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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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& R) m/ r1 q  @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.
' t$ m2 K/ r& D1 h4 p   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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0 u8 w3 j- n2 e/ R" V7 LI must do him the justice to say, however, that when he made up his
) U" Z" Y: L+ t! y/ X) E, Imind finally to settle in that town, it was under the impression that" X4 Z6 y! A' L2 z# B
no newspaper, and consequently no editor, existed in that particular3 j: I- k8 E* t8 k* ~
section of the country. In establishing 'The Tea-Pot' he expected to# W9 F% O9 s' {# `! d% }
have the field all to himself. I feel confident he never would have: k7 r" H8 d+ M' e' ^2 s) k! q
dreamed of taking up his residence in Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis' _+ W, H3 n0 |1 C
had he been aware that, in Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis, there lived0 h. {0 }9 U; h$ o
a gentleman named John Smith (if I rightly remember), who for many3 D4 O3 E& Z3 _
years had there quietly grown fat in editing and publishing the) m3 z6 ]) _6 M4 d4 n
'Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis Daily News.' It was solely, therefore, on
0 `5 s# `2 T5 ?0 N, h0 R+ laccount of having been misinformed, that Mr. Bullet-head found2 G  s& p# ?5 l6 G/ F, n6 d
himself in Alex-suppose we call it Nopolis, 'for short' -- but, as he
/ H$ K1 A0 G7 m/ L4 ?did find himself there, he determined to keep up his character for
3 \+ l; p# ?& u. S% F# a2 }obst -- for firmness, and remain. So remain he did; and he did more;! f7 p- J% K6 t/ E
he unpacked his press, type, etc., etc., rented an office exactly
$ V" \+ c) Z( L' e- J( i" Gopposite to that of the 'Daily News,' and, on the third morning after8 Z0 R6 u% I* x, _0 _3 p
his arrival, issued the first number of 'The Alexan' -- that is to' C1 N" Q" T1 |
say, of 'The Nopolis Tea-Pot' -- as nearly as I can recollect, this: d" ]9 m3 u+ u( g& x- @  X; [
was the name of the new paper.
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+ N9 H' f: x2 b3 ^# f' \( xThe leading article, I must admit, was brilliant -- not to say! E0 d* v" r6 j- x& z: M
severe. It was especially bitter about things in general -- and as+ X, r) n# Y- _; i) u1 G, x
for the editor of 'The Daily News,' he was torn all to pieces in
2 v4 ]. x" [/ i. P8 @( I. Dparticular. Some of Bullethead's remarks were really so fiery that I8 o2 F5 O6 x. H
have always, since that time, been forced to look upon John Smith,4 x5 c( q1 z7 ?/ ?. S
who is still alive, in the light of a salamander. I cannot pretend to
0 |' E# g5 D  \7 ?- z3 {give all the 'Tea-Pot's' paragraphs verbatim, but one of them runs
" j" }- g. a. ~6 J! h# Sthus:
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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 way1 Y+ i/ u- K* a0 G3 z" S9 P; t
is a genius -- O, my! Oh, goodness, gracious! -- what is this world
4 c) U% Q% ?" g. A0 @coming to? Oh, tempora! Oh, Moses!'
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A philippic at once so caustic and so classical, alighted like a5 i; x& W/ d6 q+ l, M
bombshell among the hitherto peaceful citizens of Nopolis. Groups of
  F$ n: ^2 e. W8 l) Pexcited individuals gathered at the corners of the streets. Every one! E) _- V% E) Q% v+ X$ a% A: B! b3 U$ _
awaited, with heartfelt anxiety, the reply of the dignified Smith.
( C' r' j8 p# v- H* B: P+ G% XNext morning it appeared as follows:; G( M. S6 l$ r/ K
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'We quote from "The Tea-Pot" of yesterday the subjoined paragraph:& [3 w5 `3 Y. X* a5 M( {% j* d
"Oh, yes! Oh, we perceive! Oh, no doubt! Oh, my! Oh, goodness! Oh,
& O& x' g: l5 D  l2 K* dtempora! Oh, Moses!" Why, the fellow is all O! That accounts for his7 M7 l" g5 ^' D* G4 {  {2 q
reasoning in a circle, and explains why there is neither beginning
8 \& Q4 N; ]$ r8 R$ e/ \; }nor end to him, nor to anything he says. We really do not believe the
3 M- ^4 q2 M; Y. ivagabond can write a word that hasn't an O in it. Wonder if this& ]1 O7 ]7 W: N& T2 v1 Z" H
O-ing is a habit of his? By-the-by, he came away from Down-East in a
" z8 m+ f" ]9 Y" R6 Rgreat hurry. Wonder if he O's as much there as he does here? "O! it
5 c5 Q& C% N. u7 W" }+ c# Cis pitiful."'
