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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* N2 b9 @; E7 K8 K9 d0 G

1 T. T$ V: b9 x) Q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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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.
  {$ _) z2 w3 ~5 h' Z7 R   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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9 B' N. x. Q% j2 V" p* }/ BI must do him the justice to say, however, that when he made up his- X) G" v; Y! a8 `
mind finally to settle in that town, it was under the impression that" u' }* s! f8 s5 }+ w4 ^. v
no newspaper, and consequently no editor, existed in that particular2 F. `+ F( ~5 H$ k6 v  R% s, Z
section of the country. In establishing 'The Tea-Pot' he expected to
( _" G) A+ k% X9 b  B  ]have the field all to himself. I feel confident he never would have& ~. d+ B6 _' z
dreamed of taking up his residence in Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis# d0 F% x, j" Z4 a0 ]
had he been aware that, in Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis, there lived6 q( S7 X$ D& g2 J" U  s, |3 n5 ?
a gentleman named John Smith (if I rightly remember), who for many
, m+ {6 i1 j( h! t4 Iyears had there quietly grown fat in editing and publishing the
' C8 S# f2 ^8 y/ F'Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis Daily News.' It was solely, therefore, on
: D- b+ y5 g& C* Oaccount of having been misinformed, that Mr. Bullet-head found% Q. E4 D) D  x! b- |) n
himself in Alex-suppose we call it Nopolis, 'for short' -- but, as he
  j0 }1 D3 K: x7 D9 pdid find himself there, he determined to keep up his character for
1 |. E- ~' X$ i3 Bobst -- for firmness, and remain. So remain he did; and he did more;
5 C% ~/ S. J6 A' [6 L/ I% Xhe unpacked his press, type, etc., etc., rented an office exactly3 h9 R3 I4 i9 }4 _& Z/ x
opposite to that of the 'Daily News,' and, on the third morning after
7 T7 c+ r) j. H, G" Chis arrival, issued the first number of 'The Alexan' -- that is to5 |9 j7 S* p/ P  `: d+ W4 j
say, of 'The Nopolis Tea-Pot' -- as nearly as I can recollect, this0 L% Z' ]4 ?/ o3 ?9 j) D
was the name of the new paper.
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5 l2 X( ]  h/ P, o6 s( w! d: k- TThe leading article, I must admit, was brilliant -- not to say
( }" `/ N" y/ A2 Q4 T+ x8 ksevere. It was especially bitter about things in general -- and as
3 `( p' I, l* }" H' O  \) qfor the editor of 'The Daily News,' he was torn all to pieces in
6 d4 i& ~5 m% f3 H6 U+ U8 vparticular. Some of Bullethead's remarks were really so fiery that I
* c/ u* @" o, ?9 ]. g! Yhave always, since that time, been forced to look upon John Smith,/ B: T7 [/ }# r9 t/ o, d
who is still alive, in the light of a salamander. I cannot pretend to" \0 [) M+ ]' h; Q5 ?
give all the 'Tea-Pot's' paragraphs verbatim, but one of them runs
9 y! i; v; ~8 _6 |+ P  N& a2 i* jthus:
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'Oh, yes! -- Oh, we perceive! Oh, no doubt! The editor over the way
5 h' N& }; z: B2 r+ Tis a genius -- O, my! Oh, goodness, gracious! -- what is this world
3 z0 z9 j7 ^" G8 N& ]  p- F4 w3 jcoming to? Oh, tempora! Oh, Moses!'
