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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
·
Professor Hoffmann
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CHAPTER
XII.
TRICKS
WITH
DOMINOES
AND
DICE.
TO
ARRANGE
A
ROW
OF
DOMINOES
FACE
DOWNWARDS
ON
THE
TABLE,
AND
ON
RETURNING
TO
THE
ROOM
TO
TURN
UP
A
DOMINO
WHOSE
POINTS
SHALL
INDICATE
HOW
MANY
HAVE
BEEN
MOVED
IN
YOUR
ABSENCE.--This
is
a
capital
drawing-room
feat.
You
place
a
row
of
twenty
dominoes
face
downwards
upon
the
table,
avoiding
as
far
as
possible
the
appearance
of
any
special
arrangement,
but
nevertheless
taking
care
that
the
points
of
the
first
domino
(commencing
from
the
left)
shall
amount
to
twelve,
the
points
of
the
second
to
eleven,
and
so
on,
each
decreasing
by
one
point
till
you
reach
the
thirteenth,
which
will
be
the
double-blank.
The
points
of
the
remaining
seven
are
a
matter
of
indifference.
You
now
propose
to
give
the
company
a
specimen
of
your
powers
of
clairvoyance,
and
for
that
purpose
leave
the
room,
first
requesting
the
company
to
remove
during
your
absence
any
number
of
dominoes
(not
exceeding
twelve)
from
the
right
to
the
left
hand
of
the
row,
in
other
respects
retaining
their
order.
On
your
return
you
advance
to
the
table,
and
address
the
company
to
the
following
effect:
“Ladies
and
gentlemen,
as
I
have
already
told
you,
I
have
the
privilege
of
possessing
the
clairvoyant
faculty,
and
I
am
about
to
give
you
a
specimen
of
my
powers.
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