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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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 楼主| 发表于 2009-7-27 21:39 | 显示全部楼层
本帖最后由 rainbowfish 于 2009-7-27 22:45 编辑
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3 d" i- U. d9 F0 pAS 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.$ B+ a* {* ~/ H8 H% M4 q. B
   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 . |( V1 I' Q8 c  d$ f

0 M3 V4 V' Y5 R# C& \) t1 L) qI must do him the justice to say, however, that when he made up his
# d1 e7 `0 A) P* a! }1 rmind finally to settle in that town, it was under the impression that- j7 n. [( H- J/ W2 ]1 n
no newspaper, and consequently no editor, existed in that particular
- B2 Z2 g: [/ h  i/ L2 v/ K5 zsection of the country. In establishing 'The Tea-Pot' he expected to
1 ?1 {1 w5 w5 m2 q1 B7 H7 Whave the field all to himself. I feel confident he never would have
; M+ {$ a9 ]8 l- e! l' edreamed of taking up his residence in Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis
: P) a  s: m/ x$ n6 S  jhad he been aware that, in Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis, there lived
  {/ Q' X% r+ d7 A+ wa gentleman named John Smith (if I rightly remember), who for many1 q2 I) d  o) n% z8 @* Q6 W
years had there quietly grown fat in editing and publishing the; w. a$ w9 j) c8 a
'Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis Daily News.' It was solely, therefore, on
2 z* X, X$ E1 B* M$ baccount of having been misinformed, that Mr. Bullet-head found$ Q$ P8 n9 y5 n3 i  p7 f
himself in Alex-suppose we call it Nopolis, 'for short' -- but, as he
. a, X0 k" V3 ^7 |& S+ l% \' edid find himself there, he determined to keep up his character for0 Q6 t6 V; B4 v2 ^7 ^7 T- A
obst -- for firmness, and remain. So remain he did; and he did more;
' D& d# W  j# Y( i& che unpacked his press, type, etc., etc., rented an office exactly& Y. \/ m: y) U7 m% j
opposite to that of the 'Daily News,' and, on the third morning after& [3 x( p7 o6 D+ }
his arrival, issued the first number of 'The Alexan' -- that is to
# a8 n! O/ A1 I% r6 j8 L, isay, of 'The Nopolis Tea-Pot' -- as nearly as I can recollect, this7 K0 F7 Q- Z3 f0 z( J( ]
was the name of the new paper., Q7 _4 r# i1 U6 n6 E, v1 u, d# ~8 z* c
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The leading article, I must admit, was brilliant -- not to say
3 g' C1 J$ E; N) Dsevere. It was especially bitter about things in general -- and as
# g9 [) t4 x* _* S9 Tfor the editor of 'The Daily News,' he was torn all to pieces in/ i! \& n. K, a2 b
particular. Some of Bullethead's remarks were really so fiery that I
) g- a, f8 a* P2 ^; rhave always, since that time, been forced to look upon John Smith,
( t* ]6 Z- N7 X7 qwho is still alive, in the light of a salamander. I cannot pretend to
  @* f  a& \- S  ~0 ^give all the 'Tea-Pot's' paragraphs verbatim, but one of them runs; p, [2 C! o0 T4 R6 P4 U! v
thus:
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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
