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发表于 2009-7-27 21:35 | 显示全部楼层 |阅读模式
老杨团队,追求完美;客户至上,服务到位!
X-ing a Paragraph—————Edgar AllanPoe
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$ ~# }3 s$ j! k$ K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 5 a; G/ |2 g) J$ H! P

$ B% ^1 v. i$ @1 X4 `: l4 cAS 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.
6 J. _& v8 }/ U  _7 B3 Q   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
0 T& h: c' \6 u2 {8 n/ Z! N% vmind finally to settle in that town, it was under the impression that/ h8 a' ?$ v& K5 j7 @/ T# Y
no newspaper, and consequently no editor, existed in that particular
, z9 Z; l0 C3 O8 N% ?& }* zsection of the country. In establishing 'The Tea-Pot' he expected to# |( m5 R/ f; |9 q1 t2 Z  C
have the field all to himself. I feel confident he never would have6 ^  Q6 X; y* g  g- x
dreamed of taking up his residence in Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis
- y+ [+ y, i. z& U- R* c7 X9 vhad he been aware that, in Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis, there lived4 F  v) J' v& g" _
a gentleman named John Smith (if I rightly remember), who for many
8 j! u$ ?4 @; G  Oyears had there quietly grown fat in editing and publishing the1 D7 ]4 e+ {  w3 c! A
'Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis Daily News.' It was solely, therefore, on3 g1 G& i7 r5 K* Q$ g+ [( J/ [# h  T
account of having been misinformed, that Mr. Bullet-head found
* P5 ]& Z6 g* _. V/ ]1 Qhimself in Alex-suppose we call it Nopolis, 'for short' -- but, as he
  @( L# O$ r" _9 mdid find himself there, he determined to keep up his character for8 a* B$ t) Q( O, ^$ p5 t! F& T; F
obst -- for firmness, and remain. So remain he did; and he did more;
. `' t  `, H: m4 ]he unpacked his press, type, etc., etc., rented an office exactly
3 {# h$ K0 |4 m3 [1 aopposite to that of the 'Daily News,' and, on the third morning after
% v* r4 j9 Y& {# H% Y; Jhis arrival, issued the first number of 'The Alexan' -- that is to
. a4 M, o; D2 C# L% ssay, of 'The Nopolis Tea-Pot' -- as nearly as I can recollect, this, r0 L* ?& r3 E/ U1 Y
was the name of the new paper.6 K3 ~7 q9 ^- k: ]+ O4 H  k

3 u" r$ a3 o/ P# O2 @( dThe leading article, I must admit, was brilliant -- not to say
6 }9 Z; Z& K% k' x1 g8 z% Usevere. It was especially bitter about things in general -- and as" o+ d/ E1 H4 Y. |4 o% i+ a* V
for the editor of 'The Daily News,' he was torn all to pieces in9 Y9 j# p2 E0 {! N
particular. Some of Bullethead's remarks were really so fiery that I* b" O0 }7 w! _) m$ }
have always, since that time, been forced to look upon John Smith,
" l# U3 P$ A& R; e8 v1 A6 swho is still alive, in the light of a salamander. I cannot pretend to  |6 p- Y# I* c& N' q
give all the 'Tea-Pot's' paragraphs verbatim, but one of them runs
  E, c- V1 N" 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
" H  P4 c  ?1 C5 g# u% Q; u& gis a genius -- O, my! Oh, goodness, gracious! -- what is this world
! Y; ~; @( b! \  Bcoming to? Oh, tempora! Oh, Moses!'% U6 a4 S: Q' z9 i4 Y  T7 [
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A philippic at once so caustic and so classical, alighted like a0 y7 z  L, M* z  l' e
bombshell among the hitherto peaceful citizens of Nopolis. Groups of
( K) c# V% c7 cexcited individuals gathered at the corners of the streets. Every one
3 f; E6 q( a4 ?9 v2 Tawaited, with heartfelt anxiety, the reply of the dignified Smith.9 {: L# [- H8 T$ l
Next morning it appeared as follows:
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0 ]2 p5 n9 g, S9 P9 Z; k3 u! E'We quote from "The Tea-Pot" of yesterday the subjoined paragraph:  V2 e) Z+ O5 t3 R: ^0 |
