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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
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Professor Hoffmann
654
The
performer
commences
by
borrowing
(say)
eight
half-crowns,
the
owner
of
each
being
requested
to
mark
it
for
the
purpose
of
identification.
With
these
the
performer
exhibits
any
trick
whose
leading
feature
is
the
passage
of
the
coin
from
some
one
place
to
another.
The
trick
having
been
performed,
and
the
money
identified,
the
operator,
still
retaining
it,
returns
to
the
stage,
and
placing
the
coins
upon
the
table,
addresses
the
audience
to
the
following
effect:
“Ladies
and
gentlemen,
I
have
given
you
a
slight
specimen
of
the
certainty
and
speed
with
which
I
can
make
money
travel.
Who
would
go
to
the
trouble
and
expense
of
Post-office
orders
when
by
simply
taking
the
money
in
his
hand,
and
saying,
‘Pass,’
he
might
make
it
fly
direct
into
the
pocket
of
his
correspondent?
But
I
will
give
you
another
and
a
still
more
surprising
illustration.”
(Here
the
assistant
brings
in
the
crystal
cash-box.)
“Here
is
a
wooden
box,
closed
on
all
sides,
but
with
glass
top
and
bottom,
so
that
you
may
see
for
yourselves
that
there
is
no
mechanism
or
preparation
about
it.
Now
I
propose
to
pass
these
eight
half-crowns,
the
identical
half-crowns
marked
by
yourselves,
into
this
closed
box.
Where
shall
I
place
the
box,
so
as
to
be
at
a
distance
from
me,
and
at
the
same
time
in
full
view
of
all
present?
Perhaps
the
best
thing
I
can
do
with
it
will
be
to
fasten
it
to
these
two
silk
cords
hanging
from
the
ceiling.
I
will
set
the
box
swinging”
(he
does
so),
“so
that
you
can
all
see
that
it
is
empty.
Now
I
will
take
the
money,
and
stand
in
any
part
of
the
room
you
like.”
(He
walks
to
the
chosen
spot.)
“Will
some
one
oblige
me
by
counting
three
in
a
distinct
voice.”
One
of
the
spectators
does
so,
and
the
performer
at
the
last
word
makes
the
motion
of
throwing
the
money
towards
the
cash-box,
in
which
it
is
instantly
seen
and
heard
to
fall,
his
hand
at
the
same
moment
appearing
empty.
The
cash-box
is
taken
down,
and
the
money
returned
to
the
owners,
who
identify
it
as
that
which
they
had
marked.
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