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The indignation of Mr. Bullet-head at these scandalous insinuations,
7 o+ B5 u* _; a/ n7 eI shall not attempt to describe. On the eel-skinning principle,* x6 b& u* u3 J- K) @# L: ]0 H
however, he did not seem to be so much incensed at the attack upon' x& I' o: s% ^' e
his integrity as one might have imagined. It was the sneer at his0 l/ a: R$ r7 J+ B0 K
style that drove him to desperation. What! -- he Touch-and-go* x( x( Q& R/ C* X( P( H
Bullet-head! -- not able to write a word without an O in it! He would- c  k9 Y1 f+ y* G0 Y" T5 L
soon let the jackanapes see that he was mistaken. Yes! he would let- W. C/ C/ X% j$ n9 j
him see how much he was mistaken, the puppy! He, Touch-and-go( z* o+ d- k- ?& s7 [3 Y3 m
Bullet-head, of Frogpondium, would let Mr. John Smith perceive that
. t) i$ q" _+ W  @9 b* Qhe, Bullet-head, could indite, if it so pleased him, a whole
4 ^' G! y( Y: a9 fparagraph -- aye! a whole article -- in which that contemptible vowel
- u( N2 W3 C' V: R3 b  `should not once -- not even once -- make its appearance. But no; --7 A+ A  n6 O" R8 I! J
that would be yielding a point to the said John Smith. He,9 W  [: w  k6 w0 l% F2 v1 t, O  Z
Bullet-head, would make no alteration in his style, to suit the
# `9 b7 t; @& F) u  kcaprices of any Mr. Smith in Christendom. Perish so vile a thought!& K2 A$ V) M4 u( {8 v
The O forever; He would persist in the O. He would be as O-wy as O-wy
4 O: Y* a- ~3 j& ^2 @' j0 v  V4 fcould be.
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3 v, `" V. J  B7 N$ X. w9 bBurning with the chivalry of this determination, the great' ?9 x; {! C6 {8 n3 g  C1 n
Touch-and-go, in the next 'Tea-Pot,' came out merely with this simple* n. F6 S5 z5 F2 Y6 I& V
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 of6 \2 B4 ?& @+ O" _; x! Q
the "Gazette" that he (the "Tea-Pot") will take an opportunity in( L" ?! f3 M+ w5 |/ P& n% T( r
tomorrow morning's paper, of convincing him (the "Daily News") that he
# {& D" k0 i# O/ ]4 x(the "Tea-Pot") both can and will be his own master, as regards
8 _# D( s4 a5 z5 s$ Bstyle; he (the "Tea-Pot") intending to show him (the "Daily News") the
9 |9 E# S" W9 C# g9 Psupreme, and indeed the withering contempt with which the criticism3 }: C, A! z' j- _2 n  g: ]2 m5 d- \
of him (the "Daily News") inspires the independent bosom of him (the+ t% k" E" p$ ]$ ]( X+ v, G* [
"TeaPot") by composing for the especial gratification (?) of him (the
$ N- J0 G+ M- l6 T6 w8 b1 B"Daily News") a leading article, of some extent, in which the beautiful5 X2 _6 a$ ^' J- A6 E
vowel -- the emblem of Eternity -- yet so offensive to the
' p" d2 C" {& W3 {. N) Y/ I7 @2 Fhyper-exquisite delicacy of him (the "Daily News") shall most certainly
9 q; m1 X6 q; i- t; Vnot be avoided by his (the "Daily News") most obedient, humble
- Y' h/ Y0 s0 L! P6 Rservant, the "Tea-Pot." "So much for Buckingham!"'6 D0 h8 R( J$ B& B; V9 ]2 p, p; @

* ~! ?+ R0 p8 [/ {) z- o; k. K2 qIn fulfilment of the awful threat thus darkly intimated rather than: T5 U- d1 d! u9 g
decidedly enunciated, the great Bullet-head, turning a deaf ear to$ G$ x. @: G! t8 N1 S5 c
all entreaties for 'copy,' and simply requesting his foreman to 'go. i4 t- u9 s& C, L& P
to the d-l,' when he (the foreman) assured him (the 'Tea-Pot'!) that
% P! E1 k- j  U3 y1 t  Sit was high time to 'go to press': turning a deaf ear to everything,
$ n) x9 c# ~1 kI say, the great Bullet-head sat up until day-break, consuming the
