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  THE TRAVELLING COMPANIONS _BY THE SAME AUTHOR._

  VOCES POPULI. Reprinted from _Punch_. With 20 Illustrations by J. BERNARD PARTRIDGE. First Series, Fcap. 4to., 5_s._ Second Series (_in preparation_).

  THE BLACK POODLE, AND OTHER STORIES. Crown 8vo., 2_s._ boards; 2_s._ 6_d._ cloth.

  LONDON: LONGMANS, GREEN AND CO.

  "I GUESS YOU'RE THE MOST UNSELFISH SAINT ON TWO LEGS!"]

  THE

  TRAVELLING COMPANIONS

  A Story in Scenes

  [_Reprinted from "Punch"_]

  BY F. ANSTEY

  AUTHOR OF "VICE VERSA," "VOCES POPULI," ETC. ETC.

  _WITH TWENTY-SIX ILLUSTRATIONS_ BY J. BERNARD PARTRIDGE

  LONDON LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO. AND NEW YORK: 15 EAST 16th STREET

  1892

  [_All rights reserved_]

  RICHARD CLAY & SONS, LIMITED, LONDON & BUNGAY.

  CONTENTS

  EXTREMES MEET 1 PODBURY PICKS UP ACQUAINTANCES 7 CULCHARD COMES OUT OF HIS SHELL 13 PODBURY IS UNPLEASANTLY SURPRISED 19 CULCHARD HAS THE BEST OF IT 25 CULCHARD MAKES A LITTLE MISCALCULATION 31 A DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP 37 PODBURY FINDS CONSOLATION 43 CULCHARD IS RATHER TOO CLEVER 49 PODBURY INSISTS ON AN EXPLANATION 54 COURTSHIP ACCORDING TO MR. RUSKIN 60 CULCHARD DESCENDS FROM THE CLOUDS 65 ON REVIENT TOUJOURS 71 MISS BANQUO 77 CULCHARD COMES OUT NOBLY 83 CULCHARD FEELS SLIGHTLY UNCOMFORTABLE 89 CULCHARD CANNOT BE "HAPPY WITH EITHER" 94 A SUSPENSION OF HOSTILITIES 100 CRUMPLED ROSELEAVES 106 PUT NOT YOUR FAITH IN FIDIBUS 112 WEARING RUE WITH A DIFFERENCE 118 ONE MAN'S MEAT; ANOTHER MAN'S POISON 124 PEARLS AND PIGS 130 THE PILGRIMS OF LOVE 135 JOURNEYS END IN LOVERS' MEETING 141 PODBURY KISSES THE ROD 147

  ILLUSTRATIONS

  "YES, SIR" 3 "WANTED TO KNOW IF YOU WERE MY TUTOR" 11 "LEESTEN, I DELL YOU VONCE MORE" 17 "I PRESUME, THOUGH, HE SLEPT BAD, NIGHTS" 22 MR. CYRUS K. TROTTER DISCUSSING NEW YORK HOTELS 26 "GOOD HEAVENS, IT--IT'S GONE!" 33 "PUTS ME IN MIND O' THE BEST PART O' BOX 'ILL" 39 "ER--I HAVE BROUGHT YOU THE PHILOSOPHICAL WORK I MENTIONED" 46 PODBURY GRAPPLING WITH THE EPITOME OF SPENCER 50 THE CURATE GETS UP AND QUITS THE ROOM WITH DIGNITY 57 "IT DOES SEEM RATHER ROUGH ON FELLOWS, DON'T YOU KNOW" 63 AN ELDERLY ENGLISHWOMAN IS SITTING ON HER TRUNK 66 STRUGGLING WITH A LONG PRINTED PANORAMA 73 "HOW LITTLE YOU KNOW ME!" 79 "I KNOCK OFF QUITE A NUMBER OF THESE WHILE I'M ABROAD LIKE THIS" 84 "BOUND TO TEACH YOU A LOT, SEEING ALL THE OLD ALTAR-PIECES I DO!" 90 "I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE ACQUAINTED WITH A PAPER CALLED THE 'PENNY PATRICIAN'?" 95 SHE PASSES ON WITH HER CHIN IN THE AIR! 101 "BELLISSIMO SCULTORE!" 107 "HI! OTEZ-MOI CECI!" 113 "I GUESS YOU WANT TO COLOGNE _YOUR_ CHEEKS--THEY'RE DREADFUL LUMPY" 120 "I GUESS YOU'RE THE MOST UNSELFISH SAINT ON TWO LEGS!" 127 A SOLEMN GENTLEMAN STRUGGLING WITH A TROUBLESOME COUGH 132 "A MEAN CUSS? ME! REALLY--!" 137 HYPATIA, BY JOVE! NARROW SHAVE THAT! 143 READS WITH A GRADUALLY LENGTHENING COUNTENANCE 150

  THE TRAVELLING COMPANIONS