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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
·
Professor Hoffmann
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You
may,
by
way
of
variation,
pretend
to
forget
that
a
fourth
person
drew
two
cards,
and,
after
making
the
pass
as
before,
appear
to
be
about
to
proceed
to
another
trick.
You
will
naturally
be
reminded
that
So-and-so
drew
two
cards.
Apologizing
for
the
oversight,
you
beg
him
to
say
what
his
cards
were.
When
he
does
so,
you
say,
“To
tell
you
the
truth
I
have
quite
lost
sight
of
them;
but
it
is
of
no
consequence,
I
can
easily
find
them
again.”
Then
nipping
the
upper
end
of
the
cards
between
the
thumb
and
second
finger
of
the
right
hand,
which
should
be
slightly
moistened,
you
make
the
pack
swing,
pendulum
fashion,
a
few
inches
backwards
and
forwards,
when
the
whole
of
the
intermediate
cards
will
fall
out,
leaving
the
top
and
bottom
card
alone
in
your
hand.
These
you
hand
to
the
drawer,
who
is
compelled
to
acknowledge
them
as
the
cards
he
drew.
TO
MAKE
TWO
CARDS,
EACH
FIRMLY
HELD
BY
A
DIFFERENT
PERSON,
CHANGE
PLACES.--For
the
purpose
of
this
trick
you
must
have
a
duplicate
of
some
one
of
the
cards,
say
the
knave
of
spades,
and
you
must
arrange
your
pack
beforehand
as
follows:
The
bottom
card
must
be
a
knave
of
spades;
the
next
to
it
an
indifferent
card,
say
the
nine
of
diamonds;
and
next
above
that,
the
second
knave
of
spades.
You
come
forward
carelessly
shuffling
the
cards
(which
you
may
do
as
freely
as
you
please
as
to
all
above
the
three
mentioned),
and
finish
by
placing
the
undermost
knave
of
spades
on
the
top.
The
bottom
card
will
now
be
the
nine
of
diamonds,
with
a
knave
of
spades
next
above
it.
Holding
up
the
pack
in
your
left
hand,
in
such
a
position
as
to
be
ready
to
“draw
back”
the
bottom
card
(see
page
36),
you
say,
“Will
you
all
be
kind
enough
to
notice
and
remember
the
bottom
card,
which
I
will
place
on
the
table
here,
so
as
to
be
in
sight
of
everybody.”
So
saying,
you
drop
the
pack
to
the
horizontal
position,
and
draw
out
with
the
middle
finger
of
the
right
hand
apparently
the
bottom
card,
but
really
slide
back
that
card,
and
take
the
one
next
to
it
(the
knave
of
spades),
which
you
lay
face
downwards
on
the
table,
and
ask
some
one
to
cover
with
his
hand.
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