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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
·
Professor Hoffmann
155
The
trick
in
this
form
would
not
be
worth
noticing,
save
as
a
prelude
to
a
newer
and
really
good
method
of
performing
the
same
feat.
You
place
on
the
table
two
heaps
of
cards,
each
containing
the
same
number,
say
six
cards,
which
may
be
the
first
that
come
to
hand,
the
value
of
the
cards
being
in
this
case
of
no
consequence.
You
announce
that,
of
the
two
heaps,
one
contains
an
odd
and
the
other
an
even
number.
This
is,
of
course,
untrue;
but
it
is
one
of
the
postulates
of
a
conjuror’s
performance
that
he
may
tell
professionally
as
many
fibs
as
he
likes,
and
that
his
most
solemn
asseverations
are
only
to
be
taken
in
a
Pickwickian
sense.
You
continue,
“I
do
not
tell
you
which
heap
is
odd
and
which
is
even,
but
I
will
predict
to
you,
as
many
times
as
you
like,
which
heap
you
will
choose.
Observe,
I
do
not
influence
your
choice
in
any
way.
I
may
tell
you
that
you
will
this
time
choose
the
heap
containing
the
odd
number.”
While
delivering
this
harangue,
you
take
the
opportunity
of
palming
in
your
right
hand
a
single
card
from
the
top
of
the
pack,
and
place
the
remainder
of
the
cards
apart
on
the
table.
When
the
audience
have
made
their
choice,
you
pick
up
the
chosen
heap
with
the
right
hand,
thereby
adding
the
palmed
card
to
that
heap,
and,
coming
forward,
ask
some
one
to
verify
your
prediction.
The
number
is,
naturally,
found
to
be
odd.
You
then
bring
forward
the
second
heap,
which
is
found
to
be
even.
Join
the
two
heaps
together,
and
again
separate
them,
palming
the
top
card
of
the
odd
heap,
replace
the
two
heaps
on
the
table,
and
this
time
predict
that
the
audience
will
choose
the
heap
containing
the
even
number.
When
they
have
made
their
selection,
you
have
only
to
pick
up
the
non-chosen
heap
with
the
hand
containing
the
palmed
card,
and
the
chosen
heap
with
the
empty
hand.
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