Produced by David Clarke, Katie Hernandez and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) 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. [Illustration: "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