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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 AllanPoe6 j5 y+ x* \4 S4 S% X
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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 # S6 Z- W0 N: K0 M8 v8 R
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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.8 |' ]; j$ T' z( i
   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
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$ `4 M* K" h, _  n5 I  I0 wI must do him the justice to say, however, that when he made up his
8 n. M. i% |) r; `9 e" L! o8 imind finally to settle in that town, it was under the impression that
9 R6 Y# Z4 \# c' f3 `3 W  B# D2 Gno newspaper, and consequently no editor, existed in that particular
' ]: S, P: |+ l4 L3 ksection of the country. In establishing 'The Tea-Pot' he expected to( X/ |/ g+ O& K/ I7 X( s( s
have the field all to himself. I feel confident he never would have
7 m1 J% {, C  a4 w/ \7 Ldreamed of taking up his residence in Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis! @) d) u' q' |3 U. z
had he been aware that, in Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis, there lived
# i+ R  L1 V8 n% A, l( `7 za gentleman named John Smith (if I rightly remember), who for many
7 y& J5 Z5 {' m* Byears had there quietly grown fat in editing and publishing the
8 r# Y/ `1 `9 J- g# y* f'Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis Daily News.' It was solely, therefore, on
2 \3 l5 B3 J& Q* ^  Zaccount of having been misinformed, that Mr. Bullet-head found
* l! I, m8 ]9 A& _! lhimself in Alex-suppose we call it Nopolis, 'for short' -- but, as he
* {- a0 u  U. T. D1 ^9 zdid find himself there, he determined to keep up his character for
& [4 x& Y& y) M9 _4 W7 Uobst -- for firmness, and remain. So remain he did; and he did more;
7 p, a3 A6 O) Q: H9 t' b2 Phe unpacked his press, type, etc., etc., rented an office exactly" A" G# S" ~4 D; f8 F8 h, T
opposite to that of the 'Daily News,' and, on the third morning after
. P1 @& o# A# S0 l# B# w' k' phis arrival, issued the first number of 'The Alexan' -- that is to$ q& W' f# p( |+ `5 x$ C5 x+ i
say, of 'The Nopolis Tea-Pot' -- as nearly as I can recollect, this
' I! n& L. ^! T& b+ i! C) B1 `% a) ywas the name of the new paper.; v8 V! M# `) v7 w5 Q( I+ x. |7 @

9 q, z' h, L" o8 I6 M  L( m# {The leading article, I must admit, was brilliant -- not to say* S5 b* r+ @6 `. y2 u# o
severe. It was especially bitter about things in general -- and as
" A: w# n/ U" M  K! S; y" p2 Xfor the editor of 'The Daily News,' he was torn all to pieces in
; f: l$ {# G8 a4 s! r  p) \particular. Some of Bullethead's remarks were really so fiery that I
# P$ }5 H: |- b( T6 ihave always, since that time, been forced to look upon John Smith,
2 F0 h, \" z/ k/ }* `' n+ F, J$ `who is still alive, in the light of a salamander. I cannot pretend to8 e3 _4 s. z! k3 g5 N
give all the 'Tea-Pot's' paragraphs verbatim, but one of them runs+ q/ i8 }! `9 Q5 {8 e
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) M* E) }, W( B3 Q; F
is a genius -- O, my! Oh, goodness, gracious! -- what is this world, B- \5 ?, J6 J( }; s7 r
coming to? Oh, tempora! Oh, Moses!'
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A philippic at once so caustic and so classical, alighted like a6 C( `) S/ W$ K0 n* C
bombshell among the hitherto peaceful citizens of Nopolis. Groups of8 `. E/ }- `. l+ V4 a( x9 j+ S5 s
excited individuals gathered at the corners of the streets. Every one; s. {$ e; s/ E0 R  q0 M, n
awaited, with heartfelt anxiety, the reply of the dignified Smith.
