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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
·
Professor Hoffmann
528
The
performer
begins
by
asking
the
loan
of
three
rings,
to
be
fired
from
his
magic
pistol.
To
preclude
the
possibility
of
their
being
exchanged,
he
requests
the
owners
to
drop
them
into
the
pistol
themselves.
First,
however,
by
way
of
wad,
he
takes
a
small
piece
of
white
paper,
and
presses
its
centre
portion
into
the
mouth
of
the
pistol
tube,
its
edges
projecting
all
round,
and
forming
a
sort
of
cup
to
receive
the
rings.
Three
rings
having
been
offered,
and
dropped
into
the
pistol,
the
performer
closes
over
the
edges
of
the
paper,
and
presses
them
down
with
his
wand,
the
effect
being
as
if
the
rings
were
fairly
rammed
down
into
the
pistol,
though
they
really
remain
in
the
cup,
just
within
the
mouth.
He
now
hands
the
pistol
to
one
of
the
spectators,
requesting
him
to
hold
it
muzzle
upwards
above
his
head.
In
handing
it
to
him,
he
places
for
a
moment
his
own
right
hand
over
the
mouth
of
the
tube,
his
palm
being
flat
upon
it,
and
in
again
removing
the
hand
lifts
out
and
palms
the
cup
(which
the
projecting
edge
enables
him
to
do
with
perfect
ease).
He
has
thus
obtained
possession
of
the
rings.
(As
the
holder
of
the
pistol
has
been
instructed
to
hold
it
above
his
head,
he
is
not
very
likely
to
look
into
it;
but
lest
he
should
do
so,
and
discover
that
the
rings
are
already
removed,
it
is
well
to
place
in
the
tube
beforehand
a
piece
of
crumpled
white
paper,
to
represent
that
which
contained
the
rings.)
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