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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
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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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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.; X8 E' [* ^3 Z$ [
   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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; \1 z; `2 j- E+ \& F- w( n7 iI must do him the justice to say, however, that when he made up his% n" `5 u5 y, M4 X
mind finally to settle in that town, it was under the impression that' A, c4 I7 o! g0 d2 o5 N! w( v) u* A
no newspaper, and consequently no editor, existed in that particular; F, M) U! {) B: q$ |) Q
section of the country. In establishing 'The Tea-Pot' he expected to% \3 ^8 h2 v" N
have the field all to himself. I feel confident he never would have
. H$ N. r9 L8 A5 {2 V2 pdreamed of taking up his residence in Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis  o9 r6 Z5 h. P
had he been aware that, in Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis, there lived
# P8 `8 Q6 @1 g1 l$ Ua gentleman named John Smith (if I rightly remember), who for many7 T8 O: d6 ]( K% c) Z+ [
years had there quietly grown fat in editing and publishing the
& d; ]+ X& ]& Y  W'Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis Daily News.' It was solely, therefore, on
, Q9 n: X/ {- p5 D- jaccount of having been misinformed, that Mr. Bullet-head found
1 _5 f- n' V. h3 U/ c; ^himself in Alex-suppose we call it Nopolis, 'for short' -- but, as he# d; b& U7 j. u& @8 D
did find himself there, he determined to keep up his character for4 J; J9 i1 H, Z- f! N! V
obst -- for firmness, and remain. So remain he did; and he did more;* T+ b) v8 G3 o1 A( J0 d7 p
he unpacked his press, type, etc., etc., rented an office exactly
9 o+ z9 I  V" Z8 H( X4 kopposite to that of the 'Daily News,' and, on the third morning after# G, }" g" c" s( W0 i
his arrival, issued the first number of 'The Alexan' -- that is to; O7 ]5 w1 C2 \$ u0 N
say, of 'The Nopolis Tea-Pot' -- as nearly as I can recollect, this3 O0 p# Q0 L! C- _
was the name of the new paper.; @* P- D* f5 n8 O
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The leading article, I must admit, was brilliant -- not to say8 l+ Y3 J% c: ?# L; W4 |
severe. It was especially bitter about things in general -- and as& v8 k8 J; v) z5 `
for the editor of 'The Daily News,' he was torn all to pieces in$ x2 D) `+ f- O4 t% o) }
particular. Some of Bullethead's remarks were really so fiery that I3 V2 i$ R: H8 U3 @* o
have always, since that time, been forced to look upon John Smith,
8 u0 o4 I4 b! F) m- x3 N9 Mwho is still alive, in the light of a salamander. I cannot pretend to
- O* j# G5 m3 xgive all the 'Tea-Pot's' paragraphs verbatim, but one of them runs
7 a! b) @3 ~2 D! @! Mthus:
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 楼主| 发表于 2009-7-27 21:59 | 显示全部楼层
老杨团队 追求完美
'Oh, yes! -- Oh, we perceive! Oh, no doubt! The editor over the way2 X* o1 \. v& w) U0 |& Z! u. g
is a genius -- O, my! Oh, goodness, gracious! -- what is this world
& U! X% d& [$ Vcoming to? Oh, tempora! Oh, Moses!'
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A philippic at once so caustic and so classical, alighted like a
! F5 O% u- S; _6 {7 `bombshell among the hitherto peaceful citizens of Nopolis. Groups of$ H, B- G6 m( N; f0 d
excited individuals gathered at the corners of the streets. Every one
, Q# _* ?) E% O- Fawaited, with heartfelt anxiety, the reply of the dignified Smith.9 m/ D8 D5 M# a0 E! x1 `
Next morning it appeared as follows:! C9 s3 R& K0 j0 D
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'We quote from "The Tea-Pot" of yesterday the subjoined paragraph:+ S% k3 ^9 t1 p, Z+ h; d
"Oh, yes! Oh, we perceive! Oh, no doubt! Oh, my! Oh, goodness! Oh,1 V6 k& ]2 x2 a" k- r* l
tempora! Oh, Moses!" Why, the fellow is all O! That accounts for his+ c2 I* Q$ C+ L9 B- c& v) g
reasoning in a circle, and explains why there is neither beginning* q6 I( i# y" J( Y7 n6 T8 d* j; k* ?
nor end to him, nor to anything he says. We really do not believe the9 J( B  l8 l: t1 u" ]- T
vagabond can write a word that hasn't an O in it. Wonder if this
" n0 }- V( f7 {# h% W7 B. qO-ing is a habit of his? By-the-by, he came away from Down-East in a  {4 X3 X( a0 @
great hurry. Wonder if he O's as much there as he does here? "O! it
% u+ w* r) J8 E: V; h7 K* R  Ois pitiful."'
