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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
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Professor Hoffmann
268
The
performer
begins
by
tendering
the
box
for
examination,
keeping
the
while
the
prepared
halfpenny
palmed
in
his
right
hand.
When
the
box
has
been
sufficiently
inspected,
he
borrows
a
halfpenny
from
the
audience,
and
secretly
exchanges
it
for
his
own,
taking
care
that
the
spectators
only
see
the
unprepared
side
of
the
latter.
He
then
announces
that
this
box,
apparently
so
simple,
has
the
singular
faculty
of
causing
the
disappearance
of
any
money
entrusted
to
its
keeping,
as
they
will
perceive
when
he
places
in
it
the
halfpenny
he
has
just
borrowed.
He
places
the
halfpenny
in
it
accordingly,
holding
it
with
the
uncovered
side
towards
the
audience,
but
letting
it
so
fall
that
it
shall
lie
in
the
box
with
the
papered
side
upwards.
He
now
puts
the
lid
on,
and
shakes
the
box
up
and
down,
to
show
by
the
rattling
of
the
coin
that
it
is
still
there.
He
desires
the
audience
to
say
when
they
would
wish
the
coin
to
leave
the
box,
and
on
receiving
their
commands,
touches
the
lid
with
his
wand,
and
again
shakes
the
box.
This
time,
however,
he
shakes
it
laterally,
and
as
in
this
direction
the
coin
exactly
fits
the
box,
it
has
no
room
to
rattle,
and
is
therefore
silent.
He
boldly
asserts
that
the
coin
is
gone,
and
opening
the
box,
shows
the
inside
to
the
spectators,
who
seeing,
as
they
suppose,
the
papered
bottom,
are
constrained
to
admit
that
it
is
empty.
Once
again
he
closes
the
box,
and
touches
it
with
the
wand,
announcing
that
he
will
compel
the
coin
to
return.
Shaking
the
box
up
and
down,
it
is
again
heard
to
rattle.
Taking
off
the
lid,
he
turns
the
box
upside
down,
and
drops
the
coin
into
his
hand.
This
brings
it
out
with
the
papered
side
undermost,
and
so
hidden.
Again
handing
the
box
to
be
examined,
he
exchanges
the
prepared
halfpenny
for
the
one
which
was
lent
to
him,
and
which
he
now
returns
to
the
owner
with
thanks.
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