5 m0 F" v8 J  i% z( Lmidnight oil, and absorbed in the composition of the really& Z1 @. z$ p5 V& m
unparalleled paragraph, which follows:-2 s# V, E4 @4 b7 P6 ~/ }8 Y
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'So ho, John! how now? Told you so, you know. Don't crow, another
% _+ H9 W! Z7 Jtime, before you're out of the woods! Does your mother know you're1 n  k( u4 h9 i+ H) x
out? Oh, no, no! -- so go home at once, now, John, to your odious old
- }/ o5 W: b4 C( [# }. Fwoods of Concord! Go home to your woods, old owl -- go! You won't!. E! g. J0 W$ s2 K0 g
Oh, poh, poh, don't do so! You've got to go, you know! So go at once,& G8 m4 Q: f( S6 Y6 |# ^! O
and don't go slow, for nobody owns you here, you know! Oh! John,
3 e* S" E# O$ R+ D! mJohn, if you don't go you're no homo -- no! You're only a fowl, an/ [8 z' n1 y, L  A5 j
owl, a cow, a sow, -- a doll, a poll; a poor, old,1 u6 |, N6 L) _4 ]* Q
good-for-nothing-to-nobody, log, dog, hog, or frog, come out of a
  H; g, V% G) uConcord bog. Cool, now -- cool! Do be cool, you fool! None of your8 N3 j  Q1 A. b! f4 M2 b5 Q3 @0 m8 Y
crowing, old cock! Don't frown so -- don't! Don't hollo, nor howl nor
$ A$ F% y) z7 z$ L$ n5 u# cgrowl, nor bow-wow-wow! Good Lord, John, how you do look! Told you& a. h- l6 g; E7 ?) c
so, you know -- but stop rolling your goose of an old poll about so,; E% K0 L4 h# e) l: |9 ?- k
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
( M1 ]; Q5 S; E) X3 @/ i; iTouch-and-go could do nothing more than that night.  He handed his article to# i" F, U$ w1 P
the printer's boy who was waiting, and walked slowly home to bed.: f) J7 j6 `$ Q+ d1 Q& Z7 F5 a& O
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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
' T* L# u: n9 l8 Flooked 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
& ]/ R1 m0 c* u0 P) idescribe his feelings of horror when his fingers came out of it without a. R: J. U- ?0 [5 M' I3 h! S) Y5 o
letter in them? who can tell of his astonishment and anger when he realized that the little box was completely empty?  Not a single( X" C0 W+ X& ~5 u* X
little-o was in the little-o box; and, glancing fearfully at the/ t* h) ]6 U) P3 P
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 nothing7 o4 B' m* `% k- Z. l
without no o's.'
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'What do you mean by that?' said the chief, who was  very8 X+ F$ y  X1 E) L: L
angry at being kept from his bed so late.
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  r! G# A' o5 N* E0 I9 f# b5 {'Well, sir, there isn't an o in the office, neither a big one nor a
* o* h7 _% ~, h1 ^$ tlittle one!'9 r2 X4 _! J5 i5 [  @

  w$ n* U# a0 z! f'What -- what has happened to all those that were in the box?'( K! ~! B$ o9 c4 s- Y

( d9 J# A- p; r3 j$ ?'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.'6 N8 t" r$ X- ?+ i9 J' k

2 ]$ i8 [! W+ T7 l0 r'I haven't a doubt of it,' replied the chief angrily, turning7 e. V; o+ |8 f. S7 f
purple with rage 'but I tell you what you do, Bob, that's a good boy
' c6 o4 `+ @# U-- you go over to the Daily News the first chance you get, and take every one of their& _5 G/ y4 M9 N4 t- d: J
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'Right,' replied Bob. 'I'll go,8 _# Y, W! G1 k0 a. f" \$ N$ R
I'll show them a thing or two; but what about that) d- P/ p# M- [* T
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?'* B/ q. n1 X. V* v4 R" v% [
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'I Shouldn't call it a very long paragrab.'
