z4 a( Nfact is indisputable, that when the exigency does occur, it almost
+ E6 x/ _# {( _7 X3 R4 C& Oalways happens that x is adopted as a substitute for the letter
! X- e& Q1 |% N) u2 c2 C2 @/ wdeficient. The true reason, perhaps, is that x is rather the most
$ m2 t4 H! |+ A* @+ {superabundant letter in the cases, or at least was so in the old
7 |# Q% U/ r: Y' Vtimes -- long enough to render the substitution in question an
* v; p+ X4 u6 Y8 Y+ ghabitual thing with printers. As for Bob, he would have considered it% R+ Z( F+ R& L- ^/ m
heretical to employ any other character, in a case of this kind, than; s- d" N4 a/ P8 r
the x to which he had been accustomed.
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* @' b1 s: L$ \- G' J9 v" K) _8 G'I shell have to x this ere paragrab,' said he to himself, as he read
- m% T- \) ]2 d9 ?it over in astonishment, 'but it's jest about the awfulest o-wy+ G3 k' ~' u5 d7 w$ z' }
paragrab I ever did see': so x it he did, unflinchingly, and to press
% ]& v! U4 a0 U- }" rit went x-ed.
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Next morning the population of Nopolis were taken all aback by
9 U& C% i% `# y! U" yreading in 'The Tea-Pot,' the following extraordinary leader:$ c5 y+ B4 Q- k5 {2 `

( V2 N- {$ g* n! r( {'Sx hx, Jxhn! hxw nxw? Txld yxu sx, yxu knxw. Dxn't crxw, anxther% E. {( k$ \& s& y2 ?* f4 M! f3 N: G+ r
time, befxre yxu're xut xf the wxxds! Dxes yxur mxther knxw yxu're
" K: @5 D* L( D, [+ x* r) zxut? Xh, nx, nx! -- sx gx hxme at xnce, nxw, Jxhn, tx yxur xdixus xld
! I% B8 ^% P) q% ^( C& Vwxxds xf Cxncxrd! Gx hxme tx yxur wxxds, xld xwl, -- gx! Yxu wxn't?
, ^3 @0 M7 b, `; n% R$ f8 |Xh, pxh, pxh, Jxhn, dxn't dx sx! Yxu've gxt tx gx, yxu knxw, sx gx at
" m/ ~6 P6 g0 C/ Y( C& f3 l4 wxnce, and dxn't gx slxw; fxr nxbxdy xwns yxu here, yxu knxw. Xh,
9 ^9 v3 f  c- n" O4 uJxhn, Jxhn, Jxhn, if yxu dxn't gx yxu're nx hxmx -- nx! Yxu're xnly a3 b! s* ~5 H( I& l
fxwl, an xwl; a cxw, a sxw; a dxll, a pxll; a pxxr xld
. b, F# S' R6 N( jgxxd-fxr-nxthing-tx-nxbxdy, lxg, dxg, hxg, xr frxg, cxme xut xf a# R. _2 z5 Z9 C9 e( z/ ?' A
Cxncxrd bxg. Cxxl, nxw -- cxxl! Dx be cxxl, yxu fxxl! Nxne xf yxur$ E" p0 c+ F% \- j! @) D& D
crxwing, xld cxck! Dxn't frxwn sx -- dxn't! Dxn't hxllx, nxr hxwl,# n6 W. i9 W- A2 s
nxr grxwl, nxr bxw-wxw-wxw! Gxxd Lxrd, Jxhn, hxw yxu dx lxxk! Txld
1 d+ M1 E  {, Uyxu sx, yxu knxw, -- but stxp rxlling yxur gxxse xf an xld pxll abxut
% c2 l2 w' ?/ |# E0 X; O, Usx, and gx and drxwn yxur sxrrxws in a bxwl!'
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The uproar occasioned by this mystical and cabalistical article, is3 ?" L- Q2 L& K: h
not to be conceived. The first definite idea entertained by the
/ `5 m. w  y( M' y  P+ m2 ?: o  hpopulace was, that some diabolical treason lay concealed in the
5 Q) ~+ A$ r+ O  _: K  Nhieroglyphics; and there was a general rush to Bullet-head's" v$ d5 _; C" V
residence, for the purpose of riding him on a rail; but that
7 v( H" i  D8 j4 Dgentleman was nowhere to be found. He had vanished, no one could tell
2 U) B6 C. }, S7 K- B( s3 Lhow; and not even the ghost of him has ever been seen since.
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; e6 }7 \; j6 R; VUnable to discover its legitimate object, the popular fury at length
! [  ]! a% X; hsubsided; leaving behind it, by way of sediment, quite a medley of) [: p; X3 p/ ?$ h
opinion about this unhappy affair.
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One gentleman thought the whole an X-ellent joke.
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Another said that, indeed, Bullet-head had shown much X-uberance of6 O9 A- ]: f* C; \6 d: A5 g
fancy.- S1 D" Z* @9 X: J! S& j
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A third admitted him X-entric, but no more.) X7 u' I5 [9 U8 H# V# N2 v. Y
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A fourth could only suppose it the Yankee's design to X-press, in a
7 _$ H4 A* T9 dgeneral way, his X-asperation.
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'Say, rather, to set an X-ample to posterity,' suggested a fifth.
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! T; l& U* ]8 x, y" @1 dThat Bullet-head had been driven to an extremity, was clear to all;& Q7 r6 ?# O, V1 ?8 z* Y* j/ N
and in fact, since that editor could not be found, there was some
$ j3 A$ T+ v8 J  \5 jtalk about lynching the other one.
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The more common conclusion, however, was that the affair was, simply,
% ?9 k1 g( |7 k0 ?* \# V& ?1 DX-traordinary and in-X-plicable. Even the town mathematician* z' b0 l/ t' Y
confessed that he could make nothing of so dark a problem. X, every.5 G/ J0 D+ U8 P9 v
body knew, was an unknown quantity; but in this case (as he properly( I3 a, i& }- k4 j/ L2 B
observed), there was an unknown quantity of X.
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The opinion of Bob, the devil (who kept dark about his having 'X-ed
& A* P2 M& c1 U, K, ythe paragrab'), did not meet with so much attention as I think it
: P' A, J6 v6 E- M& M7 v! T$ mdeserved, although it was very openly and very fearlessly expressed.0 h. O  w; Y5 a1 G1 Z7 v2 V
He said that, for his part, he had no doubt about the matter at all,
" d" `' G2 I* J$ mthat it was a clear case, that Mr. Bullet-head 'never could be- C- S* o9 n! w$ g$ s  p. v0 J
persuaded fur to drink like other folks, but vas continually+ F3 U# |+ f. q3 i
a-svigging o' that ere blessed XXX ale, and as a naiteral0 m2 A6 F0 _  W/ a
consekvence, it just puffed him up savage, and made him X (cross) in0 ?. B, F/ N6 X- w( U# [
the X-treme.'
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