All on the Irish shore : Irish sketches . upon the board. No preliminary to aweeks indigestion had been neglected, and adeserved success was the result. The business of the fair was still transacted atlarge throughout the hotel. From behind themound of mutton chops a buyer shoved a roll ofdirty one-pound notes round the potato dish, andafter due haggling received back one, according tothe mystic Irish custom of luck-penny . On thesofa two farmers carried on a transaction in whichthe swap of a colt, boot money, and luck-pennywere blended into one trackless maze of astutenessand arithmetic. On t
All on the Irish shore : Irish sketches . upon the board. No preliminary to aweeks indigestion had been neglected, and adeserved success was the result. The business of the fair was still transacted atlarge throughout the hotel. From behind themound of mutton chops a buyer shoved a roll ofdirty one-pound notes round the potato dish, andafter due haggling received back one, according tothe mystic Irish custom of luck-penny . On thesofa two farmers carried on a transaction in whichthe swap of a colt, boot money, and luck-pennywere blended into one trackless maze of astutenessand arithmetic. On the wall above them a printin which Ananias and Sapphira were the centralfigures gave a simple and suitable finish to thescene. THE ABERDEEN UNIVERSITY PRESS LIMITED. University of California SOUTHERN REGIONAL LIBRARY FACILITY 305 De Neve Drive - Parking Lot 17 • Box 951388 LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 90095-1388 Return this material to the library from which it was borrowed. QL OCT 0 2 2001 M >^ liliinillMrfifmM,^^^^^^- LIBRARY FACILITY. AA 000 550 072 3 NIVERSITY OF CA. RIVERSIDE LIBRARY
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