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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
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& Z, x6 a7 u$ a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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& ^  g8 s/ t  {- y: P5 G, m2 vAS 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 p+ _) Q3 `, 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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 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 his9 ]! \) ~: B" n4 i# c% o* f, X
mind finally to settle in that town, it was under the impression that
; L6 B0 f, N1 q+ c7 n4 s& W; Rno newspaper, and consequently no editor, existed in that particular
- p5 t& A6 S6 f2 x* d( M$ e5 Qsection of the country. In establishing 'The Tea-Pot' he expected to
9 j4 r4 J8 q% y8 U# ]have the field all to himself. I feel confident he never would have4 ]. b! }- r1 Z; `9 o
dreamed of taking up his residence in Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis! d' F% D( S7 G4 }
had he been aware that, in Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis, there lived" s: G& Z  T/ S4 F4 H1 W1 O7 x. R% R
a gentleman named John Smith (if I rightly remember), who for many
% b' Z; Z1 T* l) V( eyears had there quietly grown fat in editing and publishing the
$ r. c$ i4 b) E! q'Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis Daily News.' It was solely, therefore, on. ~9 d6 t4 s* z
account of having been misinformed, that Mr. Bullet-head found8 G6 K1 t. A0 K, Q( {/ n" m
himself in Alex-suppose we call it Nopolis, 'for short' -- but, as he9 y' [5 m0 C7 b9 D/ }
did find himself there, he determined to keep up his character for
3 T/ f- @+ T/ L. J: \6 pobst -- for firmness, and remain. So remain he did; and he did more;  f- K( P9 V% h8 r" B; j
he unpacked his press, type, etc., etc., rented an office exactly
% ]/ S% U$ y0 i) R9 p8 d0 Hopposite to that of the 'Daily News,' and, on the third morning after
4 O9 d; u% A5 x8 qhis arrival, issued the first number of 'The Alexan' -- that is to9 R* X: _: h6 l: m. M# r
say, of 'The Nopolis Tea-Pot' -- as nearly as I can recollect, this
2 N  r: y" C3 H7 nwas the name of the new paper.7 F$ c% |( g1 |1 u2 n- e

+ Y% T9 B9 M5 I1 j  [The leading article, I must admit, was brilliant -- not to say6 B. {+ T2 x2 V2 P# p
severe. It was especially bitter about things in general -- and as% J. z8 H  S7 Z5 w) U1 M% ^
for the editor of 'The Daily News,' he was torn all to pieces in8 B: n2 q# ]# b+ A9 [
particular. Some of Bullethead's remarks were really so fiery that I2 D! D9 K! e% c) U; v
have always, since that time, been forced to look upon John Smith,' s% Z9 B1 j. C6 e! y
who is still alive, in the light of a salamander. I cannot pretend to8 K' t* T, o0 [6 z9 G) t  B2 ~9 W" y
give all the 'Tea-Pot's' paragraphs verbatim, but one of them runs9 i4 F& p/ ~4 Z# b
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 way6 V3 n7 |- W* l$ |
is a genius -- O, my! Oh, goodness, gracious! -- what is this world
$ A! U1 ^- y! b: t" Q% P1 |coming to? Oh, tempora! Oh, Moses!'8 M$ ?" [& a, g8 G6 I+ x$ n
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A philippic at once so caustic and so classical, alighted like a" D9 t/ O3 p: B, ^$ f" q  M# H
bombshell among the hitherto peaceful citizens of Nopolis. Groups of
2 I/ [' Q% Y& @& G4 W3 Sexcited individuals gathered at the corners of the streets. Every one
, H7 A" {- d- X7 qawaited, with heartfelt anxiety, the reply of the dignified Smith.
