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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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( d- A$ `7 ~) {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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. C" d" a& N/ L: |& @5 R: J$ xAS 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.
' q! r8 C# R; h' 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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( c' a; P' \7 M, _1 tI must do him the justice to say, however, that when he made up his
% S5 X- Q: e9 @5 O2 rmind finally to settle in that town, it was under the impression that
7 \/ @2 |# a3 {  j' [9 u3 kno newspaper, and consequently no editor, existed in that particular
0 k7 T4 T/ H" Rsection of the country. In establishing 'The Tea-Pot' he expected to# O6 p; c( b/ V
have the field all to himself. I feel confident he never would have
& \5 r) E4 L2 e+ Bdreamed of taking up his residence in Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis3 n) X0 i( h, i
had he been aware that, in Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis, there lived7 B4 e5 R2 G4 Q& |5 `8 a
a gentleman named John Smith (if I rightly remember), who for many
! y9 W7 K$ s/ Z9 Xyears had there quietly grown fat in editing and publishing the, H4 X: a2 r+ |. T" n2 G4 j
'Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis Daily News.' It was solely, therefore, on1 j4 j7 o/ N& i/ I6 {
account of having been misinformed, that Mr. Bullet-head found
  {9 U1 u1 \/ y* fhimself in Alex-suppose we call it Nopolis, 'for short' -- but, as he4 X4 V8 E7 P- Q- v. O
did find himself there, he determined to keep up his character for
4 P, S6 Z5 }! s3 u. F0 X' F; mobst -- for firmness, and remain. So remain he did; and he did more;0 v7 B3 L+ C) U6 w% h, T
he unpacked his press, type, etc., etc., rented an office exactly& y' j# Y; x# @' X8 A
opposite to that of the 'Daily News,' and, on the third morning after
& e- R; B# p/ h# |his arrival, issued the first number of 'The Alexan' -- that is to
" _7 V& O0 t: J: ~5 Osay, of 'The Nopolis Tea-Pot' -- as nearly as I can recollect, this
2 R& \7 g# x8 M! `4 uwas the name of the new paper.3 o$ ~' Y  F0 Q+ @' C
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The leading article, I must admit, was brilliant -- not to say
' e( w4 k8 {+ F% D; t: }1 Bsevere. It was especially bitter about things in general -- and as7 g% ]8 g1 V- x. r" C* s) s  F
for the editor of 'The Daily News,' he was torn all to pieces in& Z( ^6 c$ h5 Y; j" a: Y& K
particular. Some of Bullethead's remarks were really so fiery that I
0 H) |) i" `1 R4 K! M0 s$ Qhave always, since that time, been forced to look upon John Smith,5 n6 H) e7 u5 o! G  @% v/ \
who is still alive, in the light of a salamander. I cannot pretend to( H8 T3 u& D8 H2 H
give all the 'Tea-Pot's' paragraphs verbatim, but one of them runs; `$ g1 r0 z& b7 w* \6 C6 N5 _6 Q
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, D/ r; G5 [' E2 z  W; j2 @2 c
is a genius -- O, my! Oh, goodness, gracious! -- what is this world$ k- S) O7 R2 S/ h3 u
coming to? Oh, tempora! Oh, Moses!'
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A philippic at once so caustic and so classical, alighted like a. y8 ~" h! {' f1 @+ p) ]  a
bombshell among the hitherto peaceful citizens of Nopolis. Groups of
, w3 W9 {: H4 }. f5 U( y' gexcited individuals gathered at the corners of the streets. Every one
; |, n' N+ o6 l  J$ X! e4 w( W3 ^awaited, with heartfelt anxiety, the reply of the dignified Smith.
' J  W4 d% O! N* n9 p; TNext morning it appeared as follows:
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& q8 T$ j3 X( r! c8 R'We quote from "The Tea-Pot" of yesterday the subjoined paragraph:( E; y0 Y' [' |
"Oh, yes! Oh, we perceive! Oh, no doubt! Oh, my! Oh, goodness! Oh,/ P/ |& \" L0 G, U; U
tempora! Oh, Moses!" Why, the fellow is all O! That accounts for his
; |4 j# j2 P+ m4 F+ m9 ]  Oreasoning in a circle, and explains why there is neither beginning, T9 c4 v2 w- u( N/ @
nor end to him, nor to anything he says. We really do not believe the
% O# ^) R  h- @  h+ svagabond can write a word that hasn't an O in it. Wonder if this
# [' N2 l. ^* G- Q/ @- u$ cO-ing is a habit of his? By-the-by, he came away from Down-East in a; R) r# l) V( ~6 `
great hurry. Wonder if he O's as much there as he does here? "O! it! y& t/ a& `$ H) f. O* ?
is pitiful."'
