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'Wery well,' replied Bob, 'here goes it!' and off he hurried to his. `; G: M/ a0 w; b o# v. j) R
case, muttering as he went: 'Considdeble vell, them ere expressions,/ X) u5 |! o6 k, P
perticcler for a man as doesn't swar. So I's to gouge out all their7 a* U/ Q3 U0 f
eyes, eh? and d-n all their gizzards! Vell! this here's the chap as5 h* i u) x" S. J, f/ m. y
is just able for to do it.' The fact is that although Bob was but
7 \' L1 ~1 ]8 e' }" Y* f7 ftwelve years old and four feet high, he was equal to any amount of$ ~" ^) l) r: ?: b4 B% c' w
fight, in a small way.
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: n! M1 {* |, L8 E @ KThe exigency here described is by no means of rare occurrence in2 S7 [+ [, c; y) f7 q
printing-offices; and I cannot tell how to account for it, but the
4 L& I; ^' i6 v, P3 L, Tfact is indisputable, that when the exigency does occur, it almost n+ D/ o( ~0 j8 V$ A
always happens that x is adopted as a substitute for the letter
4 w L+ m: \& y4 bdeficient. The true reason, perhaps, is that x is rather the most2 Y6 `# N ^6 ^4 k& e6 p
superabundant letter in the cases, or at least was so in the old
7 C& K" N9 I5 e+ ^times -- long enough to render the substitution in question an, ^, E8 ]( ]5 e, s
habitual thing with printers. As for Bob, he would have considered it
& d4 T* O- \* r: {heretical to employ any other character, in a case of this kind, than
! {- l3 ~9 H/ K7 Q" Ythe x to which he had been accustomed.
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2 M* r" E: V& B: @" ^'I shell have to x this ere paragrab,' said he to himself, as he read) M! ^5 q; y% X+ H
it over in astonishment, 'but it's jest about the awfulest o-wy
& f7 ?: H9 x j) N3 Mparagrab I ever did see': so x it he did, unflinchingly, and to press! M4 K/ T% n4 W& [6 {
it went x-ed.6 h. {3 ^ Q) U) Y, j
( A1 ]' A$ a8 K& ]4 _; r, B. KNext morning the population of Nopolis were taken all aback by2 @9 V, Y0 ]( }% b6 b7 e
reading 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, anxther2 A' }2 w/ \/ K2 q- v8 `0 @7 X# I
time, befxre yxu're xut xf the wxxds! Dxes yxur mxther knxw yxu're& I* P6 R5 x+ _/ b
xut? Xh, nx, nx! -- sx gx hxme at xnce, nxw, Jxhn, tx yxur xdixus xld/ Y. R* X6 v" r! p: A9 t1 m- Y% J
wxxds xf Cxncxrd! Gx hxme tx yxur wxxds, xld xwl, -- gx! Yxu wxn't?5 m, r, h( p* t$ N
Xh, pxh, pxh, Jxhn, dxn't dx sx! Yxu've gxt tx gx, yxu knxw, sx gx at" P6 C! h1 B" q
xnce, and dxn't gx slxw; fxr nxbxdy xwns yxu here, yxu knxw. Xh,
, I8 _ P7 w% Y# |* DJxhn, Jxhn, Jxhn, if yxu dxn't gx yxu're nx hxmx -- nx! Yxu're xnly a
& Z" ~: G' h6 C+ O: _fxwl, an xwl; a cxw, a sxw; a dxll, a pxll; a pxxr xld' l5 A1 J ]2 U0 Y' {+ A" f
gxxd-fxr-nxthing-tx-nxbxdy, lxg, dxg, hxg, xr frxg, cxme xut xf a
. b+ [$ o+ [; B! C! RCxncxrd bxg. Cxxl, nxw -- cxxl! Dx be cxxl, yxu fxxl! Nxne xf yxur, t$ [8 p. o& q I$ c& R
crxwing, xld cxck! Dxn't frxwn sx -- dxn't! Dxn't hxllx, nxr hxwl,
s4 f8 G. P8 |6 q; L$ O9 E5 Pnxr grxwl, nxr bxw-wxw-wxw! Gxxd Lxrd, Jxhn, hxw yxu dx lxxk! Txld
% z& x) i- @' R; z9 G: U' \8 b& n+ ayxu sx, yxu knxw, -- but stxp rxlling yxur gxxse xf an xld pxll abxut3 i$ y& Q& P, c8 q
sx, and gx and drxwn yxur sxrrxws in a bxwl!' |
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