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/ U1 ]( F; ^1 c# {+ qThe indignation of Mr. Bullet-head at these scandalous insinuations,/ S6 X, k# M! A3 G2 ~7 c
I shall not attempt to describe. On the eel-skinning principle,0 @; J6 S7 z+ E& [
however, he did not seem to be so much incensed at the attack upon( M9 s+ d, E. p( W9 a* W8 z0 X
his integrity as one might have imagined. It was the sneer at his
, B0 e# S" V/ w4 r4 C  hstyle that drove him to desperation. What! -- he Touch-and-go3 L( R7 ?1 K. J% z- V$ B3 x; O
Bullet-head! -- not able to write a word without an O in it! He would
4 [! P6 U. P4 D( ~+ u" [0 vsoon let the jackanapes see that he was mistaken. Yes! he would let
. m" J2 y) K, j* _7 U0 yhim see how much he was mistaken, the puppy! He, Touch-and-go( ]6 w: B1 J$ ]4 o( a- b
Bullet-head, of Frogpondium, would let Mr. John Smith perceive that9 C% {* X5 [& T  k$ M: j3 J  v
he, Bullet-head, could indite, if it so pleased him, a whole
! v* l; D- ^- O" p2 [- cparagraph -- aye! a whole article -- in which that contemptible vowel! C  U0 M  n# i4 i$ b$ g1 y
should not once -- not even once -- make its appearance. But no; --
( \* K* V) G2 |9 F( h9 Ythat would be yielding a point to the said John Smith. He,
  }  u5 ~2 g' |- p$ aBullet-head, would make no alteration in his style, to suit the7 D1 c; y+ d- H& d$ J
caprices of any Mr. Smith in Christendom. Perish so vile a thought!
8 n0 h: L8 C- |; p) q2 vThe O forever; He would persist in the O. He would be as O-wy as O-wy# c* Q; q8 h$ e) `/ q
could 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
/ a/ x0 S7 T* H9 kTouch-and-go, in the next 'Tea-Pot,' came out merely with this simple3 ^& N5 h) ^8 g3 _& Q
but resolute paragraph, in reference to this unhappy affair:. e& R1 x7 r* ~5 L% `3 a- s, K

" n- r( w' t: ~3 A7 j'The editor of the "Tea-Pot" has the honor of advising the editor of
0 p" \5 [2 |% x* J8 A0 z( r: Z8 pthe "Gazette" that he (the "Tea-Pot") will take an opportunity in: [. _3 [8 d  k# N
tomorrow morning's paper, of convincing him (the "Daily News") that he
6 o- ~( S! k$ O: G7 p6 F(the "Tea-Pot") both can and will be his own master, as regards2 m) m+ f* O# \! V5 B" Q) i
style; he (the "Tea-Pot") intending to show him (the "Daily News") the* ]; k5 Z: G: m4 C! f
supreme, and indeed the withering contempt with which the criticism7 h/ ?" ]0 G: N. l, m9 I3 H% ?