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) m/ t% ~" l3 {/ Y  vThe indignation of Mr. Bullet-head at these scandalous insinuations,  x5 |- Z  x! c5 A4 E
I shall not attempt to describe. On the eel-skinning principle,3 l+ R1 m+ D- m2 V, s
however, he did not seem to be so much incensed at the attack upon
) z  B' V0 L; }3 U% ]4 g+ ?, whis integrity as one might have imagined. It was the sneer at his# B$ ^" @, _! y2 f- x  A" k: a
style that drove him to desperation. What! -- he Touch-and-go/ s! `) s" H' i' t# B" p
Bullet-head! -- not able to write a word without an O in it! He would
( t& k9 s+ P; C! Xsoon let the jackanapes see that he was mistaken. Yes! he would let
' `& D& Z# @+ v3 G/ _) fhim see how much he was mistaken, the puppy! He, Touch-and-go
7 Y; ~+ l4 Z, D1 _1 R+ N  T  nBullet-head, of Frogpondium, would let Mr. John Smith perceive that% G: v0 i' X! x! u( e" V
he, Bullet-head, could indite, if it so pleased him, a whole- `8 I# G. Y1 j. Y8 w: L
paragraph -- aye! a whole article -- in which that contemptible vowel
0 E- L: r/ O; Y* B) N- n( wshould not once -- not even once -- make its appearance. But no; --
* h& u* {3 r4 B% uthat would be yielding a point to the said John Smith. He,
2 _  D& k) a2 F; \! l/ ~Bullet-head, would make no alteration in his style, to suit the
6 M4 l& z. K+ bcaprices of any Mr. Smith in Christendom. Perish so vile a thought!
# @+ G, _3 z& r7 R; D) e; S, j9 WThe O forever; He would persist in the O. He would be as O-wy as O-wy
* c- B- K4 h9 ocould 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
5 E( E, a% c- J( hTouch-and-go, in the next 'Tea-Pot,' came out merely with this simple+ ?7 m0 A- v. F3 B( C. _4 Q
but resolute paragraph, in reference to this unhappy affair:  @: O+ A6 ?, R8 S0 j3 |$ c
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'The editor of the "Tea-Pot" has the honor of advising the editor of
1 \/ ^  L, S, Nthe "Gazette" that he (the "Tea-Pot") will take an opportunity in2 Y- O4 ~8 M" c. z. t, {/ }7 f
tomorrow morning's paper, of convincing him (the "Daily News") that he
! [5 J; w" E6 ^: B0 j(the "Tea-Pot") both can and will be his own master, as regards( s: z" ?1 y: p$ a: p  ]
style; he (the "Tea-Pot") intending to show him (the "Daily News") the$ q5 [' q7 G* W4 w
supreme, and indeed the withering contempt with which the criticism. f9 E5 p% H- T! m; U
of him (the "Daily News") inspires the independent bosom of him (the
" F7 ?) v! {" E"TeaPot") by composing for the especial gratification (?) of him (the" v: j0 N3 P  p; `' z
"Daily News") a leading article, of some extent, in which the beautiful3 I7 l+ e5 t8 j, E3 L
vowel -- the emblem of Eternity -- yet so offensive to the
3 j" x! t: E+ [5 @hyper-exquisite delicacy of him (the "Daily News") shall most certainly
9 @; Y. g& O2 ^* S" ^6 hnot be avoided by his (the "Daily News") most obedient, humble- f( q+ s2 K$ u5 L$ ~
servant, the "Tea-Pot." "So much for Buckingham!"'# ~+ Y4 t9 [- \9 p  ]$ @

" h+ h+ @1 @0 P( \4 B: j& J* aIn fulfilment of the awful threat thus darkly intimated rather than
! x- I" t  m/ C: Edecidedly enunciated, the great Bullet-head, turning a deaf ear to# N5 k6 m* ^& `8 s% A
all entreaties for 'copy,' and simply requesting his foreman to 'go
7 s/ f0 m( i) g4 b* Tto the d-l,' when he (the foreman) assured him (the 'Tea-Pot'!) that
3 G3 c$ G- P* k- {! P$ B! x( ]# @it was high time to 'go to press': turning a deaf ear to everything,+ f/ h' H/ _  G  @( f( M
I say, the great Bullet-head sat up until day-break, consuming the
  x, |# N# H% i- A0 Z* m: e  Smidnight oil, and absorbed in the composition of the really0 a$ f% g' w8 ^7 \4 P' S: D
unparalleled paragraph, which follows:-$ U2 r, c% }5 m0 `( K
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'So ho, John! how now? Told you so, you know. Don't crow, another6 z# F6 a- @" a3 j- x% \6 Z. y7 A
time, before you're out of the woods! Does your mother know you're
# Q7 k8 u* d4 |4 Aout? Oh, no, no! -- so go home at once, now, John, to your odious old. j1 s7 i. |4 p- q& d2 M. x
woods of Concord! Go home to your woods, old owl -- go! You won't!
