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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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) r; J& R% e, Z, e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 + b& ^  `* \- j/ ~" C

. R: O' U# W  j4 ?  dAS 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.) c  q) k/ b. d% 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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" s$ b( o% U; C7 Z. h& I" kI must do him the justice to say, however, that when he made up his5 d7 f5 B5 {( a: q3 D9 e
mind finally to settle in that town, it was under the impression that9 a, t8 F) t7 [- V* q! M0 n
no newspaper, and consequently no editor, existed in that particular$ ~5 O9 K" n& M* }, j+ J
section of the country. In establishing 'The Tea-Pot' he expected to8 O1 f9 p, a9 v3 |
have the field all to himself. I feel confident he never would have
) Y5 u( Y( }; t* [0 d/ k, C' M4 ^3 pdreamed of taking up his residence in Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis
0 ?- ]# l' V1 t1 q3 Ahad he been aware that, in Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis, there lived
, c# S. o0 @; r7 `a gentleman named John Smith (if I rightly remember), who for many
& R8 c+ M7 _' c! C' fyears had there quietly grown fat in editing and publishing the
+ L& F! L$ |0 b# W; m'Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis Daily News.' It was solely, therefore, on
+ ?& y6 \# Y; L/ q, baccount of having been misinformed, that Mr. Bullet-head found4 D) a6 U) o" b; W# \4 w
himself in Alex-suppose we call it Nopolis, 'for short' -- but, as he2 m/ I% a3 T4 ^: Z# d  J( x9 O
did find himself there, he determined to keep up his character for
8 ]1 {! {6 s0 G/ Robst -- for firmness, and remain. So remain he did; and he did more;3 R& F* U8 K+ D
he unpacked his press, type, etc., etc., rented an office exactly" x7 D) R0 E6 B+ E( e' I2 K
opposite to that of the 'Daily News,' and, on the third morning after
5 l6 ^. Z9 G) @$ O9 ehis arrival, issued the first number of 'The Alexan' -- that is to
) }& A$ h+ K4 h* R9 jsay, of 'The Nopolis Tea-Pot' -- as nearly as I can recollect, this6 u. W+ O5 u0 L2 M# p/ T, A9 m3 E
was the name of the new paper.
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The leading article, I must admit, was brilliant -- not to say
6 A/ d  N+ X: z5 V, ]severe. It was especially bitter about things in general -- and as
9 u9 @9 D/ p3 ~for the editor of 'The Daily News,' he was torn all to pieces in! y- l) b! O, r% X4 W3 J0 P5 r
particular. Some of Bullethead's remarks were really so fiery that I
2 i4 F( d4 f1 C# [6 q' E- U$ @have always, since that time, been forced to look upon John Smith,
' B8 p/ L- c& h0 hwho is still alive, in the light of a salamander. I cannot pretend to
; x- H7 x0 E+ a) Ngive all the 'Tea-Pot's' paragraphs verbatim, but one of them runs
  G7 p; `8 V: ?3 o, {9 J; gthus:
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'Oh, yes! -- Oh, we perceive! Oh, no doubt! The editor over the way
8 u+ v' F5 R. `9 \is a genius -- O, my! Oh, goodness, gracious! -- what is this world
# F' L7 }) O; Z+ ]' \6 Bcoming to? Oh, tempora! Oh, Moses!'
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A philippic at once so caustic and so classical, alighted like a8 F; v( ^# h+ F( G  k5 `! {
bombshell among the hitherto peaceful citizens of Nopolis. Groups of6 A5 g4 L$ I5 p1 q
excited individuals gathered at the corners of the streets. Every one
; V: I9 }* t. ]" Z4 @awaited, with heartfelt anxiety, the reply of the dignified Smith.
' L8 A9 z  w) y- D" ?1 \Next morning it appeared as follows:
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'We quote from "The Tea-Pot" of yesterday the subjoined paragraph:6 m( T: h" u; m- h: T
"Oh, yes! Oh, we perceive! Oh, no doubt! Oh, my! Oh, goodness! Oh,# f, {, b- w0 u; O
tempora! Oh, Moses!" Why, the fellow is all O! That accounts for his
( y6 s1 j, D5 z+ i2 G' d1 D- K1 Dreasoning in a circle, and explains why there is neither beginning
7 P' d9 C( p5 y1 H6 R1 nnor end to him, nor to anything he says. We really do not believe the
( c( S, ^. \, cvagabond can write a word that hasn't an O in it. Wonder if this7 B9 \" V+ d; ^7 U* e5 ?6 _+ b" `
O-ing is a habit of his? By-the-by, he came away from Down-East in a
8 J! _; Q$ w& e2 a* N$ Egreat hurry. Wonder if he O's as much there as he does here? "O! it) s+ g) f. h% D% g  e% G4 r. M
is pitiful."'
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% G! `0 R8 @7 V% d4 wThe indignation of Mr. Bullet-head at these scandalous insinuations,7 q/ @1 T# d: L) }" {
I shall not attempt to describe. On the eel-skinning principle,
- Y9 D" e! ~$ P' N4 dhowever, he did not seem to be so much incensed at the attack upon& S! M* {$ s% }0 D7 C" R6 l
his integrity as one might have imagined. It was the sneer at his2 c! V5 u! O. X3 W" b) M9 t' e
style that drove him to desperation. What! -- he Touch-and-go! n# P8 F5 n6 S% S
Bullet-head! -- not able to write a word without an O in it! He would
$ n* e* w. h4 j" R4 L: p- ^soon let the jackanapes see that he was mistaken. Yes! he would let% o% I" W) z7 u' I( A
him see how much he was mistaken, the puppy! He, Touch-and-go
