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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
·
Professor Hoffmann
127
The
person
addressed
will
probably
select
one
or
other
of
the
numbers
named,
but
you
must
be
prepared
for
the
possibility
of
his
naming
a
smaller
number.
If
he
says
“Four,”
you
have
only
to
ruffle
the
cards
in
your
hand,
or
make
any
other
gesture
which
may
ostensibly
effect
the
transposition;
and
he
will
find
on
examination
that
the
cards
under
his
hand
are
increased
by
four,
according
to
his
desire.
If
he
says
“Three,”
you
say,
“Please
give
me
back
one
card,
to
show
the
others
the
way.”
This
makes
the
number
right.
If
“two”
are
asked
for,
you
may
ask
for
two
cards
to
show
the
way;
or
you
may
say,
“Two,
very
good!
Shall
I
send
a
couple
more
for
anybody
else?”
when
some
one
or
other
is
pretty
sure
to
accept
your
offer.
If
one
only
is
asked
for,
you
must
get
two
or
three
persons
to
take
one
each,
taking
care
always
by
one
or
the
other
expedient
to
make
the
number
correspond
with
the
number
you
have
secretly
added.
While
the
attention
of
the
company
is
attracted
by
the
counting
of
the
cards,
to
see
if
you
have
performed
your
undertaking,
again
palm
the
same
number
of
cards
as
was
last
selected
(suppose
three),
and,
after
the
cards
are
counted,
gather
them
up,
and
give
them
to
some
other
person
to
hold,
adding
to
them
the
three
just
palmed;
then
taking
that
number
of
cards
from
the
top
of
the
pack,
and
again
replacing
them,
say,
“I
will
now
send
these
three
cards
into
your
hands
in
the
same
manner.”
Ruffle
the
cards,
as
before,
and,
upon
examination,
the
number
of
cards
in
the
person’s
hands
will
again
be
found
to
be
increased
by
three.
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