Excerpt from Croppies Lie Down: A Tale of Ireland in '98I know I, replied the other, which if not good grammar, is sound patriotism. I daresay you will excuse me the rest, Mr Devereux?For answer, the latter broke a twig from the hawthorn bush near, and held it aloft. Where did this branch grow? He asked.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.