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'Wery well,' replied Bob, 'here goes it!' and off he hurried to his. E9 P' U: J! M) s
case, muttering as he went: 'Considdeble vell, them ere expressions,2 ?! U" |4 }1 E" x" F `
perticcler for a man as doesn't swar. So I's to gouge out all their6 u( q# t, {0 i
eyes, eh? and d-n all their gizzards! Vell! this here's the chap as
1 ^% K& S0 z! M( q$ jis just able for to do it.' The fact is that although Bob was but
2 s& i, g7 P0 M* P e2 Btwelve years old and four feet high, he was equal to any amount of- D7 C. M. | X: L1 n t; o
fight, in a small way.
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: ~( ~5 a- Z: k! j8 K( B4 fThe exigency here described is by no means of rare occurrence in
+ O7 Q! \8 h3 a, W$ jprinting-offices; and I cannot tell how to account for it, but the
d9 Z+ D f+ L* u. w! ~! G# ]fact is indisputable, that when the exigency does occur, it almost
) [' `9 a( p [3 _# |8 F* u5 Dalways happens that x is adopted as a substitute for the letter! B! O- |; d- y2 {
deficient. The true reason, perhaps, is that x is rather the most6 i% U! a- t& E- Z& R
superabundant letter in the cases, or at least was so in the old2 q% H# y$ T. @3 a, P
times -- long enough to render the substitution in question an
" k7 c1 F. }0 U2 whabitual thing with printers. As for Bob, he would have considered it
' J4 L' I4 V( }+ Zheretical to employ any other character, in a case of this kind, than
/ C R! X7 W8 d% B. G8 Gthe x to which he had been accustomed.
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4 i0 H$ J1 }: `'I shell have to x this ere paragrab,' said he to himself, as he read/ @+ ?, {& m4 h
it over in astonishment, 'but it's jest about the awfulest o-wy
3 g* a6 c& a6 J6 j* W* Zparagrab I ever did see': so x it he did, unflinchingly, and to press
: U9 F; l) Z/ i- m& S q4 Bit went x-ed.
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Next morning the population of Nopolis were taken all aback by' Y/ U* d3 k& ` ?
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, anxther8 o" j& D/ l$ Z/ j
time, befxre yxu're xut xf the wxxds! Dxes yxur mxther knxw yxu're
- e, X" ~, |4 T3 Z3 Hxut? Xh, nx, nx! -- sx gx hxme at xnce, nxw, Jxhn, tx yxur xdixus xld
* b% x; b# ?' twxxds xf Cxncxrd! Gx hxme tx yxur wxxds, xld xwl, -- gx! Yxu wxn't?6 G" I8 Q/ P6 s" B- |& J
Xh, pxh, pxh, Jxhn, dxn't dx sx! Yxu've gxt tx gx, yxu knxw, sx gx at" e! a# I5 ]$ _. o9 Z u2 J
xnce, and dxn't gx slxw; fxr nxbxdy xwns yxu here, yxu knxw. Xh,, ^- n- w& h* j2 s. ]! j
Jxhn, Jxhn, Jxhn, if yxu dxn't gx yxu're nx hxmx -- nx! Yxu're xnly a
8 r) D8 q' c4 v! T: Xfxwl, an xwl; a cxw, a sxw; a dxll, a pxll; a pxxr xld
2 B$ M% }3 V' V! k9 P# jgxxd-fxr-nxthing-tx-nxbxdy, lxg, dxg, hxg, xr frxg, cxme xut xf a
* m g& U* j1 p0 i7 gCxncxrd bxg. Cxxl, nxw -- cxxl! Dx be cxxl, yxu fxxl! Nxne xf yxur2 [1 z/ U6 Y+ } r) U# ^1 @. g
crxwing, xld cxck! Dxn't frxwn sx -- dxn't! Dxn't hxllx, nxr hxwl,. {: m1 @3 W0 K3 }
nxr grxwl, nxr bxw-wxw-wxw! Gxxd Lxrd, Jxhn, hxw yxu dx lxxk! Txld% q( d: V9 L; y. H
yxu sx, yxu knxw, -- but stxp rxlling yxur gxxse xf an xld pxll abxut
1 x5 J! ^/ A. {( g% ]sx, and gx and drxwn yxur sxrrxws in a bxwl!' |
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