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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
·
Professor Hoffmann
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Now,
observe,
I
give
but
one
gentle
touch,
not
here
upon
the
table”
(he
raps
the
table
with
his
wand),
“where
you
might
suspect
some
mechanism
or
preparation,
but
here
in
my
empty
hand,
and
instantly,
you
see,
a
ball
appears
at
my
bidding.”
As
he
touches
the
table
with
the
wand,
thereby
drawing
the
eyes
of
the
spectators
in
that
direction,
he
carelessly
drops
his
left
hand
to
his
side,
and
takes
from
the
pochette
and
palms
one
of
the
plain
glass
balls,
which
as
soon
as
the
wand
reaches
his
hand
he
produces
at
the
finger-tips.
“The
ball,
as
you
see,
ladies
and
gentlemen,
is
of
solid
crystal,
without
crack
or
flaw”
(he
takes
it
in
the
right
hand,
tosses
it
up,
and
catches
it
again).
“The
hardest
steel
would
fail
to
chip
it,
and
yet,
by
my
magic
power,
I
am
able
instantly
to
divide
it
into
two
equal
portions,
each
round
and
true
as
the
original.”
At
the
moment
of
tossing
the
ball
in
the
air,
all
eyes
are
naturally
attracted
to
it,
and
the
performer
has
ample
opportunity
to
again
drop
the
left
hand
to
his
side,
and
palm
the
second
ball.
Keeping
this
in
the
palm
of
the
left
hand,
he
transfers
the
first
ball
to
the
finger-tips
of
the
same
hand.
Drawing
the
wand
across
it,
he
allows
it
to
drop
into
the
palm,
and
to
strike
against
the
ball
already
there.
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