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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# X$ y1 B2 v1 V, `7 Q
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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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$ O0 s8 N+ P, f: d" JAS 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.
0 y! E. F4 v* 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
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I must do him the justice to say, however, that when he made up his" _; h$ I8 E0 w/ o
mind finally to settle in that town, it was under the impression that
2 `4 f2 k  t2 b5 r8 |, zno newspaper, and consequently no editor, existed in that particular& [& D& W0 g! Z( ?% r5 n* q; y
section of the country. In establishing 'The Tea-Pot' he expected to; Y( Q! [) Q) e$ A/ z
have the field all to himself. I feel confident he never would have! ^% x+ ~( M6 D; ], [# Z4 [& e
dreamed of taking up his residence in Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis
9 e1 H0 z# l  y2 U$ b  q/ Uhad he been aware that, in Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis, there lived* @3 k' x( s7 {) y5 ]; k
a gentleman named John Smith (if I rightly remember), who for many1 `* g0 B9 o5 n- R8 }+ a8 j
years had there quietly grown fat in editing and publishing the7 I- G3 k& k# }# V. Z* e
'Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis Daily News.' It was solely, therefore, on: j: Q1 ^8 R8 T7 _7 m
account of having been misinformed, that Mr. Bullet-head found
) J, p" y6 A0 b/ o! M9 J& ]himself in Alex-suppose we call it Nopolis, 'for short' -- but, as he! J; a9 {. `  ^/ ^+ G+ Q
did find himself there, he determined to keep up his character for0 u' r. j( N) H4 M
obst -- for firmness, and remain. So remain he did; and he did more;9 \7 L5 x; F" D$ V$ i6 Y8 B, {! O
he unpacked his press, type, etc., etc., rented an office exactly) W0 G% A( C5 _4 \+ s& I! w
opposite to that of the 'Daily News,' and, on the third morning after
$ x! N- V" A8 a- @' _) ]+ |! B5 Yhis arrival, issued the first number of 'The Alexan' -- that is to
% ~, o9 Y: ~( O# {say, of 'The Nopolis Tea-Pot' -- as nearly as I can recollect, this" I: N1 D& ]. P& o+ ?% w9 n5 O/ }
was the name of the new paper.
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5 r& K9 U. j4 M- H- ^The leading article, I must admit, was brilliant -- not to say9 F) m0 C+ Z, ]: {0 g7 a, N
severe. It was especially bitter about things in general -- and as
7 J/ s3 J: f+ s! ^* |for the editor of 'The Daily News,' he was torn all to pieces in- C9 X3 N! J* V  u# J5 j
particular. Some of Bullethead's remarks were really so fiery that I
- ?# S3 B2 ~* ^) S9 A- lhave always, since that time, been forced to look upon John Smith,
) z* I8 s0 L0 y8 Zwho is still alive, in the light of a salamander. I cannot pretend to$ C8 S& x5 {5 e3 Y* z. N- M6 a
give all the 'Tea-Pot's' paragraphs verbatim, but one of them runs# u3 c3 |4 W. L9 d" G) W# e5 L
thus:
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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
6 i/ Z# z3 p* I: {is a genius -- O, my! Oh, goodness, gracious! -- what is this world% \. {1 W! l) L1 r
coming to? Oh, tempora! Oh, Moses!'
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8 @" P1 A4 i; ~/ t: X4 VA philippic at once so caustic and so classical, alighted like a
& I3 X6 V# F$ r: V. i$ q# E' mbombshell among the hitherto peaceful citizens of Nopolis. Groups of
9 j; I2 W5 Y; k: M: i" Gexcited individuals gathered at the corners of the streets. Every one7 ]* R$ v+ Z5 W# W5 {+ t* Q& N( r
awaited, with heartfelt anxiety, the reply of the dignified Smith.