* l  C. X1 f1 T; G! PNext morning it appeared as follows:' @% J# K$ }0 c; _

* ^6 u% o( r. w2 Z'We quote from "The Tea-Pot" of yesterday the subjoined paragraph:
8 a, d. ~: \7 c9 k$ t& o"Oh, yes! Oh, we perceive! Oh, no doubt! Oh, my! Oh, goodness! Oh,
/ d% w$ ?& H) m) }tempora! Oh, Moses!" Why, the fellow is all O! That accounts for his
1 a; V" [0 u4 e  }# y4 Greasoning in a circle, and explains why there is neither beginning
: I0 x+ t4 F/ b8 u4 t  t. l$ Q& gnor end to him, nor to anything he says. We really do not believe the: F  J* {; V% `' V; V
vagabond can write a word that hasn't an O in it. Wonder if this7 N! w. @; S5 _
O-ing is a habit of his? By-the-by, he came away from Down-East in a
+ J1 F9 P# @! g. V; Fgreat hurry. Wonder if he O's as much there as he does here? "O! it8 y4 A& x6 d! Q1 y. T7 B
is pitiful."'
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The indignation of Mr. Bullet-head at these scandalous insinuations,
0 ?7 _8 q) V. F$ tI shall not attempt to describe. On the eel-skinning principle,2 _2 ]& _1 N  R6 q& M# v
however, he did not seem to be so much incensed at the attack upon7 z0 p6 V+ G4 ?; H1 I
his integrity as one might have imagined. It was the sneer at his6 K# p5 [% j' q& k, j
style that drove him to desperation. What! -- he Touch-and-go
. l8 O4 a1 _; j% i: E. }9 FBullet-head! -- not able to write a word without an O in it! He would
. R* |' O5 ~9 d, q' `& d$ Msoon let the jackanapes see that he was mistaken. Yes! he would let
7 r; Z" ~1 @! q* f# V( vhim see how much he was mistaken, the puppy! He, Touch-and-go0 x! X& Q) o1 W7 U
Bullet-head, of Frogpondium, would let Mr. John Smith perceive that
  F( H( @0 C  R5 P* uhe, Bullet-head, could indite, if it so pleased him, a whole
1 h2 `& l' R0 I1 ?1 _paragraph -- aye! a whole article -- in which that contemptible vowel6 N& Z' F' x8 ~7 Z
should not once -- not even once -- make its appearance. But no; --: J" `: b7 k: R- F
that would be yielding a point to the said John Smith. He,
8 L1 }  Y% g! s0 \3 TBullet-head, would make no alteration in his style, to suit the: e! f  |) d: O
caprices of any Mr. Smith in Christendom. Perish so vile a thought!% y% l. Y% z( U& c
The O forever; He would persist in the O. He would be as O-wy as O-wy
5 m' q* ]* }; {( w% \4 _5 P6 pcould be.
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本帖最后由 rainbowfish 于 2009-7-27 23:33 编辑
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Burning with the chivalry of this determination, the great* l/ k3 \9 t7 k. }" n  K
Touch-and-go, in the next 'Tea-Pot,' came out merely with this simple9 g7 h. c3 o" h! j1 p/ ~* D, `
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 of8 P6 H: Z+ p* G7 ?3 z, X- s8 V1 \
the "Gazette" that he (the "Tea-Pot") will take an opportunity in; {* Z( v  d  y4 a8 I& u3 s
tomorrow morning's paper, of convincing him (the "Daily News") that he
/ Z( [: S$ x9 `* n) W" ~5 `(the "Tea-Pot") both can and will be his own master, as regards
' d; S) _# I" ^9 h( W5 P+ astyle; he (the "Tea-Pot") intending to show him (the "Daily News") the
5 V( ]8 f# S5 O3 w. Z+ K: Jsupreme, and indeed the withering contempt with which the criticism, q) K! K' l/ y  v
of him (the "Daily News") inspires the independent bosom of him (the
/ w( L7 ]3 L8 b# H8 V"TeaPot") by composing for the especial gratification (?) of him (the3 m2 o  n3 r  x9 [
"Daily News") a leading article, of some extent, in which the beautiful6 {$ K; w8 K1 n" Q, s6 J7 R* w