7 _+ P5 h2 S8 S. q* i5 [2 LOh, poh, poh, don't do so! You've got to go, you know! So go at once,- l" s, I5 H5 v
and don't go slow, for nobody owns you here, you know! Oh! John,* Q7 n- M  i3 _4 O/ C4 g8 e
John, if you don't go you're no homo -- no! You're only a fowl, an8 o) r8 v8 P2 E- U1 x, r/ K
owl, a cow, a sow, -- a doll, a poll; a poor, old,
0 \/ ]# Y5 E1 pgood-for-nothing-to-nobody, log, dog, hog, or frog, come out of a; s, l0 C" y! x4 y; b8 s& ]4 \" o
Concord bog. Cool, now -- cool! Do be cool, you fool! None of your
% ^. c5 ^+ n  }. D. b/ ucrowing, old cock! Don't frown so -- don't! Don't hollo, nor howl nor# Z$ `5 u; {/ }
growl, nor bow-wow-wow! Good Lord, John, how you do look! Told you/ o, |( I3 w$ N5 j# E7 _; L: Y
so, you know -- but stop rolling your goose of an old poll about so,
% |; k$ z9 A8 S& z0 w' {% Yand 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( v9 d! Z& O5 G/ d5 k
Touch-and-go could do nothing more than that night.  He handed his article to8 T7 y6 p/ ~, L6 R9 s
the printer's boy who was waiting, and walked slowly home to bed.) f# A" s5 r8 j- }0 @
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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! u1 J4 P8 g0 V, B
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, g* S% a+ X6 H+ K3 |
describe his feelings of horror when his fingers came out of it without a
) ^  @& z2 _" M' w' s$ H( E6 |9 pletter in them? who can tell of his astonishment and anger when he realized that the little box was completely empty?  Not a single0 l/ _. S# i# s/ h! Y9 b& f
little-o was in the little-o box; and, glancing fearfully at the) x) D5 D, Q' A0 a1 I1 `- ~( v
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; e1 E0 `3 U, G
without no o's.'' O7 a: U% G- b
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'What do you mean by that?' said the chief, who was  very
( t( x$ t# A& e. Y7 X% Uangry at being kept from his bed so late.) m# O$ {% c% N' s; A: b* k  ?

: C$ G7 V7 ~8 ]8 |) w  f'Well, sir, there isn't an o in the office, neither a big one nor a+ _; \3 l0 ]! }. }2 u! l+ P  r
little one!'( D9 U: r. {7 X- d' s

6 V/ G" k- v* a'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.'' O- @# G7 I; ~; p$ ^: x* U- O
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'I haven't a doubt of it,' replied the chief angrily, turning1 P% j. X- N3 V/ b4 j
purple with rage 'but I tell you what you do, Bob, that's a good boy! L+ m) P/ j/ \8 U& D7 J6 b- `3 {- W; v
-- you go over to the Daily News the first chance you get, and take every one of their) w  k3 k  D' L# Y
i's .'  K5 V6 A6 ^2 L& _5 t- j/ z, N

0 `" H) S5 N, q# Y, t& \1 L'Right,' replied Bob. 'I'll go,
+ c6 J+ }7 c. R7 c. K$ pI'll show them a thing or two; but what about that
: W; |/ T4 g( ]( G4 g" fparagraph? 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
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'Trouble enough. Is it a long paragraph, Bob?'
