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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
·
Professor Hoffmann
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This
trick
should
be
performed
with
considerable
quickness
and
vivacity,
so
as
not
to
give
the
audience
much
time
for
thought
as
you
name
the
cards.
It
is
further
necessary
that
the
spectators
be
well
in
front
of
you,
and
so
placed
that
they
cannot
see
the
faces
of
the
cards
as
you
pick
them
up.
TO
ALLOW
A
PERSON
SECRETLY
TO
THINK
OF
A
CARD,
AND
DIVIDING
THE
PACK
INTO
THREE
HEAPS,
TO
CAUSE
THE
CARD
THOUGHT
OF
TO
APPEAR
IN
WHICHEVER
HEAP
THE
COMPANY
MAY
CHOOSE.--Hand
the
pack
to
the
company,
with
a
request
that
they
will
well
shuffle
it.
When
it
is
returned,
cut
the
pack
into
three
heaps
on
the
table,
and
invite
some
one
to
secretly
think
of
a
card.
When
he
has
done
so,
say
boldly,
“The
card
you
have
thought
of
is
in
this
heap,”
touching
one
of
them--say
the
middle
one.
“Will
you
be
kind
enough
to
name
it?”
The
person
names,
say,
the
queen
of
spades.
You
continue,
“Your
card,
as
I
have
already
told
you,
is
in
this
centre
heap.
To
satisfy
you
that
it
is
so,
and
that
I
do
not
now
place
it
there
by
means
of
any
sleight-of-hand,
I
will,
in
the
first
place,
show
you
that
it
is
not
in
either
of
the
other
heaps.”
Gathering
together
the
two
heaps
in
question,
and
turning
them
face
upwards,
you
come
forward
to
the
audience,
rapidly
spreading
and
running
over
the
cards
the
while
in
order
to
ascertain
whether
the
queen
of
spades
is
among
them.
If
it
is
not,
the
trick
has
so
far
succeeded
without
any
trouble
on
your
part;
and,
after
showing
that
the
card
is
not
among
those
you
hold,
you
bring
forward
the
remaining
packet,
and
show
that
you
were
correct
in
your
assertion.
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