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latestmagicbeing00hoff.pdf | 84 | 68 LATEST MAGIC and by the other gentleman's watch, they arrived at one minute to nine, SO it is clear that they must have made the journey in two minutes less than no time. But let us make sure that they have arrived." Lift the flower-pot, and show the four cards lying on the table together. "And now, to convince you that there is no deception, will some lady or gentleman kindly look through the pack, and make sure that the queen of clubs and knave of diamonds have really left'it." Which is found to be the case. The trick may of course be worked with any two pairs of cards, the mat being loaded and the cor- responding cards forced accordingly. TELL-TALE FINGERS The discovery, in some more or less mysterious way, of an unknown card is one of the stock feats of the conjurer, and indeed in one shape or another is one of the most hackneyed of card tricks. But the wise magician never discards a good trick sim- ply because it is an old one. He repolishes it, adds a bit here, takes away a bit there, presents it in a new shape and with new patter, and behold! the "chestnut" of yesterday becomes a latest novelty of today. To obtain the maximum effect from a trick of the above kind, it is necessary in the first place to con- vince the spectator that the drawn card cannot pos- |