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latestmagicbeing00hoff.pdf | 128 | 112 LATEST MAGIC any credit for doing it. He says himself it was just an accident, and might have happened to any- body. But he never can get anyone to believe him, and it has spoilt his character. He was naturally a truthful man, but being always disbelieved has made him reckless, and now, whenever he tells the story he sticks another half-pound on to the sal- mon. I believe it is a fifteen pounder now.ยน "With regard to the handkerchief, however, I can easily prove to you that what I have stated is correct. I can't prove it quite in the same way, because even if any lady or gentleman present had lost a dog, it would take the handkerchief a day or two to find it, and you would get tired of waiting. So I must show you the virtues of the handkerchief in a simpler way. "Will some gentleman oblige me with the loan of a half-crown, marked SO that he can be sure of knowing it again? On receiving the coin the performer returns to his table, holding it on high SO that it can be seen that there is no substitution, and lays it on the black art mat. "Presently I propose to lose this coin, and get 1 This story, as also a few other "yarns" with which I have endeav- oured to brighten my otherwise serious pages, may be suppressed if it is thought desirable to shorten the patter. I ought perhaps to apologise for introducing such irrelevant fiction, but I am encouraged in misdo- ing by the example of the lamented Artemus Ward, who said that the best things in his lecture were generally the things that had nothing to do with it. |