; c: r' O* @5 n$ D6 k& K$ N. ANext morning it appeared as follows:
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7 x: W3 V& s5 e" \8 o1 i'We quote from "The Tea-Pot" of yesterday the subjoined paragraph:
- x4 G8 [' _. l6 T( C# i! {"Oh, yes! Oh, we perceive! Oh, no doubt! Oh, my! Oh, goodness! Oh,
4 Y4 C' }4 u; |9 r+ g' v, {' Y; ttempora! Oh, Moses!" Why, the fellow is all O! That accounts for his
1 ^1 J) G* k% U$ a7 `% Wreasoning in a circle, and explains why there is neither beginning
' h- S; d+ E5 I3 p( R* ?nor end to him, nor to anything he says. We really do not believe the
" L( }4 @' w, Jvagabond can write a word that hasn't an O in it. Wonder if this0 s) _# G) S( p2 |2 @( g
O-ing is a habit of his? By-the-by, he came away from Down-East in a
1 h1 C( a' `. Ogreat hurry. Wonder if he O's as much there as he does here? "O! it% `) @5 i4 N, z4 y8 u) f- s# K5 E
is pitiful."'
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0 Y% i- g! b: \: yThe indignation of Mr. Bullet-head at these scandalous insinuations,, E6 B) _; @) }6 R4 x0 j6 l: w
I shall not attempt to describe. On the eel-skinning principle," e& H) ?5 C) y$ G8 g" P$ A
however, he did not seem to be so much incensed at the attack upon9 o7 j0 {: R! N3 i: ]2 j
his integrity as one might have imagined. It was the sneer at his) I8 L1 b# @, O! E, [  H
style that drove him to desperation. What! -- he Touch-and-go
& m, z" b, g* qBullet-head! -- not able to write a word without an O in it! He would1 n2 d& Z6 K5 H
soon let the jackanapes see that he was mistaken. Yes! he would let& v( M. m$ H' j8 T, T( H5 o
him see how much he was mistaken, the puppy! He, Touch-and-go( ?% s( @( D2 J
Bullet-head, of Frogpondium, would let Mr. John Smith perceive that
, L5 D* t' `% B( C2 @3 A" D2 @he, Bullet-head, could indite, if it so pleased him, a whole  c& \7 [9 j6 X. Q! k
paragraph -- aye! a whole article -- in which that contemptible vowel) o, g4 z& ~: c  n
should not once -- not even once -- make its appearance. But no; --
$ V& n7 q! X, uthat would be yielding a point to the said John Smith. He,
& Y; t/ H. S; E& gBullet-head, would make no alteration in his style, to suit the) ?* a: V) N7 O# Y  I
caprices of any Mr. Smith in Christendom. Perish so vile a thought!
7 `* X( h: f  ]5 n; v" |9 x# w# WThe O forever; He would persist in the O. He would be as O-wy as O-wy
* k$ z9 W# ~- }6 hcould be.
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本帖最后由 rainbowfish 于 2009-7-27 23:33 编辑
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Burning with the chivalry of this determination, the great
# C, }+ e1 U8 ?# g1 rTouch-and-go, in the next 'Tea-Pot,' came out merely with this simple+ X( l& L% n$ X
but resolute paragraph, in reference to this unhappy affair:
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# M: j* I" i, t( Q% A'The editor of the "Tea-Pot" has the honor of advising the editor of
( \( n' G) O1 y, s, O% mthe "Gazette" that he (the "Tea-Pot") will take an opportunity in$ a( W" e( x' d' V$ r8 i% |7 `/ f& y
tomorrow morning's paper, of convincing him (the "Daily News") that he
! ~& s4 \; o! C- r(the "Tea-Pot") both can and will be his own master, as regards
$ O1 v! B& O1 U# rstyle; he (the "Tea-Pot") intending to show him (the "Daily News") the. K$ n9 N$ A9 W
supreme, and indeed the withering contempt with which the criticism
2 b; m; c, w" iof him (the "Daily News") inspires the independent bosom of him (the
2 R+ V2 r3 O0 m& H"TeaPot") by composing for the especial gratification (?) of him (the8 P/ I& y! e& }
"Daily News") a leading article, of some extent, in which the beautiful& \9 r6 l8 x7 y5 _
vowel -- the emblem of Eternity -- yet so offensive to the6 Y, a% A+ ^' P# M5 H  F; L7 U
hyper-exquisite delicacy of him (the "Daily News") shall most certainly
. q- {( c( P$ N9 I+ gnot be avoided by his (the "Daily News") most obedient, humble+ w- {. e8 x& ~% A0 h# _% A3 N
servant, the "Tea-Pot." "So much for Buckingham!"'
