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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. B1 @0 u# \1 c$ w7 g

4 e& ~, e! p6 ^, Z/ z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 0 C" w; b  R) ~7 a

! C4 ~+ ~, H' G, v6 [' KAS 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.: s  A% w3 |# x0 t
   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 # Y- v1 O+ k5 `( G5 b2 o$ a/ n
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I must do him the justice to say, however, that when he made up his
6 h& j& E- \8 z; V8 @8 |mind finally to settle in that town, it was under the impression that
# R; c# o$ f# ?; |! gno newspaper, and consequently no editor, existed in that particular; d8 j% |4 a1 D/ |
section of the country. In establishing 'The Tea-Pot' he expected to9 Z9 p/ b$ d# L
have the field all to himself. I feel confident he never would have. _! o4 L, X! _/ H6 n& {
dreamed of taking up his residence in Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis
/ B; \- g! e6 k5 P* g9 Dhad he been aware that, in Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis, there lived
9 c. o1 I! N0 s, j8 O2 Ia gentleman named John Smith (if I rightly remember), who for many
* u; E# r9 g% J; R# l$ O, N6 ?5 hyears had there quietly grown fat in editing and publishing the
; L5 Q1 w$ ^8 f3 L'Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis Daily News.' It was solely, therefore, on
$ u  a+ D. V2 Yaccount of having been misinformed, that Mr. Bullet-head found2 `& T5 q9 N+ ^! W2 a! Y4 D
himself in Alex-suppose we call it Nopolis, 'for short' -- but, as he0 z, x% s+ B5 r$ q& z( E
did find himself there, he determined to keep up his character for0 X* ^7 `7 h+ `3 ^9 N, m
obst -- for firmness, and remain. So remain he did; and he did more;4 w+ v: g/ I5 J1 u# m$ r- C- v
he unpacked his press, type, etc., etc., rented an office exactly
0 {% E4 t6 M- h& t0 i6 u- c; Y9 Z4 mopposite to that of the 'Daily News,' and, on the third morning after
* ?8 f  h( R9 Q$ }1 a) H1 x6 i+ c9 H2 }his arrival, issued the first number of 'The Alexan' -- that is to' x9 o( u- l: T1 j- ~$ o- g
say, of 'The Nopolis Tea-Pot' -- as nearly as I can recollect, this& B7 E& m  H- y! t
was the name of the new paper.
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The leading article, I must admit, was brilliant -- not to say
- w! X9 Y. h; x) O5 ~  y8 Z2 L" w8 H; xsevere. It was especially bitter about things in general -- and as  E: \3 r, J9 p! I* z
for the editor of 'The Daily News,' he was torn all to pieces in
* l* S+ U8 X0 V2 B8 B4 e, \% ^particular. Some of Bullethead's remarks were really so fiery that I* i9 K& i' u2 s/ i8 Q6 c7 q# z7 f
have always, since that time, been forced to look upon John Smith,
$ Y* _8 M+ k+ i% Fwho is still alive, in the light of a salamander. I cannot pretend to  t% p2 S- m( E8 g
give all the 'Tea-Pot's' paragraphs verbatim, but one of them runs- c# \. v$ }: \
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 way
0 D, Z* O- h" f& b3 z; j; Fis a genius -- O, my! Oh, goodness, gracious! -- what is this world
( e1 n" ~1 ~; j( Q- S" Ocoming to? Oh, tempora! Oh, Moses!'2 y0 ?4 q; C3 f8 ?