# r# c& }# \1 h3 MNext morning it appeared as follows:3 x! z" [7 b6 Y+ h7 W% Y5 p

( @, j, h2 e" \$ [! E'We quote from "The Tea-Pot" of yesterday the subjoined paragraph:9 y( a$ u5 h" Y4 C1 X! C# p: y
"Oh, yes! Oh, we perceive! Oh, no doubt! Oh, my! Oh, goodness! Oh,( T2 q! w4 L: I7 |7 O/ U' H) s; ?
tempora! Oh, Moses!" Why, the fellow is all O! That accounts for his( H  c* v; J" L" \" a. l
reasoning in a circle, and explains why there is neither beginning
/ ?8 Z0 |8 x( W/ u: Hnor end to him, nor to anything he says. We really do not believe the
$ E3 ]8 K" R# A1 _4 _. q, E. Qvagabond can write a word that hasn't an O in it. Wonder if this
( S2 M, T! y+ A$ S1 o% sO-ing is a habit of his? By-the-by, he came away from Down-East in a
, V& T0 p$ K. |7 S( Xgreat hurry. Wonder if he O's as much there as he does here? "O! it
& N2 W; P; N* \5 @/ Nis pitiful."'2 L3 r8 ^/ m9 B7 v
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The indignation of Mr. Bullet-head at these scandalous insinuations,  r" V  @$ }$ ?) w" x2 m
I shall not attempt to describe. On the eel-skinning principle,. u. t- j$ c1 N- S6 r( m$ }
however, he did not seem to be so much incensed at the attack upon9 j) a! A/ ^, A& f8 W
his integrity as one might have imagined. It was the sneer at his
7 w) u" R$ C8 r8 bstyle that drove him to desperation. What! -- he Touch-and-go
: B! [* T& z! H) G! l/ EBullet-head! -- not able to write a word without an O in it! He would- @# q6 l( ^, C5 Y2 I
soon let the jackanapes see that he was mistaken. Yes! he would let% m& s  s9 O5 s' d! o( j1 F
him see how much he was mistaken, the puppy! He, Touch-and-go
3 W' v- _5 H* k0 l' m& FBullet-head, of Frogpondium, would let Mr. John Smith perceive that
! [0 G' U* Z; J6 U# D; ~* ~0 lhe, Bullet-head, could indite, if it so pleased him, a whole+ o) x  {) [$ F4 K. B8 |9 \$ r
paragraph -- aye! a whole article -- in which that contemptible vowel# A. K; L; {& U2 v. `% d
should not once -- not even once -- make its appearance. But no; --
/ ?4 U' V2 F+ e, \that would be yielding a point to the said John Smith. He,
; W2 S" m, U0 J: l% @4 wBullet-head, would make no alteration in his style, to suit the
/ X' ~: x/ \: K' h* E3 ncaprices of any Mr. Smith in Christendom. Perish so vile a thought!
7 g* F. P) I: s! q& E- G! CThe O forever; He would persist in the O. He would be as O-wy as O-wy
9 z% j& v% x- t  zcould be.
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# f) X* O& B# k5 v: Q8 O( `Burning with the chivalry of this determination, the great
# }- }/ D6 _: g' ~2 i# eTouch-and-go, in the next 'Tea-Pot,' came out merely with this simple% {& A& q# _$ U. }
but resolute paragraph, in reference to this unhappy affair:
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4 {) Z% \6 A0 k" L; o  L" n$ r4 |; |'The editor of the "Tea-Pot" has the honor of advising the editor of
/ v7 Q7 m% U: I) ^( W% qthe "Gazette" that he (the "Tea-Pot") will take an opportunity in
2 y# E+ U0 r- J6 ]$ Ltomorrow morning's paper, of convincing him (the "Daily News") that he) `+ [  e- j' L8 m) h& w
(the "Tea-Pot") both can and will be his own master, as regards
  M( g; B4 N% N7 l& z2 dstyle; he (the "Tea-Pot") intending to show him (the "Daily News") the
8 T! x" H6 O) z8 i; ~! lsupreme, and indeed the withering contempt with which the criticism% p; \0 F8 i0 \. [4 v* s
of him (the "Daily News") inspires the independent bosom of him (the
4 }7 i6 |/ @. l1 O" I- B"TeaPot") by composing for the especial gratification (?) of him (the+ H, {2 @# |/ f4 f7 V3 q& J# O; E. c
"Daily News") a leading article, of some extent, in which the beautiful
6 [8 s" U8 c6 lvowel -- the emblem of Eternity -- yet so offensive to the
) M% Z$ x3 P2 N: b# chyper-exquisite delicacy of him (the "Daily News") shall most certainly& ]; f- q8 b) l* P: O
not be avoided by his (the "Daily News") most obedient, humble9 B) D: o* d/ E% S/ Q  C
servant, the "Tea-Pot." "So much for Buckingham!"'* ?2 u: u3 j9 w, k" k! h1 z1 X