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% R) _+ x) _; ]# H- ], n& _'Ah, well, then! Do the best you can with it! We must get it ready,'- p- Z; I4 b4 ]9 _* N4 c
said the chief, who was buried in work; 'just put in3 {+ n9 I- E7 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 his
( h4 o2 U9 o) G0 O, Ycase, muttering as he went: 'Considdeble vell, them ere expressions,* f* J; q% i$ [9 N( q: |
perticcler for a man as doesn't swar. So I's to gouge out all their+ n$ h& X" U4 Q% E5 v! t
eyes, eh? and d-n all their gizzards! Vell! this here's the chap as. K: }- \0 L. q7 y  F- ^/ i
is just able for to do it.' The fact is that although Bob was but
" C* P$ K# R$ _twelve years old and four feet high, he was equal to any amount of% N7 h0 }1 L2 T& g' K5 G
fight, in a small way.' v, o$ H5 o* \3 K, ]; k

8 `9 C3 E+ D# I0 h- hThe exigency here described is by no means of rare occurrence in
8 K) `, D9 @5 t6 P6 ]( @printing-offices; and I cannot tell how to account for it, but the
( N$ G" N" M1 O+ y' U6 k( Ffact is indisputable, that when the exigency does occur, it almost# m, `9 K7 ?, h4 E( `7 J# b
always happens that x is adopted as a substitute for the letter
+ P% y( C3 B- |8 \% z: Rdeficient. The true reason, perhaps, is that x is rather the most% g: Z+ _5 D) f1 n6 A% |1 c
superabundant letter in the cases, or at least was so in the old- p% {6 c( R4 ^# c/ C
times -- long enough to render the substitution in question an
+ B, c/ _2 w0 F, g) X# ~habitual thing with printers. As for Bob, he would have considered it5 S' K+ y% Y& U$ r6 o# G: X
heretical to employ any other character, in a case of this kind, than
. x6 U1 v6 @2 N) u& u/ I6 Qthe x to which he had been accustomed.5 d, D2 Q6 |( ]2 ~
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'I shell have to x this ere paragrab,' said he to himself, as he read
: R- q/ ]& k% O5 @it over in astonishment, 'but it's jest about the awfulest o-wy. Q' s* j9 g( c! Z8 @* F
paragrab I ever did see': so x it he did, unflinchingly, and to press$ n% k. {2 ?9 h3 U4 m- N% w8 ^
it went x-ed.
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Next morning the population of Nopolis were taken all aback by3 Q2 X1 J- U+ `! y+ Z4 L
reading in 'The Tea-Pot,' the following extraordinary leader:; G- e  O* P8 A" M' I) D3 c

0 y, W& g# {! }# l$ y'Sx hx, Jxhn! hxw nxw? Txld yxu sx, yxu knxw. Dxn't crxw, anxther( O8 {3 J' a6 n" Q
time, befxre yxu're xut xf the wxxds! Dxes yxur mxther knxw yxu're. m" i- I/ ]* ]! o