vowel -- the emblem of Eternity -- yet so offensive to the/ ^2 U* f% ^/ Q8 O! y* e! y8 \& `- a% f
hyper-exquisite delicacy of him (the "Daily News") shall most certainly' S6 e7 o( U; j* l1 o8 x9 `
not be avoided by his (the "Daily News") most obedient, humble
; n$ j3 N0 E) z5 F% Tservant, the "Tea-Pot." "So much for Buckingham!"'/ {( J0 g; m7 ~/ n* l$ O

+ H5 t) o: _/ a" x; y$ PIn fulfilment of the awful threat thus darkly intimated rather than1 Q% m! x: e7 J5 ~& q+ u6 p9 D
decidedly enunciated, the great Bullet-head, turning a deaf ear to) w2 G6 }8 h- J! D
all entreaties for 'copy,' and simply requesting his foreman to 'go
" v  R6 |3 A7 Kto the d-l,' when he (the foreman) assured him (the 'Tea-Pot'!) that2 z& H* H# b" C: _
it was high time to 'go to press': turning a deaf ear to everything,
7 V) J& A6 y2 I0 O; X  |: B4 qI say, the great Bullet-head sat up until day-break, consuming the2 z0 M3 y: Y) u  a* n2 C7 a' \
midnight oil, and absorbed in the composition of the really: w/ b% v+ N) u. ]8 W/ y
unparalleled paragraph, which follows:-" T! a4 e. D  D4 a9 l

; ~" h2 P5 e1 y/ X6 q, i1 d  y'So ho, John! how now? Told you so, you know. Don't crow, another5 ^& x+ U! u6 y' ~9 W2 J. |
time, before you're out of the woods! Does your mother know you're4 A" z' P1 q6 ^/ A; d/ k
out? Oh, no, no! -- so go home at once, now, John, to your odious old
, r( e. B, ]; r* `" r, v( pwoods of Concord! Go home to your woods, old owl -- go! You won't!- }! c7 R- ^5 n6 J6 S, j/ ^
Oh, poh, poh, don't do so! You've got to go, you know! So go at once,
0 m; V4 a: J4 g6 a; I4 N( Fand don't go slow, for nobody owns you here, you know! Oh! John,6 B' O* y$ g# D# d4 e: ~
John, if you don't go you're no homo -- no! You're only a fowl, an
0 Q5 z. j' i9 U: K( S9 yowl, a cow, a sow, -- a doll, a poll; a poor, old,
8 ]) @8 s% m, g) z  }5 zgood-for-nothing-to-nobody, log, dog, hog, or frog, come out of a
. P" N% `. ]) @( g* J$ sConcord bog. Cool, now -- cool! Do be cool, you fool! None of your7 g: U7 f2 M9 ]& z4 i
crowing, old cock! Don't frown so -- don't! Don't hollo, nor howl nor
- G$ `0 m/ w0 l9 Q; ^( Rgrowl, nor bow-wow-wow! Good Lord, John, how you do look! Told you2 ^9 K! R7 K5 _/ [
so, you know -- but stop rolling your goose of an old poll about so,
- o7 `) o  C5 B0 I# y% 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
! Z% {6 r8 M& W; N, ^" xTouch-and-go could do nothing more than that night.  He handed his article to
: T* j" {/ t9 u, _9 D( r7 K( Dthe 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
  k( m! f: I" Y4 k! P. alooked 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, j* U& m1 T; u3 x
describe his feelings of horror when his fingers came out of it without a8 d7 E4 R9 e2 ~5 r
letter in them? who can tell of his astonishment and anger when he realized that the little box was completely empty?  Not a single
5 u2 |- m0 j7 ]little-o was in the little-o box; and, glancing fearfully at the0 d* {5 X6 N8 X& k% n
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. o9 o+ O1 T; R: ]8 u5 V1 T( ?
without no o's.'
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" V7 T9 ]* F; u8 B  c'What do you mean by that?' said the chief, who was  very
! E9 {# m' l4 S4 Q2 O4 Gangry 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) m0 x# `# ~7 v2 a) R3 u; h! j
little one!'4 D* J2 U2 H" G3 ~5 f5 X

; k- {" P; L) Z3 m'What -- what has happened to all those that were in the box?'
