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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
·
Professor Hoffmann
545
The
explanation
of
this
surprising
result
is
simplicity
itself.
The
reader,
with
his
present
knowledge,
will
readily
conjecture
that,
as
to
the
rings,
a
substitution
is
effected;
but
he
may
not
so
easily
guess
the
manner
of
such
substitution.
It
will
be
remembered
that
the
rings
were
collected
by
the
assistant
on
the
performer’s
wand.
This
arrangement,
which
is
ostensibly
adopted
to
prevent,
in
reality
facilitates
an
exchange.
The
assistant
makes
his
collection
with
three
dummy
rings
placed
beforehand
on
the
lower
end
of
the
wand,
and
concealed
by
the
hand
in
which
he
holds
it;
which,
we
will
suppose,
is
the
right
hand.
In
returning
to
the
stage,
he
takes
hold
with
the
left
hand
of
the
opposite
end
of
the
wand,
and
allows
the
borrowed
rings
to
run
down
into
that
hand,
at
the
same
moment
releasing
the
dummy
rings
from
the
right
hand,
and
allowing
them
to
run
upon
the
middle
of
the
wand
in
place
of
the
others.
He
now
has
the
borrowed
rings
in
his
left
hand,
and
(laying
the
wand
with
the
substitutes
on
the
table)
carries
them
off
with
him
to
prepare
for
the
dénouement
of
the
trick.
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