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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$ B3 O; ]5 |; @* Y
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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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. d4 b) \- ]: O3 i+ bAS 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.8 d# m6 `$ H% c% F" W' M
   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
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1 j& U9 x  Y6 W8 \5 ~$ s' bI must do him the justice to say, however, that when he made up his8 n& d3 z# x+ e; i3 e  r
mind finally to settle in that town, it was under the impression that
! S9 h+ t, f, L6 w# O: fno newspaper, and consequently no editor, existed in that particular
& A5 V/ E0 d* T7 u& f; Tsection of the country. In establishing 'The Tea-Pot' he expected to$ `5 a5 z- `6 T- ~
have the field all to himself. I feel confident he never would have
8 q6 d$ k) l+ d; R  S+ ^: D8 Hdreamed of taking up his residence in Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis
. l1 o/ `8 j: X7 A; phad he been aware that, in Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis, there lived
9 z7 O7 H! U3 _" `- z0 F: fa gentleman named John Smith (if I rightly remember), who for many
2 v) O3 x  K2 N1 R, Syears had there quietly grown fat in editing and publishing the9 y" v" a9 H/ E
'Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis Daily News.' It was solely, therefore, on
  p0 v" n' }8 {' v& C0 Gaccount of having been misinformed, that Mr. Bullet-head found# C' x& g# l* R3 u7 o
himself in Alex-suppose we call it Nopolis, 'for short' -- but, as he( f7 h! ^3 [* I/ F
did find himself there, he determined to keep up his character for
; v. d. c& b) o; Wobst -- for firmness, and remain. So remain he did; and he did more;
, B& y# a) K$ p9 \7 N6 rhe unpacked his press, type, etc., etc., rented an office exactly8 d. T# u' w) |
opposite to that of the 'Daily News,' and, on the third morning after
- g* A5 P) O1 l6 X1 O( Y# `& zhis arrival, issued the first number of 'The Alexan' -- that is to. r" _/ X% ]8 Z: u& Q& W  r! k
say, of 'The Nopolis Tea-Pot' -- as nearly as I can recollect, this
, T8 d- w6 D; Swas the name of the new paper.
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The leading article, I must admit, was brilliant -- not to say, Y* }+ O7 D2 H; z( r4 D, {
severe. It was especially bitter about things in general -- and as( q7 u3 M! T  z
for the editor of 'The Daily News,' he was torn all to pieces in
- Y  X/ M- {$ @0 ]# W, u$ fparticular. Some of Bullethead's remarks were really so fiery that I6 ^, P: X# y$ g& Q) C8 Q) d( T* k' ^: w
have always, since that time, been forced to look upon John Smith,/ I. N3 `% J* T: `# w4 D; f
who is still alive, in the light of a salamander. I cannot pretend to
) v1 H" j5 r0 Q4 Lgive all the 'Tea-Pot's' paragraphs verbatim, but one of them runs
$ M2 Y4 S% J$ h5 u" J- gthus:
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'Oh, yes! -- Oh, we perceive! Oh, no doubt! The editor over the way
" E2 G4 K4 R% e% Lis a genius -- O, my! Oh, goodness, gracious! -- what is this world2 H# K0 P+ P  F" }( m
coming to? Oh, tempora! Oh, Moses!'
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, R' R2 \/ O- R! ?! y5 ]9 x+ pA philippic at once so caustic and so classical, alighted like a% R, j" h1 G9 L, ~' W: R* d
bombshell among the hitherto peaceful citizens of Nopolis. Groups of/ B$ v! M! J2 M7 X/ n/ I
excited individuals gathered at the corners of the streets. Every one0 \" T: x+ Q7 Z
awaited, with heartfelt anxiety, the reply of the dignified Smith.
0 N6 T; ^: Z6 g5 S8 FNext morning it appeared as follows:
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'We quote from "The Tea-Pot" of yesterday the subjoined paragraph:- d7 T/ M7 W1 ]/ C
"Oh, yes! Oh, we perceive! Oh, no doubt! Oh, my! Oh, goodness! Oh,
( l  s7 E. m; X+ W# P, Y7 xtempora! Oh, Moses!" Why, the fellow is all O! That accounts for his
. C# u2 _4 K8 i: V: @' ~reasoning in a circle, and explains why there is neither beginning" @. R9 d$ C, ]/ l4 f# E
nor end to him, nor to anything he says. We really do not believe the: b+ r6 u% A& F4 J  o( W
vagabond can write a word that hasn't an O in it. Wonder if this  e* l2 s: p+ c) o0 {# G
O-ing is a habit of his? By-the-by, he came away from Down-East in a9 V5 C  @; k- i1 Y
great hurry. Wonder if he O's as much there as he does here? "O! it
& w" g) @7 b. v' X- Y% h9 ~is pitiful."'