' @& `' c: H. U, H8 f$ y, Z' PBullet-head, of Frogpondium, would let Mr. John Smith perceive that
3 w7 j- q. W' c; M4 C, O% Ahe, Bullet-head, could indite, if it so pleased him, a whole3 i+ z) @. x- B0 J
paragraph -- aye! a whole article -- in which that contemptible vowel
' l% G0 w1 Y  W; v" cshould not once -- not even once -- make its appearance. But no; --
8 T) M! `/ w. b; _that would be yielding a point to the said John Smith. He,4 l- f: \$ M4 A  r# D6 o  h+ O& ^
Bullet-head, would make no alteration in his style, to suit the
9 c8 \; G+ v6 |! Z4 J# y( {5 K& \caprices of any Mr. Smith in Christendom. Perish so vile a thought!- o# c# c+ D* P4 V3 y& e( J
The O forever; He would persist in the O. He would be as O-wy as O-wy
$ E$ G1 E5 p, f: ?: W; l; ]could be.
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Burning with the chivalry of this determination, the great
( }$ O% |" a/ j* q. w( |$ m/ ?Touch-and-go, in the next 'Tea-Pot,' came out merely with this simple  q) f% |5 j: \- d3 t
but resolute paragraph, in reference to this unhappy affair:
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) j  R, [4 D- i, o5 ?5 c8 Y'The editor of the "Tea-Pot" has the honor of advising the editor of
7 m+ W. g6 |3 hthe "Gazette" that he (the "Tea-Pot") will take an opportunity in& _/ m7 [3 ]; r( [1 L* k6 R' _
tomorrow morning's paper, of convincing him (the "Daily News") that he0 }, v; @  {6 E8 N% ^
(the "Tea-Pot") both can and will be his own master, as regards5 Q" J( h! Q- k' N0 \% ~. K
style; he (the "Tea-Pot") intending to show him (the "Daily News") the* _% ^( K6 i4 t1 Q( N' A1 B! {  L
supreme, and indeed the withering contempt with which the criticism
/ I& o! c4 Z6 H% B$ gof him (the "Daily News") inspires the independent bosom of him (the
, Q: m4 T; x: {! r$ q: Y"TeaPot") by composing for the especial gratification (?) of him (the
7 X% e( N/ L  f: x4 X"Daily News") a leading article, of some extent, in which the beautiful
( Y& l3 l/ ?+ m& ~& ~. zvowel -- the emblem of Eternity -- yet so offensive to the5 K" ^: _0 T# v2 @! a- v
hyper-exquisite delicacy of him (the "Daily News") shall most certainly
, l" A/ A8 C# z* y8 K& Gnot be avoided by his (the "Daily News") most obedient, humble
- H8 F3 ]# t* bservant, the "Tea-Pot." "So much for Buckingham!"': X3 [% r0 o& g# v
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In fulfilment of the awful threat thus darkly intimated rather than' B5 Y. q5 o) p' [) Q' ~
decidedly enunciated, the great Bullet-head, turning a deaf ear to
' a& `/ L* I5 c8 _5 R( n) Ball entreaties for 'copy,' and simply requesting his foreman to 'go
# K4 o" p  O( zto the d-l,' when he (the foreman) assured him (the 'Tea-Pot'!) that
/ h7 z: @6 Z& W. @8 Pit was high time to 'go to press': turning a deaf ear to everything,. Q4 L# j$ ^. B! ?0 `7 @, s
I say, the great Bullet-head sat up until day-break, consuming the) e6 m0 G6 \4 ~( }( G8 E$ O
midnight oil, and absorbed in the composition of the really5 c2 f4 C' A2 a5 X
unparalleled paragraph, which follows:-. y; [1 s; y# C2 [6 D
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'So ho, John! how now? Told you so, you know. Don't crow, another
, H, l' L- x1 d' |. Jtime, before you're out of the woods! Does your mother know you're( v3 G3 g9 F- H- B+ r+ L3 x. \1 w
out? Oh, no, no! -- so go home at once, now, John, to your odious old
: y# g; b; U7 _" T  X: s. n8 Twoods of Concord! Go home to your woods, old owl -- go! You won't!
1 O8 a( w- X; z7 y7 P- @Oh, poh, poh, don't do so! You've got to go, you know! So go at once,8 i5 ]& {- i0 F8 `" W5 k! A7 K
and don't go slow, for nobody owns you here, you know! Oh! John,
, h! l3 t& _+ Z  a. LJohn, if you don't go you're no homo -- no! You're only a fowl, an$ x, K; e7 D! i7 O
owl, a cow, a sow, -- a doll, a poll; a poor, old,  q. c6 a8 Y  q8 P4 P5 p
good-for-nothing-to-nobody, log, dog, hog, or frog, come out of a5 c) U' k: {# c/ T
Concord bog. Cool, now -- cool! Do be cool, you fool! None of your
5 ^) @$ g1 E$ {2 `4 k7 [crowing, old cock! Don't frown so -- don't! Don't hollo, nor howl nor' s8 b1 k% }$ q, h/ J; T
growl, nor bow-wow-wow! Good Lord, John, how you do look! Told you7 H( b* @: N3 ?8 _. s/ n
so, you know -- but stop rolling your goose of an old poll about so,
3 Q- E/ K8 [4 N! n: nand 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
0 n0 {# x, A5 @$ ~9 ~# eTouch-and-go could do nothing more than that night.  He handed his article to
, Q6 R- c3 D7 J# e7 [0 v5 ~the printer's boy who was waiting, and walked slowly home to bed.& f* I: k5 H  y; n
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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
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  g  p. e0 ]6 T: A
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 can5 K" x  k0 J/ C& F0 T% z4 j: n
describe his feelings of horror when his fingers came out of it without a
) w  R% _- h" _" Zletter in them? who can tell of his astonishment and anger when he realized that the little box was completely empty?  Not a single2 }$ M3 a3 L& o
little-o was in the little-o box; and, glancing fearfully at the
- ~* K5 F+ c* x" ?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 nothing5 T9 p) b4 i/ v  R6 z
without no o's.') N& o; b: @5 y4 V3 P% B: T

