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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
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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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本帖最后由 rainbowfish 于 2009-7-27 22:45 编辑 + T6 c- Z8 _7 k% o- {  d

2 U2 @: b2 _: L7 g) Z0 C1 FAS 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.) D/ f- G1 r. u4 C# L% x
   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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 楼主| 发表于 2009-7-27 21:57 | 显示全部楼层
本帖最后由 rainbowfish 于 2009-7-27 23:29 编辑
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9 }1 U3 [+ {) c( a" b/ x' R1 `# XI must do him the justice to say, however, that when he made up his
% M4 D  x% t9 h/ ]mind finally to settle in that town, it was under the impression that7 f: O1 ~$ P* j+ j. P
no newspaper, and consequently no editor, existed in that particular
4 P$ T- E- v& ?% {& psection of the country. In establishing 'The Tea-Pot' he expected to
! v5 W% o! w5 C5 q7 ehave the field all to himself. I feel confident he never would have
5 \8 i# o4 A% `  idreamed of taking up his residence in Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis1 E8 x, Z& v3 v7 S9 K
had he been aware that, in Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis, there lived8 h3 h, _* F9 T. E
a gentleman named John Smith (if I rightly remember), who for many6 g- y3 K3 }+ K2 ?  t
years had there quietly grown fat in editing and publishing the& |4 `4 U# {& E% T. W$ B
'Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis Daily News.' It was solely, therefore, on& o0 e2 p4 _! p. r4 Q% X
account of having been misinformed, that Mr. Bullet-head found
' ^) ]9 n9 j! X8 U0 Chimself in Alex-suppose we call it Nopolis, 'for short' -- but, as he
; p# k  |1 b' B8 l# pdid find himself there, he determined to keep up his character for
: f. T* {! C& [+ a3 c! m1 u) Bobst -- for firmness, and remain. So remain he did; and he did more;3 A9 e+ V6 M) p
he unpacked his press, type, etc., etc., rented an office exactly8 M9 \8 r; T. u$ x
opposite to that of the 'Daily News,' and, on the third morning after4 \7 ?, x4 B% i# c# _! c
his arrival, issued the first number of 'The Alexan' -- that is to
' S3 n: `  w2 \( isay, of 'The Nopolis Tea-Pot' -- as nearly as I can recollect, this
! e" U9 P  E: z* X2 ywas the name of the new paper.
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5 R, l( M( B1 _' B' U/ V# q% T, M6 lThe leading article, I must admit, was brilliant -- not to say( p. ^6 P2 {! [1 x- |2 c! f5 R# \/ h
severe. It was especially bitter about things in general -- and as
8 l* s3 z3 b  _0 |2 k5 a" Ffor the editor of 'The Daily News,' he was torn all to pieces in
! s1 X  R1 j7 g3 f& Z1 rparticular. Some of Bullethead's remarks were really so fiery that I
3 r8 @4 Q/ e, v0 l7 \6 F) n! E2 qhave always, since that time, been forced to look upon John Smith,8 A( y7 F& s  L! j1 Y) D: C
who is still alive, in the light of a salamander. I cannot pretend to. w" J3 ^  ]+ t2 ?
give all the 'Tea-Pot's' paragraphs verbatim, but one of them runs
, e7 |8 J" U/ k- h" Z# gthus:
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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" p9 @! x2 Y" A8 B! T
is a genius -- O, my! Oh, goodness, gracious! -- what is this world
; v0 q6 b- v, M/ `( N+ W5 mcoming to? Oh, tempora! Oh, Moses!'
