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latestmagicbeing00hoff.pdf | 83 | 67 the same colour, say the king of hearts and the king of diamonds, or the ten of clubs and ten of spades. If they are parted, and they possibly can, they will get together again. "I will try to give you an example with the cards that have been drawn. We will put them for the moment in this pretty flower-pot, which, as you see, is quite empty." (Show by lifting it up, that it is so, and then drop the two cards from the mat into it, the concealed pair going with them.) "They will only require to be assisted by a gentle electric current, which I shall create by waving my wand, SO. "Before we go any further, will the ladies who drew the cards say what they were,-1 don't mind asking you now, because they have passed ont of my control. The queen of spades and the knave of hearts, you say ? A fortunate choice, for the queen of spades and the knave of hearts happen to be particular friends, so I think we may now be sure of success. Now to establish the wireless wave, and I doubt not the queen of clubs and the knave of diamonds will speedily find them. (Make any appropriate gesture with wand.) "Did you notice a little flash, like the striking of a very inferior lucifer match in a gale of wind ? That's when they went. Quick work, isn't it ? The cards were timed by two gentlemen one even- ing, each with his own watch. By the one gentle- man's watch they started at one minute past nine, |