1 c" C) A- T$ {'What do you mean by that?' said the chief, who was  very8 M+ E. n% T+ j) {* s# K
angry at being kept from his bed so late., T0 U( J* U1 u: Q9 P

0 A3 w" V1 t- U( L  y, j'Well, sir, there isn't an o in the office, neither a big one nor a- |0 A1 F- ]7 Z3 t, n  L
little one!'2 i0 j) b. b( Z8 u( U* R2 Y, C

; U* W! j5 ?; F8 R'What -- what has happened to all those that were in the box?'6 c" |5 @& A5 N

" [) j0 m: D$ Q) j# m9 d'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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# d# B" a7 m8 `'I haven't a doubt of it,' replied the chief angrily, turning
6 G- t9 t* }: s% I' P$ s/ upurple with rage 'but I tell you what you do, Bob, that's a good boy
2 T: j4 Y4 Z( g! z( N8 F8 R-- you go over to the Daily News the first chance you get, and take every one of their9 i; M8 Y; k5 f' n  D  ~" L/ ]+ H
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+ B0 W. I$ c( P; i8 y" a) S'Right,' replied Bob. 'I'll go,* z' G, L: y# \; I+ i/ {; A
I'll show them a thing or two; but what about that
! a' l* L/ |, aparagraph? 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
'Trouble enough. Is it a long paragraph, Bob?'9 d: ?$ G% {  {& Y% V

