This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1921 Excerpt: ...knew too, badly as the knowledge hurt him, that though none ever brought more single hearts than such as he to the helping of Ireland, he, and those like him, must submit and stand outside. Even to-day, beneath his preoccupation in other things, he felt that something special was known, and was being hidden from him. ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1921 Excerpt: ...knew too, badly as the knowledge hurt him, that though none ever brought more single hearts than such as he to the helping of Ireland, he, and those like him, must submit and stand outside. Even to-day, beneath his preoccupation in other things, he felt that something special was known, and was being hidden from him. Men had put what he felt to be tentative questions to him, as if to see how much he knew of something--he couldn't guess what. Once he had seen a man, whom he did not know, look hard at him, and heard him say something quickly, that might have been the words 'Eugene-the-Talk'; and once, as he was joining a group who were speaking together so earnestly that his approach was unnoticed, he again heard the words ' Eugene-the-Talk, ' and then one of the men said, 'God help Patsey Curtin!' But Dan knew better than to attempt to force their confidence. Yet, in spite of all, his projects prospered. By twelve o'clock his note-book was full of names and of definite and specified promises of help. His Milk Recording Society, and his Co-operative Store and Creamery, began to incarnate and to breathe the breath of life. He felt he could look Jimmy Ryan in the face, even snap his fingers as well as look. He saw Lady Ducarrig sauntering between the waiting groups of people towards the shed in which the tractor was biding its time. He had told her it was to start at twelve o'clock, but she hadn't promised to come. And now it was twelve. He forgot his dejections. Everything was going well! Even the weather was, as Tom said, staggering on. Splendid! Car laughed in his exultant face. 'You look as if you had been left a fortune, instead of just having spent one on that monster. Is it going to happen soon?' 'You'll see!' said Dan, exulting more. He disappeared into ..
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