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The old and the new magic (1906)

Evans, Henry Ridgely, b. 1861 · Chicago : The Open court Pub. Co.; [etc., etc.] · leaf 362

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cky enough to penetrate the secret of the Sphinx. In Digitized by Microsoft® THE RIDDLE OF THE SPHINX 321 an article contributed to the Ncxc York Journal some twentyyears ago, he writes : I happened to rise in my seat. In a moment the whole illusion wasswept away, and all because of the lack of a… … Colonel Stodare. Those two finger marks, though close to the carpet, gave me the keyto the riddle of the Sphinx. In my mental photograph I saw the confederatekneeling behind the table, his head passing through superposed apertures,one in the top of the table, the other in the bottom of the box. The…

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