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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 AllanPoe4 o0 }# V9 m6 p' ~: F% P+ |

$ Q7 q3 J7 Q2 i/ u' j6 J: D; h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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本帖最后由 rainbowfish 于 2009-7-27 22:45 编辑 + M+ f0 r  ]4 l4 R" h$ L. P

" i( e8 m1 s' G/ z- XAS 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.- w" Z+ x+ h- w& g
   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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, ?  Q4 F3 a, u9 ~! AI must do him the justice to say, however, that when he made up his
( V7 y# f" i# N1 v$ v6 `9 d% Imind finally to settle in that town, it was under the impression that- }2 K2 y" X4 B  H* ~* ?
no newspaper, and consequently no editor, existed in that particular! K  }4 f' a+ V4 ?0 W3 K- p) {
section of the country. In establishing 'The Tea-Pot' he expected to0 [+ g8 J. _2 m' V
have the field all to himself. I feel confident he never would have
+ w0 G9 B& O, Kdreamed of taking up his residence in Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis+ S( P, s" q1 d2 f6 l
had he been aware that, in Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis, there lived
6 x& J9 K1 c9 ^4 Oa gentleman named John Smith (if I rightly remember), who for many
% {1 w+ T: ^3 B& Iyears had there quietly grown fat in editing and publishing the
4 i# B/ X$ L% W'Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis Daily News.' It was solely, therefore, on
0 u* q" n- B/ K' taccount of having been misinformed, that Mr. Bullet-head found
5 G' m( k  d( d2 I2 |) @) Mhimself in Alex-suppose we call it Nopolis, 'for short' -- but, as he
5 h5 F; j) ~5 {8 C% a3 {did find himself there, he determined to keep up his character for
1 Y+ v# s" B) o9 L0 r* Vobst -- for firmness, and remain. So remain he did; and he did more;2 O3 ~3 E& r/ X/ V
he unpacked his press, type, etc., etc., rented an office exactly4 z2 t* c8 Y  Y
opposite to that of the 'Daily News,' and, on the third morning after
5 n8 {, Q. \2 L) yhis arrival, issued the first number of 'The Alexan' -- that is to( s6 |8 z$ p% P1 y* I+ t
say, of 'The Nopolis Tea-Pot' -- as nearly as I can recollect, this
, j6 b# a( l# _+ c  ^4 Uwas the name of the new paper.
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' G6 W- x# X8 T0 y: Y" _The leading article, I must admit, was brilliant -- not to say0 A! A( C2 {; r, x+ u& E! g9 E
severe. It was especially bitter about things in general -- and as
. D* U/ M. [* S# I/ l1 F& rfor the editor of 'The Daily News,' he was torn all to pieces in5 F* \2 n, X1 y+ c: g- a
particular. Some of Bullethead's remarks were really so fiery that I
# b7 |, A6 \5 Zhave always, since that time, been forced to look upon John Smith,+ d4 |* p5 |: t$ t- J
who is still alive, in the light of a salamander. I cannot pretend to
7 N' }0 l2 b' s# B6 }  x! E4 R8 z, _0 ngive all the 'Tea-Pot's' paragraphs verbatim, but one of them runs& H1 K$ f) b2 n+ X* Q
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 way7 S! l" o  ?8 @
is a genius -- O, my! Oh, goodness, gracious! -- what is this world0 O; V, G+ P; G% \: b  @
coming to? Oh, tempora! Oh, Moses!'% \4 O5 k/ k2 s, T7 t, ~" d
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A philippic at once so caustic and so classical, alighted like a/ b# t/ T% p, \' ^
bombshell among the hitherto peaceful citizens of Nopolis. Groups of
/ @; D) I; q& p1 k. sexcited individuals gathered at the corners of the streets. Every one+ i- e4 s! M5 d2 K" ^# E
awaited, with heartfelt anxiety, the reply of the dignified Smith.
0 F/ q5 w5 F' s; A4 d' ?Next morning it appeared as follows:
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( O3 d1 k) q7 U& t'We quote from "The Tea-Pot" of yesterday the subjoined paragraph:
$ o: t2 _2 S/ t+ R0 M9 ?4 @"Oh, yes! Oh, we perceive! Oh, no doubt! Oh, my! Oh, goodness! Oh,
+ s6 F. }( \% J: ~4 g. Stempora! Oh, Moses!" Why, the fellow is all O! That accounts for his0 W% h3 X# @7 d; v6 g
reasoning in a circle, and explains why there is neither beginning6 u9 P8 I& y% [+ s
nor end to him, nor to anything he says. We really do not believe the
  f2 [" z# y" _( f0 svagabond can write a word that hasn't an O in it. Wonder if this
. F3 T" n0 D* K- n: VO-ing is a habit of his? By-the-by, he came away from Down-East in a" }8 B, X& h9 @+ e8 A$ Q
great hurry. Wonder if he O's as much there as he does here? "O! it
/ @0 g& y) m% W9 j! Q6 Kis pitiful."'
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The indignation of Mr. Bullet-head at these scandalous insinuations,1 Y& u0 x% \3 }7 n# a
I shall not attempt to describe. On the eel-skinning principle,
% x2 P2 V5 T$ _/ ]however, he did not seem to be so much incensed at the attack upon! D, |4 I4 a' `2 s2 i/ I
his integrity as one might have imagined. It was the sneer at his% a/ g- [1 B2 a- f3 r# x( |& F
style that drove him to desperation. What! -- he Touch-and-go
5 X4 N: W% R1 n& |7 U2 QBullet-head! -- not able to write a word without an O in it! He would, x: U/ O+ ^7 Q* j
soon let the jackanapes see that he was mistaken. Yes! he would let
+ \7 O3 s4 b5 F  L  [him see how much he was mistaken, the puppy! He, Touch-and-go. m' _4 B0 H) ?$ E- V9 E
Bullet-head, of Frogpondium, would let Mr. John Smith perceive that  H' O3 [0 X6 I7 N& H" j
he, Bullet-head, could indite, if it so pleased him, a whole
0 P4 q3 d, X1 wparagraph -- aye! a whole article -- in which that contemptible vowel: a6 S. M' H+ f$ S- Y8 m# {! g
should not once -- not even once -- make its appearance. But no; --
( {: Q* t/ a: S+ _% a7 Othat would be yielding a point to the said John Smith. He,
9 \  w$ t/ z- uBullet-head, would make no alteration in his style, to suit the
3 v8 {: L8 [8 [5 a+ m4 e( Acaprices of any Mr. Smith in Christendom. Perish so vile a thought!
& K$ }8 n" E+ bThe O forever; He would persist in the O. He would be as O-wy as O-wy
, I, @6 B( t, Q  V1 d. hcould be.
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Burning with the chivalry of this determination, the great) ]( y& P3 h2 c5 i" F
Touch-and-go, in the next 'Tea-Pot,' came out merely with this simple
) G. ^" f3 K# D0 `but resolute paragraph, in reference to this unhappy affair:
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& y' k8 C4 F( q'The editor of the "Tea-Pot" has the honor of advising the editor of0 [9 ^: b: |, V
the "Gazette" that he (the "Tea-Pot") will take an opportunity in
. b6 m3 S$ p: i' n% Otomorrow morning's paper, of convincing him (the "Daily News") that he
, w5 ~+ N- Z- n4 W, l(the "Tea-Pot") both can and will be his own master, as regards7 p6 G) p  U, q3 i, s) Z6 ?, s
style; he (the "Tea-Pot") intending to show him (the "Daily News") the' A( ]# @+ |0 b* m% b; @
supreme, and indeed the withering contempt with which the criticism
! L0 H% X- B2 ?7 t4 Xof him (the "Daily News") inspires the independent bosom of him (the3 r6 |% u; R1 g9 [$ g) ~% W8 \
"TeaPot") by composing for the especial gratification (?) of him (the
; v& v$ P) x5 m: a' x) k"Daily News") a leading article, of some extent, in which the beautiful
& V! J1 A: V1 g+ V% u8 R  o$ bvowel -- the emblem of Eternity -- yet so offensive to the  U1 O7 m5 t7 I! Q% h
hyper-exquisite delicacy of him (the "Daily News") shall most certainly# o6 Y; A. l3 N" @6 D
not be avoided by his (the "Daily News") most obedient, humble/ x5 H5 p. l. ]8 `
servant, the "Tea-Pot." "So much for Buckingham!"') v+ o+ {+ E- N$ P# J% y/ R

