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Title: The Martins of Cro'Martin
Year: 1873 (1870s)
Authors: Lever, Charles James, 1806-1872
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Publisher: London : Chapman and Hall
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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a din, to which loud laughter contributedits share of uproar. The assemblage was entirely formed of the country people,many of whom made the pretext of having a pig or a lamb tosell the reason of their coming, but, in reality, led thither bythe native love of a gathering—that fondness to be where theirneighbours were—without any definite aim or object. Therewas, then, in strong contrast to the anxious solicitation of allwho had aught to sell, the dreary, languid, almost apatheticlook of the mere lounger, come to while away his weary hourand kill time just like any very bored fine gentleman who airshis listlessness along St Jamess-street, or lazily canters hisennui down Rotten-row. Jack Massingbred, for he was the traveller, whose straw hatand knapsack stood upon a table near, was amused at a sceneso full of its native characteristics. The physiognomy, thedress, the bearing of the people, their greetings as they met,their conduct of a bargain, all bespoke a nation widely differing
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o THE MARTIN ARMS. 85 from the sister country, and set him a dreaming as to how itwas that equality of laws might very possibly establishanything but equality of condition amongst people so dis-similar. While thus musing, his eye chanced to rest upon the half-efiaced inscription over a shop door in front, and where thename of Daniel Nelligan figured as licensed for all kinds ofgroceries and spirits. ISTelligan, repeated he to himself; Ishall certainly quiz my friend Joe, when we meet, about hisnamesake in Oughterard. How good it would be to pick upsome details of our friend opposite to torment him with. Whatrare fun to affect to have discovered a near relative in this manof hides, glue, sugar, and Jamaica rum! Eh, gad, Ill try it.And with this resolve he crossed the street at once, and soonfound himself in the compact crowd which thronged the door-way of this popular shop. It was, indeed, a busy scene, since many who were therecame as much sellers as buyers, giving all the complexity

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