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% t! T7 C( B% R& a  x( @A philippic at once so caustic and so classical, alighted like a
; }3 w/ l, a0 v' q6 `  Ybombshell among the hitherto peaceful citizens of Nopolis. Groups of
% l. V& R5 U7 D- Zexcited individuals gathered at the corners of the streets. Every one: \7 C7 o. e% `0 u- z
awaited, with heartfelt anxiety, the reply of the dignified Smith./ z/ M4 W; i/ }* {+ ~5 q
Next morning it appeared as follows:) r$ O/ R  g. D! s- F" V& ]

$ E: s' a% @" V1 O  w7 a'We quote from "The Tea-Pot" of yesterday the subjoined paragraph:
1 U6 }+ R6 ?& r" y" D"Oh, yes! Oh, we perceive! Oh, no doubt! Oh, my! Oh, goodness! Oh,
; i. l( N# @$ Utempora! Oh, Moses!" Why, the fellow is all O! That accounts for his
  {* ]3 y" Q: W! Xreasoning in a circle, and explains why there is neither beginning8 o! _, i- p  d+ c# i: N' g! c' @  w
nor end to him, nor to anything he says. We really do not believe the; K. Q+ ~' z" u3 k0 [
vagabond can write a word that hasn't an O in it. Wonder if this
+ s7 }8 J8 o/ u  ?O-ing is a habit of his? By-the-by, he came away from Down-East in a
+ x' I* z5 O" ~* C& m7 }; z" t  V- `great hurry. Wonder if he O's as much there as he does here? "O! it
, {% U, _+ c0 u  }' T0 cis pitiful."'; p; k! ^9 q* k+ h% n: s  T: L

8 n/ o. `5 Z% r2 l. BThe indignation of Mr. Bullet-head at these scandalous insinuations,, z7 l4 ]( I* V6 n) ?7 E
I shall not attempt to describe. On the eel-skinning principle,
; l1 o) @3 [) ?8 c) n( N0 rhowever, he did not seem to be so much incensed at the attack upon5 c3 ^+ D. w/ Y( m8 J7 ]6 z
his integrity as one might have imagined. It was the sneer at his
5 s+ e2 Q# T. \& d  Y/ Fstyle that drove him to desperation. What! -- he Touch-and-go7 I0 O! X+ @9 l
Bullet-head! -- not able to write a word without an O in it! He would2 t6 v3 N( Y7 Q( c. l/ f3 D
soon let the jackanapes see that he was mistaken. Yes! he would let8 d" n2 I  f7 D/ k
him see how much he was mistaken, the puppy! He, Touch-and-go' h$ z" }+ |$ u: P2 q
Bullet-head, of Frogpondium, would let Mr. John Smith perceive that/ p/ f  n. h6 t; d9 r1 k0 z& r
he, Bullet-head, could indite, if it so pleased him, a whole* ~" B$ j; ?& j
paragraph -- aye! a whole article -- in which that contemptible vowel) W5 _7 A1 T; R2 U5 l
should not once -- not even once -- make its appearance. But no; --: C8 |: Y2 M: }
that would be yielding a point to the said John Smith. He,
, C% Q1 s! y! n: I/ A7 F0 \Bullet-head, would make no alteration in his style, to suit the; p$ R& u1 V# b7 r! \
caprices of any Mr. Smith in Christendom. Perish so vile a thought!& E/ l* W) j" U# \
The O forever; He would persist in the O. He would be as O-wy as O-wy
$ z9 x% U, K9 p# N- Ocould be.
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$ m( Q" @2 J# GBurning with the chivalry of this determination, the great3 ]  Y4 n* o5 o, O; |
Touch-and-go, in the next 'Tea-Pot,' came out merely with this simple! S, J  I' e  D- t* k* {
but resolute paragraph, in reference to this unhappy affair:  e6 Z6 n6 p+ }, n# M" Z
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'The editor of the "Tea-Pot" has the honor of advising the editor of
( ?; T" D- v6 h, ~# Vthe "Gazette" that he (the "Tea-Pot") will take an opportunity in
6 P% {' j% a1 f% u: z( u7 ~tomorrow morning's paper, of convincing him (the "Daily News") that he7 D; o9 e5 h6 j2 ]8 m: C9 F1 i
(the "Tea-Pot") both can and will be his own master, as regards1 A; y/ e- P5 d
style; he (the "Tea-Pot") intending to show him (the "Daily News") the
4 y5 ~+ a& S* ]: f0 U2 A  \0 u5 `supreme, and indeed the withering contempt with which the criticism
* E  S4 k6 H/ \7 Mof him (the "Daily News") inspires the independent bosom of him (the
. F' _, Z5 L) s7 ~* J/ C"TeaPot") by composing for the especial gratification (?) of him (the  Y& m, ~5 ^* U; c% k4 g8 ]! T! s
"Daily News") a leading article, of some extent, in which the beautiful
) t- k" g3 m4 D: z' E! Xvowel -- the emblem of Eternity -- yet so offensive to the
2 S) I, j6 R2 Z+ xhyper-exquisite delicacy of him (the "Daily News") shall most certainly
  U) ]6 H2 c5 w- i& q( j1 _! {+ Bnot be avoided by his (the "Daily News") most obedient, humble
5 d& C& m2 O0 E3 [. Wservant, the "Tea-Pot." "So much for Buckingham!"'
