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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 AllanPoe4 P1 |  f8 X6 c0 {

& R% i' O$ @8 v5 I9 M; N8 Z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
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AS 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$ R0 Y3 O! k0 D- _- _$ r9 |- C# |   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 + A( H3 y+ n+ g
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I must do him the justice to say, however, that when he made up his
( G- F4 S) @- V( F) {; n; fmind finally to settle in that town, it was under the impression that! Z& @% @: K( F; f! x' K
no newspaper, and consequently no editor, existed in that particular# q6 U' C& ^  e5 N9 ^. N$ H8 J
section of the country. In establishing 'The Tea-Pot' he expected to
# e5 J" z9 j* q: V) D1 B! x' }$ Jhave the field all to himself. I feel confident he never would have
( W+ X9 D7 w( w7 `* @$ ?dreamed of taking up his residence in Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis6 }: p  @  _* j
had he been aware that, in Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis, there lived4 ]7 S% ~# W9 }8 I. z
a gentleman named John Smith (if I rightly remember), who for many
: R1 Q1 @, H- z9 \$ @years had there quietly grown fat in editing and publishing the
9 T1 l! o% r' V2 z! ^'Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis Daily News.' It was solely, therefore, on
6 n% c2 I6 y; raccount of having been misinformed, that Mr. Bullet-head found9 v0 g) ]3 e6 {5 z# g% ^$ @
himself in Alex-suppose we call it Nopolis, 'for short' -- but, as he
( C! R, C" d" S- q3 s% p6 k# ?did find himself there, he determined to keep up his character for9 s6 g* f: X' k" W( ^8 C, K6 l" T; E& Z
obst -- for firmness, and remain. So remain he did; and he did more;
2 D- D& g6 U3 _, K, A6 o; Zhe unpacked his press, type, etc., etc., rented an office exactly
+ b3 `8 r, x( u" d8 Zopposite to that of the 'Daily News,' and, on the third morning after2 N8 c6 h2 z/ y( _
his arrival, issued the first number of 'The Alexan' -- that is to
. |/ B  z2 N1 J8 \/ c. @/ ~$ [5 Vsay, of 'The Nopolis Tea-Pot' -- as nearly as I can recollect, this% `  l" C: M! A. N' s" I
was the name of the new paper.; A( L3 \# g8 z/ C2 O; x

. O3 H6 v7 s% c  P3 DThe leading article, I must admit, was brilliant -- not to say
" Q& d' {& L1 A( U8 s) P3 Tsevere. It was especially bitter about things in general -- and as
. x% }9 }' s# [0 Q2 u; y- H- ?( Lfor the editor of 'The Daily News,' he was torn all to pieces in, O& o, k  n4 Y3 M
particular. Some of Bullethead's remarks were really so fiery that I
1 K5 n$ {* ?% K+ Zhave always, since that time, been forced to look upon John Smith,  a' z) T$ h" I8 ~  ^5 C
who is still alive, in the light of a salamander. I cannot pretend to
& T+ o) C( Y5 n7 o+ h! lgive all the 'Tea-Pot's' paragraphs verbatim, but one of them runs
3 H8 Q( c6 Q- [# f9 d' Vthus:
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'Oh, yes! -- Oh, we perceive! Oh, no doubt! The editor over the way! @: B% e3 n, b
is a genius -- O, my! Oh, goodness, gracious! -- what is this world4 U2 m2 a2 ?+ z4 T" O7 r
coming to? Oh, tempora! Oh, Moses!'