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. Z) m" e, K5 S4 Q1 BA philippic at once so caustic and so classical, alighted like a
3 A0 Z# h  \" J- A5 Qbombshell among the hitherto peaceful citizens of Nopolis. Groups of
1 s3 m2 Q# \* {8 Q7 m1 O- w1 Xexcited individuals gathered at the corners of the streets. Every one
# _" N4 K8 T9 L+ h6 A/ R' n' P' g" |4 Bawaited, with heartfelt anxiety, the reply of the dignified Smith.( t6 T. c8 w7 o- I
Next morning it appeared as follows:9 p3 S: P5 v* G# G( m7 V% Q
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'We quote from "The Tea-Pot" of yesterday the subjoined paragraph:
5 k! z3 }) ]* L: O* {* O7 L) j1 l"Oh, yes! Oh, we perceive! Oh, no doubt! Oh, my! Oh, goodness! Oh,, i! E, H. I( S
tempora! Oh, Moses!" Why, the fellow is all O! That accounts for his
  L- t* g3 G  c( u+ nreasoning in a circle, and explains why there is neither beginning
  p3 s, K' |$ h! Enor end to him, nor to anything he says. We really do not believe the
: F& f+ Z1 F3 X% s, kvagabond can write a word that hasn't an O in it. Wonder if this
2 [! ~+ r8 R! o( q0 C0 Y+ o& i2 ^O-ing is a habit of his? By-the-by, he came away from Down-East in a
5 m. H. E9 J) a: F& i1 {great hurry. Wonder if he O's as much there as he does here? "O! it
- J0 d! B, B; I& w( v% {) W7 ois pitiful."'
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/ K" Z9 |1 G, v5 rThe indignation of Mr. Bullet-head at these scandalous insinuations,
, ~4 r. }9 o3 D- ~I shall not attempt to describe. On the eel-skinning principle,
9 U' z/ u6 M: p7 y' ohowever, he did not seem to be so much incensed at the attack upon( f( x# {# _4 h# N* g- D
his integrity as one might have imagined. It was the sneer at his
$ ~, s1 Y) [: b+ {style that drove him to desperation. What! -- he Touch-and-go1 b) [& x7 L+ A
Bullet-head! -- not able to write a word without an O in it! He would9 f& y) e5 b# I! ?0 b; Q% f
soon let the jackanapes see that he was mistaken. Yes! he would let% i9 X8 U* z: g6 h" X3 O
him see how much he was mistaken, the puppy! He, Touch-and-go- ~4 F, X+ j& t- s: |% {6 l- V* z
Bullet-head, of Frogpondium, would let Mr. John Smith perceive that
4 r& `2 {; ]& }' _he, Bullet-head, could indite, if it so pleased him, a whole
" [2 B& ?- ~3 H5 A; jparagraph -- aye! a whole article -- in which that contemptible vowel6 K+ s' b/ `& b! e
should not once -- not even once -- make its appearance. But no; --2 O# X) Y  K6 R0 x, Q) }8 n/ s
that would be yielding a point to the said John Smith. He,4 ~1 P; e% r5 c- j: E) E+ M
Bullet-head, would make no alteration in his style, to suit the1 ^/ S3 k8 Q& T. c+ o( d4 R
caprices of any Mr. Smith in Christendom. Perish so vile a thought!
% S0 D; u4 k. `4 {& o+ pThe O forever; He would persist in the O. He would be as O-wy as O-wy
" y+ E  D6 J0 T1 x' Bcould be.
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2 u) O" |& l2 |5 A' FBurning with the chivalry of this determination, the great# g0 N! \6 V( [0 n/ h9 d
Touch-and-go, in the next 'Tea-Pot,' came out merely with this simple0 Y" F# _2 z8 d6 [" X4 ?3 ?
but resolute paragraph, in reference to this unhappy affair:; Q* Y9 b3 c- B& x  D

5 {$ o1 D# s0 K. c1 Y* ?'The editor of the "Tea-Pot" has the honor of advising the editor of, ~& M9 z+ j% X9 }/ Y
the "Gazette" that he (the "Tea-Pot") will take an opportunity in4 k/ A4 i" U9 [0 o: s7 p
tomorrow morning's paper, of convincing him (the "Daily News") that he
2 _% c$ H# @, p(the "Tea-Pot") both can and will be his own master, as regards, v2 n1 L6 H2 K0 R5 I$ W5 A
style; he (the "Tea-Pot") intending to show him (the "Daily News") the
  s! c* P1 Z" I( `supreme, and indeed the withering contempt with which the criticism
/ Q% _( ~# @) \) |! t6 u5 q, i1 h: `of him (the "Daily News") inspires the independent bosom of him (the, }7 C, |) Z' k' [, o! p0 l. ~  u" B
"TeaPot") by composing for the especial gratification (?) of him (the
+ B% r7 N6 F) R1 X. o"Daily News") a leading article, of some extent, in which the beautiful! r5 y1 H( `; Z6 M- O
vowel -- the emblem of Eternity -- yet so offensive to the
+ q8 \( I; |3 N) _+ M9 W/ Thyper-exquisite delicacy of him (the "Daily News") shall most certainly0 _2 S+ B) D& b9 D4 |: G8 c- l1 D