# Z5 v1 I+ Y8 a$ D' B! eis a genius -- O, my! Oh, goodness, gracious! -- what is this world
2 F$ r: s3 O0 z/ D4 c' D( e8 m* tcoming to? Oh, tempora! Oh, Moses!'
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9 n* @6 F6 H7 V2 ], G9 \( S. jA philippic at once so caustic and so classical, alighted like a
6 Z6 Y) D( L2 P. E) Ibombshell among the hitherto peaceful citizens of Nopolis. Groups of" S! s- l$ N2 q+ u" v
excited individuals gathered at the corners of the streets. Every one) X  ]9 _' _# ^
awaited, with heartfelt anxiety, the reply of the dignified Smith.% ?( j' l2 U5 {$ C2 R
Next morning it appeared as follows:
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2 v/ B8 S3 O. M" K" s& n& O- U3 @'We quote from "The Tea-Pot" of yesterday the subjoined paragraph:
' Q3 T& c- g2 x5 x/ u# y/ o"Oh, yes! Oh, we perceive! Oh, no doubt! Oh, my! Oh, goodness! Oh,
' {. Y8 y7 D3 e* itempora! Oh, Moses!" Why, the fellow is all O! That accounts for his& g2 G4 e) D7 C$ h, _+ V2 T/ A, }! \
reasoning in a circle, and explains why there is neither beginning
" R7 K% r/ T. R# j$ V# nnor end to him, nor to anything he says. We really do not believe the2 J& R4 u  V1 K  w" `/ ~0 ^
vagabond can write a word that hasn't an O in it. Wonder if this
' H5 }, B1 N- p4 j# _3 K  \7 CO-ing is a habit of his? By-the-by, he came away from Down-East in a
1 m* i% w  ^% G) v+ jgreat hurry. Wonder if he O's as much there as he does here? "O! it' l- V8 Y4 x3 m. d
is pitiful."'4 U9 N$ A, n9 j$ e4 M. E% x
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The indignation of Mr. Bullet-head at these scandalous insinuations,
# x; W; b4 ~& i0 Q6 ^6 zI shall not attempt to describe. On the eel-skinning principle,
; P# w$ g( g/ z6 Phowever, he did not seem to be so much incensed at the attack upon$ v! p+ e( t! M8 }9 x9 n
his integrity as one might have imagined. It was the sneer at his
, x2 r5 b4 x7 h6 C/ U, {style that drove him to desperation. What! -- he Touch-and-go
2 W5 k. K& @, D) zBullet-head! -- not able to write a word without an O in it! He would
5 H( ^8 E" N: i$ j. |  msoon let the jackanapes see that he was mistaken. Yes! he would let) N3 t0 \8 g1 Z! M
him see how much he was mistaken, the puppy! He, Touch-and-go
) s0 g* B/ {# PBullet-head, of Frogpondium, would let Mr. John Smith perceive that
9 _7 C1 B6 W( @; A6 She, Bullet-head, could indite, if it so pleased him, a whole+ \+ f  v  \) v5 ]( s" L
paragraph -- aye! a whole article -- in which that contemptible vowel
/ c2 q7 f3 O9 ?/ T# Sshould not once -- not even once -- make its appearance. But no; --# b1 s' d, L" S: {
that would be yielding a point to the said John Smith. He,
  b- u" A  k& m- |; ABullet-head, would make no alteration in his style, to suit the
* @# o2 G7 E$ jcaprices of any Mr. Smith in Christendom. Perish so vile a thought!6 B/ a! {: T$ n5 C8 |. ?& {) }
The O forever; He would persist in the O. He would be as O-wy as O-wy8 l/ B9 ]5 P+ ^& K
could be.
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Burning with the chivalry of this determination, the great. p7 U9 `0 F) a1 H2 g* d
Touch-and-go, in the next 'Tea-Pot,' came out merely with this simple) R: }8 E( x$ P  `. L) P# b5 O; z
but resolute paragraph, in reference to this unhappy affair:; @/ y' c3 I/ e3 Z

# X; e3 L* H  _# |'The editor of the "Tea-Pot" has the honor of advising the editor of; `, V3 ]' x4 a6 R9 d" b
the "Gazette" that he (the "Tea-Pot") will take an opportunity in
; e3 b% U% M, i- B* itomorrow morning's paper, of convincing him (the "Daily News") that he$ D( q& E4 ]9 f. T, n
(the "Tea-Pot") both can and will be his own master, as regards! z2 b. }$ j% s6 K' {
style; he (the "Tea-Pot") intending to show him (the "Daily News") the" r$ Q8 J% M: J- K
supreme, and indeed the withering contempt with which the criticism. V3 a: }; Y3 F! P
of him (the "Daily News") inspires the independent bosom of him (the
* }9 h9 d. L3 t. G2 E9 s3 Y"TeaPot") by composing for the especial gratification (?) of him (the/ x8 x! q- c8 E, i- @
"Daily News") a leading article, of some extent, in which the beautiful
( V5 [- F3 u3 y7 c: K. C+ E7 r* Nvowel -- the emblem of Eternity -- yet so offensive to the& P) a) K! ~. `
hyper-exquisite delicacy of him (the "Daily News") shall most certainly
4 l* V) n: |4 i$ U$ j. ~4 L# M. |not be avoided by his (the "Daily News") most obedient, humble6 m2 v2 V# @# D0 k. o
servant, the "Tea-Pot." "So much for Buckingham!"'