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4 A  w  O0 d0 o0 @In fulfilment of the awful threat thus darkly intimated rather than1 |) `9 t" _( x* }
decidedly enunciated, the great Bullet-head, turning a deaf ear to" i- h3 L" `6 w' l4 [, t+ j
all entreaties for 'copy,' and simply requesting his foreman to 'go
- f# D! r( w* pto the d-l,' when he (the foreman) assured him (the 'Tea-Pot'!) that( H0 u! {% N& i8 E/ L0 c' q: c. W
it was high time to 'go to press': turning a deaf ear to everything,7 ]' s9 V! E! ~8 R
I say, the great Bullet-head sat up until day-break, consuming the. k0 H. Z* v1 N& \9 N/ h
midnight oil, and absorbed in the composition of the really
0 S% `7 W3 d' \6 c6 E9 N+ Aunparalleled paragraph, which follows:-; j1 a/ C9 N; x4 U* Y
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'So ho, John! how now? Told you so, you know. Don't crow, another
5 j3 K9 E( ?4 ]& k! t, I9 ytime, before you're out of the woods! Does your mother know you're
+ W. i6 P! N% y7 K; Gout? Oh, no, no! -- so go home at once, now, John, to your odious old0 M5 Y6 C+ V3 p6 b3 j; g  |7 r- ~
woods of Concord! Go home to your woods, old owl -- go! You won't!
+ h% u! K! C8 G. i2 k* F2 rOh, poh, poh, don't do so! You've got to go, you know! So go at once,
6 m3 V8 l: U5 ?, A; n9 X) S& g( Band don't go slow, for nobody owns you here, you know! Oh! John,% D7 b' Q- B/ v" S9 m; L
John, if you don't go you're no homo -- no! You're only a fowl, an" W3 p3 Z; Z* m* d+ g! l' j
owl, a cow, a sow, -- a doll, a poll; a poor, old,! f% C& M0 \- o8 _2 b
good-for-nothing-to-nobody, log, dog, hog, or frog, come out of a, c: V6 d: v4 P  p) Y
Concord bog. Cool, now -- cool! Do be cool, you fool! None of your
2 q3 ~' {/ `' g+ R; Hcrowing, old cock! Don't frown so -- don't! Don't hollo, nor howl nor4 _! a$ F& \, K8 f2 x& X
growl, nor bow-wow-wow! Good Lord, John, how you do look! Told you
1 J. h" v) p/ ~  [8 Iso, you know -- but stop rolling your goose of an old poll about so,
# I: P" p5 d# a/ {" yand 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
. H& Z2 A5 T- `4 H  z" KTouch-and-go could do nothing more than that night.  He handed his article to
7 I+ T( L# b: R7 _! Ythe printer's boy who was waiting, and walked slowly home to bed.! ^! s" [3 U5 o( v* M  S
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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
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In the first place, of course, -- as the opening word was 'So,' -- he4 D1 s, V! F3 [  Q! e8 h( k3 Z) S/ N
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 can
* u! @& g; {$ \; Y1 e8 @9 V! ]describe his feelings of horror when his fingers came out of it without a
- `$ b6 ^% e; G* V  \letter in them? who can tell of his astonishment and anger when he realized that the little box was completely empty?  Not a single$ ]' j9 }1 f; z* k  U
little-o was in the little-o box; and, glancing fearfully at the
, ]  [3 n$ k& W) w& |9 D0 Ycapital-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
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5 d- A& k8 r0 q2 q; L2 A$ b' N8 N3 \'What do you mean by that?' said the chief, who was  very
7 l) Z3 |* Y: cangry at being kept from his bed so late.! R0 Q! y9 X& z8 r

/ [# y# L, X1 E" j2 \" \'Well, sir, there isn't an o in the office, neither a big one nor a
! Z$ O" g# I1 m# _3 K8 ~$ @1 l" Glittle one!'
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'What -- what has happened to all those that were in the box?'
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) x# ~3 x3 O: _$ p5 _# F( ]'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.'; K& ^. Q( s0 k: j+ z+ T/ X8 Y
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'I haven't a doubt of it,' replied the chief angrily, turning( }7 ?1 {% b. O1 x
purple with rage 'but I tell you what you do, Bob, that's a good boy- C# e* I$ R+ H$ A1 t5 A2 v
-- you go over to the Daily News the first chance you get, and take every one of their: \: C1 ], C* N: p7 p. p
i's .'
