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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
·
Professor Hoffmann
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You
begin
by
drawing
attention
to
your
magic
cap
and
die,
late
the
property
of
the
king
of
the
fairies.
In
order
to
exhibit
their
mystic
powers,
you
request
the
loan
of
half-a-dozen
halfpence
(the
number
must,
of
course,
correspond
with
that
of
your
own
pile),
and,
while
they
are
being
collected,
you
take
the
opportunity
to
slip
the
little
cap
over
your
prepared
pile,
which
should
be
placed
ready
to
hand
behind
some
small
object
on
the
table,
so
as
to
be
unseen
by
the
spectators.
Pressing
the
side
of
the
cap,
you
lift
the
pile
with
it,
and
place
the
whole
together
in
full
view,
in
close
proximity
to
the
die.
The
required
halfpence
having
been
now
collected,
you
beg
all
to
observe
that
you
place
the
leather
cap
(which
the
spectators
suppose
to
be
empty)
fairly
over
the
die.
Taking
the
genuine
coins
in
either
hand,
you
pretend,
by
one
or
other
of
the
passes,
to
transfer
them
to
the
other.
Holding
the
hand
which
is
now
supposed
to
contain
the
coins
immediately
above
the
cap,
you
announce
that
they
will
at
your
command
pass
under
the
cap,
from
which
the
die
will
disappear
to
make
room
for
them.
Saying,
“One,
two,
three!
Pass!”
you
open
your
hand,
and
show
that
the
coins
have
vanished.
If
you
use
a
regular
table,
you
may
place
them
on
the
servante,
and
show
both
hands
empty;
and
then,
lifting
up
the
cap
by
the
button,
you
show
the
hollow
pile,
covering
the
die,
and
appearing
to
be
the
genuine
coins.
Once
more
covering
the
pile
with
the
cap,
you
announce
that
you
will
again
extract
the
coins,
and
replace
the
die;
and
to
make
the
trick
still
more
extraordinary,
you
will
this
time
pass
the
coins
right
through
the
table.
Placing
the
hand
which
holds
the
genuine
coins
beneath
the
table,
and
once
more
saying,
“One,
two,
three!
Pass!”
you
chink
the
coins,
and,
bringing
them
up,
place
them
on
the
table.
Again
picking
up
the
cap,
but
this
time
pressing
its
sides,
you
lift
up
the
hollow
pile
with
it,
and
disclose
the
die.
Quickly
transfer
the
cap,
without
the
pile,
to
the
other
hand,
and
place
it
on
the
table,
to
bear
the
brunt
of
examination,
while
you
get
rid
of
the
prepared
coins.
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