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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
·
Professor Hoffmann
355
Again,
you
hold
the
edges
to
the
candle,
but
this
time,
as
if
by
accident,
you
let
the
flames
fairly
catch
hold
of
the
handkerchief,
which
you
are
compelled
to
drop
upon
a
plate
or
tray,
and
to
let
it
burn
itself
out.
For
a
moment,
you
feign
to
be
embarrassed,
and
the
audience
are
half
inclined
to
believe
that
you
have
made
a
mistake,
and
your
trick
has
failed;
but
you
quickly
recover
your
confidence,
and
remark,
“This
is
not
precisely
what
I
intended,
ladies
and
gentlemen.
I
am
afraid
I
have
made
a
little
mistake,
but
fortunately
it
is
easily
remedied.
The
fact
is,
I
forgot
to
pronounce
the
magic
word
at
the
right
moment,
and
the
handkerchief
has
in
consequence
stopped
short
at
the
first
stage
of
transmigration.
To
make
it
pass
into
the
second
stage,
that
of
renewed
existence,
I
must
again
employ
the
agency
of
fire.
See,
I
place
the
ashes
in
my
magic
pistol,
and
ram
them
down
with
the
mystic
wand.
Now
what
shall
I
aim
at?
Ah!
the
candle
on
the
table!
A
capital
mark,
and
as
it
has
been
before
you
throughout
the
trick,
you
know
that
it
cannot
have
undergone
any
preparation.”
(You
fire,
aiming
at
the
candle.)
“Did
you
see
it
pass?
No.
It
has
done
so,
nevertheless;
but
I
must
have
put
in
a
little
too
much
powder,
for
it
has
gone
right
into
the
candle.”
(You
bring
the
candle
forward.)
“Will
some
one
oblige
me
by
seeing
if
it
is
really
in
the
candle.”
The
candle
is
broken
in
half,
and
the
handkerchief
is
found
embedded
therein.
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