"Oh, yes! Oh, we perceive! Oh, no doubt! Oh, my! Oh, goodness! Oh,
, t, O  x7 I6 M3 X6 U/ ~tempora! Oh, Moses!" Why, the fellow is all O! That accounts for his
2 U, s5 U8 F# e7 d+ y3 jreasoning in a circle, and explains why there is neither beginning
7 I- M% Y* G' jnor end to him, nor to anything he says. We really do not believe the$ C7 f9 G) x/ k  z! P) T! q1 u+ W. _
vagabond can write a word that hasn't an O in it. Wonder if this: T9 f7 ]0 w3 ?8 v
O-ing is a habit of his? By-the-by, he came away from Down-East in a: z% [. R: X& C: N6 `
great hurry. Wonder if he O's as much there as he does here? "O! it
" X3 k6 M/ e5 g2 L# a% m! @4 I' uis pitiful."'! [" ]3 b1 n! P: ~

+ A# S( A  E* V+ K- Y" ~, BThe indignation of Mr. Bullet-head at these scandalous insinuations,, H" p/ R8 x# N$ k0 q* b4 l
I shall not attempt to describe. On the eel-skinning principle,
. n+ K4 P* l$ E2 s: ~however, he did not seem to be so much incensed at the attack upon' [2 u5 E$ P9 f) r6 F9 h  I
his integrity as one might have imagined. It was the sneer at his5 E/ M4 J7 ]( u: w& C
style that drove him to desperation. What! -- he Touch-and-go- ~+ }) W6 ]6 Y6 h1 f! n& ?0 q% O
Bullet-head! -- not able to write a word without an O in it! He would
7 A" Z3 E+ ?8 q. {! J9 w2 Gsoon let the jackanapes see that he was mistaken. Yes! he would let
4 F5 \  \9 n9 V, x5 H4 G( Q* @0 Yhim see how much he was mistaken, the puppy! He, Touch-and-go
. ]6 N! ?8 J: zBullet-head, of Frogpondium, would let Mr. John Smith perceive that8 u, \6 l3 n+ W0 b5 L9 U& t) w
he, Bullet-head, could indite, if it so pleased him, a whole" o8 J: F6 e4 T( ^' G1 U3 e1 N
paragraph -- aye! a whole article -- in which that contemptible vowel; w/ G# O! m8 I7 I+ D
should not once -- not even once -- make its appearance. But no; --
" p7 v* y3 ~- t" b# othat would be yielding a point to the said John Smith. He,
' ]8 [" N5 c& bBullet-head, would make no alteration in his style, to suit the% a0 b, w9 }2 ]4 X, @
caprices of any Mr. Smith in Christendom. Perish so vile a thought!
# q$ w& l( P1 XThe O forever; He would persist in the O. He would be as O-wy as O-wy' _2 \: l+ M4 ]( G  G: a" a% ^
could be.
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) J% O  F' n3 |- C3 pBurning with the chivalry of this determination, the great
" z. e% M! Z0 `Touch-and-go, in the next 'Tea-Pot,' came out merely with this simple
3 v5 g! s! e4 V5 }* R  r+ ibut resolute paragraph, in reference to this unhappy affair:' i: }. m9 U: Y/ `6 O8 g$ q
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'The editor of the "Tea-Pot" has the honor of advising the editor of' Z5 ^1 Z2 I7 r9 U
the "Gazette" that he (the "Tea-Pot") will take an opportunity in( @, z( f% ]6 X+ a3 Y' q& f8 u* ^
tomorrow morning's paper, of convincing him (the "Daily News") that he
! _; K7 R) L8 U* J, f! I(the "Tea-Pot") both can and will be his own master, as regards
, Q: f3 g1 M# z5 Q! x* q8 Lstyle; he (the "Tea-Pot") intending to show him (the "Daily News") the
( {0 ]' w: {) u/ Isupreme, and indeed the withering contempt with which the criticism
2 g- p8 r2 O  I& b8 Mof him (the "Daily News") inspires the independent bosom of him (the
6 u3 \0 C! y* g"TeaPot") by composing for the especial gratification (?) of him (the
8 l; |5 J1 w% X3 t6 N, k: f"Daily News") a leading article, of some extent, in which the beautiful
  }" c; O1 r$ Z& V, mvowel -- the emblem of Eternity -- yet so offensive to the8 q& P+ [+ s0 j3 D3 I
hyper-exquisite delicacy of him (the "Daily News") shall most certainly% ]% @6 v# ~3 ^2 ]7 a1 C
not be avoided by his (the "Daily News") most obedient, humble: s- h7 k* Z4 f; q7 R
servant, the "Tea-Pot." "So much for Buckingham!"'5 k# o% ?: R8 {: l3 g5 w; R2 ]7 m

