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发表于 2009-7-27 21:35 | 显示全部楼层 |阅读模式
老杨团队,追求完美;客户至上,服务到位!
X-ing a Paragraph—————Edgar AllanPoe# V6 j' Z# B, z9 L/ u) k

& `% l$ W  h3 H( u( n8 A0 e1 ?1 l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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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" u% g, B) y% d$ a2 S/ V3 O
   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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 楼主| 发表于 2009-7-27 21:57 | 显示全部楼层
本帖最后由 rainbowfish 于 2009-7-27 23:29 编辑 7 }5 l7 j( @* p8 h" H
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I must do him the justice to say, however, that when he made up his
0 z# H7 O+ j9 ]. H1 {: o/ \2 e7 pmind finally to settle in that town, it was under the impression that
: q8 ^" b6 t- Zno newspaper, and consequently no editor, existed in that particular1 w* }1 X. A: D: M
section of the country. In establishing 'The Tea-Pot' he expected to9 f4 v" C% ~7 S- ]8 a
have the field all to himself. I feel confident he never would have! y( @) ~# q, ]( g! o2 |) s! J
dreamed of taking up his residence in Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis
1 p3 O* g3 Z# d$ n, b3 ^had he been aware that, in Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis, there lived
: z- t; V9 Y9 Ra gentleman named John Smith (if I rightly remember), who for many$ P7 J: a# n9 G
years had there quietly grown fat in editing and publishing the
. f7 X6 `* ~/ m' j( _, d1 i'Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis Daily News.' It was solely, therefore, on1 G/ }# t' W+ Q* X
account of having been misinformed, that Mr. Bullet-head found) N5 w* A1 t, J/ {& j3 ?4 B
himself in Alex-suppose we call it Nopolis, 'for short' -- but, as he+ d! N  X  n5 X8 R: S
did find himself there, he determined to keep up his character for
( g! q( x( \$ B7 n2 Pobst -- for firmness, and remain. So remain he did; and he did more;; K, ]  F8 r; r, g  Z' c
he unpacked his press, type, etc., etc., rented an office exactly# r; F) g* `& H# U+ f% x3 X
opposite to that of the 'Daily News,' and, on the third morning after1 n4 G9 J6 b: o
his arrival, issued the first number of 'The Alexan' -- that is to" {9 ^0 C3 Q+ I
say, of 'The Nopolis Tea-Pot' -- as nearly as I can recollect, this; R# U1 J( T" [4 s! f) h; D% z
was the name of the new paper.6 O# ?& j/ t4 I* n
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The leading article, I must admit, was brilliant -- not to say+ k% m* t6 l* W3 f
severe. It was especially bitter about things in general -- and as
, \( a' @( f+ C/ E  cfor the editor of 'The Daily News,' he was torn all to pieces in
6 m7 s2 m, ?% D, j" o, e" G+ D5 V" lparticular. Some of Bullethead's remarks were really so fiery that I
$ y; b' C8 r' P5 fhave always, since that time, been forced to look upon John Smith,; o. `9 o# c( S+ H( [
who is still alive, in the light of a salamander. I cannot pretend to  e, Y# |7 j* K( e
give all the 'Tea-Pot's' paragraphs verbatim, but one of them runs. {6 t: o5 B3 u3 O
thus:
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'Oh, yes! -- Oh, we perceive! Oh, no doubt! The editor over the way
7 p# I" R3 b1 R. D! k3 J5 Xis a genius -- O, my! Oh, goodness, gracious! -- what is this world- b0 ~2 i1 k" x! E$ X
coming to? Oh, tempora! Oh, Moses!'
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9 O, R0 x7 u- BA philippic at once so caustic and so classical, alighted like a
! e, G) L8 e4 \! N$ E/ O" Zbombshell among the hitherto peaceful citizens of Nopolis. Groups of
* b% `. u/ c& v; Mexcited individuals gathered at the corners of the streets. Every one
, k% _2 z6 c# G- _# [( y( wawaited, with heartfelt anxiety, the reply of the dignified Smith.
- t! l% z! w1 L$ y2 P7 r0 `) ]Next morning it appeared as follows:
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6 l; G' j: z# D1 {, i$ l; h3 T'We quote from "The Tea-Pot" of yesterday the subjoined paragraph:0 Q$ o$ _1 v3 Y" B) m
"Oh, yes! Oh, we perceive! Oh, no doubt! Oh, my! Oh, goodness! Oh,
$ O  |/ D; j) W# v) ltempora! Oh, Moses!" Why, the fellow is all O! That accounts for his& r$ t! L; N4 P1 R
reasoning in a circle, and explains why there is neither beginning6 a) B6 B" s7 e; {6 n: _3 ?* v- h
