I have it from the man who supplies the Emperor of Austria, though I think I may say that I get the cream of it." He struck twice upon one of the piano-notes, and sat expectant.

With a sharp click at the end of ten seconds a sliding shutter flew open, and a small tray protruded bearing two long tapering Venetian glasses filled with wine.
"It works very nicely," said Raffles Haw.

"It is quite a new thing--never before done, as far as I know.

You see the names of the various wines and so on printed on the notes.

By pressing the note down I complete an electric circuit which causes the tap in the cellars beneath to remain open long enough to fill the glass which always stands beneath it.