4 y  w% |1 c! ^) W% W* g# |: ^In fulfilment of the awful threat thus darkly intimated rather than2 q6 c6 ^. v5 X) |
decidedly enunciated, the great Bullet-head, turning a deaf ear to
5 R2 @8 [, }( G2 ball entreaties for 'copy,' and simply requesting his foreman to 'go/ u1 i1 H; h  H% g
to the d-l,' when he (the foreman) assured him (the 'Tea-Pot'!) that% \8 `9 E, _& [+ g
it was high time to 'go to press': turning a deaf ear to everything,$ ~, H$ h2 T( G  \$ P5 Z
I say, the great Bullet-head sat up until day-break, consuming the/ |9 D2 X* x" J7 [& w
midnight oil, and absorbed in the composition of the really
0 R* ~% k' E4 ]4 f/ y$ gunparalleled paragraph, which follows:-8 c, g3 M: n6 I4 C1 C
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'So ho, John! how now? Told you so, you know. Don't crow, another! ?5 {0 F( o  ^" N! l
time, before you're out of the woods! Does your mother know you're. u, G( r; D7 y  ]* C( p6 t
out? Oh, no, no! -- so go home at once, now, John, to your odious old, ]5 Z  E( d8 M0 y" O0 P
woods of Concord! Go home to your woods, old owl -- go! You won't!# ]- I! [7 k+ @2 w6 `. @, u
Oh, poh, poh, don't do so! You've got to go, you know! So go at once,( q& u  |, W( P1 X# F' q" Y  a
and don't go slow, for nobody owns you here, you know! Oh! John,
- [3 T; v7 E- g3 nJohn, if you don't go you're no homo -- no! You're only a fowl, an
' o* k4 Z4 q0 y/ W( [8 G% Qowl, a cow, a sow, -- a doll, a poll; a poor, old,
# Z3 a" d8 x0 l* {: B  N8 e$ Ngood-for-nothing-to-nobody, log, dog, hog, or frog, come out of a; q7 E' [9 r5 P% e- `8 J
Concord bog. Cool, now -- cool! Do be cool, you fool! None of your
: C. R- S8 H  ~. X! Q8 \9 ^' i7 }crowing, old cock! Don't frown so -- don't! Don't hollo, nor howl nor
" q; _9 ^& x6 n1 P  S) ~growl, nor bow-wow-wow! Good Lord, John, how you do look! Told you$ O" f% ~( Q% S( \; I! G) w' k) A2 V
so, you know -- but stop rolling your goose of an old poll about so,
( P& d5 {4 N* Mand 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
9 X. h8 p/ I+ F$ M  z4 p2 bTouch-and-go could do nothing more than that night.  He handed his article to
1 K3 J: S5 S% p0 o- P3 xthe printer's boy who was waiting, and walked slowly home to bed.
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. b3 ^4 F, U& }* k: h5 B" C  GThe 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
& J2 {* f% a2 Y; [, B; Y8 o' T$ jlooked 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 m2 c/ y5 M: l& R+ {describe his feelings of horror when his fingers came out of it without a/ I8 U; g# A) J8 H0 G
letter in them? who can tell of his astonishment and anger when he realized that the little box was completely empty?  Not a single
9 e8 H$ A( Y4 v- ?0 e0 `little-o was in the little-o box; and, glancing fearfully at the" `7 N; }6 H0 f3 C' }; Q" }
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 nothing9 B7 O* a9 B8 o% s8 c
without no o's.'
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5 Y4 d  T5 y# Q( _  w$ ^'What do you mean by that?' said the chief, who was  very& b) A/ B' A1 K) d
angry 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
/ K2 u$ H" e5 L0 Tlittle one!'
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. r' v+ [" |% K# I$ I& 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.'
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. w, F* ^7 Z9 x, q, e# u7 G$ L* l4 m'I haven't a doubt of it,' replied the chief angrily, turning
, l3 X" [$ ?% M+ ^& e2 apurple with rage 'but I tell you what you do, Bob, that's a good boy- D& |6 i; z5 j8 V
-- you go over to the Daily News the first chance you get, and take every one of their
% |' D9 Q; @/ D1 Di's .'
