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'Wery well,' replied Bob, 'here goes it!' and off he hurried to his
4 t( F' {2 p) X- x- J* R1 ]$ fcase, muttering as he went: 'Considdeble vell, them ere expressions,
' ]% P& h' j" P$ ]perticcler for a man as doesn't swar. So I's to gouge out all their
$ _# B0 p) v2 Z- teyes, eh? and d-n all their gizzards! Vell! this here's the chap as# H8 H) i1 X7 X% I3 C; M) h" ]' e
is just able for to do it.' The fact is that although Bob was but
7 _2 G: r% `- g/ o q, ftwelve years old and four feet high, he was equal to any amount of' z. g# |& i) ?6 i
fight, in a small way.5 b7 F0 b! j- @1 F, H- K: x) U
0 l9 A3 ^2 N: F1 u# i RThe exigency here described is by no means of rare occurrence in" T+ w4 D/ ^; J7 V- C; h; m y
printing-offices; and I cannot tell how to account for it, but the' g0 A- T, C, W
fact is indisputable, that when the exigency does occur, it almost1 o% @$ W$ ]; a5 \- d& I6 D
always happens that x is adopted as a substitute for the letter& d3 O- y6 L+ J }& {
deficient. The true reason, perhaps, is that x is rather the most
! v3 Z/ ~5 q e$ ksuperabundant letter in the cases, or at least was so in the old0 i6 {' Q4 |$ V8 g% s, s
times -- long enough to render the substitution in question an
6 L# Y; W& n9 ~1 n+ [4 {$ y# y! ~habitual thing with printers. As for Bob, he would have considered it5 [. [0 ]3 O0 ?/ U! ~8 E8 A9 k
heretical to employ any other character, in a case of this kind, than) C. J7 q* F, M0 P
the x to which he had been accustomed.2 Z+ t) i$ K* f2 N
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'I shell have to x this ere paragrab,' said he to himself, as he read
! Q1 u9 E* X+ Zit over in astonishment, 'but it's jest about the awfulest o-wy
0 p6 }; q w( E! Q# Xparagrab I ever did see': so x it he did, unflinchingly, and to press e2 J2 x1 C$ M, ?0 c& k1 ^6 v4 F
it went x-ed.3 Z& l( l( o# v2 m5 {1 P3 z
- V8 u7 H1 i, `" R: ^Next morning the population of Nopolis were taken all aback by" _% {! F# v$ \0 [2 N8 x, S" e
reading in 'The Tea-Pot,' the following extraordinary leader:- ~( Z3 C4 Q4 t' y! o" \
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'Sx hx, Jxhn! hxw nxw? Txld yxu sx, yxu knxw. Dxn't crxw, anxther0 P3 ~2 J% j) L+ q% a
time, befxre yxu're xut xf the wxxds! Dxes yxur mxther knxw yxu're; E" R/ N' M1 E3 r9 m, U' ] w
xut? Xh, nx, nx! -- sx gx hxme at xnce, nxw, Jxhn, tx yxur xdixus xld
" I1 B9 e3 h9 O4 ?6 uwxxds xf Cxncxrd! Gx hxme tx yxur wxxds, xld xwl, -- gx! Yxu wxn't?3 {5 [- e% n( p# j. h9 N- D
Xh, pxh, pxh, Jxhn, dxn't dx sx! Yxu've gxt tx gx, yxu knxw, sx gx at! s k, x/ o( n1 E6 T7 Y% b. Z
xnce, and dxn't gx slxw; fxr nxbxdy xwns yxu here, yxu knxw. Xh,
" h# V3 f& O, c: K: Z8 QJxhn, Jxhn, Jxhn, if yxu dxn't gx yxu're nx hxmx -- nx! Yxu're xnly a' O/ \1 l! z$ M& n1 r) {
fxwl, an xwl; a cxw, a sxw; a dxll, a pxll; a pxxr xld
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Cxncxrd bxg. Cxxl, nxw -- cxxl! Dx be cxxl, yxu fxxl! Nxne xf yxur! c, o3 J, L$ O1 n" ~6 I
crxwing, xld cxck! Dxn't frxwn sx -- dxn't! Dxn't hxllx, nxr hxwl,) ]; s# h' M4 @" w2 `$ ?
nxr grxwl, nxr bxw-wxw-wxw! Gxxd Lxrd, Jxhn, hxw yxu dx lxxk! Txld, z6 o0 ?' H$ J
yxu sx, yxu knxw, -- but stxp rxlling yxur gxxse xf an xld pxll abxut
# n% q' M4 }. n0 tsx, and gx and drxwn yxur sxrrxws in a bxwl!' |
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