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$ S3 w% z$ i, N7 S# \, D# Q/ I'I Shouldn't call it a very long paragrab.'* O5 N1 I. W: r

! K- r# H9 k, O( _'Ah, well, then! Do the best you can with it! We must get it ready,'
6 H; ~7 t; O: K0 xsaid the chief, who was buried in work; 'just put in
. R( K5 U( o3 b2 G# p' I8 Lsome 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 his8 m% \0 j! [, V
case, muttering as he went: 'Considdeble vell, them ere expressions,. W0 D1 a  U5 f) Y9 o
perticcler for a man as doesn't swar. So I's to gouge out all their/ q: y$ V" c9 \7 e- E6 u* `1 R
eyes, eh? and d-n all their gizzards! Vell! this here's the chap as3 v9 n0 A# x, I
is just able for to do it.' The fact is that although Bob was but
, [! D0 k9 T) [9 Q6 Ytwelve years old and four feet high, he was equal to any amount of+ E5 ~$ n) B6 ~4 ]: u
fight, in a small way.0 Y& }! W: w8 A  M/ {
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The exigency here described is by no means of rare occurrence in
# Q: e, S. L& u- i* ]1 r% |' Bprinting-offices; and I cannot tell how to account for it, but the4 z# D5 K4 A% ~. p; ]5 f3 R
fact is indisputable, that when the exigency does occur, it almost
% V$ @0 w, R" j7 W6 s5 P# calways happens that x is adopted as a substitute for the letter) ?( Y# g- ]( a% z6 U/ ~$ A) j3 p
deficient. The true reason, perhaps, is that x is rather the most6 S: |8 m' I7 ^) |+ \* E+ X. G
superabundant letter in the cases, or at least was so in the old
8 y9 C" y/ l$ {2 D/ ?times -- long enough to render the substitution in question an0 |2 Q! G5 h. o7 ~  j7 j
habitual thing with printers. As for Bob, he would have considered it( I2 c, [8 ]; L5 R
heretical to employ any other character, in a case of this kind, than
8 n, A! v+ O! i& W, _, e! hthe x to which he had been accustomed.
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4 x1 j- N' E1 H3 x- b# t'I shell have to x this ere paragrab,' said he to himself, as he read
/ }7 G+ H2 @, J7 |0 Lit over in astonishment, 'but it's jest about the awfulest o-wy
# H) {! x# s3 c. S$ ?paragrab I ever did see': so x it he did, unflinchingly, and to press- S) J* [8 F, z* E+ H' ?
it went x-ed.
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Next morning the population of Nopolis were taken all aback by
7 S" _( z. H0 L& c7 O. xreading in 'The Tea-Pot,' the following extraordinary leader:7 a1 k, U7 C. C( r( g1 d
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'Sx hx, Jxhn! hxw nxw? Txld yxu sx, yxu knxw. Dxn't crxw, anxther
/ c7 k0 |2 p1 B6 v1 F" h' g1 r0 htime, befxre yxu're xut xf the wxxds! Dxes yxur mxther knxw yxu're* Z' Y# m" }5 A3 f- ^* t) G
xut? Xh, nx, nx! -- sx gx hxme at xnce, nxw, Jxhn, tx yxur xdixus xld
+ M" ?1 s! O  X% r0 ]0 ?6 e) \0 lwxxds xf Cxncxrd! Gx hxme tx yxur wxxds, xld xwl, -- gx! Yxu wxn't?; K4 k1 l+ i& x% Z4 [( E* N4 d! ^
Xh, pxh, pxh, Jxhn, dxn't dx sx! Yxu've gxt tx gx, yxu knxw, sx gx at
$ L; i7 ]5 }, {9 U- a6 S; ?xnce, and dxn't gx slxw; fxr nxbxdy xwns yxu here, yxu knxw. Xh,
" V5 n0 i4 `8 h4 c, TJxhn, Jxhn, Jxhn, if yxu dxn't gx yxu're nx hxmx -- nx! Yxu're xnly a* H, K; J4 ]& M: x; y0 H
fxwl, an xwl; a cxw, a sxw; a dxll, a pxll; a pxxr xld7 w- D/ a0 O& X  X, q2 u9 d/ K
gxxd-fxr-nxthing-tx-nxbxdy, lxg, dxg, hxg, xr frxg, cxme xut xf a
& J$ b6 Z7 a/ U( A4 ^Cxncxrd bxg. Cxxl, nxw -- cxxl! Dx be cxxl, yxu fxxl! Nxne xf yxur