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'Right,' replied Bob. 'I'll go,% [4 A0 {9 K, t6 b' I+ P
I'll show them a thing or two; but what about that/ {; H; o& D4 }/ E, t
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
老杨团队,追求完美;客户至上,服务到位!
'Trouble enough. Is it a long paragraph, Bob?'- e6 E# G) O+ r: @& k9 H0 v0 C6 Z
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'I Shouldn't call it a very long paragrab.'6 g* Q! h2 ^& O9 E

) |& {; }: P( U& L" F'Ah, well, then! Do the best you can with it! We must get it ready,'& e: _- Z' ?6 p
said the chief, who was buried in work; 'just put in
" y6 \. j+ n& _9 R) A  }0 E/ s: zsome 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
) Y" e  p2 e! @$ k. Ncase, muttering as he went: 'Considdeble vell, them ere expressions,
/ K9 O3 h& }$ V! jperticcler for a man as doesn't swar. So I's to gouge out all their
; C4 p  D5 J$ ]- B1 D+ Ueyes, eh? and d-n all their gizzards! Vell! this here's the chap as5 \& G1 |: z. x; z2 q) Y3 z5 o
is just able for to do it.' The fact is that although Bob was but" J4 z& _- H7 N% C- w, I% z, ?
twelve years old and four feet high, he was equal to any amount of
6 m; C4 i; r  S+ ~8 Vfight, in a small way.
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+ N8 T, Q2 z" PThe exigency here described is by no means of rare occurrence in
( i1 W+ W+ ?2 }printing-offices; and I cannot tell how to account for it, but the" ~5 e. u: ~. [- P" c, z
fact is indisputable, that when the exigency does occur, it almost
1 @# Y& }* D& S# B9 S9 M4 Ralways happens that x is adopted as a substitute for the letter
0 R( }+ D  Q* {$ gdeficient. The true reason, perhaps, is that x is rather the most# }: X, v8 g6 W. r! p* G
superabundant letter in the cases, or at least was so in the old
/ w- v$ P, Z6 k0 h5 ktimes -- long enough to render the substitution in question an
/ v5 o+ z- t2 Ohabitual thing with printers. As for Bob, he would have considered it% S% F0 S* [; G% z* Q7 [
heretical to employ any other character, in a case of this kind, than% o/ R! F! ?/ R. R) J) a
the x to which he had been accustomed.7 f" E( k9 \' A8 t3 B! t( ~- U
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'I shell have to x this ere paragrab,' said he to himself, as he read' B7 d3 ^- @3 |8 |6 N( G
it over in astonishment, 'but it's jest about the awfulest o-wy2 M0 o! v, V& ^9 Q' B9 l% ?7 G; c
paragrab I ever did see': so x it he did, unflinchingly, and to press$ s; G1 V( s- d% W' P# {2 G. Q
it went x-ed.
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Next morning the population of Nopolis were taken all aback by
: g0 g" b4 D" creading in 'The Tea-Pot,' the following extraordinary leader:
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# h! C7 p1 E) b' V1 a3 m& @'Sx hx, Jxhn! hxw nxw? Txld yxu sx, yxu knxw. Dxn't crxw, anxther( B  h, ]7 e% ]3 W- `
time, befxre yxu're xut xf the wxxds! Dxes yxur mxther knxw yxu're/ S2 o' c# O/ b: C# @
xut? Xh, nx, nx! -- sx gx hxme at xnce, nxw, Jxhn, tx yxur xdixus xld- }# H' A# K+ U
wxxds xf Cxncxrd! Gx hxme tx yxur wxxds, xld xwl, -- gx! Yxu wxn't?" ?. c6 Y  S, i! r# U8 y+ B! U2 D
Xh, pxh, pxh, Jxhn, dxn't dx sx! Yxu've gxt tx gx, yxu knxw, sx gx at0 |; r( H$ ^4 G% ]7 C
xnce, and dxn't gx slxw; fxr nxbxdy xwns yxu here, yxu knxw. Xh,
% I% r4 Q9 n$ H4 E' ?& [$ h" W+ SJxhn, Jxhn, Jxhn, if yxu dxn't gx yxu're nx hxmx -- nx! Yxu're xnly a
0 T* T9 U( C8 x4 [% k4 o( {+ Hfxwl, an xwl; a cxw, a sxw; a dxll, a pxll; a pxxr xld9 f% c- P3 v1 H% _( _" |" R" |
gxxd-fxr-nxthing-tx-nxbxdy, lxg, dxg, hxg, xr frxg, cxme xut xf a
