HIDDEN MYSTERY

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ffect: The performer removes a card (the 5D,

for example) from a borrowed deck and places
it face up on the table. The deck is now mixed
and cut. The performer asks for any number from
10 to 20 (16, for example). He deals 16 cards
one at a time onto the table face down. The spectator looks at and remembers the top card of
those dealt, and the remainder of deck is then
dropped on all.

Again the performer asks for a number between

10 and 20 (14, for example). As before, the
chosen number of cards are dealt face down into
a pile and another spectator looks at the top
card of the 14 dealt off. The remainder of the
deck is dropped on top.
The entire deck is now given a cut and the
performer places it behind his back, saying that
he will place the 5 of Diamonds he removed at
the start of the trick right next to one of the
chosen cards. This he apparently does, for when
the deck is spread face down, the 5D is seen
face up, and next to it is shown one of the
chosen cards. The 5D is removed and the deck
given another cut or two. Behind his back again,
the performer succeeds in placing the card next
to the second one noted, and everything may be
examined.
Method: This is a variation rather than an improvement over the Annemann version of one-hand
cutting a noted face up card into the center to
be found next to a chosen card. The performer
does everything in this case, finds two cards
instead of one, does the trick with a face up
and known locator card, and performs the effect
with a borrowed deck.
It is one of those tricks which can safely
use the subterfuge of introducing 2 of your own
cards into a strange deck, in this case, for example, two Fives of Diamonds.
During the course of other tricks slip your
own two "D's in the deck. The 5D belonging to the
deck proper is brought to TOP and one of your
own 5D's is on bottom FACE UP. Another card from
the deck covers the 5D on the bottom, and this
card is later removed during the shuffling and
slipped to the center. The other 5D is near the
center of the deck FACE DOWN.
Turn the deck face up and remove the 5D near
center without showing its back placing it on
the table face up. Shuffle the deck now, keeping
the top and bottom cards in place via the'dove-

tail shuffle, finally slipping the bottom card

to the center. This leaves the deck with your
other 5D face up on the bottom, and the deck's
5D on top face down.
Ask for the first number. Deal the cards one
at a time from the top of the deck into a pile
and have the last one dealt noted. Drop the rest
of the deck on top of the pile which puts your
face up 5D next to the first noted card and also
leaves the deck's 5D on the bottom. Again ask
for a number, and deal the pile out as before.
Drop remainder of deck on top which brings the
deck's 5D next to the second card.
Cut the deck once or twice. Pick up the face
up 5D from table and put both it and the deck
behind your back. Explain that you'll attempt
to place the card next to one of the chosen
pasteboards however you actually stick it into your hip pocket. Bring the deck forward and
spread it. The face up 5D is seen. Remove the
card just below it for the first person's card.
Take out the face up 5D, keeping it always
face up for it's your card, and have the deck
cut several times.
Say that you'll find the
second person1s card in the same manner. Go into the actions as before and put this 5D in the
hip pocket also. Spread the deck face down but
no face up 5D is visible. You apologize by saying you must have made a mistake and put it in
face down. Spread the deck face up ~ and next
to the deck's own 5D is seen the second noted
cardl Naturally, the strange 5D cards of your
own being safely out of the way, everything is
perfectly fair with the deck.
(Note by Annemann: This could be an excellent
effect to do before the one-hand cutting trick
mentioned. You follow up by saying that perhaps
one of the spectators would like to try it and
see how easy is the finding of a card in that
manner. Have him stand at your left or right
depending upon which hand you use for making a
Charlier pass. He takes a card, notes it and
puts it back. You shuffle to the top and then
shuffle another card on top of it. Next turn
over the top card saying you'll use it as the
locator. Leave it face up and put your hand behind his back making the one-hand cut as you
55LS0* H*ve him hold deck, take off the top card,
KEEP IT FACE UP, and stab it into the center of '
the deck. Then he brings the deck forward and
spreads it face down. The face up card that was
seen, and apparently used as a "stabber" is
now found face up near center and the card under
it proves to be the spectator's chosen one. Thus
he has apparently done the trick himself, although he only pushed a face down card into the
deck thinking it was the face up detective? In
this way, the foregoing trick of Mr. liungie's
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with the now unprepared and unfaked deck through
definite audience participation.)

BEFORE YOUR EYES

GIB5ON IMPROVEMENT
great Improvement must needs explain the effect fully for those
who can't refer to their file. On a slate the magician chalks the
f someone were1
words seen in the first illustration. He lays the slate down and
to dig out the
has a card selected. The spirit of a departed friend, he says,
20 best Jinx efvri.ll reyeal the name of the chosen card upon the slate. When
fects during the
again looked at the slate shows no change. The
past 82 numbers,
performer says it to be strange and he'll have to
including Extras, "Before Your Eyes", by Norman
try again. He rubs out the writing. And as can be
Ashworth (Jinx TTo. 32), would have to be includ(continued on the next page)
ed. That number is out of print now, and this
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