nor end to him, nor to anything he says. We really do not believe the. F0 {8 L/ l. j
vagabond can write a word that hasn't an O in it. Wonder if this
# r  a: W! l/ E0 H& l) P6 q% kO-ing is a habit of his? By-the-by, he came away from Down-East in a
9 R0 K9 ]5 Z% |great hurry. Wonder if he O's as much there as he does here? "O! it
4 _1 b1 E( f( ^' v$ v3 x7 F) a, Mis pitiful."'" I( h- B  W0 C$ S3 y6 r6 j: H
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The indignation of Mr. Bullet-head at these scandalous insinuations,
' g3 v" A) \2 h% {3 O! zI shall not attempt to describe. On the eel-skinning principle,
, J6 O% Q+ ]! L- q  H9 b% fhowever, he did not seem to be so much incensed at the attack upon
, f2 R1 ^1 {2 @& K9 i0 ahis integrity as one might have imagined. It was the sneer at his
: c! a4 R8 v: i3 y+ Xstyle that drove him to desperation. What! -- he Touch-and-go
' n0 e' E- A, l* a& lBullet-head! -- not able to write a word without an O in it! He would+ w  N9 @, P$ v
soon let the jackanapes see that he was mistaken. Yes! he would let
9 T5 v# P9 @2 w* C- P" }: b. \him see how much he was mistaken, the puppy! He, Touch-and-go- T) |8 C" ?* `$ Q6 d" ]
Bullet-head, of Frogpondium, would let Mr. John Smith perceive that' w! D* n- p* r9 u( Z' Q
he, Bullet-head, could indite, if it so pleased him, a whole% @: n% z' |1 x# t) P# M% T; I6 A
paragraph -- aye! a whole article -- in which that contemptible vowel) M7 ]  J! U8 D: f% g/ k$ W0 n
should not once -- not even once -- make its appearance. But no; --; ]% \  n4 e4 K
that would be yielding a point to the said John Smith. He,
6 u3 y4 @# @( ABullet-head, would make no alteration in his style, to suit the
0 q% {: ?0 V3 O2 tcaprices of any Mr. Smith in Christendom. Perish so vile a thought!
4 N) u# M6 u: Q8 M* ]8 eThe O forever; He would persist in the O. He would be as O-wy as O-wy
2 m3 `+ P4 h% w* W2 u; vcould be.
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 楼主| 发表于 2009-7-27 21:59 | 显示全部楼层
本帖最后由 rainbowfish 于 2009-7-27 23:33 编辑
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7 P' m* d; [6 e8 ~Burning with the chivalry of this determination, the great9 S+ d+ o5 p( c# T3 S, i% A
Touch-and-go, in the next 'Tea-Pot,' came out merely with this simple% ^) D9 @9 G- F1 d
but resolute paragraph, in reference to this unhappy affair:
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'The editor of the "Tea-Pot" has the honor of advising the editor of
  k6 b! O4 _. O6 M* l  Cthe "Gazette" that he (the "Tea-Pot") will take an opportunity in3 U+ l# D- {9 [- h* H+ p  ~' k
tomorrow morning's paper, of convincing him (the "Daily News") that he
2 u, l$ r& S: m. t(the "Tea-Pot") both can and will be his own master, as regards/ X4 f8 J# s; Y. b! Q
style; he (the "Tea-Pot") intending to show him (the "Daily News") the
5 U1 d& b  k2 K% _% `, D7 ^: esupreme, and indeed the withering contempt with which the criticism
2 q$ M) K( ^) l& B& v; Oof him (the "Daily News") inspires the independent bosom of him (the* P/ ]  W, M& j2 Y3 g. @
"TeaPot") by composing for the especial gratification (?) of him (the
& V% W: `( V6 H2 X0 I"Daily News") a leading article, of some extent, in which the beautiful
/ V" h4 \; T  A% o  A: ^7 @1 @- Cvowel -- the emblem of Eternity -- yet so offensive to the* u/ l  m' \' w* D% f5 R: k
hyper-exquisite delicacy of him (the "Daily News") shall most certainly" \& U0 I, q" T* b( g; s
not be avoided by his (the "Daily News") most obedient, humble4 c! _6 p3 L9 F
servant, the "Tea-Pot." "So much for Buckingham!"'
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- H0 Q% v+ _! _# P, Z3 k1 PIn fulfilment of the awful threat thus darkly intimated rather than
, Q9 p  I6 H5 X# z% s& mdecidedly enunciated, the great Bullet-head, turning a deaf ear to
* X* L8 X6 a$ [9 M# j) q% Pall entreaties for 'copy,' and simply requesting his foreman to 'go& f+ N( R. H7 L, ^% M. s9 j
to the d-l,' when he (the foreman) assured him (the 'Tea-Pot'!) that* F  n2 f  _, J
it was high time to 'go to press': turning a deaf ear to everything,
6 B; d- i. i) @- A: M1 @2 \I say, the great Bullet-head sat up until day-break, consuming the
  \- r; q/ w7 z4 mmidnight oil, and absorbed in the composition of the really9 K3 r" W% a+ _
unparalleled paragraph, which follows:-- {" `4 u( S( Z" ?3 s

