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latestmagicbeing00hoff.pdf | 138 | 122 LATEST MAGIC ing it along the thread, and "bedding" it between the "stops" at the left hand bottom corner of the board. He then slides the other portions, one by one, along the thread in the same way, laying them in a row diagonally across the board. This will have taken up a considerable portion of the thread, but there will still be a loop some inches in length hanging down near the left hand corner of the table. "Now please watch carefully. This wand, you will remember, has been carefully charged with my limitation Vril." While speaking these last words the performer gets one finger of his left hand within the loop. He now turns on the light at the end of the wand, and with it makes a quick sweep from right to left over the severed parts of the pyramid, making at the same time a half-turn away from the table, and quickly drawing away the thread. If this is done neatly the severed parts of the pyramid l'un together one upon the other in a single instant. It is probable that the parts may not sit exactly one upon another. Whether this is SO or not, the performer makes believe to notice that it is so, as it gives him a needful opportunity. He remarks: "The power was hardly strong enough, I see. There is a block here that needs a little straighten- ing up." Having meanwhile picked up the little cutter between the fingers he bends over the table and squares up the pyramid as may (or may not) |