The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1873-03-12

! p0S INC, -EbiNt wa AN'fSs tN>'NN'
, himself to Skeptic; 'opc" the cover,
and sec it'aiI the cards arc right
! no preparation Q demanded Skcp.
tic. "No | assare you. What l
am about to show You now: /
could do with any cards OF
course ejacaIatct Skeptic, Snccr-
ingly, and began to tear the cover
from the pack. Ssep;ic looked at
the cards, and We ali looked at the
coniurcr. When Skuptir pronounce
: ed the cards 'aII correct, Herr
Hermann took them in bis hands,
and finsing them down on The
table with lhcir faces uppermost:
said There are eight Of yon.
! When leave the room aid the
door is shut on me, let each per-
son draw 4 card from tho pack,
return it, and shuttle the cards.
lie left the room, bidding us recall
him when we were ready. Each
man took i card and put it back.
! Then we all had y shuttle at the
pack, excepting Skeptic, who
thought he knew all about the
trick, and the conjurer was brought
back in due time.
"lIe took the cards in his hand.
'There are eight Of you:' he said.
Each one has drawn Il clrd and re-
placcdit; and the eight cards, if you
have shuffied them, should be dis
pcrsed through the pack. No eye
could see into his room when the
door was shut; even knowing the
cards-were that possiblc-would
leave the seeming impossibiIity OF
bringing the eight cards together !;
you will acknowledge that. Behold
what art can don lIc gave tA~
cards q sort Of flourish, and placing
the pack on his left palm, threw
from the top the eight cards which
we had drawn. He then turned
to i5keptic, and with u good.
humorcd smile inquired whether
he had any idea how the trick was
done. Our nil admirati' friend
laughed, and said nothing; but
shortly aftcrward lie was heard to
observe, Curious amt *? This
trick gave rise to !; good deal Of
talk. and some disputation: but
there were no two opinions about
=. it; it was allowed by all to be the
most complete and inexplicabIe
feat OF Ieyerdemain ever Witness
cd.
! Trick No. ? was even more
astonishing and incomDrehensib'e.
! 'Iou know said Herr Hermann.
addressing the whole party, after
! some discussion had gone on about
the sicight-ot-hand rertormenccs,
/ work by wit, and not witch
craft. For wit, read trick, inter
posed Skcptic. But what con
tinued the conjurcr, not needing
the interruption, 'suppos;ng that
| were to interpret yonr thoughts
TO know what was passing
through your mind?' That, in,
deed, would be u trick above
natural magic | exclaimed. Skep.
tic filled bis glass aud winicd to
his ncighbor, as one who should
say, i know all about It, We
shall scc,' said Herr Hermann
Now, each Of yoa two gentleman,
he went on, speaking TO his right.
hand guests, think of q card; | dc
not ask you to touch one and
taking up the pack, he threw the
cards front upward on the table
= The choice was quickly made
Mr.. Hermann recovered the cards
shu!icd them, and spread them
out as before. Tho card he said
one you thought Of is there
the card the other thought Of i;
absent; The gentlemen searched
. One Of the cards selected was no,
to be sccu-.hc other was found
so far 50 good exclaimed Herr
Hcrmann, 'bnt the trick is only
half doac. The coniHrcr took Tho
, cards again, Siutiird them as DC
fore, exposed them on the table
'Now,' he cried. tho illusion is re
. vcrscd. the missing card reap
pears, and the card thought 0
, l;iat was present is not to be found
Search And such was the case
The cards had come and gone d
5 the bidding Of the wonderful magi
clan, who seemed to influence :
mental rather than aphysical eXer
else over them. Wonder was ex
! pressed in every countcnance, an'
5 Skcptic, annoyed because be wa:
! ioilcd, dranl; OF? an additional bum
5 per to qualify him for clucidation
r "a moments consideration ofth'
i trick must satisfy any body Of 1t
! extreme clevcrncss and incompre
4 hensibiiity. The only poss'bl
c solution that offers itself is in th'
< supposition that the conjarer BY
! some process Of his own, was ena
}, bied to follow the eyes Of tb
!, gentlemen in their direction to tn
D cards spread on the table, and t
. mark those they made use o1
il Knowing the cards, Of course q
Il expert practitioner would find n
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