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( C) M% R6 C9 F" [8 g* a2 c, UIn fulfilment of the awful threat thus darkly intimated rather than- ]+ ~+ w& {' P2 E) p/ U" `5 l
decidedly enunciated, the great Bullet-head, turning a deaf ear to& ?& c& o+ g3 C$ R
all entreaties for 'copy,' and simply requesting his foreman to 'go9 S3 O/ E, \2 Y9 _/ A
to the d-l,' when he (the foreman) assured him (the 'Tea-Pot'!) that
$ I9 t' w5 j0 _it was high time to 'go to press': turning a deaf ear to everything,
# O  E+ Q- g# P9 p9 }" TI say, the great Bullet-head sat up until day-break, consuming the
$ G: p: [! E) e3 S, c) amidnight oil, and absorbed in the composition of the really
4 q7 t0 e0 \! G& `9 N. ^unparalleled paragraph, which follows:-' D/ C0 \7 {( C

2 J6 x" }; _* X) k" {# H& y9 ]'So ho, John! how now? Told you so, you know. Don't crow, another
4 t, M9 Y2 Z( e! x8 Ctime, before you're out of the woods! Does your mother know you're
( l. R5 h. y" F1 ^9 }, a" B( Wout? Oh, no, no! -- so go home at once, now, John, to your odious old
! m6 X* p. O8 ]: {2 D; Nwoods of Concord! Go home to your woods, old owl -- go! You won't!* b/ u5 }% _* r& x
Oh, poh, poh, don't do so! You've got to go, you know! So go at once,( Y8 M7 w" ?4 s, ?! S; m+ ]& ~
and don't go slow, for nobody owns you here, you know! Oh! John,
# _$ h7 v5 \& N$ _) ^John, if you don't go you're no homo -- no! You're only a fowl, an( q# T2 t% N" B( `; _4 d' U
owl, a cow, a sow, -- a doll, a poll; a poor, old,+ _& u9 ]) S# R" X
good-for-nothing-to-nobody, log, dog, hog, or frog, come out of a8 R% B6 f3 o7 x7 ~) a" M5 i8 e
Concord bog. Cool, now -- cool! Do be cool, you fool! None of your
# \  b3 u- [3 R. V0 Hcrowing, old cock! Don't frown so -- don't! Don't hollo, nor howl nor* T2 D2 C+ J( z
growl, nor bow-wow-wow! Good Lord, John, how you do look! Told you
4 k( D3 C0 F( Iso, you know -- but stop rolling your goose of an old poll about so,1 J% R5 {" a$ e$ j* y% w
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
/ _' L9 b2 ^' ]' JTouch-and-go could do nothing more than that night.  He handed his article to
& t. z6 {' w% x  t3 \, Cthe printer's boy who was waiting, and walked slowly home to bed.0 w# y& x9 |- I0 _: F
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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
! ^& O, [/ [! L4 n6 o. Q" D- J3 m8 ilooked 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
) x8 r. v7 L2 _& ]describe his feelings of horror when his fingers came out of it without a9 V+ |# \* h, E6 l+ ~: l5 B
letter in them? who can tell of his astonishment and anger when he realized that the little box was completely empty?  Not a single
8 y/ R! D. z8 Z- [' olittle-o was in the little-o box; and, glancing fearfully at the
5 b# _2 I: K4 X3 n* rcapital-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 k( p% d5 |+ m% u: ]# g% g
without no o's.'
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'What do you mean by that?' said the chief, who was  very
. {, [; r! W- X3 A- Y5 d' b$ r! dangry at being kept from his bed so late.
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'Well, sir, there isn't an o in the office, neither a big one nor a
: w1 ]& f! i7 {" m  A( P* [little one!'- v# r  D* W; d! b0 }
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'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.') L) W# n* G/ }0 v8 |5 O

3 j9 W6 e8 r3 W( e% A6 h'I haven't a doubt of it,' replied the chief angrily, turning
* s' e" j% M% }' ~0 b+ g, o: D; vpurple with rage 'but I tell you what you do, Bob, that's a good boy) P: o( k. C& s2 H
-- you go over to the Daily News the first chance you get, and take every one of their
  @& ~, {* ~0 U) Q- ?) f  ai's .'