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$ U, `; u$ f1 q+ N7 m6 e5 m6 c3 jThe indignation of Mr. Bullet-head at these scandalous insinuations,. `2 {+ P/ G" i) L! b+ w
I shall not attempt to describe. On the eel-skinning principle,
! j9 P& B2 g9 \! ~4 t8 ?however, he did not seem to be so much incensed at the attack upon
( }" c* w; z0 H8 \) l3 phis integrity as one might have imagined. It was the sneer at his' ]8 Q) l! ?1 \5 v5 `. B: f6 J7 P" a
style that drove him to desperation. What! -- he Touch-and-go
; G. z6 U4 F/ J$ nBullet-head! -- not able to write a word without an O in it! He would9 B  o6 k2 Q" A+ }* [0 ^  M2 l7 R
soon let the jackanapes see that he was mistaken. Yes! he would let9 F4 m' O% ^7 i5 w6 L
him see how much he was mistaken, the puppy! He, Touch-and-go- x! j# Z2 o! }7 j5 b! e
Bullet-head, of Frogpondium, would let Mr. John Smith perceive that/ ]6 b0 j3 f4 d  U
he, Bullet-head, could indite, if it so pleased him, a whole
! b8 C+ p# A8 ?" U5 b( mparagraph -- aye! a whole article -- in which that contemptible vowel
) o) j; b+ l/ W9 C: R. D5 ?should not once -- not even once -- make its appearance. But no; --
; _* R- A( \4 K4 t$ }1 nthat would be yielding a point to the said John Smith. He,
( H$ m7 O% P8 z$ b1 F0 Z1 }Bullet-head, would make no alteration in his style, to suit the
6 S: \$ c! N% A5 e% ?caprices of any Mr. Smith in Christendom. Perish so vile a thought!
$ u' X) E: S8 r, QThe O forever; He would persist in the O. He would be as O-wy as O-wy
' U0 @4 x9 l+ rcould be.
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5 B5 I) Z- G9 `4 JBurning with the chivalry of this determination, the great
' J$ m4 y# d0 i+ P$ Z3 JTouch-and-go, in the next 'Tea-Pot,' came out merely with this simple( W- a' n" R% ~& k
but resolute paragraph, in reference to this unhappy affair:$ W0 H/ e- x3 I# X. v* B* C6 @
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'The editor of the "Tea-Pot" has the honor of advising the editor of
0 |" b) r" V, w7 Pthe "Gazette" that he (the "Tea-Pot") will take an opportunity in
/ Q' y" `; X% \/ t$ ]tomorrow morning's paper, of convincing him (the "Daily News") that he9 y1 m% |5 H2 p; b
(the "Tea-Pot") both can and will be his own master, as regards
( s- N4 e/ v/ D5 B* I) Nstyle; he (the "Tea-Pot") intending to show him (the "Daily News") the/ V+ ?! y. s& n
supreme, and indeed the withering contempt with which the criticism
- l2 t" R6 }; }" ]1 Iof him (the "Daily News") inspires the independent bosom of him (the
/ b# B& H  a) m. {"TeaPot") by composing for the especial gratification (?) of him (the* e9 M7 z, `% ?/ W$ J. V
"Daily News") a leading article, of some extent, in which the beautiful
* \, A& o8 J1 u8 O- mvowel -- the emblem of Eternity -- yet so offensive to the! Y8 i/ A8 P  X% C9 x
hyper-exquisite delicacy of him (the "Daily News") shall most certainly9 M5 F- h+ z  M! @; t/ d) z! ^9 l
not be avoided by his (the "Daily News") most obedient, humble
7 D2 x$ _! |8 u. a! _4 w$ c2 Pservant, the "Tea-Pot." "So much for Buckingham!"'5 ^. U) V# I- M5 A( w

) U7 j- e- ^8 h8 b3 eIn fulfilment of the awful threat thus darkly intimated rather than8 J+ o- a; {' J5 v( D9 e
decidedly enunciated, the great Bullet-head, turning a deaf ear to
$ K/ }* o# h6 p1 t) N  ]all entreaties for 'copy,' and simply requesting his foreman to 'go
0 C9 o: r  x1 L, m/ J2 Vto the d-l,' when he (the foreman) assured him (the 'Tea-Pot'!) that, v& K! z. |: b# Y( U/ w) P7 w/ u
it was high time to 'go to press': turning a deaf ear to everything,) L* H% E. ^4 [5 Y8 s
I say, the great Bullet-head sat up until day-break, consuming the8 E) T" O" Z6 n- ~* c& I3 X7 B# D; p