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In fulfilment of the awful threat thus darkly intimated rather than
4 p! g8 T5 ]4 J" S! E& h9 xdecidedly enunciated, the great Bullet-head, turning a deaf ear to4 I$ {8 a6 z8 x' i; b/ {0 S
all entreaties for 'copy,' and simply requesting his foreman to 'go
: o7 b3 {# _/ P0 R# W, oto the d-l,' when he (the foreman) assured him (the 'Tea-Pot'!) that) e# L/ V0 s0 A8 V, R9 L$ k
it was high time to 'go to press': turning a deaf ear to everything,
  x# \3 e" d0 E$ y- E- k5 E* M0 cI say, the great Bullet-head sat up until day-break, consuming the
$ g2 l& Z7 S) G! ^. |midnight oil, and absorbed in the composition of the really
7 R/ B# w$ H4 @- H, F, munparalleled paragraph, which follows:-3 E( y- D, g6 J, X4 m

% n9 s: c5 m2 \, T" r'So ho, John! how now? Told you so, you know. Don't crow, another
8 H+ i+ m/ M1 R' H" w0 C9 Ztime, before you're out of the woods! Does your mother know you're& T# j1 e1 }- p: z8 S$ i
out? Oh, no, no! -- so go home at once, now, John, to your odious old
2 a8 \- a: V9 ~5 P2 m% Hwoods of Concord! Go home to your woods, old owl -- go! You won't!: s; J/ a3 ^% V$ ~8 ^3 X( D
Oh, poh, poh, don't do so! You've got to go, you know! So go at once,
# F- G* S7 S+ y$ Fand don't go slow, for nobody owns you here, you know! Oh! John,
* j/ B+ a2 z) k3 j+ n- m9 q$ @John, if you don't go you're no homo -- no! You're only a fowl, an
+ Y0 O* p% ^, e7 G' p$ z& towl, a cow, a sow, -- a doll, a poll; a poor, old,& `3 X# @  O5 n% ^4 ^
good-for-nothing-to-nobody, log, dog, hog, or frog, come out of a
8 b  z0 G  {# Z; R% e5 xConcord bog. Cool, now -- cool! Do be cool, you fool! None of your$ b: s/ o" y6 j4 e/ N/ P0 x
crowing, old cock! Don't frown so -- don't! Don't hollo, nor howl nor
, g+ a7 _+ O# K4 z4 v9 lgrowl, nor bow-wow-wow! Good Lord, John, how you do look! Told you! o/ V# s: X; B; H' l4 n
so, you know -- but stop rolling your goose of an old poll about so,
6 O3 q- ~$ Z+ w6 h0 w2 Band 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 great& c# R6 b, C$ s" R+ {
Touch-and-go could do nothing more than that night.  He handed his article to
+ `  G% P$ j: g* fthe printer's boy who was waiting, and walked slowly home to bed." o& ^7 D# I. n/ v; `  b; [
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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
* I" ~8 i/ P. @' d  {# ^# Llooked 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
1 g' v+ W( ], H; f' {describe his feelings of horror when his fingers came out of it without a; X7 x* V* D% N8 U& ?" {4 y
letter in them? who can tell of his astonishment and anger when he realized that the little box was completely empty?  Not a single
- b  M8 D5 l1 y; f! |little-o was in the little-o box; and, glancing fearfully at the1 G% |5 \: E) e0 }+ d0 X7 I, a! |
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
* f6 }5 ?4 n' z+ a" c8 @* w) G1 ewithout no o's.'
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'What do you mean by that?' said the chief, who was  very- Z+ E+ ?4 s, `" G0 s& D$ o% j
angry at being kept from his bed so late.1 ^, ~3 x6 f4 |+ B8 f
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'Well, sir, there isn't an o in the office, neither a big one nor a$ e$ a8 F. ^  W3 R; L$ Y
little one!': j, M  Z9 x* m: m; ^
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'What -- what has happened to all those that were in the box?'
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3 U4 F. Z, N* c1 h% Y( A'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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  n( G. K1 w  A; x) _'I haven't a doubt of it,' replied the chief angrily, turning! P" h; c6 v/ W2 ~
purple with rage 'but I tell you what you do, Bob, that's a good boy
' N4 c6 q. Y4 r$ s# ]- F* i4 j-- you go over to the Daily News the first chance you get, and take every one of their" |6 u. N- z) g% L! V1 M6 K5 `7 l; L% L
i's .'
