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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
·
Professor Hoffmann
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These
mechanical
cards
are
used
in
various
ways.
Such
a
card
may
be
introduced
with
good
effect
in
the
trick
of
the
“rising
cards,”
before
described.
The
king
of
spades,
we
will
suppose,
is
one
of
the
cards
drawn.
The
changing
card
is
made
one
of
those
which
rise
from
the
pack,
but
is
so
arranged
as
to
appear
as
the
king
of
hearts.
When
the
king
of
spades
is
called
for,
this
card
rises.
The
performer
feigns
to
be
taken
by
surprise,
and
asks
the
person
who
drew
the
card
whether
he
is
sure
he
is
not
mistaken,
and
that
the
card
he
drew
was
not
the
king
of
hearts.
The
drawer
naturally
maintains
the
correctness
of
his
own
recollection,
while
the
performer
as
stoutly
insists
that
the
cards
never
deceive
him,
and
that,
if
the
king
of
spades
had
been
drawn,
the
king
of
spades
would
infallibly
have
risen
when
called.
At
last,
as
if
tired
of
the
dispute,
he
says,
“Well,
I
still
maintain
you
were
mistaken;
but
as
you
insist
that
your
card
was
the
king
of
spades,
why,
we
will
make
this
into
a
king
of
spades.”
So
saying,
and
holding
up
the
card
between
his
middle
finger
and
thumb,
he
touches
its
face
with
his
wand,
and
at
the
same
moment
with
the
first
finger
moves
the
slide,
when
the
card
changes
to
the
king
of
spades.
The
little
dispute
as
to
the
supposed
mistake,
which
the
audience
have
hitherto
believed
to
be
genuine,
gives
to
the
transformation
an
impromptu
air
which
is
very
effective.
The
performer
may
go
on
to
say,
still
holding
up
the
card,
“You
are
quite
satisfied
now,
I
presume.”
The
drawer
assents.
“Then
if
so,
as
it
would
spoil
my
pack
to
have
two
kings
of
spades
in
it,
you
will
allow
me,
before
proceeding
further,
to
change
the
card
back
again.
Change!”
Again
he
touches
the
card
with
his
wand,
and
it
is
seen
to
change
back
again
to
the
king
of
hearts.
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