Modern magic : A practical treatise on the art of conjuring. . give you time, but draw alleyes to his hands. Meanwhile,watch your opportunity andslip the card into the tailpocket of one or other of thespectators. Now announcethat you are about to order thetop card, which all have seen,and which Mr. A. is holdingdown so exceedingly tight, tofly away from the pack andinto the pocket of Mr. B.,making the choice apparentlyhap-hazard. On examinationyour commands will be found to have been fulfilled. It has a goodeffect, when practicable, to slip the card into the pocket of the sameperson who is pre
Modern magic : A practical treatise on the art of conjuring. . give you time, but draw alleyes to his hands. Meanwhile,watch your opportunity andslip the card into the tailpocket of one or other of thespectators. Now announcethat you are about to order thetop card, which all have seen,and which Mr. A. is holdingdown so exceedingly tight, tofly away from the pack andinto the pocket of Mr. B.,making the choice apparentlyhap-hazard. On examinationyour commands will be found to have been fulfilled. It has a goodeffect, when practicable, to slip the card into the pocket of the sameperson who is pressing upon the pack. To PLACE THE FoUR KlNGS IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE Pack, and to bring them together by a Simple Cut.—Takethe four kings (or any other four cards at pleasure), and exhibit themfan-wise (see Fig. ,31), but secretly place hehind the second one(the king of diamonds in the figure) two other court-cards of arvdescription, which, being thus hidden behind the king, will not be-visible. The audience being satisfied that the four cards are really. 48 MODERN MAGIC. the four kings, and none other, fold them together, and place them atthe top of the pack. Draw attention to the fact that you are aboutto distribute these four kings in different parts of the pack. Take upthe top card, which, being really a king, you may exhibit withoutapparent intention, and place it at the bottom. Take the next card,which the spectators suppose to be also a king, and place it abouthalf way down the pack, and the next, in like manner, a little the fourth card, which, being actually a king, you may showcarelessly, and replace it on the top of the pack. You have now reallythree kings at the top and one at the bottom, though the audience imagine that they have seenthem distributed in differentparts of the pack, and are pro-portionately surprised, whenthe cards are cut, to find thatall the kings are again to-gether. It is best to use knaves orqutens for the two extra cards,as bein
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