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( S$ `% [- _- q. q'Right,' replied Bob. 'I'll go,
$ B) R# f0 k- m/ h) ~I'll show them a thing or two; but what about that% P+ }1 z, }/ u
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?') Y) Q5 a# f+ |3 z8 {# i) W
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'I Shouldn't call it a very long paragrab.'; ]% ~; d5 e* G

* t, Y3 b7 ^" D4 p( n3 D5 j$ T" ?'Ah, well, then! Do the best you can with it! We must get it ready,'0 q" P) L& A# z# u" a' \% k' f
said the chief, who was buried in work; 'just put in" h5 u. G6 ]7 d& z% I3 A2 y
some 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
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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
- V8 W4 P; ?/ [- W; `case, muttering as he went: 'Considdeble vell, them ere expressions,
' y6 M" K, k( T* W0 i$ `perticcler for a man as doesn't swar. So I's to gouge out all their
0 {- s: `4 t4 Qeyes, eh? and d-n all their gizzards! Vell! this here's the chap as
* R5 K/ F0 R; x  h/ S5 |( Vis just able for to do it.' The fact is that although Bob was but8 A+ b% \, @7 D# ?* P) m& c/ S( O
twelve years old and four feet high, he was equal to any amount of
/ ~: A# W" @* j- Rfight, in a small way.
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The exigency here described is by no means of rare occurrence in
% @5 Y+ Y& R* uprinting-offices; and I cannot tell how to account for it, but the
3 i9 K" S2 \* Z( v5 Kfact is indisputable, that when the exigency does occur, it almost/ @( n" S$ @2 U# k6 \+ E% O
always happens that x is adopted as a substitute for the letter
/ t( ?. X, v  c! z9 G0 ]deficient. The true reason, perhaps, is that x is rather the most
$ R$ r$ U6 k) O- Z& B% c, r% Bsuperabundant letter in the cases, or at least was so in the old
, U# x- f: s1 Htimes -- long enough to render the substitution in question an0 q4 l: |2 d9 @& X
habitual thing with printers. As for Bob, he would have considered it
1 {4 V7 E, [* x# I2 Z$ V" Aheretical to employ any other character, in a case of this kind, than6 _5 U7 j" L' h; V9 _
the x to which he had been accustomed.) T& I8 ?  \" @: w) |$ W# `/ h0 S

$ m, n% A) O9 ^3 ?; o'I shell have to x this ere paragrab,' said he to himself, as he read
  [- h7 M/ _/ cit over in astonishment, 'but it's jest about the awfulest o-wy8 O( S6 F6 O: [2 ~# C: q
paragrab I ever did see': so x it he did, unflinchingly, and to press% c- I1 @. C4 ]5 ]3 {: F! O
it went x-ed.6 H3 f0 _$ B1 J( p
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Next morning the population of Nopolis were taken all aback by3 B8 A' J9 V8 S2 I( s7 z
reading in 'The Tea-Pot,' the following extraordinary leader:: V- L6 n. u, w, r0 T4 M7 I- p
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'Sx hx, Jxhn! hxw nxw? Txld yxu sx, yxu knxw. Dxn't crxw, anxther* |5 I9 f. T5 N5 K/ M# ?
time, befxre yxu're xut xf the wxxds! Dxes yxur mxther knxw yxu're
. i) p- e2 N' l, D) o; ^# f, _xut? Xh, nx, nx! -- sx gx hxme at xnce, nxw, Jxhn, tx yxur xdixus xld
/ i% |& a: I( l1 T: Swxxds xf Cxncxrd! Gx hxme tx yxur wxxds, xld xwl, -- gx! Yxu wxn't?
0 [" I6 b+ d! aXh, pxh, pxh, Jxhn, dxn't dx sx! Yxu've gxt tx gx, yxu knxw, sx gx at
6 o8 X9 c: q( @1 y$ t  oxnce, and dxn't gx slxw; fxr nxbxdy xwns yxu here, yxu knxw. Xh,& N6 w5 M' ^, F! o) ?