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) ]7 w. X3 l6 a& Y$ q8 S'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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* S4 g  V% q; U% P4 Y! h# w'I haven't a doubt of it,' replied the chief angrily, turning, E  p; U( A, R" }3 t1 _
purple with rage 'but I tell you what you do, Bob, that's a good boy
+ I$ K; C4 h5 g& X3 t-- you go over to the Daily News the first chance you get, and take every one of their
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) ^, t- {7 b  H'Right,' replied Bob. 'I'll go,
' {+ W) x9 j$ h! y  ~5 F$ S  B- aI'll show them a thing or two; but what about that
2 }( Q5 L- ]5 \9 ]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?'/ X' [# u0 C& }$ A) g: K  x0 M

+ I" T( _8 _9 z" P5 D'I Shouldn't call it a very long paragrab.'$ Y$ j9 W2 l9 B) ]
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'Ah, well, then! Do the best you can with it! We must get it ready,'8 S0 j. S2 B' m" a; j, {
said the chief, who was buried in work; 'just put in" X. v: i6 X% Y" f
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
0 z( p/ n5 O9 Ocase, muttering as he went: 'Considdeble vell, them ere expressions,
% r: a4 n: i0 b6 X6 t0 c8 zperticcler for a man as doesn't swar. So I's to gouge out all their
: ?- A3 D9 E7 ^& oeyes, eh? and d-n all their gizzards! Vell! this here's the chap as7 |) J. A! w9 j8 \3 v, F
is just able for to do it.' The fact is that although Bob was but
+ [. k9 o* @0 A1 {2 ]8 K1 _& ?twelve years old and four feet high, he was equal to any amount of
$ e# ~- O3 V. ^7 r# e% Dfight, in a small way.  K1 g2 J1 [) U8 u
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The exigency here described is by no means of rare occurrence in: y, N7 @" s( \8 p. k
printing-offices; and I cannot tell how to account for it, but the3 ^. ^5 A' Z9 F& o3 g) Q1 ?
fact is indisputable, that when the exigency does occur, it almost
& L: C  N. _' s0 k- ~/ j( F+ Kalways happens that x is adopted as a substitute for the letter
) k" S' u' D& r2 udeficient. The true reason, perhaps, is that x is rather the most" s6 H. m: a+ o) e; g1 E1 k
superabundant letter in the cases, or at least was so in the old0 t, a, h$ c( o' p+ F; F
times -- long enough to render the substitution in question an
3 A8 F; \+ o% m4 ?$ jhabitual thing with printers. As for Bob, he would have considered it
) C8 Q4 S( e! cheretical to employ any other character, in a case of this kind, than* n' L+ }. \* a9 r8 U
the x to which he had been accustomed.
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! I5 |5 w4 I9 j. z6 P'I shell have to x this ere paragrab,' said he to himself, as he read1 b! ~3 q6 `9 C' M3 B( _
it over in astonishment, 'but it's jest about the awfulest o-wy
2 _' o9 q' j7 q& u! k1 Cparagrab I ever did see': so x it he did, unflinchingly, and to press" f$ B1 a8 a$ i. f. W. v
it went x-ed.
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Next morning the population of Nopolis were taken all aback by
6 h! p8 `( m( s8 Y' ]: R! l3 kreading in 'The Tea-Pot,' the following extraordinary leader:# j- b, l  y* b7 }+ S
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'Sx hx, Jxhn! hxw nxw? Txld yxu sx, yxu knxw. Dxn't crxw, anxther
3 i" p& u4 D- K' I8 {time, befxre yxu're xut xf the wxxds! Dxes yxur mxther knxw yxu're
1 t: @9 ]- y: y# M& Exut? Xh, nx, nx! -- sx gx hxme at xnce, nxw, Jxhn, tx yxur xdixus xld0 d8 j  O  b% t/ M/ M" V8 D
wxxds xf Cxncxrd! Gx hxme tx yxur wxxds, xld xwl, -- gx! Yxu wxn't?