xut? Xh, nx, nx! -- sx gx hxme at xnce, nxw, Jxhn, tx yxur xdixus xld
2 G* q' c0 W% h) r" |; f8 V4 twxxds xf Cxncxrd! Gx hxme tx yxur wxxds, xld xwl, -- gx! Yxu wxn't?
1 [8 j* l+ ^9 W. gXh, pxh, pxh, Jxhn, dxn't dx sx! Yxu've gxt tx gx, yxu knxw, sx gx at0 x. m6 C& w. K! V) t/ u+ E% {
xnce, and dxn't gx slxw; fxr nxbxdy xwns yxu here, yxu knxw. Xh,
6 s8 Q" `3 a# v1 A- cJxhn, Jxhn, Jxhn, if yxu dxn't gx yxu're nx hxmx -- nx! Yxu're xnly a
  f' C4 x7 x. Ufxwl, an xwl; a cxw, a sxw; a dxll, a pxll; a pxxr xld5 V" {* ^2 l( _8 @2 K0 ~7 R/ }! o. Z
gxxd-fxr-nxthing-tx-nxbxdy, lxg, dxg, hxg, xr frxg, cxme xut xf a1 J- r5 [3 v) `0 F5 c
Cxncxrd bxg. Cxxl, nxw -- cxxl! Dx be cxxl, yxu fxxl! Nxne xf yxur
) y- U4 N8 i7 ?6 u3 bcrxwing, xld cxck! Dxn't frxwn sx -- dxn't! Dxn't hxllx, nxr hxwl,
/ ~3 W* d- }' e8 ynxr grxwl, nxr bxw-wxw-wxw! Gxxd Lxrd, Jxhn, hxw yxu dx lxxk! Txld" w+ J* I/ i+ ^7 A; y) @  \
yxu sx, yxu knxw, -- but stxp rxlling yxur gxxse xf an xld pxll abxut) j9 [1 Q5 Q! x' z8 P7 m
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
, `# _0 g$ ]5 l1 e) B4 Xnot to be conceived. The first definite idea entertained by the
; v3 m3 A- J& c8 ~& R4 b2 f& rpopulace was, that some diabolical treason lay concealed in the+ s* Z+ r; D4 q9 O4 p- s
hieroglyphics; and there was a general rush to Bullet-head's" Z# K. Y; o6 `
residence, for the purpose of riding him on a rail; but that" B' s5 R: ?( R3 K7 N- h/ [5 _
gentleman was nowhere to be found. He had vanished, no one could tell
9 }- d7 u7 M! i2 }) e( Y( jhow; and not even the ghost of him has ever been seen since.
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% ~" C, p' _2 CUnable to discover its legitimate object, the popular fury at length
5 N0 X$ a% g7 m! {4 c$ m/ n& _subsided; leaving behind it, by way of sediment, quite a medley of9 O) u4 N8 L* |$ Z" E
opinion about this unhappy affair.2 H( j# |6 h: Q3 ^

! ^/ a7 M7 S$ C' U* g& n7 O4 H- SOne gentleman thought the whole an X-ellent joke.
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Another said that, indeed, Bullet-head had shown much X-uberance of3 c7 N8 p0 l( l8 q; w9 _
fancy." o/ X6 f% ?2 \2 a: e
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A third admitted him X-entric, but no more.
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6 ?; W+ e0 [* GA fourth could only suppose it the Yankee's design to X-press, in a$ h" P4 o$ Q$ ]8 \
general way, his X-asperation.
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'Say, rather, to set an X-ample to posterity,' suggested a fifth.* h* ]' o% b  F% l5 z  s
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That Bullet-head had been driven to an extremity, was clear to all;
& L  g& Z) W: x: Zand in fact, since that editor could not be found, there was some
" g# l; Z! G# a, p9 Jtalk about lynching the other one.
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The more common conclusion, however, was that the affair was, simply,& X1 r6 D! i* f
X-traordinary and in-X-plicable. Even the town mathematician
1 H; L, Y' ~/ `) v, I' fconfessed that he could make nothing of so dark a problem. X, every.
8 A1 ~: @0 _/ ]9 p' t8 p( Y3 Zbody knew, was an unknown quantity; but in this case (as he properly
0 t- h& ^3 O( d* H7 Q; H+ I$ sobserved), there was an unknown quantity of X.: Q6 J( g: Z& o: V, B" X
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The opinion of Bob, the devil (who kept dark about his having 'X-ed
1 I' y0 W, y; o' N; ythe paragrab'), did not meet with so much attention as I think it
3 L0 o8 f* U0 T, P# Ideserved, although it was very openly and very fearlessly expressed.+ j- `" M' U5 F
He said that, for his part, he had no doubt about the matter at all,
: c  \$ ?6 L; W6 z' _* J! V5 P3 D6 d; dthat it was a clear case, that Mr. Bullet-head 'never could be
6 G1 h/ h; e$ J# i: {4 N& Ppersuaded fur to drink like other folks, but vas continually& j+ c! Y5 u" w' S% q3 p" a# f
a-svigging o' that ere blessed XXX ale, and as a naiteral  f, m5 ~4 R3 }1 ~$ O* Z% [
consekvence, it just puffed him up savage, and made him X (cross) in
; W0 Z* I1 i3 L: l4 o2 ethe X-treme.'
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