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: E$ j; a" v2 f8 d" Z  y1 C  VIn fulfilment of the awful threat thus darkly intimated rather than
. Y) _+ ?$ @+ O" @; J) M" |decidedly enunciated, the great Bullet-head, turning a deaf ear to' l6 ?1 ?5 E/ L. o2 R  o; u
all entreaties for 'copy,' and simply requesting his foreman to 'go
7 Z4 }9 q6 g! G) x5 ^5 H$ W! rto the d-l,' when he (the foreman) assured him (the 'Tea-Pot'!) that
2 h4 {% M! G" kit was high time to 'go to press': turning a deaf ear to everything,+ O7 i5 }9 K' q# {( {
I say, the great Bullet-head sat up until day-break, consuming the9 T4 e& U, N. j6 j
midnight oil, and absorbed in the composition of the really1 h7 I' C. U) x/ j) n: D. |
unparalleled paragraph, which follows:-1 A6 G6 ]+ f# ?. O5 i( `  y6 A5 b
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'So ho, John! how now? Told you so, you know. Don't crow, another
  O2 T* h7 D6 {time, before you're out of the woods! Does your mother know you're) R; t) T6 M9 q. y; G/ \/ v# u
out? Oh, no, no! -- so go home at once, now, John, to your odious old3 N/ Z) O6 C0 O1 L8 {0 R9 ]! F
woods of Concord! Go home to your woods, old owl -- go! You won't!; N7 ?6 E: J" U& {% ?4 f
Oh, poh, poh, don't do so! You've got to go, you know! So go at once,# F1 q* J) z+ ?" S& \: g
and don't go slow, for nobody owns you here, you know! Oh! John,2 |8 _' b; ?; ^& O1 [0 R
John, if you don't go you're no homo -- no! You're only a fowl, an
. u: t/ y2 }0 J% ^+ O, L/ \owl, a cow, a sow, -- a doll, a poll; a poor, old,5 L3 @( f1 m2 e& ~# V4 `) p/ W
good-for-nothing-to-nobody, log, dog, hog, or frog, come out of a
8 {, `1 N. o, U5 \; \/ {Concord bog. Cool, now -- cool! Do be cool, you fool! None of your' f( ]* K2 N+ G0 [( s1 ^3 E
crowing, old cock! Don't frown so -- don't! Don't hollo, nor howl nor0 ~! V; s4 B+ d+ x
growl, nor bow-wow-wow! Good Lord, John, how you do look! Told you
" @& r% w( t5 X- h( K  z; f& J3 Gso, you know -- but stop rolling your goose of an old poll about so,
3 a7 L5 a* x9 Z% ^2 C  z6 land 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/ M: B8 l: T& V' B. a
Touch-and-go could do nothing more than that night.  He handed his article to
  c5 S/ L9 Y5 z# B5 j9 t; o- F' m9 Dthe printer's boy who was waiting, and walked slowly home to bed.+ M" {8 [4 k2 O4 s, Y2 x
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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
8 X$ A/ m' Q2 U- K/ o) u# Ilooked 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
+ t0 ]8 C) O! w: Z  m+ T- `describe his feelings of horror when his fingers came out of it without a6 L: r0 \5 _8 ]  Y7 ?& @. n$ }
letter in them? who can tell of his astonishment and anger when he realized that the little box was completely empty?  Not a single5 A2 H/ ^& V8 R1 |" P
little-o was in the little-o box; and, glancing fearfully at the
) B/ @6 j* x0 c. x) b6 k! s5 \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% y- \7 \1 c- O$ q7 @1 Y7 B! J
without no o's.'/ I2 h& P6 ?. [+ C0 I7 J: L

+ B4 \4 \- q( u9 q5 r" S6 O'What do you mean by that?' said the chief, who was  very