  G' @; F$ L! X/ |- @3 Pcrxwing, xld cxck! Dxn't frxwn sx -- dxn't! Dxn't hxllx, nxr hxwl,1 ~( I) `2 h5 U. B8 r  f8 g& Q: D
nxr grxwl, nxr bxw-wxw-wxw! Gxxd Lxrd, Jxhn, hxw yxu dx lxxk! Txld  K/ Z6 X$ s* d2 t4 Q
yxu sx, yxu knxw, -- but stxp rxlling yxur gxxse xf an xld pxll abxut
  d+ r  y( h) V: v. G! S  ~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
* r# q' ~$ H' t0 n& {not to be conceived. The first definite idea entertained by the
5 L3 I$ _. V' U$ |. apopulace was, that some diabolical treason lay concealed in the
  B& C& I9 K  Y' {" S% s4 Fhieroglyphics; and there was a general rush to Bullet-head's7 X# g* @; n. _9 d; w6 Y
residence, for the purpose of riding him on a rail; but that
% [  d/ p% }0 r8 F7 U5 }  bgentleman was nowhere to be found. He had vanished, no one could tell0 I! @' v& g, U5 p9 F$ o) ~# d
how; and not even the ghost of him has ever been seen since.$ ~: @- O; z: i% x! Z: i
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Unable to discover its legitimate object, the popular fury at length
% W6 k( S1 u4 y" \9 Dsubsided; leaving behind it, by way of sediment, quite a medley of' H5 J2 B1 Z- A/ e0 T  H$ b% `6 x
opinion about this unhappy affair.1 r2 m8 d+ t+ X; k4 |& y5 `

9 }$ t* \- u% ?) nOne gentleman thought the whole an X-ellent joke.
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Another said that, indeed, Bullet-head had shown much X-uberance of
! N$ b8 D8 a6 _* z6 \fancy.
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A 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 a( g3 e- l7 @6 f) A$ x+ ~) g0 u' A. J
general way, his X-asperation.
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+ L0 M3 ]7 p7 i6 ]0 m) F'Say, rather, to set an X-ample to posterity,' suggested a fifth.* _' D( L) n5 H1 c+ ^7 \* h+ }

3 c( l8 z3 u8 C  a9 P0 Q9 WThat Bullet-head had been driven to an extremity, was clear to all;+ ?- q" z% i6 X2 K8 f/ d# c% Y
and in fact, since that editor could not be found, there was some
! Q! u, U  E5 F6 ntalk about lynching the other one.
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The more common conclusion, however, was that the affair was, simply,
) C' B, h; v/ Q. O! D/ m2 EX-traordinary and in-X-plicable. Even the town mathematician: w+ z7 u% f9 P. c# ?. V& q; b. z+ `
confessed that he could make nothing of so dark a problem. X, every.
: p- s( d: ^( Q8 T) Z+ {9 K/ o7 H/ ebody knew, was an unknown quantity; but in this case (as he properly2 `; X- m- m2 t( l$ X5 I: q0 G/ c
observed), there was an unknown quantity of X.* \- I) Y) q9 {) K1 N% a) n
. x4 y0 y+ o6 Q
The opinion of Bob, the devil (who kept dark about his having 'X-ed
8 Z4 L0 I; J- q9 X' _) m& Qthe paragrab'), did not meet with so much attention as I think it  w5 l, |7 I& z$ G
deserved, although it was very openly and very fearlessly expressed.5 @. y6 l. m* m) A! f0 J% G
He said that, for his part, he had no doubt about the matter at all,- l- e" i8 o+ j; M5 S( D
that it was a clear case, that Mr. Bullet-head 'never could be
3 d- f$ ~* n8 y" y( Npersuaded fur to drink like other folks, but vas continually1 u2 w5 S. @- B& E2 a4 j
a-svigging o' that ere blessed XXX ale, and as a naiteral
+ J+ u# m/ o3 z, i* [1 rconsekvence, it just puffed him up savage, and made him X (cross) in
. v$ Z) X- P' F$ Q" }. Dthe X-treme.'
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