; w9 F. H) e+ L3 c) |; M2 B'I Shouldn't call it a very long paragrab.'8 P% s9 t" m5 F) p# a, a
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'Ah, well, then! Do the best you can with it! We must get it ready,'6 @; C9 C8 C, c+ ^4 T
said the chief, who was buried in work; 'just put in
0 j# i$ g  \0 z$ _) csome 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
! s* M) F# A$ Z( }case, muttering as he went: 'Considdeble vell, them ere expressions,
5 P* q5 `$ v1 D3 Gperticcler for a man as doesn't swar. So I's to gouge out all their5 S6 M8 a! \/ B+ T0 O
eyes, eh? and d-n all their gizzards! Vell! this here's the chap as0 A2 E9 e" h( m- ]3 Q7 n) N/ R
is just able for to do it.' The fact is that although Bob was but0 Q' P( X' p! v$ R
twelve years old and four feet high, he was equal to any amount of
1 [! O5 R- W* S" Z$ d/ afight, in a small way.
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The exigency here described is by no means of rare occurrence in. R1 {6 C0 @% U" I: t7 P0 a) p
printing-offices; and I cannot tell how to account for it, but the
) s8 A6 |# B: _' Kfact is indisputable, that when the exigency does occur, it almost/ H& w; U2 ]/ p& d) z1 }
always happens that x is adopted as a substitute for the letter
* n/ V* q/ w# Z9 _deficient. The true reason, perhaps, is that x is rather the most
) v5 r) Z4 I& @9 K6 H# }/ F9 Usuperabundant letter in the cases, or at least was so in the old
& W, J' h0 F0 M) a. xtimes -- long enough to render the substitution in question an
6 ]7 ~+ a8 C2 Qhabitual thing with printers. As for Bob, he would have considered it
# ^, y; N; r' J. i# a/ ^4 @$ ^7 yheretical to employ any other character, in a case of this kind, than! t( \- f* n  t3 B/ t
the x to which he had been accustomed.( O  M5 n2 r0 B/ ?1 s- d. `/ j" k
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'I shell have to x this ere paragrab,' said he to himself, as he read$ t" j! D$ H8 o9 H
it over in astonishment, 'but it's jest about the awfulest o-wy
, P2 ?% r0 p  x2 Zparagrab I ever did see': so x it he did, unflinchingly, and to press! i' s. i  j! l
it went x-ed.
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4 z8 \0 _. \( m; q5 R" ZNext morning the population of Nopolis were taken all aback by/ s; ^. E. Z6 p4 W4 ~6 X
reading in 'The Tea-Pot,' the following extraordinary leader:
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- A* V- N* @+ \, A3 ?+ z'Sx hx, Jxhn! hxw nxw? Txld yxu sx, yxu knxw. Dxn't crxw, anxther; y; R) I- Q* N0 C
time, befxre yxu're xut xf the wxxds! Dxes yxur mxther knxw yxu're
  j; ^2 u. w# x6 _( |3 F  v7 [/ T1 Jxut? Xh, nx, nx! -- sx gx hxme at xnce, nxw, Jxhn, tx yxur xdixus xld- M3 b3 u. x' S; o- e- m
wxxds xf Cxncxrd! Gx hxme tx yxur wxxds, xld xwl, -- gx! Yxu wxn't?
% d" G2 c9 n1 ]) ^Xh, pxh, pxh, Jxhn, dxn't dx sx! Yxu've gxt tx gx, yxu knxw, sx gx at
' `" {1 Q4 G; \+ u% O8 v2 ?- R( Uxnce, and dxn't gx slxw; fxr nxbxdy xwns yxu here, yxu knxw. Xh,+ {8 f0 s7 Y" V( @: b. F  l' [
Jxhn, Jxhn, Jxhn, if yxu dxn't gx yxu're nx hxmx -- nx! Yxu're xnly a
: `* ~9 A! ?# u1 s8 N1 `fxwl, an xwl; a cxw, a sxw; a dxll, a pxll; a pxxr xld9 W/ Z- e6 E2 d
gxxd-fxr-nxthing-tx-nxbxdy, lxg, dxg, hxg, xr frxg, cxme xut xf a
, m: n' ^1 {/ mCxncxrd bxg. Cxxl, nxw -- cxxl! Dx be cxxl, yxu fxxl! Nxne xf yxur
/ E: @4 Q7 ?1 y4 \3 wcrxwing, xld cxck! Dxn't frxwn sx -- dxn't! Dxn't hxllx, nxr hxwl,
" w2 D* s9 q+ n9 O4 R9 C" {9 Xnxr grxwl, nxr bxw-wxw-wxw! Gxxd Lxrd, Jxhn, hxw yxu dx lxxk! Txld
+ d3 A" F% `! O1 M# |7 u0 Qyxu sx, yxu knxw, -- but stxp rxlling yxur gxxse xf an xld pxll abxut. U5 c0 e: }+ {1 Q: i
sx, and gx and drxwn yxur sxrrxws in a bxwl!'
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The uproar occasioned by this mystical and cabalistical article, is$ O8 X8 r% g  D, J
not to be conceived. The first definite idea entertained by the
0 Z$ V/ i3 r% {4 y, vpopulace was, that some diabolical treason lay concealed in the4 d) y- v: ~+ S$ w  l3 f3 z' G, M
hieroglyphics; and there was a general rush to Bullet-head's* F+ s8 r& Q: O' m8 _/ O2 x: g
residence, for the purpose of riding him on a rail; but that
, V: _$ I# u9 S) Z' Hgentleman was nowhere to be found. He had vanished, no one could tell
( O4 x8 q9 R  C* S! O, m$ }how; and not even the ghost of him has ever been seen since.' `% Z* ]5 a' l4 w. m( _! h

