The Martins of Cro'Martin . artisan regret that, by the bigoted statutes of the College,genius of such order should be denied the privilege of obtain-ing a fellowship. If young Nelligan retired, half in pride, half in bash fulness,from the notice of society in Dublin, he was assuredly littledisposed to enter into the gaieties and dissipations of a smallcountry town existence. The fulsome adulation of some, thestupid astonishment of others, but, worse than either, thovulgar assumption that his success was a kind of paity triumph—a blow dealt by the plebeian against the patrician—thePapist again
The Martins of Cro'Martin . artisan regret that, by the bigoted statutes of the College,genius of such order should be denied the privilege of obtain-ing a fellowship. If young Nelligan retired, half in pride, half in bash fulness,from the notice of society in Dublin, he was assuredly littledisposed to enter into the gaieties and dissipations of a smallcountry town existence. The fulsome adulation of some, thestupid astonishment of others, but, worse than either, thovulgar assumption that his success was a kind of paity triumph—a blow dealt by the plebeian against the patrician—thePapist against the Protestant—shocked and disgusted him, andhe was glad to leave Oughterard and accomj^any his mother tothe sea-side. She Avas an invalid of some years standing—apoor, frail, simple-hearted creature, who, after a long, strugglinglife of hardship and toil, saw herself in affluence and comfort,and yet could not bring her mind to believe it true. As littlecould she comprehend the strange fact of Joes celebrity—of. ^ IILKIEBAN BAT. l> his T>- iinapers, and his health beinj^ clrank aft f-iion lab 1 be te >ies uau now •avity, held the chief place irt the . out on tl fair ? obuTAfL -uuni-^ vt:e ,, wc--, KILKIERAN BAT. i9 his name figuring in newspapers, and his health being drunk ata public dinner in his native town. To her he was invaluable;the very tenderest of nurses, and the best of all didnt care for books, even those of the most amusingkind, but she loved to hear the little gossip of the place wherethe neighbours passed the evening ; what topics they discussed;who had left and who had arrived, and every other littleincident of their uneventful lives. Simple and easy of execu-tion as such an office might have been to a kindred spirit, toJoseph Nelligan it proved no common labour. And certain itis that the mistakes he committed in names, and the blundershe fell into as regarded events, rather astonished his mother,and led that good
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