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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
·
Professor Hoffmann
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the
four
asterisks
representing
any
four
indifferent
cards.
This
special
arrangement
is,
of
course,
unknown
to
the
audience.
You
now
offer
to
leave
the
room,
and
invite
the
audience,
during
your
absence,
to
remove
any
number
of
the
cards
(not
exceeding
ten)
from
the
right
hand
end
of
the
row,
and
place
them,
in
the
same
order,
at
the
other
end
of
the
row.
On
your
return,
you
have
only
to
turn
up
the
eleventh
card,
counting
from
the
beginning
or
left
hand
end,
which
will
indicate
by
its
points
the
number
of
cards
removed.
A
few
examples
will
illustrate
this
fact.
Thus,
suppose
that
two
cards
only
have
been
removed
from
the
right
to
the
left
hand
end,
the
row
thus
altered
will
be
as
follows:--
*,
*,
10,
9,
8,
7,
6,
5,
4,
3,
[2],
1,
0,
*,
*.
The
eleventh
card
from
the
left
will
be
a
two,
being
the
number
moved.
Suppose
that
seven
cards
have
been
removed,
the
new
arrangement
will
be--
2,
1,
0,
*,
*,
*,
*,
10,
9,
8,
[7],
6,
5,
4,
3,
and
the
card
in
the
eleventh
place
will
be
a
seven.
Suppose
the
audience
avail
themselves
of
your
permission
to
the
fullest
extent,
and
remove
ten
cards,
the
same
result
follows.
5,
4,
3,
2,
1,
0,
*,
*,
*,
*,
[10],
9,
8,
7,
6.
If
no
card
is
moved,
the
0
will
remain
the
eleventh
card,
as
it
was
at
first.
If
you
repeat
the
trick
a
second
time,
you
must
replace
the
cards
moved
in
their
original
positions.
Do
not,
if
you
can
possibly
help
it,
allow
the
audience
to
perceive
that
you
count
the
cards.
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