4 N& X5 ^5 s0 `- F) _In fulfilment of the awful threat thus darkly intimated rather than
8 g5 i9 p! W+ `1 b, y5 ddecidedly enunciated, the great Bullet-head, turning a deaf ear to
  v0 D) ]+ e. g9 f3 o9 eall entreaties for 'copy,' and simply requesting his foreman to 'go
$ z2 d6 v8 R) u" t" fto the d-l,' when he (the foreman) assured him (the 'Tea-Pot'!) that
0 S- J" R! K3 z. s$ y+ g" k: dit was high time to 'go to press': turning a deaf ear to everything,, z4 m% d9 v: J) |
I say, the great Bullet-head sat up until day-break, consuming the7 y1 z% ^6 |! X& C
midnight oil, and absorbed in the composition of the really
* j; g, D3 m- ?  U+ munparalleled paragraph, which follows:-# z! A- I, d) N9 c7 H- d( k0 c5 f. v

- |, @6 ^* ~, P) r* _$ _: U( l" e'So ho, John! how now? Told you so, you know. Don't crow, another" F7 L3 \. e! R6 u
time, before you're out of the woods! Does your mother know you're( t) f- s/ k/ t# `! R8 B$ I+ u- O
out? Oh, no, no! -- so go home at once, now, John, to your odious old- L# ^% D8 f8 }7 {/ M
woods of Concord! Go home to your woods, old owl -- go! You won't!
3 }( v! ~3 `8 lOh, poh, poh, don't do so! You've got to go, you know! So go at once,
+ T8 k; K6 H* u! z+ vand don't go slow, for nobody owns you here, you know! Oh! John,: R5 p0 R0 l6 `8 A# Q2 g* f
John, if you don't go you're no homo -- no! You're only a fowl, an! z$ q* t6 @" I$ p) w, P. J
owl, a cow, a sow, -- a doll, a poll; a poor, old,4 A1 `6 i6 P5 i# X3 x- W' s
good-for-nothing-to-nobody, log, dog, hog, or frog, come out of a
/ N, x2 e; i+ @: i1 V$ Z/ q* j: cConcord bog. Cool, now -- cool! Do be cool, you fool! None of your
4 g; d" ~0 x* hcrowing, old cock! Don't frown so -- don't! Don't hollo, nor howl nor
4 N0 \  H) ^+ h( {" Cgrowl, nor bow-wow-wow! Good Lord, John, how you do look! Told you
, j# @1 G4 q- V) s' N# F) gso, you know -- but stop rolling your goose of an old poll about so," m" I  R, r7 V- A+ {
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
) g# A1 z$ m% b: x- d  w7 ITouch-and-go could do nothing more than that night.  He handed his article to% o. k4 n: e% g/ P) Y) B' Z
the printer's boy who was waiting, and walked slowly home to bed.$ ~1 \# V5 `7 a! q( e  R. y

! E" `, Z+ J) uThe 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,' -- he
% ^: K3 p7 R8 d% d+ T9 t6 y. \: W7 Glooked 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
( D4 ~, f7 J" N: d8 D: b9 {) cdescribe his feelings of horror when his fingers came out of it without a
7 h2 Q- Z- N4 Y3 }3 ^) Yletter in them? who can tell of his astonishment and anger when he realized that the little box was completely empty?  Not a single- Q# {9 Q: J" P+ K' D6 {# V1 n
little-o was in the little-o box; and, glancing fearfully at the
; `7 Y/ E- u# g$ W2 F% v  gcapital-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
5 l# o# v! w( T, }+ hwithout no o's.'
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'What do you mean by that?' said the chief, who was  very
: s& f$ t, b5 @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
( C4 s9 Z! z! ?little one!'. m& H  X- ?' Y' Q9 X