4 {; t: H4 I& Y3 ~! qUnable to discover its legitimate object, the popular fury at length' J( M" f2 w/ c- ^- _
subsided; leaving behind it, by way of sediment, quite a medley of
& ~1 X/ u/ B8 t# R7 sopinion about this unhappy affair.5 H6 V. ~3 F  Q8 W' X3 M- e
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One gentleman thought the whole an X-ellent joke.- @7 k' H" D* p: ]# g5 }0 `

% y2 g: V6 c4 Q4 d0 @! J" e% ?Another said that, indeed, Bullet-head had shown much X-uberance of
, p0 N5 L7 X& L4 c, `8 vfancy./ Y& D5 N4 i: |% j$ o% J3 g% _) [& a& l

* b/ {7 {8 G$ uA 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
, c" R2 }$ w7 H4 s+ L0 Y7 Dgeneral way, his X-asperation.
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+ C; D3 z- t% |+ k- b'Say, rather, to set an X-ample to posterity,' suggested a fifth.
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That Bullet-head had been driven to an extremity, was clear to all;8 u  d# b- ~( W8 \8 n, ?
and in fact, since that editor could not be found, there was some& D  _9 B$ D$ V3 E. [) x+ h
talk about lynching the other one.
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The more common conclusion, however, was that the affair was, simply,
7 G! [) \6 d' {. ^3 vX-traordinary and in-X-plicable. Even the town mathematician
# z; j5 g* D7 d+ k) f8 C$ Yconfessed that he could make nothing of so dark a problem. X, every.0 _/ |. l1 E- E, c- I, N' z$ Y
body knew, was an unknown quantity; but in this case (as he properly$ E9 g' Z: Q/ z: v8 y2 y+ \0 ^
observed), 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$ y8 k% Z' n' m; S; |
the paragrab'), did not meet with so much attention as I think it
1 p2 D2 ?5 P# N% D4 Ideserved, although it was very openly and very fearlessly expressed.7 @. B2 J3 p" D
He said that, for his part, he had no doubt about the matter at all,
# Q8 F; o1 G: i% x5 Xthat it was a clear case, that Mr. Bullet-head 'never could be
! ~  Y# e7 s/ [7 `- vpersuaded fur to drink like other folks, but vas continually: q# Y) {8 V( j
a-svigging o' that ere blessed XXX ale, and as a naiteral/ M& Z% p& `! P  k
consekvence, it just puffed him up savage, and made him X (cross) in
- n/ H" d" c( ~* V: Lthe X-treme.'
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