not be avoided by his (the "Daily News") most obedient, humble
4 Y: F1 [: t9 m9 |) H3 Qservant, the "Tea-Pot." "So much for Buckingham!"'
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In fulfilment of the awful threat thus darkly intimated rather than' k. E1 R2 i3 N) e) ^/ q
decidedly enunciated, the great Bullet-head, turning a deaf ear to
" }0 j1 P# k" _9 q3 x6 T/ j1 zall entreaties for 'copy,' and simply requesting his foreman to 'go
" e& t1 `6 H* G" Pto the d-l,' when he (the foreman) assured him (the 'Tea-Pot'!) that
7 U5 n" P* r5 O: S8 B0 J+ Mit was high time to 'go to press': turning a deaf ear to everything,; i3 P8 a, x$ H2 b+ U
I say, the great Bullet-head sat up until day-break, consuming the! |1 I) B, A' {) {
midnight oil, and absorbed in the composition of the really
. `: m  r0 g4 Q7 j% U( ?7 O2 uunparalleled paragraph, which follows:-% q" [' L* f3 Y7 K4 F. `6 H

( w0 m+ Y6 s; W, i& I'So ho, John! how now? Told you so, you know. Don't crow, another7 n$ L1 d, h1 }: Y+ c0 `
time, before you're out of the woods! Does your mother know you're
, f. w4 k6 h) Dout? Oh, no, no! -- so go home at once, now, John, to your odious old7 P: g2 C8 l9 D+ f
woods of Concord! Go home to your woods, old owl -- go! You won't!
7 _7 Q' }5 S  c6 B" ?6 _Oh, poh, poh, don't do so! You've got to go, you know! So go at once,
6 F  ~' R" Q. ]9 v7 q1 V5 j7 rand don't go slow, for nobody owns you here, you know! Oh! John,. r* [$ ?/ @) }) a$ U( {# [
John, if you don't go you're no homo -- no! You're only a fowl, an
. S/ a" f* `5 b  W1 z7 ~% H4 ?; eowl, a cow, a sow, -- a doll, a poll; a poor, old,% ^1 M( n+ w) M* w! o" `& n
good-for-nothing-to-nobody, log, dog, hog, or frog, come out of a6 s6 W& a: b1 `  E: j
Concord bog. Cool, now -- cool! Do be cool, you fool! None of your. z& O: X; @6 B# K2 C
crowing, old cock! Don't frown so -- don't! Don't hollo, nor howl nor
( p* W+ I9 e9 v, Y7 W2 a. x4 `growl, nor bow-wow-wow! Good Lord, John, how you do look! Told you
3 i$ k# d; z1 P  _- a( b  qso, you know -- but stop rolling your goose of an old poll about so,
* }( E8 }* X% L* k% l. aand 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
/ o3 A5 d# w2 x0 M* xTouch-and-go could do nothing more than that night.  He handed his article to5 F. N1 s3 ^. v, e! v# h
the printer's boy who was waiting, and walked slowly home to bed.
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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
- o% D" O9 y9 u: l$ w! r* Mlooked 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: ~; s; |0 Y- G% C
describe his feelings of horror when his fingers came out of it without a
$ x- R& y* r! t! R* @letter in them? who can tell of his astonishment and anger when he realized that the little box was completely empty?  Not a single
. B' _7 Z1 U$ S6 H4 ]+ _little-o was in the little-o box; and, glancing fearfully at the8 ^# K7 p$ c' g
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 nothing4 |$ H% l8 b; o5 ~
without no o's.'
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'What do you mean by that?' said the chief, who was  very8 m) y! y9 g' ~
angry at being kept from his bed so late.! d3 l$ i% o. X/ u' [' v, f2 I
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'Well, sir, there isn't an o in the office, neither a big one nor a% o" H: l& q* `; Q
little one!'8 c8 g' b% F  B: b, `

2 p( s9 m2 p9 V* K! d'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.'
