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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
·
Professor Hoffmann
124
A
CARD
HAVING
BEEN
THOUGHT
OF,
TO
MAKE
SUCH
CARD
VANISH
FROM
THE
PACK,
AND
BE
DISCOVERED
WHEREVER
THE
PERFORMER
PLEASES.--This
trick
should
be
performed
with
twenty-seven
cards
only.
You
deal
the
cards,
face
upwards,
in
three
packs,
requesting
one
of
the
company
to
note
a
card,
and
to
remember
in
which
heap
it
is.
When
you
have
dealt
the
three
heaps,
you
inquire
in
which
heap
the
chosen
card
is,
and
place
the
other
two
heaps,
face
upwards
as
they
lie,
upon
that
heap,
then
turn
over
the
cards,
and
deal
again
in
like
manner.
You
again
inquire
which
heap
the
chosen
card
is
now
in,
place
that
heap
undermost
as
before,
and
deal
again
for
the
third
time,
when
the
card
thought
of
will
be
the
first
card
dealt
of
one
or
other
of
the
three
heaps.
You
have,
therefore,
only
to
bear
in
mind
the
first
card
of
each
heap
to
know,
when
the
proper
heap
is
pointed
out,
what
the
card
is.
You
do
not,
however,
disclose
your
knowledge,
but
gather
up
the
cards
as
before,
with
the
designated
heap
undermost;
when
the
cards
are
turned
over,
that
heap
naturally
becomes
uppermost,
and
the
chosen
card,
being
the
first
card
of
that
heap,
is
now
the
top
card
of
the
pack.
You
palm
this
card,
and
hand
the
remaining
cards
to
be
shuffled.
Having
now
gained
not
only
the
knowledge,
but
the
actual
possession,
of
the
chosen
card,
you
can
finish
the
trick
in
a
variety
of
ways.
You
may,
when
the
pack
is
returned
replace
the
card
on
the
top,
and
giving
the
pack,
face
upwards,
to
a
person
to
hold,
strike
out
of
his
hand
all
but
the
chosen
card
(see
page
44);
or
you
may,
if
you
prefer
it,
name
the
chosen
card,
and
announce
that
it
will
now
leave
the
pack,
and
fly
into
a
person’s
pocket,
or
any
other
place
you
choose
to
name,
where,
it
being
already
in
your
hand,
you
can
very
easily
find
it.
A
very
effective
finish
is
produced
by
taking
haphazard
any
card
from
the
pack,
and
announcing
that
to
be
the
chosen
card,
and
on
being
told
that
it
is
the
wrong
card,
apologizing
for
your
mistake,
and
forthwith
“changing”
it
by
the
fifth
method
(see
page
32)
to
the
right
one.
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