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: ]8 k2 k5 Y4 @4 w+ Q'Right,' replied Bob. 'I'll go,+ D! o7 E/ U: M  E2 c
I'll show them a thing or two; but what about that
; l9 n- ?4 j( F3 U2 Wparagraph? 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
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'Trouble enough. Is it a long paragraph, Bob?'+ N* U" w7 M) }
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'I Shouldn't call it a very long paragrab.'
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'Ah, well, then! Do the best you can with it! We must get it ready,': |* |& @0 D! e- ?. x
said the chief, who was buried in work; 'just put in
( @* s# M- x& 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
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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
) a3 \; D1 D4 H2 ycase, muttering as he went: 'Considdeble vell, them ere expressions,2 m2 u' z/ h3 ^( {6 n# L2 k
perticcler for a man as doesn't swar. So I's to gouge out all their# |. k. V: O7 i- L% U, h' g( B
eyes, eh? and d-n all their gizzards! Vell! this here's the chap as3 ~" C8 |# h; d9 m7 ]) M- E
is just able for to do it.' The fact is that although Bob was but2 Y& ^7 |, }' L% Z1 {9 s
twelve years old and four feet high, he was equal to any amount of: f# {( L5 f! s0 Q+ X
fight, in a small way.! B7 @0 j5 l! R7 P! O& l+ |

5 w6 M* N  h" P# n4 RThe exigency here described is by no means of rare occurrence in: f  h2 h4 _% |! q! c1 \
printing-offices; and I cannot tell how to account for it, but the* `0 H7 G; A: }1 o3 E% \
fact is indisputable, that when the exigency does occur, it almost6 f+ f& }- f$ [5 I$ N; a
always happens that x is adopted as a substitute for the letter
  e: K# ]2 k9 J5 \  W$ p3 l! B" b7 ~( Sdeficient. The true reason, perhaps, is that x is rather the most& Z8 [% C' U) @: |# L
superabundant letter in the cases, or at least was so in the old
) G/ t' i- [8 |1 o( V; W6 M2 F7 q5 }times -- long enough to render the substitution in question an
3 m9 ~% p5 Z$ a8 j/ Thabitual thing with printers. As for Bob, he would have considered it
1 C# X! m8 ]+ a7 @2 P2 U  nheretical to employ any other character, in a case of this kind, than- ]; h3 k6 a$ B) c# a+ ^4 A
the x to which he had been accustomed.! i6 w. Q  d1 ?: ], l
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'I shell have to x this ere paragrab,' said he to himself, as he read9 b( K) B. \2 U  M0 P
it over in astonishment, 'but it's jest about the awfulest o-wy
/ K/ v+ K. S6 f6 O, C, dparagrab I ever did see': so x it he did, unflinchingly, and to press, ?+ L5 H! ]" Z3 {- g
it went x-ed.
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( u) w, n  W) pNext morning the population of Nopolis were taken all aback by1 @7 O$ z' G0 _4 a# A8 w
reading in 'The Tea-Pot,' the following extraordinary leader:3 F! K+ H6 R9 q  g  I
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'Sx hx, Jxhn! hxw nxw? Txld yxu sx, yxu knxw. Dxn't crxw, anxther+ {2 Y+ C6 D) `5 e" p  ^+ D3 v
time, befxre yxu're xut xf the wxxds! Dxes yxur mxther knxw yxu're  b* D0 C0 m/ e! d
xut? Xh, nx, nx! -- sx gx hxme at xnce, nxw, Jxhn, tx yxur xdixus xld# k. M8 p5 R) b0 D* f" U6 W
wxxds xf Cxncxrd! Gx hxme tx yxur wxxds, xld xwl, -- gx! Yxu wxn't?: ^( l/ N8 W4 }$ @  d8 q
Xh, pxh, pxh, Jxhn, dxn't dx sx! Yxu've gxt tx gx, yxu knxw, sx gx at0 _; B4 m2 H) K0 [2 b9 ^
xnce, and dxn't gx slxw; fxr nxbxdy xwns yxu here, yxu knxw. Xh,* R( G- A' u& O
Jxhn, Jxhn, Jxhn, if yxu dxn't gx yxu're nx hxmx -- nx! Yxu're xnly a
+ [  A* o% F1 m! c" \; Kfxwl, an xwl; a cxw, a sxw; a dxll, a pxll; a pxxr xld$ y8 e( m. Q% L2 I9 q0 N" `
gxxd-fxr-nxthing-tx-nxbxdy, lxg, dxg, hxg, xr frxg, cxme xut xf a& z7 s* v2 e1 L! c+ Z
Cxncxrd bxg. Cxxl, nxw -- cxxl! Dx be cxxl, yxu fxxl! Nxne xf yxur
' n0 d6 I% ^3 F# mcrxwing, xld cxck! Dxn't frxwn sx -- dxn't! Dxn't hxllx, nxr hxwl,
6 |4 _8 j. d. W8 nnxr grxwl, nxr bxw-wxw-wxw! Gxxd Lxrd, Jxhn, hxw yxu dx lxxk! Txld: ]1 V& b( E, C: u& x5 z7 L3 |! _
yxu sx, yxu knxw, -- but stxp rxlling yxur gxxse xf an xld pxll abxut1 M6 J/ D2 M2 H4 _
sx, and gx and drxwn yxur sxrrxws in a bxwl!'