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A philippic at once so caustic and so classical, alighted like a' @. C: B# u  ~( }0 M
bombshell among the hitherto peaceful citizens of Nopolis. Groups of6 {/ |2 j( L. P$ v4 s: Z
excited individuals gathered at the corners of the streets. Every one
" @1 B: i! V8 B2 x. Iawaited, with heartfelt anxiety, the reply of the dignified Smith.7 J4 d. T# J8 ?: L& ^
Next morning it appeared as follows:* z) B6 }0 E% n  y% E( F; C

& Q; `$ j2 N) `9 S9 o, Y'We quote from "The Tea-Pot" of yesterday the subjoined paragraph:
) t: q; b0 [9 c, K& G) B"Oh, yes! Oh, we perceive! Oh, no doubt! Oh, my! Oh, goodness! Oh,0 ~. N6 ]7 w$ ~$ u) f* b
tempora! Oh, Moses!" Why, the fellow is all O! That accounts for his  K4 M) F6 n) Y: q9 N8 c, x
reasoning in a circle, and explains why there is neither beginning: i' Q+ K0 U  P: w+ S2 y
nor end to him, nor to anything he says. We really do not believe the( E  U  p, W& _& D2 J' k5 I& O# H
vagabond can write a word that hasn't an O in it. Wonder if this$ c9 u2 ^, i* F0 E: v: S
O-ing is a habit of his? By-the-by, he came away from Down-East in a
6 K% B" u& K1 j9 H4 D0 A6 w+ agreat hurry. Wonder if he O's as much there as he does here? "O! it
+ E% _! z$ S; N. H5 Zis pitiful."'% }8 d) t! P  y# B& ?- v

! o! r: E  u8 Y& x: v* @" p5 {The indignation of Mr. Bullet-head at these scandalous insinuations,
& C5 l9 K+ j8 {" }8 nI shall not attempt to describe. On the eel-skinning principle,6 S6 f# z0 P; F3 J$ P$ p
however, he did not seem to be so much incensed at the attack upon, ~& E5 r7 Q- K8 F6 U
his integrity as one might have imagined. It was the sneer at his
( u1 V1 |- w# Jstyle that drove him to desperation. What! -- he Touch-and-go
* K/ @. L) t2 j. s& }% |9 @& LBullet-head! -- not able to write a word without an O in it! He would
" t! g0 x7 X: Csoon let the jackanapes see that he was mistaken. Yes! he would let+ B  @9 |7 k% I. k) j2 H- ]
him see how much he was mistaken, the puppy! He, Touch-and-go2 I2 ]  M; Z6 b1 O; k8 [/ \5 a
Bullet-head, of Frogpondium, would let Mr. John Smith perceive that1 y$ j5 s% ~) N0 F
he, Bullet-head, could indite, if it so pleased him, a whole
* j) J2 j/ k- E9 U" O* zparagraph -- aye! a whole article -- in which that contemptible vowel
6 {( t- h4 b7 G8 ~, H1 b9 sshould not once -- not even once -- make its appearance. But no; --
$ {! X# d# N  N, Z* {6 Q% ythat would be yielding a point to the said John Smith. He,( T, k4 t- W% E9 ~
Bullet-head, would make no alteration in his style, to suit the) T" b9 \/ C* ?; y5 L! ?! p
caprices of any Mr. Smith in Christendom. Perish so vile a thought!
4 `7 v4 k' d. V3 y; ^* uThe O forever; He would persist in the O. He would be as O-wy as O-wy
" a5 I! D7 v( w# w  F0 jcould be.
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5 g+ S% B7 B" ?, P3 qBurning with the chivalry of this determination, the great
' g8 V' h) w- Y/ zTouch-and-go, in the next 'Tea-Pot,' came out merely with this simple* q- ^6 F. }# ?; ^5 u  _
but resolute paragraph, in reference to this unhappy affair:" y" x; o9 g( ~5 i# _
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'The editor of the "Tea-Pot" has the honor of advising the editor of
" D9 h! l/ R8 C6 p) {: J5 b0 q* t2 t- ?7 Zthe "Gazette" that he (the "Tea-Pot") will take an opportunity in# A3 H. ^: h. r* A- E) j
tomorrow morning's paper, of convincing him (the "Daily News") that he
' w6 ?5 }, l( @(the "Tea-Pot") both can and will be his own master, as regards: a7 U# C5 Q3 h$ t/ T9 A4 o$ b
style; he (the "Tea-Pot") intending to show him (the "Daily News") the* x: g. _2 H! S, J# ~" E$ {9 n
supreme, and indeed the withering contempt with which the criticism
5 v3 k. j! J  pof him (the "Daily News") inspires the independent bosom of him (the
$ [0 r$ @0 B: n$ c) e2 M"TeaPot") by composing for the especial gratification (?) of him (the* m% j/ N2 D4 j  D
"Daily News") a leading article, of some extent, in which the beautiful6 y# L% M8 N' C0 R
vowel -- the emblem of Eternity -- yet so offensive to the7 u4 t1 `6 g+ h( Z  P& T
