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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
·
Professor Hoffmann
655
As
the
reader
will
doubtless
have
anticipated,
the
coins
are
already
in
the
cash-box
when
the
latter
is
hung
to
the
cords.
They
are
concealed
by
a
moveable
flap
lying
close
against
one
of
the
wooden
sides,
in
which
position
it
is
maintained
by
a
spring,
until
an
electric
current
is
despatched
along
the
cords.
This
brings
into
action
an
electro-magnet,
hidden
in
the
thickness
of
the
box,
thereby
causing
the
flap
to
be
momentarily
lifted,
and
the
coins
to
escape
into
the
interior
of
the
box.
When
the
performer,
having
exhibited
the
preliminary
trick
with
the
borrowed
coins,
places
them
apparently
upon
the
table,
he
in
reality
exchanges
them,
and
places
the
substitutes
on
the
“money-trap”
described
at
page
446,
leaving
the
genuine
coins
within
reach
of
his
assistant,
who
forthwith
carries
them
off
behind
the
scenes,
and
places
them
in
readiness
under
the
flap
of
the
cash-box.
The
performer
having
attached
the
box
to
the
cords,
and
set
it
in
motion,
apparently
picks
up
the
heap
of
coins,
which
really
sink
into
the
table.[O]
When
the
word
“Three”
is
spoken,
he
opens
the
right
hand,
which
is
seen
empty,
and
the
assistant
behind
the
scenes,
taking
the
same
word
as
a
signal,
presses
the
connecting
stud,
and
completes
the
circuit.
The
flap
is
momentarily
lifted,
and
the
borrowed
coins
are
heard
and
seen
to
fall
within
the
box.
[O]
If
his
table
is
not
provided
with
the
money-trap,
the
performer
may
really
pick
up
the
coins
with
his
left
hand,
and
thence,
by
the
tourniquet,
apparently
take
them
in
the
right,
keeping
the
right
hand
closed
as
if
containing
them.
While
the
attention
of
the
spectators
is
thus
drawn
to
the
right
hand,
the
left
may
fall
carelessly
to
the
side,
and
deposit
the
coins
in
the
pochette.
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