6 d( K& ]5 y# k3 I( O'So ho, John! how now? Told you so, you know. Don't crow, another& |9 ?& n& K, S  E# c) ?9 j
time, before you're out of the woods! Does your mother know you're
( c1 u7 U: k$ \, V4 Sout? Oh, no, no! -- so go home at once, now, John, to your odious old
, e- t9 W0 Q6 T) o; W% }" }% Awoods of Concord! Go home to your woods, old owl -- go! You won't!
6 ^8 u; N$ _& b$ n) e8 wOh, poh, poh, don't do so! You've got to go, you know! So go at once,
; I/ i. s. j5 e) u! A9 l% yand don't go slow, for nobody owns you here, you know! Oh! John,
$ k4 R  S* E% x- ^" KJohn, if you don't go you're no homo -- no! You're only a fowl, an5 S  N5 M$ |+ e2 f8 ?
owl, a cow, a sow, -- a doll, a poll; a poor, old,- [6 y1 H; z, L; z2 k
good-for-nothing-to-nobody, log, dog, hog, or frog, come out of a
9 \* Q4 E: p1 H' gConcord bog. Cool, now -- cool! Do be cool, you fool! None of your4 f/ p% C. `) K- L9 U) f
crowing, old cock! Don't frown so -- don't! Don't hollo, nor howl nor, z7 C" \: A/ M0 B6 ~
growl, nor bow-wow-wow! Good Lord, John, how you do look! Told you
  e1 x1 Y  |& _! ?( Xso, you know -- but stop rolling your goose of an old poll about so,2 y! Z$ h) h/ J9 d$ ^! h
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
9 b( G- w; Q( B9 M5 wTouch-and-go could do nothing more than that night.  He handed his article to+ S+ y. N# E8 x8 B  u7 C, p7 q
the printer's boy who was waiting, and walked slowly home to bed.
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9 V5 O& E) p* ?7 IThe 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
' h+ o# K4 s- s/ @9 y4 ]; rlooked 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- v+ v5 ~7 i+ r2 G" v
describe his feelings of horror when his fingers came out of it without a1 `" i; Y  t! G
letter in them? who can tell of his astonishment and anger when he realized that the little box was completely empty?  Not a single0 {2 N) m: P+ C( @( a: h
little-o was in the little-o box; and, glancing fearfully at the
- ]" y: ^3 N8 U  X% m& Pcapital-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" C: |$ \' {+ j
without no o's.', u0 k3 W/ G5 d) b* E- t