hyper-exquisite delicacy of him (the "Daily News") shall most certainly1 z6 I$ p* Z" W3 l! x
not be avoided by his (the "Daily News") most obedient, humble
- r% Z5 i  K1 }4 T  }servant, the "Tea-Pot." "So much for Buckingham!"'- G/ B& `1 L3 q) K7 R& c
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In fulfilment of the awful threat thus darkly intimated rather than& ^8 z) b  Q4 S2 N: O, {: @8 R
decidedly enunciated, the great Bullet-head, turning a deaf ear to
# t( B2 r) O0 P; K% ball entreaties for 'copy,' and simply requesting his foreman to 'go
* a, q* y7 `: B" i! \to the d-l,' when he (the foreman) assured him (the 'Tea-Pot'!) that
+ U+ u3 C0 I" V9 a2 q5 Y2 Zit was high time to 'go to press': turning a deaf ear to everything,% G3 x8 f- [# V
I say, the great Bullet-head sat up until day-break, consuming the
. z6 Y0 {0 c$ H% S4 ~midnight oil, and absorbed in the composition of the really! f3 W+ B9 q/ F% S! m0 ^
unparalleled paragraph, which follows:-, G& O% R( J  v. l* R9 E
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'So ho, John! how now? Told you so, you know. Don't crow, another8 {& N  v5 t; U9 _5 f+ M6 Y7 u  A* N
time, before you're out of the woods! Does your mother know you're; N7 A- x. z# Y5 ^0 u
out? Oh, no, no! -- so go home at once, now, John, to your odious old
4 s' t4 I7 i7 m1 ^woods of Concord! Go home to your woods, old owl -- go! You won't!
6 f* W( x6 g5 u2 F- _# l6 Y" Q* FOh, poh, poh, don't do so! You've got to go, you know! So go at once,
, P& c- N4 }- ~" qand don't go slow, for nobody owns you here, you know! Oh! John,
& h! {) z& M8 pJohn, if you don't go you're no homo -- no! You're only a fowl, an
0 B1 |" `. O1 W* |& m7 v' z- lowl, a cow, a sow, -- a doll, a poll; a poor, old,
. ]1 M6 L* t" F7 l* I$ l  `good-for-nothing-to-nobody, log, dog, hog, or frog, come out of a
* |3 L4 l* h: s$ k- W; }+ v" d% @Concord bog. Cool, now -- cool! Do be cool, you fool! None of your0 e* O9 f+ r! z! b. k3 {- i
crowing, old cock! Don't frown so -- don't! Don't hollo, nor howl nor
. ~% c  Q, g& y9 agrowl, nor bow-wow-wow! Good Lord, John, how you do look! Told you
4 K2 I+ w& `6 hso, you know -- but stop rolling your goose of an old poll about so,- o- Z5 t, Y6 O
and 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
# n3 z8 S* p  R- {$ mTouch-and-go could do nothing more than that night.  He handed his article to
9 W5 o+ c0 p* C! r, V; o4 e- x4 Ithe printer's boy who was waiting, and walked slowly home to bed.1 a3 \6 r& t- B; f3 K. ?0 N
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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, U: a- D% i7 \4 c* b- N/ ]
looked 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
  T9 [6 D  o& e( z  h9 C! Hdescribe his feelings of horror when his fingers came out of it without a
" o4 k# I! D+ X3 lletter in them? who can tell of his astonishment and anger when he realized that the little box was completely empty?  Not a single
% m& M& K8 H) P! L2 [( I3 i" Wlittle-o was in the little-o box; and, glancing fearfully at the
: u' M( ?& p' }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 s" F9 Y" C0 c; ?- V" }$ O5 G1 r
without no o's.'1 r5 N/ N2 U6 ~/ Z: B9 T8 s/ L: @
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'What do you mean by that?' said the chief, who was  very
3 ?% {! D; b* yangry 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
5 A: z; x! E2 J0 r$ E  Qlittle one!'
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'What -- what has happened to all those that were in the box?'
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- v0 n# e+ Y1 c" ^'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& Y4 s" o; Z. z" W3 @
purple with rage 'but I tell you what you do, Bob, that's a good boy
6 H0 _$ R' ?' |-- 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,
* f5 M( ?$ \( _% Z7 L9 OI'll show them a thing or two; but what about that; y' t$ |% i+ {0 [$ e. y. m6 a
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?'