midnight oil, and absorbed in the composition of the really
* r0 C) _- J" o& hunparalleled paragraph, which follows:-5 K- f4 n7 L+ T+ M$ D9 J
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'So ho, John! how now? Told you so, you know. Don't crow, another
" Q. T$ q& T5 W) @4 Dtime, before you're out of the woods! Does your mother know you're
, j" Y1 s3 f. [out? Oh, no, no! -- so go home at once, now, John, to your odious old
$ P$ H+ H, h5 `$ k( F: T1 mwoods of Concord! Go home to your woods, old owl -- go! You won't!9 ]( ^: e3 B/ F/ X
Oh, poh, poh, don't do so! You've got to go, you know! So go at once,
# R1 B4 i! Z. v6 M  H* m9 p4 }and don't go slow, for nobody owns you here, you know! Oh! John,
: i% w% B9 S' v  d7 v; a8 @5 mJohn, if you don't go you're no homo -- no! You're only a fowl, an* j9 R8 G9 w) J) ?2 G
owl, a cow, a sow, -- a doll, a poll; a poor, old,
: f+ f6 a% j& G9 Mgood-for-nothing-to-nobody, log, dog, hog, or frog, come out of a
! [& Y* a' J8 ^2 YConcord bog. Cool, now -- cool! Do be cool, you fool! None of your
+ {8 H$ t+ y  S5 o% L2 Ncrowing, old cock! Don't frown so -- don't! Don't hollo, nor howl nor
. a+ M% u$ Q8 c5 _4 \0 p) p( ~growl, nor bow-wow-wow! Good Lord, John, how you do look! Told you+ L( v0 E, U2 O8 x2 Y$ t/ M9 |1 [# {
so, you know -- but stop rolling your goose of an old poll about so,
5 d3 `: y8 g6 n' H% u; d! p6 Wand 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
# P: a) n% p& k5 @: O9 ?4 ITouch-and-go could do nothing more than that night.  He handed his article to
, j6 j  c" Q- X2 F6 J" |the printer's boy who was waiting, and walked slowly home to bed.
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, j6 ?+ W4 U6 f/ aThe 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
" n, o, d3 g8 B& `  R- Flooked 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
* [( o7 b. O: ~describe his feelings of horror when his fingers came out of it without a
! p" e0 j# }# P8 v, [+ s* [' xletter in them? who can tell of his astonishment and anger when he realized that the little box was completely empty?  Not a single
2 L- u/ L  H* T7 t. blittle-o was in the little-o box; and, glancing fearfully at the) m9 w2 Y! w# b! g: i+ ~: 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
4 z0 X  K; t( x& S' e5 V" lwithout no o's.'
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$ v# b5 C( J  u  Y) w'What do you mean by that?' said the chief, who was  very
( z- g' Z7 d" ^$ bangry 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 a0 z/ O& M4 f6 a3 I5 ?
little one!'
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'What -- what has happened to all those that were in the box?'# a/ h3 Q0 y2 Z
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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.'
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. z' t% I7 s3 B1 I- t( R+ r: V'I haven't a doubt of it,' replied the chief angrily, turning
+ \3 w3 N! E: v$ F4 Ppurple with rage 'but I tell you what you do, Bob, that's a good boy
1 g! q. k& r' [-- you go over to the Daily News the first chance you get, and take every one of their. o3 D7 E# ]3 \) E: V
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'Right,' replied Bob. 'I'll go,; D: \- A" ~) D; Z  G, f0 i
I'll show them a thing or two; but what about that0 f" t2 v% D. P# _. h6 H
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
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'Trouble enough. Is it a long paragraph, Bob?'; n: s+ U6 w+ r4 @7 K( Z
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'I Shouldn't call it a very long paragrab.'
