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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
·
Professor Hoffmann
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The
performer
comes
forward
with
the
pistol
in
one
hand
and
the
ramrod
in
the
other,
and
having
a
small
charge
of
gunpowder,
screwed
up
in
a
bit
of
soft
paper,
concealed
between
the
second
and
third
fingers
of
his
right
hand.
He
hands
the
pistol
and
ramrod
for
inspection.
While
they
are
under
examination,
he
asks,
“Can
any
lady
or
gentleman
oblige
me
with
a
little
gunpowder?”
Nobody
answers,
and
he
continues,
addressing
some
mild
elderly
gentleman,
“Perhaps
you
can
accommodate
me,
sir?”
The
elderly
gentleman
naturally
replies
that
he
is
not
in
the
habit
of
carrying
gunpowder
about
with
him.
“Excuse
me,”
says
the
performer,
“but
I
fancy
you
have
a
small
packet
of
powder
under
your
coat-collar.
Permit
me!”
and
drawing
his
hand
gently
down
beneath
the
collar,
he
produces
the
little
packet.
This
he
hands
to
the
person
who
is
holding
the
pistol,
with
a
request
that
he
will
load
it.
While
he
puts
in
the
powder,
the
performer
drops
his
left
hand
to
the
pochette,
and
palms
the
little
bag
of
bullets,
which
he
forthwith
produces
from
a
gentleman’s
hat,
or
a
lady’s
muff.[N]
From
among
the
bullets
he
requests
the
person
who
put
in
the
powder
to
select
and
mark
one.
While
this
is
done,
he
himself
takes
the
pistol
in
his
left
hand,
holding
it
muzzle
upwards,
and
in
the
act
of
transferring
it
with
apparent
carelessness
to
the
other
hand,
secretly
drops
into
it
the
little
tube,
the
open
end
upwards.
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