3-052-591 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

"The usurer...chucked him scornfully an old pocket-book with a ten-pound note inside...", 1880. Illustration to a short story. 'The Usurer, however, chucked him scornfully an old pocket-book with a ten-pound note in it, saying, "There's your own money back again, with interest, MAGPIE!" Now, the magpie is the Barabbas of Birds, while the Lobster is a better fish than the Crabbe; so my Lord got back at least as much as he gave'. From "Illustrated London News", 1880.