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  o5 B0 ]) @8 b3 }5 TA philippic at once so caustic and so classical, alighted like a
) `1 m3 h" ?& x, @% o/ ~! jbombshell among the hitherto peaceful citizens of Nopolis. Groups of
6 o  V/ l# S9 E' i- jexcited individuals gathered at the corners of the streets. Every one( R1 ~+ n& L' a
awaited, with heartfelt anxiety, the reply of the dignified Smith." d, W; A+ I6 P2 Z( O* n% X
Next morning it appeared as follows:
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% x' [/ ?# `: b- m5 D2 M$ z! l'We quote from "The Tea-Pot" of yesterday the subjoined paragraph:' _# M" m: l/ u4 |9 z
"Oh, yes! Oh, we perceive! Oh, no doubt! Oh, my! Oh, goodness! Oh,
: M7 m8 e# |( T' n2 `5 ~tempora! Oh, Moses!" Why, the fellow is all O! That accounts for his
" L% S8 d/ A( F/ }; Vreasoning in a circle, and explains why there is neither beginning% }0 G! p& n4 U  T3 l8 f# n
nor end to him, nor to anything he says. We really do not believe the
5 G+ _9 s5 c) Yvagabond can write a word that hasn't an O in it. Wonder if this$ G0 ~) r. M/ b9 Q' f# p
O-ing is a habit of his? By-the-by, he came away from Down-East in a7 i; ~) p/ B, f* y/ u" H) i
great hurry. Wonder if he O's as much there as he does here? "O! it! a3 m/ J1 _: `; `
is pitiful."'2 {  H  y2 P' |
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The indignation of Mr. Bullet-head at these scandalous insinuations,
; E% l, x( _  |I shall not attempt to describe. On the eel-skinning principle,& u* B/ J- K: A8 Q
however, he did not seem to be so much incensed at the attack upon
9 T0 |1 r2 d3 n5 r- ?0 \his integrity as one might have imagined. It was the sneer at his
1 _$ U: M# E5 Lstyle that drove him to desperation. What! -- he Touch-and-go3 c& D( n6 J5 H$ t5 s1 S% H1 Q0 |
Bullet-head! -- not able to write a word without an O in it! He would
" x" p2 Y$ m5 Osoon let the jackanapes see that he was mistaken. Yes! he would let, ?) k8 ~& X! `# x  s
him see how much he was mistaken, the puppy! He, Touch-and-go
* ~1 j: H& [1 R7 I% M5 YBullet-head, of Frogpondium, would let Mr. John Smith perceive that
1 w" [1 f. D$ R2 D. A' u+ S# l) j  The, Bullet-head, could indite, if it so pleased him, a whole2 B1 `; n1 M9 S- I; N
paragraph -- aye! a whole article -- in which that contemptible vowel1 U% y( R1 b  K9 R" ~2 ]
should not once -- not even once -- make its appearance. But no; --* a0 E" X, z2 P/ ^9 v$ a' [0 A! r
that would be yielding a point to the said John Smith. He,* P2 \, v3 e- M4 S
Bullet-head, would make no alteration in his style, to suit the
& J2 {% a! s6 m: f; scaprices of any Mr. Smith in Christendom. Perish so vile a thought!
& c1 v; x5 b, H! X; K. D; w* ^9 BThe O forever; He would persist in the O. He would be as O-wy as O-wy
2 v; m8 \9 F' H2 B+ n  kcould be.
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# e3 q' A9 D7 a$ E; PBurning with the chivalry of this determination, the great
1 [7 b) h. q/ t" V& [8 aTouch-and-go, in the next 'Tea-Pot,' came out merely with this simple* x9 J  J2 D" o( f% |1 T
but resolute paragraph, in reference to this unhappy affair:* I0 A9 N3 P5 g8 E2 E; l

1 b" _3 ~2 D3 P( |) G2 _) I3 A'The editor of the "Tea-Pot" has the honor of advising the editor of
/ ?* l8 m. Y' h! Rthe "Gazette" that he (the "Tea-Pot") will take an opportunity in( ^6 F3 c- }# z
tomorrow morning's paper, of convincing him (the "Daily News") that he
6 t% _7 G# \1 @(the "Tea-Pot") both can and will be his own master, as regards( y$ r/ W) R( L" v6 @5 o
style; he (the "Tea-Pot") intending to show him (the "Daily News") the
5 V5 N& i" I# V3 c# b4 asupreme, and indeed the withering contempt with which the criticism
) x  x( T9 h5 I/ k  B4 M: rof him (the "Daily News") inspires the independent bosom of him (the
9 H+ s; B7 |! p, `9 V( ]8 s: v# i"TeaPot") by composing for the especial gratification (?) of him (the
( w  P; q4 T4 W8 Z1 K! C$ B9 e"Daily News") a leading article, of some extent, in which the beautiful
" I2 I0 M! d3 f% |' G) j; Ivowel -- the emblem of Eternity -- yet so offensive to the9 L0 G# J. i: c. y! ?; S
hyper-exquisite delicacy of him (the "Daily News") shall most certainly
0 o; @" y  A% m/ w+ {1 \. lnot be avoided by his (the "Daily News") most obedient, humble
) W) f+ g5 w- s' t6 iservant, the "Tea-Pot." "So much for Buckingham!"'