of him (the "Daily News") inspires the independent bosom of him (the; \: U: K0 g4 Q; [; [( \8 I8 o, G
"TeaPot") by composing for the especial gratification (?) of him (the
4 ?" q0 l' T7 [# j% }8 R8 D* i6 `"Daily News") a leading article, of some extent, in which the beautiful
* s* C3 }$ ?% C/ k6 u+ `vowel -- the emblem of Eternity -- yet so offensive to the. a8 b4 s; q6 d% ~$ V- O0 N
hyper-exquisite delicacy of him (the "Daily News") shall most certainly. ~2 l* C% ?% H
not be avoided by his (the "Daily News") most obedient, humble6 O4 _/ v0 c7 f2 Y+ Y3 n
servant, the "Tea-Pot." "So much for Buckingham!"'8 z% @! I9 z3 z& d& \7 _% w
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In fulfilment of the awful threat thus darkly intimated rather than
" q- g% ~8 l8 @# O, ndecidedly enunciated, the great Bullet-head, turning a deaf ear to, i% x$ O* @" d; y8 n5 x8 _
all entreaties for 'copy,' and simply requesting his foreman to 'go
0 W! v9 K4 ]: h: K0 W& f; K) ]' I! H+ Ito the d-l,' when he (the foreman) assured him (the 'Tea-Pot'!) that
: P4 i# K2 O' |' Q  ~it was high time to 'go to press': turning a deaf ear to everything,
$ Z6 L+ G0 y, o3 {I say, the great Bullet-head sat up until day-break, consuming the
( z: \; h1 F) v1 |* Vmidnight oil, and absorbed in the composition of the really
6 t+ |; i" |1 p' S$ L3 X+ ]; Yunparalleled paragraph, which follows:-
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$ b$ w2 `! e* x" `5 u. @3 B'So ho, John! how now? Told you so, you know. Don't crow, another
/ Z8 W- m& a! B/ z7 N5 D4 i& Ntime, before you're out of the woods! Does your mother know you're6 b# `. |$ n1 Q' ^& f
out? Oh, no, no! -- so go home at once, now, John, to your odious old
( ?4 s& K1 h$ x( t; E6 L! @2 |) Swoods of Concord! Go home to your woods, old owl -- go! You won't!; I* @: I* q- [+ k' |, c$ e
Oh, poh, poh, don't do so! You've got to go, you know! So go at once,/ w& ^5 R2 I2 k* v  W
and don't go slow, for nobody owns you here, you know! Oh! John,
: \  n0 M; \1 S( O* Q3 W% @5 e; eJohn, if you don't go you're no homo -- no! You're only a fowl, an
6 x/ u0 w' g9 x- G' U" y, ?owl, a cow, a sow, -- a doll, a poll; a poor, old,
* N- K  _. ~! @1 ^6 M: e( ~1 egood-for-nothing-to-nobody, log, dog, hog, or frog, come out of a
0 m) H$ ^- Y# }; F; LConcord bog. Cool, now -- cool! Do be cool, you fool! None of your/ H$ b# T* K! o: h+ a, t4 L
crowing, old cock! Don't frown so -- don't! Don't hollo, nor howl nor/ ^9 d8 x% t* }* Z) y# V" `
growl, nor bow-wow-wow! Good Lord, John, how you do look! Told you% x8 W! O8 c0 X
so, you know -- but stop rolling your goose of an old poll about so,
' M) |) `7 Q0 f. L2 p4 _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, s1 I. y, [: F6 m
Touch-and-go could do nothing more than that night.  He handed his article to
9 \  z+ k# @) |; b0 I( k9 v# F: Gthe printer's boy who was waiting, and walked slowly home to bed.. }- r2 t2 v, \

3 k' O& f, K9 wThe 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
' Q; g: c+ k; X* {7 Qlooked 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, J+ ?5 A8 ?) [# }& A
describe his feelings of horror when his fingers came out of it without a3 ^6 g% Q; k4 j% `. m" T; c
letter in them? who can tell of his astonishment and anger when he realized that the little box was completely empty?  Not a single& Y& Z! w# J; G2 l8 f2 A& t
little-o was in the little-o box; and, glancing fearfully at the/ v2 a0 B& F; z! H  `5 [
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 nothing5 T1 k7 Q: E- \' H( x2 K
without no o's.'
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'What do you mean by that?' said the chief, who was  very! x5 y$ e( R9 h3 S& A5 R( s6 H( u
angry at being kept from his bed so late.
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: J2 M" d3 U* `1 S) b+ ~'Well, sir, there isn't an o in the office, neither a big one nor a
0 U* P  _+ K% i( i1 Y( rlittle one!'
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'What -- what has happened to all those that were in the box?'
