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latestmagicbeing00hoff.pdf | 44 | 28 LATEST MAGIC are laid on the mat, which may partially cover two or more of the six cards. Presentation. Performer, picking up the pack of cards with his right hand, transfers it to his left, leaving the queen of diamonds palmed in the right. Picking up the tray and its contents with the right hand and advancing with it, he offers the pack to some member of the company, saying: "Will you kindly look well over this pack of cards and satisfy yourself that there is nothing exceptional about them; and when you have done SO give them a thorough shuffle. And you, Sir" (handing tray and die to another spectator), "please test this die in any way your please. Throw it as many times as you like. I want you to be quite sure that it throws a different number each time, and that it is not loaded, or 'faked' in any way. "I don't like bothering people to examine things, for in most cases it is a mere waste of time. But in this case I have a special reason for asking. There is something about this pack of cards and this die which I myself don't understand; and I shall be much obliged to anyone who will help me to do SO. As a matter of fact, these cards, though quite ordi- nary in other respects, are afflicted with a peculiar restlessness. They change places without notice and without any apparent reason. If I were to try to play bridge with them, for instance, I should find as likely as not that my best trump had invis- ibly left my hand and passed over to the enemy, |