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'I haven't a doubt of it,' replied the chief angrily, turning2 y. P% {6 W# f7 [
purple with rage 'but I tell you what you do, Bob, that's a good boy2 f$ C* ?, e- D* A. F
-- you go over to the Daily News the first chance you get, and take every one of their
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8 h2 y0 ~( u! G'Right,' replied Bob. 'I'll go,
, I' I2 J* n; z7 H4 WI'll show them a thing or two; but what about that
$ D( L8 H5 D7 I" |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?'
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7 t3 T7 x: ^: R, ]9 V( B'I Shouldn't call it a very long paragrab.'
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6 G. [$ O' K5 U'Ah, well, then! Do the best you can with it! We must get it ready,'- C. _6 g8 `" Q/ x+ w0 ]( _* G
said the chief, who was buried in work; 'just put in
5 @5 j* V4 m- T3 Esome 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
; K. `5 b/ Q0 M6 Jcase, muttering as he went: 'Considdeble vell, them ere expressions,
/ O/ |0 {7 f$ B& y0 \* Nperticcler for a man as doesn't swar. So I's to gouge out all their; p8 t: X3 A# z+ t" [. c7 c7 w& a
eyes, eh? and d-n all their gizzards! Vell! this here's the chap as! b+ s# E; N9 R7 Q, S  s. l
is just able for to do it.' The fact is that although Bob was but
9 b& X. e9 H) ttwelve years old and four feet high, he was equal to any amount of4 b# \/ `7 P# H& \3 o* O
fight, in a small way.1 }0 e  b6 K: f) e' R9 ?

! E: |9 L7 e  v* q. CThe exigency here described is by no means of rare occurrence in! R7 o) N: T* u6 \% j) \
printing-offices; and I cannot tell how to account for it, but the( f9 j' W' {& t( `8 e
fact is indisputable, that when the exigency does occur, it almost
9 c1 \4 W* q5 N3 ?/ {! C2 e9 ealways happens that x is adopted as a substitute for the letter
) Y+ f  q, a2 [' C7 ndeficient. The true reason, perhaps, is that x is rather the most# O; G( a$ {9 I8 N+ J$ P5 D0 @% c" c( B
superabundant letter in the cases, or at least was so in the old
' b" L5 u& `$ B0 \9 ]1 ?( k; itimes -- long enough to render the substitution in question an
, r6 C/ A; [+ y" B& c! y- `6 mhabitual thing with printers. As for Bob, he would have considered it
6 ~, |) p4 X9 `# v& S& j, m& Oheretical to employ any other character, in a case of this kind, than6 g) \% i1 i; q5 D; k
the x to which he had been accustomed.4 a/ ?1 A8 M( F+ r+ ~0 g

: L% Q/ J. P+ U'I shell have to x this ere paragrab,' said he to himself, as he read
- b. l5 s& y! s7 L) h  _4 @( tit over in astonishment, 'but it's jest about the awfulest o-wy* V: X4 b( U8 U, @7 O, T& I
paragrab I ever did see': so x it he did, unflinchingly, and to press. i; l- |# B  o  T7 s9 b: [* ?
it went x-ed.
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5 M# x, `9 A9 B3 u2 dNext morning the population of Nopolis were taken all aback by& w2 X7 @5 d5 k9 I+ s) j
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, anxther* @/ g5 b% l3 b( Z) R, w5 L
time, befxre yxu're xut xf the wxxds! Dxes yxur mxther knxw yxu're* U( ?* \0 Z& H% ?" j* v
xut? Xh, nx, nx! -- sx gx hxme at xnce, nxw, Jxhn, tx yxur xdixus xld: D+ H) }2 Q7 ~9 H) ]
wxxds xf Cxncxrd! Gx hxme tx yxur wxxds, xld xwl, -- gx! Yxu wxn't?
