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latestmagicbeing00hoff.pdf | 146 | 130 LATEST MAGIC away the line, and detaching the ring from the hook, lets it fall to the ground. This done, he returns to the table, and shifting the restored pagoda to the centre of the tray, brings all for- ward, inviting anyone who cares to do so, to satisfy himself that there has been "no deception." THE STORY OF THE ALKAHEST The requirements for this trick are as follows: (1) Two wands, exactly alike in appearance. One of them to be that just used in some previous trick or tricks (which we will call No. 2), and the other, prepared as to be presently explained, to be secretly substituted for it immediately before the presentation of the present trick. This can be easily done by the aid of a couple of pairs of cup- hooks fixed behind the table or a chair after the manner described in "Later Magic," p. 126; or the wands may be exchanged during journey to the table at an early stage of the trick; by means of a pocket of suitable shape within the left breast of the coat. This is a matter as to which the per- former will please himself, but the exhibition in the first instance of an obviously unprepared wand is essential to the artistic finish of the trick.ยน 1 I am indebted to a clever amateur, Mr. Gordon Powell, for the knowledge of a very simple but effective method of "changing" a wand. The prepared article lies just within the forward rim of an oblong Japanese tray, and at a convenient moment the unprepared wand just used is laid behind and parallel with it. A little later this is pro- |