0 T( F0 S+ }7 I- r# D, m' o6 N'What do you mean by that?' said the chief, who was  very0 N$ B4 Z9 x1 {7 I+ L& |" H/ u" c
angry 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
6 I8 M5 J- a* plittle one!'
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: z! \* i/ F( I% U, P+ g'What -- what has happened to all those that were in the box?'8 e0 `5 O. ~) ]1 @8 g
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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.'
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9 u3 w6 b% S. F# f5 g0 K, T& v'I haven't a doubt of it,' replied the chief angrily, turning1 N5 w  v( Z  ]' t
purple with rage 'but I tell you what you do, Bob, that's a good boy; b0 ?8 [! }9 U; ^( I0 f- [
-- you go over to the Daily News the first chance you get, and take every one of their
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'Right,' replied Bob. 'I'll go," m3 c* s, c/ D1 K  s# v# o
I'll show them a thing or two; but what about that
, Y- y) ~# ?+ {7 u" H" \paragraph? 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
老杨团队,追求完美;客户至上,服务到位!
'Trouble enough. Is it a long paragraph, Bob?'1 y0 |+ [. }. k

/ j0 H, {8 p  |# B/ ['I Shouldn't call it a very long paragrab.'' j: u. C2 R& j

7 I* S& P$ p/ o! U, x5 K6 f+ n0 o'Ah, well, then! Do the best you can with it! We must get it ready,'
! B# ?+ D) t' j" Xsaid the chief, who was buried in work; 'just put in4 P  V3 Y- F. [/ }/ s* z
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 his9 a. W" \9 h" L1 A
case, muttering as he went: 'Considdeble vell, them ere expressions,: T# @8 `( e3 {( ^8 F# B' {
perticcler for a man as doesn't swar. So I's to gouge out all their" g  L1 h/ g7 |/ Y
eyes, eh? and d-n all their gizzards! Vell! this here's the chap as5 s7 l7 V9 V) |
is just able for to do it.' The fact is that although Bob was but2 N0 l! u  T9 v% k$ {
twelve years old and four feet high, he was equal to any amount of7 {9 u- r$ t' c1 M+ R! E
fight, in a small way.% z( v" h! k& s3 G, l
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The exigency here described is by no means of rare occurrence in) ?4 |8 Z9 `2 i( t! T$ S
printing-offices; and I cannot tell how to account for it, but the0 a- o8 I3 S3 ?3 ^' y
fact is indisputable, that when the exigency does occur, it almost, V' N% _8 `6 \9 J5 J3 f
always happens that x is adopted as a substitute for the letter% J- @! `% M6 ?! L8 v
deficient. The true reason, perhaps, is that x is rather the most9 [# L6 V. b6 G* O# W/ Z- I
superabundant letter in the cases, or at least was so in the old4 q, Z3 q5 S* P# }5 F: C; A+ o4 S4 ]
times -- long enough to render the substitution in question an2 `5 |0 e8 c1 [9 V* h9 C; e
habitual thing with printers. As for Bob, he would have considered it
/ T- n3 E* K% w( K9 nheretical to employ any other character, in a case of this kind, than
4 T9 H6 G* p# nthe x to which he had been accustomed.9 L! d( n' T/ {$ i) _, }

, W( _7 ~  D6 E3 Q0 N5 B'I shell have to x this ere paragrab,' said he to himself, as he read
3 ?  a) q, }0 E& M4 ]& m& wit over in astonishment, 'but it's jest about the awfulest o-wy# a" t- Q5 O/ l" C4 Z
paragrab I ever did see': so x it he did, unflinchingly, and to press
3 D! C- ~1 ~1 Y( j5 pit went x-ed." S6 P5 F" |4 E: _) ^6 Y3 X