1 K* Q$ ]8 @9 |' V8 iangry at being kept from his bed so late.
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8 b- y3 Z5 K+ V& X- s3 K0 P3 I'Well, sir, there isn't an o in the office, neither a big one nor a
3 l# ?# P! t8 A& _+ a8 o; ~little one!'3 a# r" _5 j! ?) G; N# E

; C( w  d: j: O2 ^+ g'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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'I haven't a doubt of it,' replied the chief angrily, turning& T' `5 e/ i( }
purple with rage 'but I tell you what you do, Bob, that's a good boy: Y: x9 N% l* E
-- you go over to the Daily News the first chance you get, and take every one of their
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'Right,' replied Bob. 'I'll go,
* B3 Y4 l5 L" r2 p: I8 Y7 rI'll show them a thing or two; but what about that
( v4 d% V) B) P" Oparagraph? 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?') x& S! z; F5 E! R7 k
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'I Shouldn't call it a very long paragrab.'1 W3 R. r3 Z* y* w

9 P( M* f% b4 g7 q+ G: A'Ah, well, then! Do the best you can with it! We must get it ready,'
8 O0 i: b0 ~0 b: X0 J! Wsaid the chief, who was buried in work; 'just put in3 p. q. w1 T4 C0 h$ J/ P
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 his5 d" _& ]; P' S  x% O4 O5 e* P
case, muttering as he went: 'Considdeble vell, them ere expressions,
) f4 G/ n7 r% `& s/ W( zperticcler for a man as doesn't swar. So I's to gouge out all their& H7 B) A. Q  L8 K* ?# `& X
eyes, eh? and d-n all their gizzards! Vell! this here's the chap as
5 N; I# g/ ?' H0 D/ ~5 wis just able for to do it.' The fact is that although Bob was but# f* _; i% |" u& w) {
twelve years old and four feet high, he was equal to any amount of- y( W2 R( Y5 A) v& z1 i' U1 N& _) q
fight, in a small way.; Q+ ~6 d  n# |, m- k6 B8 k
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The exigency here described is by no means of rare occurrence in
. e. Q+ W1 W5 F+ F0 ]" F6 qprinting-offices; and I cannot tell how to account for it, but the
) d5 x2 G9 l5 y; F0 K  [' Wfact is indisputable, that when the exigency does occur, it almost
5 j6 Z+ f1 Q" T+ K6 Q6 Galways happens that x is adopted as a substitute for the letter
/ [3 F1 e% W) r8 Ddeficient. The true reason, perhaps, is that x is rather the most2 {' ~6 I' u( u3 q. ~" O
superabundant letter in the cases, or at least was so in the old
& Y; b) N) `2 U8 T& D- t# ~times -- long enough to render the substitution in question an
$ n) u* R: j( M/ k$ lhabitual thing with printers. As for Bob, he would have considered it  i7 N0 e+ @! u8 y! F- e& K/ x- f
heretical to employ any other character, in a case of this kind, than7 e( W# Q: }7 d& s7 D) [( J
the x to which he had been accustomed.
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- U5 D; w7 k. j- f'I shell have to x this ere paragrab,' said he to himself, as he read
5 I* N: h: j5 O& @0 F& p7 O, c8 ^it over in astonishment, 'but it's jest about the awfulest o-wy6 h( z0 [$ Z# p5 r' D5 _/ {
paragrab I ever did see': so x it he did, unflinchingly, and to press8 [  t2 G& p3 N8 c* h
it went x-ed.
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3 b  U9 @6 i3 L$ X  n$ M5 VNext morning the population of Nopolis were taken all aback by
4 U  d% l( |: L. V$ |* rreading 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, anxther
4 J; L; A$ h5 E+ [time, befxre yxu're xut xf the wxxds! Dxes yxur mxther knxw yxu're% D' _2 i$ ]' f
xut? Xh, nx, nx! -- sx gx hxme at xnce, nxw, Jxhn, tx yxur xdixus xld3 c" I* v  n' V! W
wxxds xf Cxncxrd! Gx hxme tx yxur wxxds, xld xwl, -- gx! Yxu wxn't?
2 _) A& b% J$ n# eXh, pxh, pxh, Jxhn, dxn't dx sx! Yxu've gxt tx gx, yxu knxw, sx gx at& O! |/ h' C6 t- S
xnce, and dxn't gx slxw; fxr nxbxdy xwns yxu here, yxu knxw. Xh,, Y: x+ G! y& {: b% A
Jxhn, Jxhn, Jxhn, if yxu dxn't gx yxu're nx hxmx -- nx! Yxu're xnly a
, [) w% t/ h6 Y) T* P0 |7 {+ hfxwl, an xwl; a cxw, a sxw; a dxll, a pxll; a pxxr xld: A2 i4 ~6 r" P
gxxd-fxr-nxthing-tx-nxbxdy, lxg, dxg, hxg, xr frxg, cxme xut xf a5 i5 `; [$ H' A$ P7 o( {
Cxncxrd bxg. Cxxl, nxw -- cxxl! Dx be cxxl, yxu fxxl! Nxne xf yxur1 O, \# j& H- C3 v7 z! ~
crxwing, xld cxck! Dxn't frxwn sx -- dxn't! Dxn't hxllx, nxr hxwl,/ \6 H$ v, C' w0 [( E: s5 [
nxr grxwl, nxr bxw-wxw-wxw! Gxxd Lxrd, Jxhn, hxw yxu dx lxxk! Txld. w* o) r3 t5 h
yxu sx, yxu knxw, -- but stxp rxlling yxur gxxse xf an xld pxll abxut; g8 ?# r: B% x. C' C2 _$ E6 [: O
sx, and gx and drxwn yxur sxrrxws in a bxwl!'