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The uproar occasioned by this mystical and cabalistical article, is# q) ^' }0 M* @4 E' @$ A
not to be conceived. The first definite idea entertained by the+ x- f4 ]" j% E9 s: @3 i# c2 q6 m, V
populace was, that some diabolical treason lay concealed in the
4 b, I9 c9 ^* D; h. o8 t. xhieroglyphics; and there was a general rush to Bullet-head's
* p7 D: C' j% Bresidence, for the purpose of riding him on a rail; but that
! c7 i( `; m* Ggentleman was nowhere to be found. He had vanished, no one could tell% `2 l. s* A+ h) a* j2 n' G
how; and not even the ghost of him has ever been seen since.
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+ c" ?! @5 y, P. PUnable to discover its legitimate object, the popular fury at length+ ~. b1 X# U; G  I# j. k
subsided; leaving behind it, by way of sediment, quite a medley of6 g! |! S: x, R1 G1 a
opinion about this unhappy affair.
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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 of3 b: O2 Q5 u8 t/ w
fancy.
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+ d5 F1 l$ W# R  _& S) c# aA third admitted him X-entric, but no more.. j4 h/ G0 I0 R; M- Q7 b

/ i9 f7 k. M4 W, U+ zA fourth could only suppose it the Yankee's design to X-press, in a& j& D0 Q' [& }6 h( M" C
general way, his X-asperation.' T7 _% l" H1 c; z1 a) i

; ^# e9 E, w1 L( Z6 K'Say, rather, to set an X-ample to posterity,' suggested a fifth.4 D5 I! c) Z0 Y7 U3 D: m; v

' u4 W4 n9 z# F* kThat Bullet-head had been driven to an extremity, was clear to all;! E4 J3 C, T8 {" I2 T3 a0 J
and in fact, since that editor could not be found, there was some3 e" Y, E) ~# r# g
talk about lynching the other one.
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The more common conclusion, however, was that the affair was, simply,
' f3 z5 L6 J' ?' zX-traordinary and in-X-plicable. Even the town mathematician
  H3 y- _$ H3 }3 o2 m3 B* Lconfessed that he could make nothing of so dark a problem. X, every.8 v$ ]5 s2 g0 H3 Z: X
body knew, was an unknown quantity; but in this case (as he properly0 ~8 ]; Z1 J4 d2 X+ C& K
observed), there was an unknown quantity of X.
. [( v' J/ f" h1 K
$ w1 x- K; v: D, ~, Z/ ?  [The opinion of Bob, the devil (who kept dark about his having 'X-ed% T) E1 i& k1 w- v
the paragrab'), did not meet with so much attention as I think it7 f& M5 }( v: R& _: Q& _
deserved, although it was very openly and very fearlessly expressed.
# h: b# s4 C5 n0 FHe said that, for his part, he had no doubt about the matter at all,
6 o2 E- K: F3 A, b0 Sthat it was a clear case, that Mr. Bullet-head 'never could be0 j" w$ `2 F" e7 K: c
persuaded fur to drink like other folks, but vas continually3 o, T# p: p; O. T
a-svigging o' that ere blessed XXX ale, and as a naiteral
1 F  j( z. {; Q+ Z* r1 d6 Y5 x* Rconsekvence, it just puffed him up savage, and made him X (cross) in
- r- \% w$ e9 `  P6 T: e# v- }1 g( n. Mthe X-treme.'
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