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" C2 `4 ~3 y  F6 R3 V' |In fulfilment of the awful threat thus darkly intimated rather than- [% ?5 D* X0 h
decidedly enunciated, the great Bullet-head, turning a deaf ear to# ?0 E. {4 t' J# a
all entreaties for 'copy,' and simply requesting his foreman to 'go' R( @- e) B% a: N
to the d-l,' when he (the foreman) assured him (the 'Tea-Pot'!) that+ n1 o3 `3 ^( z/ U& e/ Q* e
it was high time to 'go to press': turning a deaf ear to everything,( K8 J3 P4 C  b
I say, the great Bullet-head sat up until day-break, consuming the, c4 C+ p1 m6 g+ \3 t3 M5 Q; M+ G
midnight oil, and absorbed in the composition of the really
- `! R' }( `; r5 y$ m' Bunparalleled paragraph, which follows:-( l5 d" `. g7 o

. r% A0 w" n9 g/ f'So ho, John! how now? Told you so, you know. Don't crow, another4 A. x7 b% s9 |, S5 ?7 N
time, before you're out of the woods! Does your mother know you're, @3 o6 R* y( C3 Z
out? Oh, no, no! -- so go home at once, now, John, to your odious old
  g$ m# W2 {% L' G9 vwoods of Concord! Go home to your woods, old owl -- go! You won't!0 V0 n. u& J! o
Oh, poh, poh, don't do so! You've got to go, you know! So go at once,
" y: w6 E  s' }, Q3 d& f: Fand don't go slow, for nobody owns you here, you know! Oh! John,$ t# V+ b6 Q- I( e* l1 o" n- o3 z" R
John, if you don't go you're no homo -- no! You're only a fowl, an
: q$ \9 M) |- aowl, a cow, a sow, -- a doll, a poll; a poor, old,
- |) q# Z2 J+ b/ }, j8 Ngood-for-nothing-to-nobody, log, dog, hog, or frog, come out of a0 w4 h& E+ n9 e7 @4 z
Concord bog. Cool, now -- cool! Do be cool, you fool! None of your
9 C$ _" I( |% ?7 b# d- g1 bcrowing, old cock! Don't frown so -- don't! Don't hollo, nor howl nor" T9 _! k( `# k+ @1 z
growl, nor bow-wow-wow! Good Lord, John, how you do look! Told you
: a: a, _. _$ H2 C- |( K# ?2 Fso, you know -- but stop rolling your goose of an old poll about so,: w/ B8 w; c2 }$ G8 E% F
and 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
1 [" e  Z/ v% I) x/ QTouch-and-go could do nothing more than that night.  He handed his article to" c: }+ ]: W2 s8 k$ |
the printer's boy who was waiting, and walked slowly home to bed.$ }, _2 Y1 c, g- t9 w# E

; f# H7 P' V% @/ }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
. o: T8 l6 ^- L+ o, a. Glooked 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 can8 x. `6 G$ J8 Z" P
describe his feelings of horror when his fingers came out of it without a
" I9 J, [. x& h/ g1 _8 u& c; i+ Lletter in them? who can tell of his astonishment and anger when he realized that the little box was completely empty?  Not a single
; w/ _5 B$ D- v3 {( i' q, r  blittle-o was in the little-o box; and, glancing fearfully at the# Z3 W! g/ Z7 o3 G0 u; E4 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 nothing
9 x* j0 @# Z9 K$ A) v7 _) jwithout no o's.'1 b# ]7 E+ g0 x$ l! V7 r
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'What do you mean by that?' said the chief, who was  very! S6 ?" d. i% i6 ^1 [; m
angry at being kept from his bed so late.
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# V4 ~0 @* Y& e' j/ y' b'Well, sir, there isn't an o in the office, neither a big one nor a
: ?$ X, C4 C/ S5 w8 z6 g  T9 u# L% Blittle one!'$ ]' [6 |" F2 v8 {* X0 T/ D& d
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'What -- what has happened to all those that were in the box?', x9 }7 Z, A4 [! }* ^! T* q1 p

. C! }$ |( [+ d8 \'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.', v/ |$ C& B$ F9 |
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'I haven't a doubt of it,' replied the chief angrily, turning
$ p7 a5 m4 Y) k! f7 w2 R  vpurple with rage 'but I tell you what you do, Bob, that's a good boy
9 a% t4 A, f4 \" F8 z+ h0 u! J-- you go over to the Daily News the first chance you get, and take every one of their
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4 k# }5 Z' t5 s& Q# g'Right,' replied Bob. 'I'll go,
! Z$ J, g. Q$ HI'll show them a thing or two; but what about that
' u3 }! W  J1 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?'