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' K2 h# d" q% T/ B. ~- }'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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6 M. ?( H) W7 O* R'I haven't a doubt of it,' replied the chief angrily, turning  {4 y; a) F9 z4 V3 T4 ?8 L2 S9 T
purple with rage 'but I tell you what you do, Bob, that's a good boy' L& y3 d0 e& I; Z$ M( q
-- you go over to the Daily News the first chance you get, and take every one of their
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8 }  v7 i: u! S3 f4 j* \) I'Right,' replied Bob. 'I'll go,# ~: N( N" Y- B9 N, u) z8 P8 J) G
I'll show them a thing or two; but what about that
' _9 A0 [0 ^; e& S4 Nparagraph? 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?'' ^  V* H' {. x

& v1 Y* w2 D0 ?2 I& L. P'I Shouldn't call it a very long paragrab.'8 M6 A& p4 L9 ~: b/ I7 C

" {% z- `6 I$ P% ~. w'Ah, well, then! Do the best you can with it! We must get it ready,'
* q3 P' g( S8 wsaid the chief, who was buried in work; 'just put in
2 C, r6 L/ Y$ O% s( ~; tsome 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
* ^. i4 c) F( n4 Q5 }+ M# }case, muttering as he went: 'Considdeble vell, them ere expressions,, I7 ^* l# L, Y* h+ V$ G, q& R
perticcler for a man as doesn't swar. So I's to gouge out all their, Z8 i* I4 ~: k
eyes, eh? and d-n all their gizzards! Vell! this here's the chap as& x2 M8 M% y& d5 z
is just able for to do it.' The fact is that although Bob was but9 F( U: ]7 C' [- G6 `
twelve years old and four feet high, he was equal to any amount of7 Y9 d' u- p" A/ F; @
fight, in a small way.
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+ x7 p' Q# @! q, v. y( wThe exigency here described is by no means of rare occurrence in
) h/ B3 k; p2 u, e% z0 Y0 x. t+ J6 q' Vprinting-offices; and I cannot tell how to account for it, but the+ M! a9 C+ d7 T7 f' u
fact is indisputable, that when the exigency does occur, it almost
6 _# m$ s5 T3 A+ V7 a& ?7 }always happens that x is adopted as a substitute for the letter  i# ]/ Z" |9 @! r% E5 }3 ^
deficient. The true reason, perhaps, is that x is rather the most
! S' Z: o9 V; g+ w0 y# W/ Esuperabundant letter in the cases, or at least was so in the old
5 J6 B6 D+ U$ o# G4 Stimes -- long enough to render the substitution in question an
+ ^& D6 y1 M& L" ?/ q. Khabitual thing with printers. As for Bob, he would have considered it
8 v. z$ _7 z7 ?! |$ w* s+ Qheretical to employ any other character, in a case of this kind, than
5 C0 V1 [9 V- ]3 m9 _- Qthe x to which he had been accustomed.2 z, Q, F1 }4 R: y5 e
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'I shell have to x this ere paragrab,' said he to himself, as he read  s! @7 g- d5 \8 M
it over in astonishment, 'but it's jest about the awfulest o-wy: j& S2 h" @, X9 f, |) B
paragrab I ever did see': so x it he did, unflinchingly, and to press  ]& k+ }  R! r- m, b7 I% R, N
it went x-ed.2 R$ }, ~  b/ Q1 n& f
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Next morning the population of Nopolis were taken all aback by
* a$ m" C  X7 ^8 M( ?; m! X4 Sreading 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, anxther1 Q* |7 E: T: E5 [8 I
time, befxre yxu're xut xf the wxxds! Dxes yxur mxther knxw yxu're8 w( Y& s9 c+ C7 v8 M% J
xut? Xh, nx, nx! -- sx gx hxme at xnce, nxw, Jxhn, tx yxur xdixus xld! x/ ^8 P: [$ V1 U3 Y
wxxds xf Cxncxrd! Gx hxme tx yxur wxxds, xld xwl, -- gx! Yxu wxn't?
" d* _& G) A! ?6 aXh, pxh, pxh, Jxhn, dxn't dx sx! Yxu've gxt tx gx, yxu knxw, sx gx at
1 O, O. B7 S0 Q  M* G. {xnce, and dxn't gx slxw; fxr nxbxdy xwns yxu here, yxu knxw. Xh," ~; e5 M5 z  j0 W& a2 r- R: o
Jxhn, Jxhn, Jxhn, if yxu dxn't gx yxu're nx hxmx -- nx! Yxu're xnly a
5 R$ F  c6 t, |2 |9 i, I3 ufxwl, an xwl; a cxw, a sxw; a dxll, a pxll; a pxxr xld
. ^: j' c& i& H3 d: p) T" `$ n* Q7 ^gxxd-fxr-nxthing-tx-nxbxdy, lxg, dxg, hxg, xr frxg, cxme xut xf a- d% l* V" i) V! t3 ?2 K
Cxncxrd bxg. Cxxl, nxw -- cxxl! Dx be cxxl, yxu fxxl! Nxne xf yxur
" Q' p. @: P0 f$ j: x7 Dcrxwing, xld cxck! Dxn't frxwn sx -- dxn't! Dxn't hxllx, nxr hxwl,
) ^0 K9 T! g0 }% k: k! ynxr grxwl, nxr bxw-wxw-wxw! Gxxd Lxrd, Jxhn, hxw yxu dx lxxk! Txld
- P$ @  C" s8 {% V3 ~yxu sx, yxu knxw, -- but stxp rxlling yxur gxxse xf an xld pxll abxut
2 a( w, I7 E5 X/ V- \( Zsx, and gx and drxwn yxur sxrrxws in a bxwl!'