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$ q  a; e% G; K$ F& b* S$ i2 E'I Shouldn't call it a very long paragrab.'
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'Ah, well, then! Do the best you can with it! We must get it ready,'* A$ r( |  t" ^0 U- y- m
said the chief, who was buried in work; 'just put in
+ a0 F0 Q  k0 B7 p7 E7 n; tsome 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& w* a8 u$ |7 M- H2 g
case, muttering as he went: 'Considdeble vell, them ere expressions,* v1 D# t( S9 D  O7 T' W  h
perticcler for a man as doesn't swar. So I's to gouge out all their
. s4 ~. i% ~+ ]6 l5 T7 zeyes, eh? and d-n all their gizzards! Vell! this here's the chap as
2 X; d2 l5 f" z* I; Nis just able for to do it.' The fact is that although Bob was but& n% U: M/ x7 @4 B
twelve years old and four feet high, he was equal to any amount of! G7 `5 |2 }7 @) @9 w% C" {
fight, in a small way.# R( c. ?- s1 F- l
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The exigency here described is by no means of rare occurrence in$ c& ^3 W9 x1 ~/ A: C4 E
printing-offices; and I cannot tell how to account for it, but the
! r& X* Z$ j/ [0 \/ {  t( {% b$ [fact is indisputable, that when the exigency does occur, it almost" ]6 N4 ~: G( b
always happens that x is adopted as a substitute for the letter" A3 t/ s) q; v
deficient. The true reason, perhaps, is that x is rather the most
8 r2 H0 `7 W8 Usuperabundant letter in the cases, or at least was so in the old; u1 S. @* Z2 B9 t8 @2 X) l
times -- long enough to render the substitution in question an
7 E4 B7 y5 U: L; q. ahabitual thing with printers. As for Bob, he would have considered it
# O5 s, `3 @& P6 t+ `5 gheretical to employ any other character, in a case of this kind, than
' ~' C$ z  L: ]7 sthe x to which he had been accustomed.; w: k9 K2 p) l6 g
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'I shell have to x this ere paragrab,' said he to himself, as he read' ~3 P% k% H) S5 G" x
it over in astonishment, 'but it's jest about the awfulest o-wy
6 E' s! Y: w' l- Kparagrab I ever did see': so x it he did, unflinchingly, and to press
% [" S; w% u+ `& H0 Jit went x-ed.
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6 T3 v! J) `1 @- `Next morning the population of Nopolis were taken all aback by9 Z4 F) q6 W0 R& y; d6 ^2 }9 U5 u0 o
reading in 'The Tea-Pot,' the following extraordinary leader:( |) P1 F3 x( S: q
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'Sx hx, Jxhn! hxw nxw? Txld yxu sx, yxu knxw. Dxn't crxw, anxther
5 x: j4 H/ z1 z1 H' Ptime, befxre yxu're xut xf the wxxds! Dxes yxur mxther knxw yxu're  n6 V" V+ ?! @1 e9 z' \