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' W% e' s' Z8 |5 q+ j'I Shouldn't call it a very long paragrab.'
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6 A; c- H3 ^& h* u! D! N) u'Ah, well, then! Do the best you can with it! We must get it ready,'" }' r2 S) p; ?* ~. M# |: X7 O
said the chief, who was buried in work; 'just put in
( D1 z$ ~% w( H6 Bsome 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( b! V* r' ~" r! z! I* H& Y; K! r
case, muttering as he went: 'Considdeble vell, them ere expressions,
# _1 G: M! C- d8 _& r! C" l5 tperticcler for a man as doesn't swar. So I's to gouge out all their
  I# e( s( l4 [6 Xeyes, eh? and d-n all their gizzards! Vell! this here's the chap as
  U7 X2 n  C% ]: y' s. sis just able for to do it.' The fact is that although Bob was but
8 P! k# h0 Q% C. Y( s% r: T# Q4 Btwelve years old and four feet high, he was equal to any amount of
3 x; @3 m; t1 L  d3 ?4 @% V2 Lfight, in a small way.6 `6 C) T; k4 U3 D; c
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The exigency here described is by no means of rare occurrence in9 f9 t" r' J/ S( [; @
printing-offices; and I cannot tell how to account for it, but the9 H, q2 O* A; p& ~/ H  s+ _) S6 b
fact is indisputable, that when the exigency does occur, it almost( n6 h3 m# C( i: L7 i) Z
always happens that x is adopted as a substitute for the letter- H# a0 v* w6 D& e
deficient. The true reason, perhaps, is that x is rather the most
( Z3 B3 ]7 \1 X5 |2 H4 k3 z9 s3 Qsuperabundant letter in the cases, or at least was so in the old
! t# \9 f6 v4 W" j& Otimes -- long enough to render the substitution in question an. ~; T& Z8 E0 `2 q. N
habitual thing with printers. As for Bob, he would have considered it1 @+ X; }: A9 @3 X4 r7 Z
heretical to employ any other character, in a case of this kind, than6 G8 S+ L( n7 P: O- ~
the x to which he had been accustomed.7 V- r+ J' V; {4 W+ n3 {" C: `' T
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'I shell have to x this ere paragrab,' said he to himself, as he read
/ D, }$ f, j  r' l+ O+ X( R- k* wit over in astonishment, 'but it's jest about the awfulest o-wy
9 j6 Z. J; v1 }! Oparagrab I ever did see': so x it he did, unflinchingly, and to press+ I/ M+ K6 t1 j" x
it went x-ed.
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8 ~6 w# X; c# g" x8 g! O, ^! D* A# wNext morning the population of Nopolis were taken all aback by0 j" E0 u' [4 k; [; v
reading in 'The Tea-Pot,' the following extraordinary leader:/ F# z( k. C. v" j: O! J! J8 _; L- Z
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'Sx hx, Jxhn! hxw nxw? Txld yxu sx, yxu knxw. Dxn't crxw, anxther* u/ T4 w+ F; u7 o+ x+ k# b+ T7 m+ L. B
time, befxre yxu're xut xf the wxxds! Dxes yxur mxther knxw yxu're
, M4 E6 {3 y( a8 s, |0 o1 i! qxut? Xh, nx, nx! -- sx gx hxme at xnce, nxw, Jxhn, tx yxur xdixus xld
, z- ~8 \5 ~6 l' b2 T+ ^! owxxds xf Cxncxrd! Gx hxme tx yxur wxxds, xld xwl, -- gx! Yxu wxn't?