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3 r9 q% Q2 p, J$ }" K'Ah, well, then! Do the best you can with it! We must get it ready,'
' P' ^  r6 X  x5 ]$ o* x4 \# Bsaid the chief, who was buried in work; 'just put in
6 G/ w( e6 c% e7 d9 H2 n% Q$ Dsome 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" Y. P& y$ P6 a
case, muttering as he went: 'Considdeble vell, them ere expressions,: `+ ?- U, S7 U. R+ ^% f' S0 |
perticcler for a man as doesn't swar. So I's to gouge out all their$ @: [5 o: N6 `- S2 u3 Y# F
eyes, eh? and d-n all their gizzards! Vell! this here's the chap as
, A3 O" @$ _7 E( k% T1 ?: Wis just able for to do it.' The fact is that although Bob was but
" w  E; E% |% ?2 Ttwelve years old and four feet high, he was equal to any amount of
, i$ A8 X2 a' S0 e# pfight, in a small way.
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4 C/ q9 `! f, _. D$ XThe exigency here described is by no means of rare occurrence in' W9 P; z6 g# Q- |8 @) \; i
printing-offices; and I cannot tell how to account for it, but the
' }. d  J) i& q3 Y. K, s3 x2 f, u& tfact is indisputable, that when the exigency does occur, it almost
- c+ ^& l' z5 I4 d# Galways happens that x is adopted as a substitute for the letter
4 M$ ?' K+ k( g$ k$ |3 \: H4 @deficient. The true reason, perhaps, is that x is rather the most
. J$ a9 L( e- H3 Fsuperabundant letter in the cases, or at least was so in the old
, {( t- ^" |- b  x+ s* Ktimes -- long enough to render the substitution in question an- k" e3 f' u" y& f& ]( [; S
habitual thing with printers. As for Bob, he would have considered it
7 ]. ]& g8 M9 hheretical to employ any other character, in a case of this kind, than$ o0 T6 j  p% ?$ t. D: r
the x to which he had been accustomed., \! n9 N4 ?7 B/ c5 ^
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'I shell have to x this ere paragrab,' said he to himself, as he read
, t/ Y) _# L& |7 G3 e$ {" ~9 rit over in astonishment, 'but it's jest about the awfulest o-wy
9 M( ~  k) {0 t6 h, |" sparagrab I ever did see': so x it he did, unflinchingly, and to press) r3 V4 ~/ X" y$ ~) r$ X! d/ ^8 }
it went x-ed.# {) \. j' o, c
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Next morning the population of Nopolis were taken all aback by
6 D9 d& q7 |' Q; R' M& ]reading in 'The Tea-Pot,' the following extraordinary leader:
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' ]8 u/ l4 \6 V2 y3 ~0 H'Sx hx, Jxhn! hxw nxw? Txld yxu sx, yxu knxw. Dxn't crxw, anxther2 q' E3 S3 v/ B/ i
time, befxre yxu're xut xf the wxxds! Dxes yxur mxther knxw yxu're. {2 r. x5 G( S/ b
xut? Xh, nx, nx! -- sx gx hxme at xnce, nxw, Jxhn, tx yxur xdixus xld
: T! a! w  ^  A3 f0 m2 wwxxds xf Cxncxrd! Gx hxme tx yxur wxxds, xld xwl, -- gx! Yxu wxn't?
* I' V  h$ f2 R. p8 b& P+ wXh, pxh, pxh, Jxhn, dxn't dx sx! Yxu've gxt tx gx, yxu knxw, sx gx at
- x0 @% f: i3 @, ?- v* @4 fxnce, and dxn't gx slxw; fxr nxbxdy xwns yxu here, yxu knxw. Xh,
6 y( A0 P& {# }) \: N# c  dJxhn, Jxhn, Jxhn, if yxu dxn't gx yxu're nx hxmx -- nx! Yxu're xnly a6 _0 g8 ~! M* f! o( [, N1 i# I/ J+ c
fxwl, an xwl; a cxw, a sxw; a dxll, a pxll; a pxxr xld
! e, k1 @! S7 L) O$ m& ?; O9 R: a) r+ Zgxxd-fxr-nxthing-tx-nxbxdy, lxg, dxg, hxg, xr frxg, cxme xut xf a
& P5 B& l- H8 l' ~4 f: g9 ?Cxncxrd bxg. Cxxl, nxw -- cxxl! Dx be cxxl, yxu fxxl! Nxne xf yxur
& u" X( g4 q" S+ P% W; pcrxwing, xld cxck! Dxn't frxwn sx -- dxn't! Dxn't hxllx, nxr hxwl,
" O# J7 J9 a/ M6 S0 y  Wnxr grxwl, nxr bxw-wxw-wxw! Gxxd Lxrd, Jxhn, hxw yxu dx lxxk! Txld3 [  r5 ~7 t# M# c1 M4 B1 N4 K
yxu sx, yxu knxw, -- but stxp rxlling yxur gxxse xf an xld pxll abxut! L: z! Q4 o) |/ F- B, Q
sx, and gx and drxwn yxur sxrrxws in a bxwl!'