9 A' V: l3 X2 ~2 X! v# b' W/ yNext morning the population of Nopolis were taken all aback by
" m) K6 f  R- }! ?reading 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$ d# J; F: @% T  r2 [
time, befxre yxu're xut xf the wxxds! Dxes yxur mxther knxw yxu're1 G: P, i/ {' ]  Z% i: `3 U
xut? Xh, nx, nx! -- sx gx hxme at xnce, nxw, Jxhn, tx yxur xdixus xld
1 R" B$ M6 g# e7 e  K! b  d  {wxxds xf Cxncxrd! Gx hxme tx yxur wxxds, xld xwl, -- gx! Yxu wxn't?0 ]5 z" R: C7 o" d) J0 O6 |
Xh, pxh, pxh, Jxhn, dxn't dx sx! Yxu've gxt tx gx, yxu knxw, sx gx at8 [0 Y& j  {* F, Y3 T+ \$ \
xnce, and dxn't gx slxw; fxr nxbxdy xwns yxu here, yxu knxw. Xh,
1 Q: K2 T) Q4 n# X1 hJxhn, Jxhn, Jxhn, if yxu dxn't gx yxu're nx hxmx -- nx! Yxu're xnly a. f9 {' \/ g8 r% u
fxwl, an xwl; a cxw, a sxw; a dxll, a pxll; a pxxr xld
7 g# [; w6 u6 d" Rgxxd-fxr-nxthing-tx-nxbxdy, lxg, dxg, hxg, xr frxg, cxme xut xf a
4 q1 d( Z; i" E- |. ]9 |Cxncxrd bxg. Cxxl, nxw -- cxxl! Dx be cxxl, yxu fxxl! Nxne xf yxur
6 b! \% ~, K  [  K/ q# E! x% vcrxwing, xld cxck! Dxn't frxwn sx -- dxn't! Dxn't hxllx, nxr hxwl,& A# ?. y5 {  |3 ]! T
nxr grxwl, nxr bxw-wxw-wxw! Gxxd Lxrd, Jxhn, hxw yxu dx lxxk! Txld
$ x+ k! G0 Z5 Q; T# Pyxu sx, yxu knxw, -- but stxp rxlling yxur gxxse xf an xld pxll abxut* x. y, `5 @: }5 O2 W. w9 G. o( b
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, is6 W& W! h4 e/ Z" M8 b" a  Y
not to be conceived. The first definite idea entertained by the
7 I! U; n+ y  U* P# `populace was, that some diabolical treason lay concealed in the2 i! @8 }2 b) `
hieroglyphics; and there was a general rush to Bullet-head's
7 I! k  R7 T  w# o& g2 rresidence, for the purpose of riding him on a rail; but that0 b. c$ {2 r1 H: I0 b  d( M
gentleman was nowhere to be found. He had vanished, no one could tell, k" j7 ]7 T# f# j5 R) a
how; and not even the ghost of him has ever been seen since.' R+ M, u7 z. ?+ O' ~: O

' Z" l  l9 F7 ?Unable to discover its legitimate object, the popular fury at length, C; k4 j& O1 F0 x0 D. z
subsided; leaving behind it, by way of sediment, quite a medley of  D8 j* L" Q$ P  B3 s
opinion about this unhappy affair.
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) x! ^- }. E. T0 [One gentleman thought the whole an X-ellent joke.% l$ Z8 W, n. n4 g! [* r
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Another said that, indeed, Bullet-head had shown much X-uberance of
, K: u/ N) X  L1 V( e) V6 j0 V) zfancy.
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, S% \. N( |2 E) v( hA 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 a4 H" F! N+ y5 H- i( f5 m
general way, his X-asperation.
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'Say, rather, to set an X-ample to posterity,' suggested a fifth.) C. t" i* C2 l9 L( w

: _+ p' X# @" s9 W& QThat Bullet-head had been driven to an extremity, was clear to all;& H, M" B* ?3 V: s) T/ y
and in fact, since that editor could not be found, there was some7 n* T' Y1 z. [) W
talk about lynching the other one.
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The more common conclusion, however, was that the affair was, simply,
% u6 X; o+ S; ?* uX-traordinary and in-X-plicable. Even the town mathematician- j; z7 m- ~* |( r
confessed that he could make nothing of so dark a problem. X, every.
& t6 |0 |, W; i, f! I5 C/ g5 Rbody knew, was an unknown quantity; but in this case (as he properly2 I' C% B+ F% d$ ^( o: a( _
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
8 r2 h' W  H1 G1 ?4 o3 jthe paragrab'), did not meet with so much attention as I think it
$ D) [- R" [* cdeserved, although it was very openly and very fearlessly expressed." i' X: U: O1 V1 A7 n9 d+ X
He said that, for his part, he had no doubt about the matter at all,: m$ D4 j2 E# O6 Z% N, i) ^5 }
that it was a clear case, that Mr. Bullet-head 'never could be
8 @! @7 m% r! @+ ~2 Q4 i0 O+ {1 spersuaded fur to drink like other folks, but vas continually* g+ |3 N9 Z1 _6 W/ `: Q# y& f) p
a-svigging o' that ere blessed XXX ale, and as a naiteral: `! L/ w0 E! H: R( V
consekvence, it just puffed him up savage, and made him X (cross) in( E+ [  ]9 x7 Q% `8 B4 D) q: l# s
the X-treme.'
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