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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
·
Professor Hoffmann
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Mons.
Robin
desired
the
miller
to
kindly
grind
a
small
sack
of
corn
which
he
gave
him;
the
miller
nodded
assent,
took
the
corn
and
entered
the
mill,
the
door
closing
upon
him.
Shortly
afterward
the
sails
of
the
mill
went
gaily
round,
and
after
a
brief
interval
the
miller
opened
his
door
and
handed
Mons.
Robin
the
sack
back,
with
the
ground
bran
and
corn
mixed.
This
he
was
desired
to
separate,
when
he
again
entered
the
mill,
and
after
a
brief
interval
returned
with
the
task
duly
performed.
The
door
of
the
mill
being
closed,
and
the
miller
supposed
to
have
retired
to
bed
after
his
labors,
Mons.
Robin
selected
five
cards,
or,
rather,
made
his
audience
believe
they
selected
them;
he
tore
them
up,
and
loaded
a
pistol
with
the
pieces.
He
then
fired
at
the
windmill,
when
lo!
presto!
one
of
the
torn
cards
was
perceived
upon
each
sail
of
the
mill,
and
one
upon
the
door!
But
this
was
not
all.
The
firing
of
the
pistol
set
the
mill
on
fire,
and
the
blaze
was
seen
emerging
from
the
top.
I
need
scarcely
say
that
Mons.
Robin’s
Windmill
was
highly
successful.
The
whole
of
the
effects
obtained
by
this
clever
conjuror
from
this
one
piece
of
automata
was
caused
by
precisely
the
same
means
as
those
of
the
magic
Harlequin
and
the
Cook
of
the
Palais
Royal.
The
same
system
of
levers,
valves,
and
pulleys
was
employed,
and
the
whole
was
worked
by
a
person
off
the
stage.
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