; C/ n, T* U: ]Xh, pxh, pxh, Jxhn, dxn't dx sx! Yxu've gxt tx gx, yxu knxw, sx gx at
5 t& z8 s( T8 A: k6 dxnce, and dxn't gx slxw; fxr nxbxdy xwns yxu here, yxu knxw. Xh,
" w' L! j( n, t- ?) }Jxhn, Jxhn, Jxhn, if yxu dxn't gx yxu're nx hxmx -- nx! Yxu're xnly a
5 m6 B& ^7 Z  `0 Rfxwl, an xwl; a cxw, a sxw; a dxll, a pxll; a pxxr xld
3 `# Q3 q, z1 dgxxd-fxr-nxthing-tx-nxbxdy, lxg, dxg, hxg, xr frxg, cxme xut xf a6 }9 l0 |& n" X0 D1 g
Cxncxrd bxg. Cxxl, nxw -- cxxl! Dx be cxxl, yxu fxxl! Nxne xf yxur$ J! o& T9 n* U) K
crxwing, xld cxck! Dxn't frxwn sx -- dxn't! Dxn't hxllx, nxr hxwl,0 P: h( T9 f* i% p! j
nxr grxwl, nxr bxw-wxw-wxw! Gxxd Lxrd, Jxhn, hxw yxu dx lxxk! Txld# X: ~$ x- r. E. w: d
yxu sx, yxu knxw, -- but stxp rxlling yxur gxxse xf an xld pxll abxut3 p! M7 d5 G! ?: ]
sx, and gx and drxwn yxur sxrrxws in a bxwl!'
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 楼主| 发表于 2009-7-27 22:25 | 显示全部楼层
The uproar occasioned by this mystical and cabalistical article, is
8 I8 d# P. v/ K8 z6 Fnot to be conceived. The first definite idea entertained by the) K9 \* @+ B5 V6 j: a! B
populace was, that some diabolical treason lay concealed in the) f9 W0 R$ W$ W0 `* C* y  {% f( g6 \
hieroglyphics; and there was a general rush to Bullet-head's
* F! I3 L1 G* `) i  `. Lresidence, for the purpose of riding him on a rail; but that* b  U) y' _5 e; l, _5 M
gentleman was nowhere to be found. He had vanished, no one could tell
3 B1 C& e$ v3 o, X; E. B5 Y. Yhow; and not even the ghost of him has ever been seen since.) J7 ]- v% X  W* x& a1 Q9 q+ D7 W

  w& u2 p2 r! `- k' dUnable to discover its legitimate object, the popular fury at length1 k0 q6 t8 U6 g  q" X# F
subsided; leaving behind it, by way of sediment, quite a medley of
5 a! r) I! u3 B4 e0 Jopinion about this unhappy affair." h2 Z) C- s& v1 T# b$ a' S% k$ K
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One gentleman thought the whole an X-ellent joke.
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Another said that, indeed, Bullet-head had shown much X-uberance of" ]2 O; V/ b3 r6 W4 A! ~
fancy.
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; m) g: [9 a, ]8 O- t8 @1 MA 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
. m3 y' f% C/ U# D8 e* T4 M& s$ Ngeneral way, his X-asperation.
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/ h# X% M' W" ]/ B4 E( b! h'Say, rather, to set an X-ample to posterity,' suggested a fifth.
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+ v; f) ?0 n7 C/ @3 N9 W( h& aThat Bullet-head had been driven to an extremity, was clear to all;
8 n+ |5 |' {$ d5 \* l6 xand in fact, since that editor could not be found, there was some9 I6 D1 a* Y0 m' ]6 X
talk about lynching the other one.
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The more common conclusion, however, was that the affair was, simply,7 G' h" Q; N$ G/ }, e* \0 F
X-traordinary and in-X-plicable. Even the town mathematician
# R% g5 P* ]  ]  b4 V; E! W1 N, M. [) V7 econfessed that he could make nothing of so dark a problem. X, every.
2 Y" N, A+ S. n: B5 zbody knew, was an unknown quantity; but in this case (as he properly
2 w/ |4 Y% Y- s) e5 X1 Iobserved), there was an unknown quantity of X.* U: `" q; j+ K* U6 i

" D5 P: [+ Z& kThe opinion of Bob, the devil (who kept dark about his having 'X-ed/ w* V  k2 T$ e+ S3 e
the paragrab'), did not meet with so much attention as I think it
# {- ?$ q. |# t9 Zdeserved, although it was very openly and very fearlessly expressed.( u4 V& K4 T7 f( R, N7 J
He said that, for his part, he had no doubt about the matter at all,- O1 D( @* X. V' w: ?
that it was a clear case, that Mr. Bullet-head 'never could be. K2 H' }" z# w1 _
persuaded fur to drink like other folks, but vas continually: g: l+ o7 a: _4 [  I  Q7 z
a-svigging o' that ere blessed XXX ale, and as a naiteral* O( I, P9 [9 m5 K5 L% G  E
consekvence, it just puffed him up savage, and made him X (cross) in' \2 y% m0 l/ ~7 E: c& I
the X-treme.'
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