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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
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Professor Hoffmann
256
TO
MAKE
A
MARKED
SIXPENCE
VANISH
FROM
A
HANDKERCHIEF,
AND
BE
FOUND
IN
THE
CENTRE
OF
AN
APPLE
OR
ORANGE
PREVIOUSLY
EXAMINED.--Have
ready,
concealed
in
either
hand,
a
sixpence
of
your
own,
with
a
little
wax
smeared
on
one
side
of
it.
Roll
another
minute
portion
of
wax
into
a
round
ball
half
the
size
of
a
peppercorn,
and
press
it
lightly
upon
the
lowest
button
of
your
waistcoat,
so
that
you
may
be
able
to
find
it
instantly
when
wanted.
You
must
also
have
at
hand
an
ordinary
full-sized
table-knife
and
a
plate
of
oranges.
You
begin
by
borrowing
a
sixpence
(requesting
the
owner
to
mark
it)
and
a
handkerchief.
You
spread
the
handkerchief
flat
on
the
table,
with
its
sides
square
with
those
of
the
table.
Then
standing
behind
your
table,
you
place
ostensibly
the
borrowed
sixpence,
but
really
your
own
(with
the
waxed
side
up),
in
the
centre
of
the
handkerchief,
then
fold
over
the
corners,
one
by
one,
beginning
with
one
of
those
nearest
to
yourself,
in
such
manner
that
each
shall
overlap
the
sixpence
by
about
an
inch,
gently
pressing
each
corner
as
you
fold
it
down.
Ask
some
one
to
come
forward,
and
ascertain
by
feeling
the
handkerchief,
that
the
sixpence
is
really
there.
Then
offer
the
knife
for
inspection,
and
after
all
are
satisfied
that
it
is
without
preparation,
hand
the
plate
of
oranges
to
be
examined
in
like
manner,
requesting
the
audience
to
choose
one
for
the
purpose
of
the
trick.
While
they
do
so,
your
fingers
go
in
search
of
the
little
ball
of
wax,
and
press
it
against
one
side
of
the
marked
sixpence,
which
still
remains
in
your
hand.
Press
the
sixpence
against
one
side
of
the
blade
of
the
knife,
at
about
the
middle
of
its
length,
and
lay
the
knife
on
the
table,
the
sixpence
adhering
to
its
under
side.
Then
taking
hold
of
the
handkerchief,
as
represented
in
Fig.
81,
and
blowing
on
its
centre,
draw
the
hands
quickly
apart.
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