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'Wery well,' replied Bob, 'here goes it!' and off he hurried to his& i8 g! v8 q H( U
case, muttering as he went: 'Considdeble vell, them ere expressions,4 b( u8 W+ \6 \9 h, k2 A! {: e
perticcler for a man as doesn't swar. So I's to gouge out all their
6 @- l; T. J/ N; q2 Ieyes, eh? and d-n all their gizzards! Vell! this here's the chap as2 z8 e# V0 y8 I1 Y6 P
is just able for to do it.' The fact is that although Bob was but
! C7 E) c5 {! x9 k6 Stwelve years old and four feet high, he was equal to any amount of
. s' \4 \2 c' Z. I6 d, zfight, in a small way.
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+ W# S; Z* J7 [+ r3 f! N( [The exigency here described is by no means of rare occurrence in
( |9 l$ D) n6 ?/ a$ @7 Lprinting-offices; and I cannot tell how to account for it, but the3 Y. a3 V* O @: n" D
fact is indisputable, that when the exigency does occur, it almost4 t! B! q1 _- ]" p; Z& o3 {
always happens that x is adopted as a substitute for the letter. W- d L$ Z6 F
deficient. The true reason, perhaps, is that x is rather the most% I6 o* M. r$ L- h9 X
superabundant letter in the cases, or at least was so in the old
" Q" I s" T, ^& w" D! }: itimes -- long enough to render the substitution in question an
8 w, H2 u8 E( w9 x: Y' g% W) Yhabitual thing with printers. As for Bob, he would have considered it
6 s. H; m2 g: z& f- jheretical to employ any other character, in a case of this kind, than. ?0 s8 v: N' o9 k
the x to which he had been accustomed.
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* h% M; L+ a6 q" V2 R2 ^" S'I shell have to x this ere paragrab,' said he to himself, as he read& m: e( ~' P4 u/ ~- E) s4 s( [6 _
it over in astonishment, 'but it's jest about the awfulest o-wy! {# H/ M# i1 z: q3 l: Z
paragrab I ever did see': so x it he did, unflinchingly, and to press
% G! O2 }3 T, o. `it went x-ed.; T# B% A/ V4 s8 M1 x( [' \
# S( j; K2 @& ^: RNext morning the population of Nopolis were taken all aback by
' m {' w r4 f% M2 treading 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
. n$ @4 w- ]) K3 a( ~; ^5 rtime, befxre yxu're xut xf the wxxds! Dxes yxur mxther knxw yxu're
4 T2 m! I+ E# `8 O1 x9 c, g# Rxut? Xh, nx, nx! -- sx gx hxme at xnce, nxw, Jxhn, tx yxur xdixus xld
9 P0 H6 V- T* K7 Dwxxds xf Cxncxrd! Gx hxme tx yxur wxxds, xld xwl, -- gx! Yxu wxn't?
9 w& e/ w; V, }Xh, pxh, pxh, Jxhn, dxn't dx sx! Yxu've gxt tx gx, yxu knxw, sx gx at, M' C7 i) L4 \' W9 \0 l
xnce, and dxn't gx slxw; fxr nxbxdy xwns yxu here, yxu knxw. Xh,+ w% d c9 g" D/ R) i* H: Q
Jxhn, Jxhn, Jxhn, if yxu dxn't gx yxu're nx hxmx -- nx! Yxu're xnly a
) F& T+ L/ O: N& P F2 s5 xfxwl, an xwl; a cxw, a sxw; a dxll, a pxll; a pxxr xld
5 a% I& h$ b n. R1 h( E- c7 |gxxd-fxr-nxthing-tx-nxbxdy, lxg, dxg, hxg, xr frxg, cxme xut xf a
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crxwing, xld cxck! Dxn't frxwn sx -- dxn't! Dxn't hxllx, nxr hxwl,
. c& R* ^: I( ~. i8 v! ?nxr grxwl, nxr bxw-wxw-wxw! Gxxd Lxrd, Jxhn, hxw yxu dx lxxk! Txld+ O; _% M( }4 m
yxu sx, yxu knxw, -- but stxp rxlling yxur gxxse xf an xld pxll abxut
8 n7 |9 w$ u$ @& X2 _; b7 B4 hsx, and gx and drxwn yxur sxrrxws in a bxwl!' |
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