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This sleight is an innovation; heretofore cards have always been palmed from a pack the length of which paralleled the length of the palming hand. This new action steals the cards from a pack held breadthwise, a fact which apparently makes a palm impossible as will be seen from the description following:

1. Hold the pack by the ends between the left thumb at one end, the second, third and fourth fingers at the other, the first finger being curled in with its tip resting against the bottom card, Fig. 1.

2. Place the right hand over the pack, the thumb at the center of the inner side, the second finger at the center of the outer side and the forefinger curled on top of the pack, Fig. 2.

3. Lift the cards to be palmed with the tip of the right thumb; raise and straighten all the other fingers so that they extend over and above the left end of the pack.

4. With the right thumb push the packet outwards so that it pivots on the tip of the left second finger and swings diagonally half an inch across the pack, Fig. 3. The right end of the packet remains pressed against the left second finger until, at the completion of No. 5, the packet is palmed.

5. Press downwards with the right little finger at the outer right corner of the packet, A, levering the cards directly up into the right palm, Fig. 3. Close the fingers, gripping the cards, turn the hand towards the right and move it slowly downwards, squaring the sides of the pack between the thumb and fingers.

6. Finally, grip the deck at-its lower end between the right thumb and fingers and hold it thus for a few moments at least.