CHAPTER II.

A Country Idler--Dr. Carlosbach, Conjurer and Professor of Mystification--The Sand-bag and the Stirrup Trick--I turn Lawyer’s Clerk, and the Minutes appear to me very long--A small Automaton--A respectful Protest--I mount a Step in the Office--A Machine of Porter’s Power--The Acrobatic Canaries--Monsieur Roger’s Remonstrances--My Father decides that I shall follow my bent......26