6 M7 \1 k- P  s! P4 P' U0 x'What -- what has happened to all those that were in the box?'" q  u0 o( U6 r+ _9 C: @

# Z# X+ c. P% L7 y+ @2 q: H7 w9 Q'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.'. j4 g$ {* J+ g- B3 ?0 L8 [- ]

7 ]" E( F' N9 a'I haven't a doubt of it,' replied the chief angrily, turning! {% _- V4 o6 ?  ]; q; |
purple with rage 'but I tell you what you do, Bob, that's a good boy
# g4 `" b* T& I, r3 ^* k! P-- you go over to the Daily News the first chance you get, and take every one of their" n/ f& C, b* J3 E
i's .'
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'Right,' replied Bob. 'I'll go,
3 C$ e4 n* `5 ?3 e: K9 R$ u% m* qI'll show them a thing or two; but what about that
/ q  ?. G! ~7 u+ kparagraph? 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?'0 I: @* S3 g( R: c) E* z. k4 N! u
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'I Shouldn't call it a very long paragrab.'
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% g5 T2 J- {% ]6 W+ m2 Z'Ah, well, then! Do the best you can with it! We must get it ready,'
/ F; ^3 s9 O. G  ~, s; Usaid the chief, who was buried in work; 'just put in
) N- E# G  ]5 V7 j' Xsome 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
9 @8 O$ q2 x( I: _2 Icase, muttering as he went: 'Considdeble vell, them ere expressions,
, E  z3 h+ L. C+ K' B* pperticcler for a man as doesn't swar. So I's to gouge out all their
2 Q4 G8 K1 P  s1 v$ O) C0 j/ J8 ^$ a  Qeyes, eh? and d-n all their gizzards! Vell! this here's the chap as) I2 A& W( _4 x7 P
is just able for to do it.' The fact is that although Bob was but
, d9 d) s- [1 [twelve years old and four feet high, he was equal to any amount of' Q/ h- ?5 s3 q. ], q3 _# m
fight, in a small way.
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  Z9 T! L! K9 A) k' L( v: m0 O+ v7 wThe exigency here described is by no means of rare occurrence in
( h" L2 e" H4 xprinting-offices; and I cannot tell how to account for it, but the# ^& K; Q8 e2 v* `1 Y
fact is indisputable, that when the exigency does occur, it almost8 B0 V4 I- e- u% Z+ J0 T* n4 O
always happens that x is adopted as a substitute for the letter
# _# J' ^6 J2 D  X* hdeficient. The true reason, perhaps, is that x is rather the most' B  {& \0 b* Z( a
superabundant letter in the cases, or at least was so in the old; r3 |: ^% |+ _; n" ?
times -- long enough to render the substitution in question an( p. L3 h7 E- q2 V- e" B
habitual thing with printers. As for Bob, he would have considered it& d7 T$ n) d: v! F
heretical to employ any other character, in a case of this kind, than% z, O/ j& g! d+ o
the x to which he had been accustomed.2 A0 d  t' n& n9 c3 S* o( V4 j
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'I shell have to x this ere paragrab,' said he to himself, as he read* K4 B8 C2 f$ \) \4 w5 P" i# k; c: N
it over in astonishment, 'but it's jest about the awfulest o-wy& j0 r* Q8 c8 Q! a/ y9 e) B$ G) j  m' x
paragrab I ever did see': so x it he did, unflinchingly, and to press
/ F/ T) [9 v  l6 t  L" R4 S' v' lit went x-ed.
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9 J7 k7 W8 I0 V7 q8 B- z1 j$ i0 DNext morning the population of Nopolis were taken all aback by
2 x+ e1 g' [1 g( F: w) v8 _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
5 o' i# S+ g  \time, befxre yxu're xut xf the wxxds! Dxes yxur mxther knxw yxu're
* ~) b) q0 x% I6 m7 c  g1 D3 Gxut? Xh, nx, nx! -- sx gx hxme at xnce, nxw, Jxhn, tx yxur xdixus xld
1 |8 T7 A/ W; {  zwxxds xf Cxncxrd! Gx hxme tx yxur wxxds, xld xwl, -- gx! Yxu wxn't?
3 L8 a' M. H8 F' y( wXh, pxh, pxh, Jxhn, dxn't dx sx! Yxu've gxt tx gx, yxu knxw, sx gx at: X0 ]2 v) K3 j; _- N9 `
xnce, and dxn't gx slxw; fxr nxbxdy xwns yxu here, yxu knxw. Xh,
+ Q, x& X' y' ]8 kJxhn, Jxhn, Jxhn, if yxu dxn't gx yxu're nx hxmx -- nx! Yxu're xnly a
) Y$ L: V$ w, J& ]3 lfxwl, an xwl; a cxw, a sxw; a dxll, a pxll; a pxxr xld
; r+ u' o" N8 Z0 {* p( L- l8 Qgxxd-fxr-nxthing-tx-nxbxdy, lxg, dxg, hxg, xr frxg, cxme xut xf a' X, U2 p: ]7 z' _; v" R
Cxncxrd bxg. Cxxl, nxw -- cxxl! Dx be cxxl, yxu fxxl! Nxne xf yxur
6 C4 H: @7 A0 h# ~0 b# |crxwing, xld cxck! Dxn't frxwn sx -- dxn't! Dxn't hxllx, nxr hxwl,2 i6 v5 |8 k8 D
nxr grxwl, nxr bxw-wxw-wxw! Gxxd Lxrd, Jxhn, hxw yxu dx lxxk! Txld
. I. m, D# s, U  a' g( uyxu sx, yxu knxw, -- but stxp rxlling yxur gxxse xf an xld pxll abxut, z0 v1 a  B+ z& \$ `/ f' {
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- p2 X$ K0 |$ S' d9 S1 P0 N; B
not to be conceived. The first definite idea entertained by the
' \. }  Y! M! ypopulace was, that some diabolical treason lay concealed in the! g5 o; C# y8 W# M  P, W0 a0 ]
hieroglyphics; and there was a general rush to Bullet-head's
' N4 f" g, H1 P8 s, Dresidence, for the purpose of riding him on a rail; but that7 _3 w0 B+ _4 n7 n; p+ J- F
gentleman was nowhere to be found. He had vanished, no one could tell+ V0 B; H8 D7 e; [4 W' H
how; and not even the ghost of him has ever been seen since.. K8 E1 @0 E% @7 V" k. i" k