* h- G$ _  I2 X) w6 W* j% H' r6 d: WXh, pxh, pxh, Jxhn, dxn't dx sx! Yxu've gxt tx gx, yxu knxw, sx gx at
! q7 w: V' |9 w4 s! d  V; Ixnce, and dxn't gx slxw; fxr nxbxdy xwns yxu here, yxu knxw. Xh,
  W9 @; {& d+ U5 G9 nJxhn, Jxhn, Jxhn, if yxu dxn't gx yxu're nx hxmx -- nx! Yxu're xnly a
" s0 J0 X: k( Q" Y7 {$ Y7 q. ifxwl, an xwl; a cxw, a sxw; a dxll, a pxll; a pxxr xld/ R) M) L3 \, v; b! }& [$ Z
gxxd-fxr-nxthing-tx-nxbxdy, lxg, dxg, hxg, xr frxg, cxme xut xf a
) Y/ `) B& Q1 c& c9 b* g7 b0 aCxncxrd bxg. Cxxl, nxw -- cxxl! Dx be cxxl, yxu fxxl! Nxne xf yxur
6 H' w% X: y6 f" V: j3 A* Hcrxwing, xld cxck! Dxn't frxwn sx -- dxn't! Dxn't hxllx, nxr hxwl,
$ s. z# ^9 w! X% g$ E& Mnxr grxwl, nxr bxw-wxw-wxw! Gxxd Lxrd, Jxhn, hxw yxu dx lxxk! Txld" |3 ?9 f+ r5 m* H; E/ A" ?1 r
yxu sx, yxu knxw, -- but stxp rxlling yxur gxxse xf an xld pxll abxut
" d9 c# v2 [, U/ _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, is, Y: }; y* q* G4 @) R2 s
not to be conceived. The first definite idea entertained by the( Z* @( X! B: }" k" H
populace was, that some diabolical treason lay concealed in the7 M! K. g3 T4 H; x4 Y, |  n0 ^
hieroglyphics; and there was a general rush to Bullet-head's2 \. T! X& N0 P3 s+ l
residence, for the purpose of riding him on a rail; but that
, V: b# `# k4 Agentleman was nowhere to be found. He had vanished, no one could tell
! L, `$ z1 G, U$ w6 zhow; and not even the ghost of him has ever been seen since.
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Unable to discover its legitimate object, the popular fury at length
' c+ Q% @( q/ H- Csubsided; leaving behind it, by way of sediment, quite a medley of& F. G" }- k! e$ f1 w' p6 \
opinion about this unhappy affair.; `9 `0 W; J, @5 ]  n( @- w

: K% l- Z4 e. \6 O# H' ZOne gentleman thought the whole an X-ellent joke.
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2 D7 t% a9 u' {  s# Q% D9 K' ?Another said that, indeed, Bullet-head had shown much X-uberance of8 {8 e' u1 E! _8 {& r
fancy.) V- t: X$ o8 t9 ^" l! k" b" h
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A third admitted him X-entric, but no more.
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) E, e. U- i5 D+ ?0 {5 F5 g; C* wA fourth could only suppose it the Yankee's design to X-press, in a% i# E$ W! }+ v% c
general way, his X-asperation.
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'Say, rather, to set an X-ample to posterity,' suggested a fifth.2 Q9 T0 j/ ^3 p7 T

6 `, |6 |+ l: p5 B! t6 XThat Bullet-head had been driven to an extremity, was clear to all;2 [* K) Y) }: a) S- W
and in fact, since that editor could not be found, there was some5 G: x5 Y* v" t
talk about lynching the other one.
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The more common conclusion, however, was that the affair was, simply,
- v: I* M, Y7 A  r2 C" CX-traordinary and in-X-plicable. Even the town mathematician9 o. y2 }! h  l; e
confessed that he could make nothing of so dark a problem. X, every.
/ p2 {0 v3 _4 I' p& E/ C4 _4 F5 dbody knew, was an unknown quantity; but in this case (as he properly- p2 n9 w# V, _6 V
observed), there was an unknown quantity of X.
, D1 ^) q/ u+ a' y1 L0 k  N. D2 \' F% T
The opinion of Bob, the devil (who kept dark about his having 'X-ed
* m# H2 U3 |9 Dthe paragrab'), did not meet with so much attention as I think it9 _$ J0 i5 x7 `( Z. ^
deserved, although it was very openly and very fearlessly expressed.- A0 @# J/ W; _/ \
He said that, for his part, he had no doubt about the matter at all,
! }; o: ]4 L# Bthat it was a clear case, that Mr. Bullet-head 'never could be
; a- G) H( I! a9 npersuaded fur to drink like other folks, but vas continually0 c" P. _0 a+ j8 }7 m1 D
a-svigging o' that ere blessed XXX ale, and as a naiteral
# L2 @/ D* v" d8 E9 L1 Kconsekvence, it just puffed him up savage, and made him X (cross) in
- T2 w0 o4 ?3 T( X; N4 r/ N/ _the X-treme.'
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