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'Right,' replied Bob. 'I'll go," u, ~( h3 [/ |* N- p& N  p
I'll show them a thing or two; but what about that
; @3 b8 R! b9 U0 G! {7 i5 lparagraph? 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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'I Shouldn't call it a very long paragrab.'
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! r. X3 }) n+ w4 q$ q' e( j" e'Ah, well, then! Do the best you can with it! We must get it ready,'
+ r0 D# F4 `* V& |' Q8 Dsaid the chief, who was buried in work; 'just put in" R: T$ N  b7 I# D3 i& y8 ~! q
some 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& 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
& }3 I8 F( h( a2 bCxncxrd bxg. Cxxl, nxw -- cxxl! Dx be cxxl, yxu fxxl! Nxne xf yxur4 u, K# N8 K# P9 }
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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 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- E* \5 N' Y' ?7 ?
not to be conceived. The first definite idea entertained by the2 S+ h( u" ^: w! ]% S/ |
populace was, that some diabolical treason lay concealed in the! m$ Q  i5 S* S, }
hieroglyphics; and there was a general rush to Bullet-head's7 Q% M# t& n5 Y& u% G
residence, for the purpose of riding him on a rail; but that
" ?9 T& [" x4 [' y. l) x  |9 R; Hgentleman was nowhere to be found. He had vanished, no one could tell
; Y2 s7 E& d" g* R/ y* Fhow; and not even the ghost of him has ever been seen since.
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Unable to discover its legitimate object, the popular fury at length
7 {" g* O  ]" a* r( |1 \subsided; leaving behind it, by way of sediment, quite a medley of- |. P0 S: p5 I4 r8 E
opinion about this unhappy affair.4 X. g% @9 p; q% P* Y# P
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One gentleman thought the whole an X-ellent joke.
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! _3 G! `1 K" a$ ?. [Another said that, indeed, Bullet-head had shown much X-uberance of
" o2 a6 \; n& K! z( Y* Kfancy.
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A third admitted him X-entric, but no more.$ _: X5 y" E! x( x4 V) _7 V; P
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A fourth could only suppose it the Yankee's design to X-press, in a. K1 H- G* m% L
general way, his X-asperation.
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'Say, rather, to set an X-ample to posterity,' suggested a fifth.
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0 V" x7 ~7 c, F! \8 bThat Bullet-head had been driven to an extremity, was clear to all;  F# n# L! ?% ?9 B  w$ v
and in fact, since that editor could not be found, there was some8 T/ g! G- m) N: [- Y' T5 B
talk about lynching the other one.
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The more common conclusion, however, was that the affair was, simply,( s1 ?' \& ^- L: h
X-traordinary and in-X-plicable. Even the town mathematician
/ K3 B- L( W, S! _. E# F$ W& mconfessed that he could make nothing of so dark a problem. X, every.* V7 ?0 H; X. N, Z2 p+ y& l
body knew, was an unknown quantity; but in this case (as he properly+ x+ Y* t2 f$ @- @% Y
observed), there was an unknown quantity of X.( n! U6 A3 N7 ]0 a! @$ E

9 O& o! E' j$ m, H4 l- E  ~The opinion of Bob, the devil (who kept dark about his having 'X-ed* J$ O5 x- T. u0 }
the paragrab'), did not meet with so much attention as I think it( W$ w! Z) y9 W/ H, N
deserved, although it was very openly and very fearlessly expressed.
4 ?' \) U- h7 b. A& s6 D  rHe said that, for his part, he had no doubt about the matter at all,
6 Q$ |" [! F$ m% F/ m! }: jthat it was a clear case, that Mr. Bullet-head 'never could be- G6 {( H8 X0 I" I# I  Y
persuaded fur to drink like other folks, but vas continually
$ g" M' V4 k9 Pa-svigging o' that ere blessed XXX ale, and as a naiteral; H& U0 G+ J7 m
consekvence, it just puffed him up savage, and made him X (cross) in
9 l0 d* h2 h$ a& k3 _the X-treme.'
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