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The uproar occasioned by this mystical and cabalistical article, is/ ^1 |3 Y. H, @* M+ k
not to be conceived. The first definite idea entertained by the# q" |% m4 g/ {! J5 j
populace was, that some diabolical treason lay concealed in the' E4 J* M; Q% l& O6 m7 ]3 A
hieroglyphics; and there was a general rush to Bullet-head's
# r8 q* W2 s& J5 P7 {residence, for the purpose of riding him on a rail; but that2 F4 c7 _# y, d! o& y! Y
gentleman was nowhere to be found. He had vanished, no one could tell; ]  z" S7 O' o; h+ F! ?; d! {
how; and not even the ghost of him has ever been seen since.8 d8 |. P; `, l$ T: g/ G5 Z6 t

( c% C5 \9 @, i. y8 R& ^Unable to discover its legitimate object, the popular fury at length
/ v: v6 p- }1 a2 J7 \/ n- Ksubsided; leaving behind it, by way of sediment, quite a medley of
8 l0 B) M8 I. c% [$ Oopinion about this unhappy affair.
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3 R6 g2 N, w6 Y3 TOne gentleman thought the whole an X-ellent joke.$ ~7 ^' M# d9 x9 I
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Another said that, indeed, Bullet-head had shown much X-uberance of
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# Y  p4 M9 h2 n, ]* q4 L* S; ?A third admitted him X-entric, but no more.
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( T- c3 O8 E# @) s3 b& X/ _A fourth could only suppose it the Yankee's design to X-press, in a" {* ]& y5 i( J, E# _* Z* I+ S
general way, his X-asperation.
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6 B$ j' @8 ^2 V. E'Say, rather, to set an X-ample to posterity,' suggested a fifth.( [* n( w! D' s6 `) T6 ]1 M) [, _" h

: b+ ]+ y; H( F. A# F! [7 x0 p# v- s4 RThat Bullet-head had been driven to an extremity, was clear to all;
7 z- U  g  o2 t' R  z7 Z! z0 H2 ?and in fact, since that editor could not be found, there was some
% ]. K  j- Z) ]+ G! O% W% Btalk about lynching the other one.
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The more common conclusion, however, was that the affair was, simply,+ d6 e" @: B; _  U- [, z- K) p
X-traordinary and in-X-plicable. Even the town mathematician
4 s+ @5 W+ m# W. H; mconfessed that he could make nothing of so dark a problem. X, every.+ t  Y( [: p' d1 P9 g4 o
body knew, was an unknown quantity; but in this case (as he properly0 m3 n7 A3 v, N) w
observed), there was an unknown quantity of X.
5 y9 `# ^6 G7 ?- \, a0 f# w1 K+ G- {: B: N# w9 Q
The opinion of Bob, the devil (who kept dark about his having 'X-ed
2 }3 _0 l& v9 k% E+ ?: g5 V2 A) Jthe paragrab'), did not meet with so much attention as I think it
! |$ f5 }) T% D' y' Q. [( |deserved, although it was very openly and very fearlessly expressed.5 `6 x2 ]; t  U* a2 O
He said that, for his part, he had no doubt about the matter at all,& {/ p5 i) H( N, T' N
that it was a clear case, that Mr. Bullet-head 'never could be
0 T+ k7 |& Z) Jpersuaded fur to drink like other folks, but vas continually4 a2 A* W" K( F( V$ V5 s# v
a-svigging o' that ere blessed XXX ale, and as a naiteral5 E- U4 A/ _5 o1 k4 ~3 w6 T
consekvence, it just puffed him up savage, and made him X (cross) in
7 s( V6 Z4 I$ R3 R* k5 O7 k3 `the X-treme.'
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