eorge. Mr.
Holiday invited Mr. George to go with them for the remainder of the
ride. This invitation Mr. George accepted; and so the two gentlemen
taking the back seat, and Rollo and Carlos the front, Alfred took them
all back to the Elysian Fields together.

They remained nearly an hour in the Elysian Fields. During this time
Rollo's father and his uncle George staid in the carriage by the
roadside, talking together, while Rollo and Carlos went in among the
walks and groves to see the various spectacles which were exhibited
there. They would come back from time to time to the carriage, in order
that Rollo might describe to his father what they found, or ask
permission to take part in some amusement. For instance, at one time he
came and said, very eagerly,--

"Father, here is a great whirling machine, with ships and horses going
round and round. Carlos and I want to ride on it. The horses are in
pairs, two together. Carlos can get on one of them, in one of the pairs,
and I on the other. We can go round twenty times for two sous."

"Very well," said his father.

So Rollo and Carlos went back to the whirling machine. It was very
large, and was very gayly painted, and ornamented with flags and
banners. The vessels and the horses were attached to the ends of long
arms, which were supported by iron rods that came down from the top of
the central post, so that they were very strong. The horses were as
large as small ponies, and the vessels were as big as little boats--each
one having seats for four children. When Rollo and Carlos went back, the
machine had just taken up its complement of passengers for one turn, and
was then commencing its rotation. There were a great many persons
standing by it, pleased to see how happy the children were in going
round so merrily. There was an iron paling all around the machine, to
keep the spectators at a safe distance, otherwise they might come too
near, and so be struck, and perhaps seriously hurt, by the horses or the
boats, when they were put in motion.

As soon as the twenty turns had been taken the machine stopped, and the
children who had had their ride were taken off the horses and out of the
boats, all except a few who were going to pay again and have a second
ride. Rollo and Carlos then went inside the enclosure, and, going up
some steps placed there for the purpose, they mounted their horses.
Very soon the machine began to revolve, and they were whirled round and
round twe