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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
·
Professor Hoffmann
185
Before
returning
to
the
audience,
you
prepare
it
as
follows:--Taking
it
in
your
right
hand
in
the
ordinary
manner,
you
draw
down
with
the
other
hand
the
pierced
card,
and
slide
the
card
endways
into
the
receptacle
on
the
hilt.
The
elastic,
which
is
now
stretched
to
double
its
ordinary
length,
will
pull
at
the
card
pretty
tightly;
but
you
retain
it
in
position
by
pressing
on
the
face
of
the
card
with
the
second
and
third
fingers
of
the
hand
that
grasps
the
hilt.
Having
done
this,
you
return
to
the
audience,
taking
care
so
to
stand
that
the
back
of
the
hand
that
holds
the
sword
shall
be
towards
them.
When
the
cards
are
flung
in
the
air,
as
already
described,
you
make
a
lunge
among
them,
and
at
the
same
moment
relax
the
pressure
of
the
fingers
on
the
pierced
card.
The
elastic,
being
thus
released,
flies
rapidly
back
to
its
original
position,
and
carries
the
moveable
tip,
and
with
it
the
card,
to
the
end
of
the
blade,
by
which
the
card
appears
to
be
transfixed,
as
in
Fig.
41.
The
movement
of
the
sword
in
the
lunge,
coupled
with
that
of
the
falling
cards,
completely
covers
the
rapid
flight
of
the
pierced
card
from
hilt
to
point.
To
get
the
card
off
the
sword,
pull
it
down
the
blade,
and
tear
it
roughly
off.
When
you
have
taken
off
the
card,
drop
the
point
of
the
sword,
and
hand
the
card
at
once
to
the
drawer
for
examination.
This
serves
to
divert
attention,
not
only
from
the
sword
itself,
but
also
from
the
cards
scattered
on
the
ground,
among
which
the
one
actually
drawn
still
remains.
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