[Illustration: Fig. 17.]
One, two, three, and an _off_! I mean _on_!
You will observe that Richard is himself again—as rich and hard as ever.
[Illustration: Fig. 18.]
_Explanation._—For the appearance of the entire objects, the enchanted
target described on page 194, _The Secret Out_, is used, with the
following additional contrivance for the china plate restoration,
namely:—The duplicate plate is covered, as are the other articles, with
a black blind, made to disappear into the frame by an electric shock, or
the action of a piston-rod, while a scrap of black cloth to be pulled
away by a wire leading secretly to your assistant, gives it the
semblance of a broken one.