FATHER'?"]

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[Illustration: FANCY PORTRAIT.

SIR W.V. HARCOURT,

_THE_ "ODD FELLOW" OUT.]

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MONEY MAKES THE MAN.

(_A Fragment from a Romance dedicated by Mr. Punch to Mr.
Diggle._)

"It is entirely your own fault," said the intruder, as he put another
silver tea-pot in his bag.

"I don't see that at all," replied the master of the house, moving
uneasily in his chair.

"Well, I have not time to argue with you," returned the other, as he
held up an enamelled ship of beautiful workmanship. "Dear me, this is
really very fine. I have never seen anything like it before! What is
it?"

"I got it at a sale in Derbyshire. I fancy it must be something like
the old Battersea enamel."