. r% r7 ?7 F6 Y2 }9 hXh, pxh, pxh, Jxhn, dxn't dx sx! Yxu've gxt tx gx, yxu knxw, sx gx at- d8 w; J4 |1 D. j; d- b1 H% i
xnce, and dxn't gx slxw; fxr nxbxdy xwns yxu here, yxu knxw. Xh,8 a0 }6 Z5 ~+ W9 V/ N8 _! K9 A
Jxhn, Jxhn, Jxhn, if yxu dxn't gx yxu're nx hxmx -- nx! Yxu're xnly a
0 u5 \8 O9 r, X& D7 nfxwl, an xwl; a cxw, a sxw; a dxll, a pxll; a pxxr xld
( I" E, S1 R$ i& ]gxxd-fxr-nxthing-tx-nxbxdy, lxg, dxg, hxg, xr frxg, cxme xut xf a
- n% ]4 t" v; V# |% i/ U( yCxncxrd bxg. Cxxl, nxw -- cxxl! Dx be cxxl, yxu fxxl! Nxne xf yxur
1 [* |; O8 y6 J) _crxwing, xld cxck! Dxn't frxwn sx -- dxn't! Dxn't hxllx, nxr hxwl,' n) G5 _' Z8 S/ H. x2 G
nxr grxwl, nxr bxw-wxw-wxw! Gxxd Lxrd, Jxhn, hxw yxu dx lxxk! Txld
* \: L$ |: E. Ayxu sx, yxu knxw, -- but stxp rxlling yxur gxxse xf an xld pxll abxut
$ h: S  n, e: b8 u/ y" psx, and gx and drxwn yxur sxrrxws in a bxwl!'
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The uproar occasioned by this mystical and cabalistical article, is7 z/ ]2 q$ v- d7 |
not to be conceived. The first definite idea entertained by the
5 s5 j2 I' O, m8 {) h; J& S4 Epopulace was, that some diabolical treason lay concealed in the) Z* K4 b% \8 u
hieroglyphics; and there was a general rush to Bullet-head's
6 I  d3 a9 z/ q0 G& L9 t4 q! Z2 ?residence, for the purpose of riding him on a rail; but that
) |6 t2 J  G3 _4 z  ~7 Pgentleman was nowhere to be found. He had vanished, no one could tell
' `; W, S. g7 m  l7 Zhow; and not even the ghost of him has ever been seen since.2 ]( A" u, e8 b5 U+ t% a% k
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Unable to discover its legitimate object, the popular fury at length
: S, K$ e  ]9 j  Hsubsided; leaving behind it, by way of sediment, quite a medley of0 y6 ~" y' ^7 @2 c# i' ]1 E4 `' N
opinion about this unhappy affair.
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" j( u  d7 p' k/ D- W: r# v/ e* N! uOne gentleman thought the whole an X-ellent joke.
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- a8 M8 W/ g% N& W2 x; PAnother said that, indeed, Bullet-head had shown much X-uberance of
+ }( u% F! [! g% n" W5 w* ?" `! ifancy.3 C; N& l& H+ a5 i+ J

# r% e" a( W7 p% \2 r7 b/ B( NA 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
8 ?4 a+ i* n: ~8 dgeneral way, his X-asperation.: n0 E. D3 l( Y6 l

1 C  T4 j; Y! Y. t% ['Say, rather, to set an X-ample to posterity,' suggested a fifth.7 ~3 |- ]8 M" ?2 f. N9 N
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That Bullet-head had been driven to an extremity, was clear to all;6 Q  Z% q) J: E( X
and in fact, since that editor could not be found, there was some
/ o, ?( z1 o! O5 a7 f9 R  ftalk about lynching the other one.
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The more common conclusion, however, was that the affair was, simply,* Y) Z2 f" m; j- o0 c$ B* q; k
X-traordinary and in-X-plicable. Even the town mathematician
# s" b3 v! a) `, w0 Y# _2 p+ I) Lconfessed that he could make nothing of so dark a problem. X, every.
2 s+ `* U* i' ]& a9 @body knew, was an unknown quantity; but in this case (as he properly
2 @+ {4 K" t. I3 robserved), 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
! n# s8 R2 e* a/ Pthe paragrab'), did not meet with so much attention as I think it9 q6 @% U) e6 i6 X
deserved, although it was very openly and very fearlessly expressed.8 s1 c/ i. l$ ^/ M
He said that, for his part, he had no doubt about the matter at all,
9 h8 W% p& V# d4 Y' S+ r/ P7 c' Cthat it was a clear case, that Mr. Bullet-head 'never could be
1 ?$ W/ |. r2 z8 d( h7 M. |$ ^+ \persuaded fur to drink like other folks, but vas continually
: Z+ k- q5 E4 o2 da-svigging o' that ere blessed XXX ale, and as a naiteral
# e$ \" X+ @/ s+ O, B0 F* ]9 o7 fconsekvence, it just puffed him up savage, and made him X (cross) in+ T1 _7 U$ D: k- y, W
the X-treme.'
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