Jxhn, Jxhn, Jxhn, if yxu dxn't gx yxu're nx hxmx -- nx! Yxu're xnly a
3 X0 e$ m8 j" R: y- [- j* v! Xfxwl, an xwl; a cxw, a sxw; a dxll, a pxll; a pxxr xld
, M  v! R$ _/ ^4 c! [8 hgxxd-fxr-nxthing-tx-nxbxdy, lxg, dxg, hxg, xr frxg, cxme xut xf a7 C' \1 ?+ j/ m- r3 i* T
Cxncxrd bxg. Cxxl, nxw -- cxxl! Dx be cxxl, yxu fxxl! Nxne xf yxur
: l3 h+ s$ ?$ P) i4 P5 b0 \  Bcrxwing, xld cxck! Dxn't frxwn sx -- dxn't! Dxn't hxllx, nxr hxwl,. r6 G& Z6 g. g5 E7 i1 F
nxr grxwl, nxr bxw-wxw-wxw! Gxxd Lxrd, Jxhn, hxw yxu dx lxxk! Txld
' B2 P0 X/ o: N1 v. C( ~- S6 y* ~: z' ?yxu sx, yxu knxw, -- but stxp rxlling yxur gxxse xf an xld pxll abxut  h% c2 l4 y4 N( w7 e
sx, 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, is2 v5 m, l! x; G+ A! U
not to be conceived. The first definite idea entertained by the
. p" P7 G/ e" U( d8 Wpopulace was, that some diabolical treason lay concealed in the
4 B$ F4 U  B: B- P3 K! p" M8 xhieroglyphics; and there was a general rush to Bullet-head's9 H# Q. |+ t* j
residence, for the purpose of riding him on a rail; but that5 ~5 X4 Q0 [# Y+ D/ u: M  |) i% u2 R
gentleman was nowhere to be found. He had vanished, no one could tell7 D2 V  i" _1 \- a" |
how; and not even the ghost of him has ever been seen since./ l+ ?9 I  I& E
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Unable to discover its legitimate object, the popular fury at length7 A, z8 x5 \9 H/ ]' A. B
subsided; leaving behind it, by way of sediment, quite a medley of
$ X3 V" q% W7 l& E4 ~9 ]6 q5 hopinion about this unhappy affair.
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0 z+ s5 p" ^: z/ P. C8 K6 k% l3 f# cOne gentleman thought the whole an X-ellent joke.
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+ ^$ o! _$ {& x: S  xAnother said that, indeed, Bullet-head had shown much X-uberance of
& x/ {4 N9 O- E2 t5 `fancy.; m8 Q3 N9 j+ |. t. @) |) e3 y' ]

0 Y) F; V8 K% Z  `A third admitted him X-entric, but no more.
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& K- f7 _2 n0 m5 N6 T1 t" B4 fA fourth could only suppose it the Yankee's design to X-press, in a
5 a: Z0 [; w! [3 s) `+ P7 Ugeneral way, his X-asperation.0 S' S+ z4 ]; ~: z( T$ U' w3 |
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'Say, rather, to set an X-ample to posterity,' suggested a fifth.1 c# i" r8 G+ O
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That Bullet-head had been driven to an extremity, was clear to all;% h! K: z9 A- `" w  a, [& ~
and in fact, since that editor could not be found, there was some0 \6 M0 v3 L# n: W8 o
talk about lynching the other one.
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The more common conclusion, however, was that the affair was, simply,
+ f3 ]8 a! k4 u: R$ [6 KX-traordinary and in-X-plicable. Even the town mathematician% `( i7 u1 B. u& B) W
confessed that he could make nothing of so dark a problem. X, every.6 |' h$ P2 N) z/ E& L% b! N1 L
body knew, was an unknown quantity; but in this case (as he properly# V2 T. R5 O9 j1 k
observed), there was an unknown quantity of X.5 K6 w! ^. T7 O0 L
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The opinion of Bob, the devil (who kept dark about his having 'X-ed
$ Q, y9 a+ u9 X8 `) f" h  r) Q- _7 {% ^the paragrab'), did not meet with so much attention as I think it
! g6 N3 h' p! F7 j- X4 a5 W/ l5 x9 xdeserved, although it was very openly and very fearlessly expressed.  |  ]+ q% t, ]0 n' u
He said that, for his part, he had no doubt about the matter at all,* Q/ n  }! J7 I  T6 H* d
that it was a clear case, that Mr. Bullet-head 'never could be3 t; u+ W+ @2 b, r7 M- T
persuaded fur to drink like other folks, but vas continually1 z7 ~8 }4 Y5 e
a-svigging o' that ere blessed XXX ale, and as a naiteral
" o6 |' N4 B: ~9 J1 K$ c: Gconsekvence, it just puffed him up savage, and made him X (cross) in
: j5 x) p. }$ G3 ~the X-treme.'
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