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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
·
Professor Hoffmann
138
[F]
It
will
be
observed
that
this
trick
is
terminated
after
the
manner
described
at
page
45,
to
which
the
reader
is
recommended
to
refer,
as
the
above
description
will
be
more
clearly
intelligible
by
the
aid
of
the
further
explanations
there
given.
There
is
another
method
of
performing
this
trick,
which
dispenses
with
the
necessity
of
“turning
over”
the
pack.
In
this
case,
as
you
place
the
four
aces
on
the
top
of
the
pack,
you
insert
the
little
finger
of
the
left
hand
under
the
three
uppermost,
and
make
the
pass
to
bring
these
three
to
the
bottom,
still,
however,
keeping
the
finger
between
them
and
the
rest
of
the
pack.
You
deal
out
the
four
top
cards
(supposed
to
be
the
four
aces),
as
above,
and
three
others
on
each
of
the
three
non-aces.
You
next
ask
some
person
to
draw
any
three
cards
(taking
care
not
to
let
him
draw
one
of
the
three
at
the
bottom),
and
place
them
at
the
top
of
the
pack.
The
moment
he
has
done
so,
you
again
make
the
pass,
thus
bringing
the
three
aces
upon
them.
You
then
say,
taking
off
(without
showing)
the
three
top
cards,
“Now
I
will
take
these
three
cards,
freely
drawn
from
the
middle
of
the
pack,
and
place
them
here
on
this
last
ace.”
From
this
point
the
course
of
the
trick
is
the
same
as
already
described.
TO
CHANGE
THE
FOUR
ACES,
HELD
TIGHTLY
BY
A
PERSON,
INTO
FOUR
INDIFFERENT
CARDS.--This
is
a
most
brilliant
trick,
and
puzzles
even
adepts
in
card-conjuring.
In
combination
with
the
“Shower
of
Aces,”
which
next
follows,
it
was
one
of
the
principal
feats
of
the
Elder
Conus,
and
subsequently
of
the
celebrated
Comte.
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