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Burning with the chivalry of this determination, the great" R# ~: v6 } q
Touch-and-go, in the next 'Tea-Pot,' came out merely with this simple
* ^6 K6 q0 {: }6 i9 |but resolute paragraph, in reference to this unhappy affair: b2 l0 O1 g, x& M3 K
! I+ Z* L, {$ u3 W% g! b4 v'The editor of the "Tea-Pot" has the honor of advising the editor of
7 a- Q' `7 H4 V7 Xthe "Gazette" that he (the "Tea-Pot") will take an opportunity in: e& w1 G9 _: s
tomorrow morning's paper, of convincing him (the "Daily News") that he
5 \ R3 i% Q, _- m8 W, I(the "Tea-Pot") both can and will be his own master, as regards
0 [5 Z+ a# }: p, F8 a) vstyle; he (the "Tea-Pot") intending to show him (the "Daily News") the @/ {: [- J* c9 X
supreme, and indeed the withering contempt with which the criticism( p: |# U, e9 x0 [7 `4 y
of him (the "Daily News") inspires the independent bosom of him (the% b: l+ O1 v: @: K' q
"TeaPot") by composing for the especial gratification (?) of him (the* v8 M- |# J \! F
"Daily News") a leading article, of some extent, in which the beautiful$ a% e8 N# R. X7 d# \$ G4 r
vowel -- the emblem of Eternity -- yet so offensive to the" y# O/ c% J' f" q) b6 h4 H0 g
hyper-exquisite delicacy of him (the "Daily News") shall most certainly" a' h( @( A- L/ R) o" g/ x
not be avoided by his (the "Daily News") most obedient, humble" p m- X# C! @$ e; ^9 O
servant, the "Tea-Pot." "So much for Buckingham!"', H; c3 ?8 \2 m& Y
4 Z# `8 ~3 \, L z/ v1 ?In fulfilment of the awful threat thus darkly intimated rather than0 T7 n! O+ n2 c
decidedly enunciated, the great Bullet-head, turning a deaf ear to: o9 e; n, ^3 B, ]5 [& l6 A5 N. k
all entreaties for 'copy,' and simply requesting his foreman to 'go
! B$ V d) |7 Cto the d-l,' when he (the foreman) assured him (the 'Tea-Pot'!) that
, ]" X: p8 x0 }3 \. R0 \4 J. Oit was high time to 'go to press': turning a deaf ear to everything,
U# u/ e- m7 l+ g4 z, q! m; [I say, the great Bullet-head sat up until day-break, consuming the+ g3 r- S* P$ U% I# S
midnight oil, and absorbed in the composition of the really/ f8 H3 P8 | a+ O7 T6 X' M) c1 P
unparalleled paragraph, which follows:-
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'So ho, John! how now? Told you so, you know. Don't crow, another
) n7 v f3 i$ z* Itime, before you're out of the woods! Does your mother know you're: F/ e$ I9 x: i! P. V. c) w* x; K6 J% J
out? Oh, no, no! -- so go home at once, now, John, to your odious old5 e! f. \( g. c( H2 V4 E
woods of Concord! Go home to your woods, old owl -- go! You won't!* `( a0 S; f% I+ {. s* c
Oh, poh, poh, don't do so! You've got to go, you know! So go at once,! h) x( t U4 v* X% V6 H4 j3 [- v/ p
and don't go slow, for nobody owns you here, you know! Oh! John,8 }8 n" r7 A# p
John, if you don't go you're no homo -- no! You're only a fowl, an4 o2 b/ J' B$ v- ]
owl, a cow, a sow, -- a doll, a poll; a poor, old,
6 u, H0 A1 m( n" `8 @+ p: Vgood-for-nothing-to-nobody, log, dog, hog, or frog, come out of a
% F4 S' \8 n( ^# `, u1 v' N2 WConcord bog. Cool, now -- cool! Do be cool, you fool! None of your
, c2 A1 \. u" D8 r2 W6 p0 Z7 tcrowing, old cock! Don't frown so -- don't! Don't hollo, nor howl nor
]. y; ?; Q4 G- @* ]growl, nor bow-wow-wow! Good Lord, John, how you do look! Told you
3 B& E5 ^, I( e v! j9 lso, you know -- but stop rolling your goose of an old poll about so,& P7 u' ^; U* A5 ~+ f
and go and drown your sorrows in a bowl!' |
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