/ b9 E. R3 }- S4 j- {* c- L* JCxncxrd bxg. Cxxl, nxw -- cxxl! Dx be cxxl, yxu fxxl! Nxne xf yxur: Y; a/ ]  r- ^' X
crxwing, xld cxck! Dxn't frxwn sx -- dxn't! Dxn't hxllx, nxr hxwl,3 I' ?+ E  l" B! K
nxr grxwl, nxr bxw-wxw-wxw! Gxxd Lxrd, Jxhn, hxw yxu dx lxxk! Txld* e5 z* ]" n, L; h8 r* c3 m
yxu sx, yxu knxw, -- but stxp rxlling yxur gxxse xf an xld pxll abxut
. U, ?. t! Q5 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
  ?: ?, {& Z/ [" z) a& anot to be conceived. The first definite idea entertained by the
+ t1 t, e" T: g1 P) Z3 v2 o. s4 Epopulace was, that some diabolical treason lay concealed in the6 x- |4 U  s( {5 j) T
hieroglyphics; and there was a general rush to Bullet-head's
5 f9 m6 D+ ]2 R; A2 cresidence, for the purpose of riding him on a rail; but that! W$ d; U; C# q5 a
gentleman was nowhere to be found. He had vanished, no one could tell! @. q0 `3 D0 @* Z, M% L4 G
how; and not even the ghost of him has ever been seen since.2 Q9 J; o8 ~' J# _) b

) x1 n. K( e: D$ qUnable to discover its legitimate object, the popular fury at length
0 ]7 O, I+ _, Ysubsided; leaving behind it, by way of sediment, quite a medley of
! }5 H( U; j" b. hopinion about this unhappy affair.; d. u, Q/ A6 F3 I7 d$ Y
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One gentleman thought the whole an X-ellent joke." c+ m! _- j+ n- p5 Y1 k8 e
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Another said that, indeed, Bullet-head had shown much X-uberance of
" P0 N! G% e7 E: r0 Y" w! Y) Tfancy.
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+ r1 M" e$ b6 Y" s4 Z; yA third admitted him X-entric, but no more.
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A fourth could only suppose it the Yankee's design to X-press, in a9 m( u7 z# z$ Y- f' P2 R' ]
general way, his X-asperation.
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/ u$ b  k3 Y9 M; `  U& e'Say, rather, to set an X-ample to posterity,' suggested a fifth.
/ l6 {4 h" N" Q# j" {7 G' v: c" r
: p! N- `" o  m$ P, PThat Bullet-head had been driven to an extremity, was clear to all;# N0 G+ N, C( u: u! [. ^; l
and in fact, since that editor could not be found, there was some( U5 }; Q+ u8 I9 Z( Y% ~7 v+ z
talk about lynching the other one.
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The more common conclusion, however, was that the affair was, simply,
* f( T2 u% h4 p8 N9 gX-traordinary and in-X-plicable. Even the town mathematician0 T. Q$ [7 d  Y7 {1 s' d: X8 \
confessed that he could make nothing of so dark a problem. X, every.$ \6 m) l: v  s7 S8 Q# g
body knew, was an unknown quantity; but in this case (as he properly3 M( }8 K/ v$ P6 y/ x; j
observed), there was an unknown quantity of X.2 C+ F; m0 H+ b
& d! R  e( `: ]7 N/ o0 ]' |# b3 u
The opinion of Bob, the devil (who kept dark about his having 'X-ed
: s: e6 o/ I4 q, B* y4 Ithe paragrab'), did not meet with so much attention as I think it
4 l& l6 |9 x& H; c- Q# _0 b, mdeserved, although it was very openly and very fearlessly expressed.- E" I# ?& y. `0 M! k- R8 N: {
He said that, for his part, he had no doubt about the matter at all,( h. m+ p5 B$ ]8 [- y5 `
that it was a clear case, that Mr. Bullet-head 'never could be8 |0 ]( J' n" u
persuaded fur to drink like other folks, but vas continually
; v; Q. b3 T* ~& Fa-svigging o' that ere blessed XXX ale, and as a naiteral) T2 I  x6 ~2 J8 m0 \2 x
consekvence, it just puffed him up savage, and made him X (cross) in- z& C3 w1 V4 J! Y
the X-treme.'
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