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The uproar occasioned by this mystical and cabalistical article, is
% b; V. s2 T- Knot to be conceived. The first definite idea entertained by the3 c8 @2 O" v3 y9 g* x  Z5 w* ]
populace was, that some diabolical treason lay concealed in the# N' Y" [0 G& v" ?( M6 h: e
hieroglyphics; and there was a general rush to Bullet-head's
' J8 a6 u5 S7 ~( \residence, for the purpose of riding him on a rail; but that
, ?' |1 M. a0 q* \* ggentleman was nowhere to be found. He had vanished, no one could tell
* T# F1 |2 t7 I8 }" Dhow; and not even the ghost of him has ever been seen since.( v; D9 q9 o( Q) f* Z3 w
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Unable to discover its legitimate object, the popular fury at length
4 q/ f9 `3 i) s4 e8 m0 U3 Wsubsided; leaving behind it, by way of sediment, quite a medley of
6 ?1 X8 A; R$ L* d: p4 x, Vopinion about this unhappy affair.
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2 p+ P! c& d3 I! ~7 Y- EOne gentleman thought the whole an X-ellent joke./ j3 O3 R; |4 Z) b

) G3 u- [( S: J% P4 \3 A3 `8 jAnother said that, indeed, Bullet-head had shown much X-uberance of
9 v5 B9 N( Y- Q: L% q) R" wfancy.9 W, H! q4 s, H
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A third admitted him X-entric, but no more.
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+ [+ e6 s6 A$ D+ @A fourth could only suppose it the Yankee's design to X-press, in a. b% X6 K* T+ X2 ^# X+ D; `( |# c
general way, his X-asperation.
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'Say, rather, to set an X-ample to posterity,' suggested a fifth.& @& g3 k2 _1 [: t

6 j  _' ]0 w* ^3 G% KThat Bullet-head had been driven to an extremity, was clear to all;9 h  \( f# h/ h1 g/ ~; p
and in fact, since that editor could not be found, there was some( L. R0 y8 Z8 ~- `( x! M, W  D
talk about lynching the other one.
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The more common conclusion, however, was that the affair was, simply,# o& @5 O8 ^) C7 O5 N: M
X-traordinary and in-X-plicable. Even the town mathematician
# Z: E1 ^3 I' b" v" Cconfessed that he could make nothing of so dark a problem. X, every.. f- T& f* I; d
body knew, was an unknown quantity; but in this case (as he properly
6 R1 l! U! j. w* u4 jobserved), there was an unknown quantity of X.
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The opinion of Bob, the devil (who kept dark about his having 'X-ed  Z5 T( z; T" L$ Z& U) }
the paragrab'), did not meet with so much attention as I think it# z" Y2 C, r5 }- E+ E
deserved, although it was very openly and very fearlessly expressed.
. n- h- \; j2 Q1 L) W9 H! c: UHe said that, for his part, he had no doubt about the matter at all,5 n: y* V9 K, r" S0 x( Q' O# v
that it was a clear case, that Mr. Bullet-head 'never could be
$ s0 f1 O3 Z! M& D  D) _( w0 Ypersuaded fur to drink like other folks, but vas continually9 c# W3 i- O& E; f' O
a-svigging o' that ere blessed XXX ale, and as a naiteral' `: L" v1 ^: c' L& Y; }  e( V% I. d, U
consekvence, it just puffed him up savage, and made him X (cross) in
% W/ w: M" W; B0 Bthe X-treme.'
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