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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
·
Professor Hoffmann
117
THE
INSEPARABLE
ACES.--This
is
really
only
another
form
of
the
last
trick,
though
it
differs
a
good
deal
in
effect.
You
first
pick
out
and
exhibit
on
the
table
the
four
aces,
and
request
some
one
to
replace
them
on
the
pack,
when
you
place
three
other
cards
secretly
upon
them.
This
you
may
either
do
by
bringing
three
cards
from
the
bottom
by
the
pass,
or
you
may,
while
the
company’s
attention
is
occupied
in
examining
the
aces,
palm
three
cards
from
the
top
in
the
right
hand,
and,
after
the
aces
are
replaced
on
the
top,
simply
cover
them
with
that
hand,
thereby
bringing
the
three
palmed
cards
upon
them.
You
now
say,
“I
am
about
to
distribute
these
aces
in
different
parts
of
the
pack;
pray
observe
that
I
do
so
fairly.”
As
you
say
this,
you
take
off
and
hold
up
to
the
audience
the
four
top
cards,
being
the
three
indifferent
cards
with
an
ace
at
the
bottom.
You
cannot,
of
course,
exhibit
them
fanwise,
as
in
the
last
trick,
or
the
deception
would
be
at
once
detected;
but
the
spectators,
seeing
an
ace
at
the
bottom,
and
having
no
particular
reason
for
suspecting
otherwise,
naturally
believe
that
the
cards
you
hold
are
really
the
four
aces.
Laying
the
four
cards
on
the
table,
you
distribute
them,
as
in
the
last
trick,
in
different
parts
of
the
pack;
taking
care,
however,
that
the
last
card
(which
is
the
genuine
ace),
is
placed
among
the
three
already
at
the
top.
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