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latestmagicbeing00hoff.pdf | 165 | THE MYSTERY OF MAHOMET 149 switch to right or left, raises the loop to a hori- zontal position against one or other of the sides of the tube, when it no longer offers any obstacle to the passing of the ball. The wire used is SO thin that with the halfhoop lying against its side a spec- tator may safely be allowed to look through the tube even at a very short distance, without fear of his perceiving the presence of the wire. The requirements for the trick, all told, are as follows: (1) The wand. (2) The plain tube. (3) The trick tube. (4) Two white balls. (5) A red ball. (6) A lighted candle. (7) A small red silk handkerchief. One of the white balls must be vested or other- wise so placed as to be ready for production from the wand. The second white ball and the red ball are stowed in the pochettes, one on each side. The faked tube may be vested and exchanged for the plain one during the journey back to the table after the dummy has been tendered for inspec- tion; the latter being dropped into the profonde. These however are matters which the expert will arrange after his own fashion. If the perfor- mer, not being an expert, doubts his ability to |