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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
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Professor Hoffmann
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THE
WATCH-MORTAR
AND
THE
MAGIC
PISTOL.--The
watch-mortar
is
an
apparatus
in
the
form
of
an
ordinary
mortar,
with
a
pestle
to
match.
Suggesting
to
the
owner
of
the
borrowed
timekeeper
that
it
wants
regulating,
you
offer
to
undertake
that
duty
for
him.
He
probably
declines,
but
you
take
no
notice
of
his
remonstrances,
and,
placing
his
watch
in
the
mortar,
bring
down
the
pestle
with
a
heavy
thump
upon
it.
A
smash,
as
of
broken
glass,
is
heard,
and,
after
sufficient
pounding,
you
empty
the
fragments
of
the
watch
into
your
hand,
to
the
horror
of
the
owner.
You
offer
to
return
the
fragments,
but
he
naturally
objects
to
receive
them,
and
insists
that
you
restore
the
watch
in
the
same
condition
as
when
it
was
handed
to
you.
After
a
little
discussion,
you
agree
to
do
so,
premising
that
you
can
only
effect
the
object
through
the
agency
of
fire.
Fetching
a
loaf
of
bread,
you
place
it
on
the
table
in
view
of
the
company.
Then
wrapping
the
fragments
of
the
watch
in
paper,
you
place
them
in
a
pistol,
and,
aiming
at
the
loaf,
request
the
owner
of
the
watch
to
give
the
signal
to
fire.
The
word
is
given,
“One,
two,
three--Bang!”
Stepping
up
to
the
loaf,
you
bring
it
forward
to
the
spectators,
and
tearing
it
asunder,
exhibit
in
its
very
centre
the
borrowed
watch,
completely
restored,
and
bright
as
when
it
first
left
the
maker’s
hands.
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