- J; o. C- C2 t0 T1 D9 g" J4 jUnable to discover its legitimate object, the popular fury at length# h0 l5 b1 \4 m+ S8 }
subsided; leaving behind it, by way of sediment, quite a medley of
% C; ]! X  G2 F. d' a# [3 j: jopinion about this unhappy affair.
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One gentleman thought the whole an X-ellent joke.) ^+ e% e, g& d) G5 _6 E* i
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Another said that, indeed, Bullet-head had shown much X-uberance of
" m- J+ w& e9 s/ O# u; |fancy.
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1 L5 D, t! }+ M" [3 |A third admitted him X-entric, but no more.( X& C2 \; q! S# ]  S

4 ?9 F( W3 F& `5 i+ i1 Z( a- FA fourth could only suppose it the Yankee's design to X-press, in a, O$ E" `3 l7 N% A7 X# M9 z
general way, his X-asperation.9 k5 {9 |: Q# D  U4 u! i
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'Say, rather, to set an X-ample to posterity,' suggested a fifth.( F; A. p9 w6 [: G# D  W* I4 N

# _, s. N7 J3 B4 g; u3 PThat Bullet-head had been driven to an extremity, was clear to all;% m1 T/ S" z6 {- K! m4 d3 S! Z9 o
and in fact, since that editor could not be found, there was some8 V7 M% `4 D  K6 R: F8 `
talk about lynching the other one.
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The more common conclusion, however, was that the affair was, simply,& }7 G- k: ]. f3 a& ]
X-traordinary and in-X-plicable. Even the town mathematician
+ m( m0 Y  s8 \) S* x% |. B0 lconfessed that he could make nothing of so dark a problem. X, every.. r* j: I1 m# y! S3 M& R9 y
body knew, was an unknown quantity; but in this case (as he properly" @" `7 i/ U* N) `  j/ l
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' Q: n/ r3 k1 c( o. \7 i  O
the paragrab'), did not meet with so much attention as I think it- s* L! w( r  B, D1 G
deserved, although it was very openly and very fearlessly expressed.
5 c' C6 V9 w  u7 JHe said that, for his part, he had no doubt about the matter at all,0 ?3 `" k9 M: X0 z4 h1 K* \
that it was a clear case, that Mr. Bullet-head 'never could be  `  C0 h0 S* v/ o
persuaded fur to drink like other folks, but vas continually
, I3 R( Q+ x* v% Za-svigging o' that ere blessed XXX ale, and as a naiteral
# R4 k  t1 ]8 zconsekvence, it just puffed him up savage, and made him X (cross) in
% S/ |9 O# x/ I* w/ Tthe X-treme.'
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