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 楼主| 发表于 2009-7-27 22:25 | 显示全部楼层
The uproar occasioned by this mystical and cabalistical article, is
( E3 k1 A' N) onot to be conceived. The first definite idea entertained by the3 t1 m! j" Q* N% N+ e
populace was, that some diabolical treason lay concealed in the$ X5 C1 T6 F/ m0 k. S( w
hieroglyphics; and there was a general rush to Bullet-head's6 E: |' d, k0 @' W
residence, for the purpose of riding him on a rail; but that, E  n4 ]. q+ f3 h4 P
gentleman was nowhere to be found. He had vanished, no one could tell6 `# c% F( v/ W! ~: b, _; ]
how; and not even the ghost of him has ever been seen since.
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& V& t$ X: U5 r, ?2 C$ L; A) KUnable to discover its legitimate object, the popular fury at length
$ F7 q5 Z- R2 D0 y+ q( C9 Ysubsided; leaving behind it, by way of sediment, quite a medley of
$ ~0 \) p- T( e/ L: f  bopinion about this unhappy affair.0 S+ Y) W0 O# G5 _; k

' c5 D% q7 M" S6 O- E( A6 C, h. jOne gentleman thought the whole an X-ellent joke.& l  w2 o' }7 s! C$ H4 D( ^4 o8 e
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Another said that, indeed, Bullet-head had shown much X-uberance of
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A third admitted him X-entric, but no more.
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0 u, R6 U# A* b4 d, I5 sA fourth could only suppose it the Yankee's design to X-press, in a& u) O& _! c7 L" g* o. m$ m4 H
general way, his X-asperation.. K4 X  r9 E7 n( r9 X; R( w& S0 F
3 c! X' @1 C- p0 Z* q
'Say, rather, to set an X-ample to posterity,' suggested a fifth.; k; {; o# I; h& ?. z  Y
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That Bullet-head had been driven to an extremity, was clear to all;
- c, f- E1 h) Z! O) band in fact, since that editor could not be found, there was some1 l- A; u/ j( K" _
talk about lynching the other one.
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The more common conclusion, however, was that the affair was, simply,
4 d/ ~. y# A$ Q7 K) N( F( S5 j6 t6 o5 qX-traordinary and in-X-plicable. Even the town mathematician
( ]/ o: c$ L& e1 g* N$ w1 q: j6 D0 Lconfessed that he could make nothing of so dark a problem. X, every.
9 n0 B3 a9 G% zbody knew, was an unknown quantity; but in this case (as he properly
7 W4 Z% H$ s. S* F5 Y, Oobserved), there was an unknown quantity of X.7 K) h9 T' D: {# x3 e% @

7 a2 r8 D- j1 X: CThe opinion of Bob, the devil (who kept dark about his having 'X-ed& O/ Q* [5 l) P6 g: g; G: U& ^
the paragrab'), did not meet with so much attention as I think it0 V( o/ P9 K; u! h6 y& ~. q
deserved, although it was very openly and very fearlessly expressed.
' L0 j/ q+ u+ k& xHe said that, for his part, he had no doubt about the matter at all,. i. B9 }, `- G- t& n5 W9 N
that it was a clear case, that Mr. Bullet-head 'never could be! [% f9 Q  I1 _
persuaded fur to drink like other folks, but vas continually( O) R( O' _3 e/ p: n7 _* N' z
a-svigging o' that ere blessed XXX ale, and as a naiteral
* S0 _9 `3 i, w! D; q, b4 ?consekvence, it just puffed him up savage, and made him X (cross) in
. C, u* X- G' O7 I& kthe X-treme.'
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