Magic 1
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A Magic card that has been drawn by one of the audience and replaced in the magical pack is brought by means of "the pass" next to the top card of the pack. The magician asks at what number, counting from the top, the audience would like the selected magic card to appear. Let us suppose that number eight is decided on. Holding the magical pack in his lefthand the magician shows that it is neither the bottom nor the top card. Taking the top card off the magic pack and holding it between thethumb andfingers of the righthand, face down, he counts "one." The second card (the selected one) follows immediately as "two," but instead of putting it on top of "one," which he holds in his righthand, he puts it under, his handsmoving together slightly and quickly up and down, prevent the audience from seeing just whether the card goes on the top or the bottom of "one," and as the third magic card and all the other magical cards that follow go on top of "one," any suspicion that may be aroused is set at rest. When the eighth card is reached the magician throws it, face down, on the magic desk. When the one who drew the card turns this up, he at once declares it is not the card he selected. While the attention of the audience is fixed on the card, the magician brings hishands together for a moment. The cards in the left hand lie flat, while the others are held lengthways above them between thethumb and the first and secondfingers at the ends, so that the magical pack assumes, somewhat, the position of a half-opened book, as shown in the illustration, Fig. Magic 1. With thefingers of his lefthand the magician slips the bottom card of the packet held by his righthand (the selected card) on top of the cards in the lefthand. By pressing lightly on this card while the righthand keeps the rest of the pile in the one position, the selected card will appear face upward on the lefthand heap. The magician immediately places the cards in his righthand on top of it, face down, of course. It is the work of a moment only, and the audience ought not to notice it. Picking up the magical card that is lying on this magic desk, the magician places it on the pack, which hehands to the person who selected the card, telling him that though in spite of the evidence of his senses, his card is not the eighth from the top, it will by the magic power of the magician be brought there. Taking the magical pack in hishands and ruffling it, he hands it back to the man with the request that he count off eight cards. The request is complied with, and much to the astonishment of the gentleman he will find, when he reaches the desired number, the selected card staring him in the face.
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