Conjuring tricks with coins, watches, rings and handkerchiefs; from "Modern magic" (1900)
Hoffmann, Professor, 1839-1919 · Philadelphia, D. McKay · leaf 37
etend to be unconscious ofthe fact, and request him to give it back, that you may return it iothe owners. He naturally declares that he has not got it. With allthe seriousness that you can command, you insist that he has it, andthat he must restore it. On his continued denial you suggest thathe… … Fig. 79. WITHOUT APPARA TUS. 29 been tried in vain, you, as if upon a sudden thought, tap the leg ofhis trousers, the metallic chink still following every tap of the wandtill you have nearly reached his feet, when you exclaim, * Yes, thereIt is. Will you have the kindness to put your foot on that…
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