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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
·
Professor Hoffmann
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THE
MESMERISED
WATCH.
TO
MAKE
ANY
WATCH
A
REPEATER.--This
is
a
trick
which
may
be
incidentally
introduced
with
advantage
in
the
course
of
any
illusion
in
which
a
borrowed
watch
is
employed.
The
performer,
addressing
the
owner,
asks
carelessly,
“Is
this
watch
a
repeater?”
The
answer
is
in
the
negative,
and
the
performer
resumes,
“Would
you
like
it
to
become
a
repeater?
I
have
only
to
mesmerise
it
a
little.”
So
saying,
he
makes
pretended
mesmeric
passes
over
the
watch,
every
now
and
then
holding
it
to
his
ear.
At
last
he
says,
“I
think
it
will
do
now.
Let
us
try.”
Taking
the
chain
between
his
finger
and
thumb,
he
lets
the
watch
hang
down
at
full
length
in
front
of
him.
“Come,
watch,
oblige
me
by
telling
us
the
hour
that
last
struck.”
(We
will
suppose
that
the
time
is
twenty
minutes
to
nine.)
To
the
astonishment
of
all,
the
watch
chimes
eight
successive
strokes,
with
a
clear
bell-like
tone.
“Now
the
last
quarter.”
The
watch
chimes
“two”
and
stops.
“You
see,
sir,
that
under
the
mesmeric
influence
your
watch
becomes
a
capital
repeater.
Let
us
test
its
intelligence
still
further.
Here
is
a
pack
of
cards;
will
you
oblige
me
by
drawing
one.
Now,
watch,
tell
me
what
card
this
gentleman
has
taken;
and
answer
in
the
proper
spiritualistic
fashion,
by
three
strokes
for
‘yes,’
and
one
for
‘no.’
Do
you
know
the
card?”
The
watch
chimes
thrice.
“Very
good.
Is
it
a
club?”
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