xut? Xh, nx, nx! -- sx gx hxme at xnce, nxw, Jxhn, tx yxur xdixus xld
# d& c: V' o8 z; ^  f6 N: q" nwxxds xf Cxncxrd! Gx hxme tx yxur wxxds, xld xwl, -- gx! Yxu wxn't?
" x( |* A& V" M6 K6 E5 \, Z* xXh, pxh, pxh, Jxhn, dxn't dx sx! Yxu've gxt tx gx, yxu knxw, sx gx at2 P* {) m7 k, |  G3 d5 c/ L
xnce, and dxn't gx slxw; fxr nxbxdy xwns yxu here, yxu knxw. Xh,
  G) D# _0 c7 L) s& R3 g4 H& gJxhn, Jxhn, Jxhn, if yxu dxn't gx yxu're nx hxmx -- nx! Yxu're xnly a, a! q% _8 L. O# e, |
fxwl, an xwl; a cxw, a sxw; a dxll, a pxll; a pxxr xld
* I3 \* S- n6 N' w. A2 n8 j: K0 T/ z) Agxxd-fxr-nxthing-tx-nxbxdy, lxg, dxg, hxg, xr frxg, cxme xut xf a' Q1 v7 ?, B# }2 S& I+ r) V
Cxncxrd bxg. Cxxl, nxw -- cxxl! Dx be cxxl, yxu fxxl! Nxne xf yxur
! i# M  E* z  U3 Y8 D; l& Xcrxwing, xld cxck! Dxn't frxwn sx -- dxn't! Dxn't hxllx, nxr hxwl,8 F* G- _2 ]1 [1 r. o& V
nxr grxwl, nxr bxw-wxw-wxw! Gxxd Lxrd, Jxhn, hxw yxu dx lxxk! Txld: q2 N+ o* l3 L' ]
yxu sx, yxu knxw, -- but stxp rxlling yxur gxxse xf an xld pxll abxut
1 c, t! X$ M% e4 t; Psx, 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
9 e% j4 [1 J$ J- h& X: m7 cnot to be conceived. The first definite idea entertained by the  d( s# t  F3 G- v4 J' U
populace was, that some diabolical treason lay concealed in the
3 ?6 }7 Z  Q9 D) H  Whieroglyphics; and there was a general rush to Bullet-head's
5 L) K' W6 u8 m- Fresidence, for the purpose of riding him on a rail; but that
- v: D4 W! \) B! S8 `) F* xgentleman was nowhere to be found. He had vanished, no one could tell
8 X' G. U7 y3 \8 Y7 x! hhow; and not even the ghost of him has ever been seen since.
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( y! X9 Y- {1 J. O+ u2 E2 F( ]Unable to discover its legitimate object, the popular fury at length" {4 U3 M9 I+ b* o& O$ j
subsided; leaving behind it, by way of sediment, quite a medley of# |8 ?# [6 ?0 d1 k# I% _/ t
opinion about this unhappy affair.8 m" l5 c7 {1 ]6 E) C' c3 {6 I

1 G( |* U4 x9 W9 b6 n( z) dOne gentleman thought the whole an X-ellent joke.8 g1 n! `/ S- |

( P* {& L. m: @, O% sAnother said that, indeed, Bullet-head had shown much X-uberance of8 b) f8 V& q. D  o
fancy.- Q* B/ x7 D! I/ b4 |- A  m

1 w/ Q- c. E0 {2 O9 [A third admitted him X-entric, but no more.
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+ V2 L, T/ o% oA fourth could only suppose it the Yankee's design to X-press, in a
, n" q7 Z* O6 Y1 C3 V, c# Egeneral way, his X-asperation.
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6 S/ @, \- d" L* `( m'Say, rather, to set an X-ample to posterity,' suggested a fifth.
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  t& t) H/ C% s( q8 BThat Bullet-head had been driven to an extremity, was clear to all;
3 ~& x& L, u  t7 N& {/ M8 n/ qand in fact, since that editor could not be found, there was some
" F  A" @0 a; Xtalk about lynching the other one.
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The more common conclusion, however, was that the affair was, simply,2 Q5 U. o* Y8 e+ M
X-traordinary and in-X-plicable. Even the town mathematician
" {/ ~/ C4 W: z  s, Cconfessed that he could make nothing of so dark a problem. X, every.* C9 D2 A: o. }
body knew, was an unknown quantity; but in this case (as he properly2 h( A& D( Y0 t9 Q6 a+ W
observed), there was an unknown quantity of X.
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2 j% B% X7 \; s# o" U# \The opinion of Bob, the devil (who kept dark about his having 'X-ed
- M" E" l7 \2 u, F7 r, Mthe paragrab'), did not meet with so much attention as I think it
6 V8 @" |7 ~$ w2 ^  ^* v# Ydeserved, although it was very openly and very fearlessly expressed.
' w" m: N6 u/ g# V  o% w: rHe said that, for his part, he had no doubt about the matter at all,5 i; ?' N1 I4 b! i1 J8 C
that it was a clear case, that Mr. Bullet-head 'never could be% ?4 n$ y4 v2 A& X+ V$ Y6 ~) V
persuaded fur to drink like other folks, but vas continually, l: e$ t4 `$ s- Q$ w- I1 r
a-svigging o' that ere blessed XXX ale, and as a naiteral
% D' C( Y# F: f* mconsekvence, it just puffed him up savage, and made him X (cross) in5 `7 F  o6 p$ I, l' O& Q! z8 ?
the X-treme.'
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