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A subtle and easy method of obtaining possession of a freely selected card is the following:

1. Hold the pack in the left hand as for dealing. Have a spectator insert the joker crosswise at any point in the outer end of the deck.

2. Place the right hand over the deck, the thumb at the inner end, and with the second finger at the outer end lift all the cards above the inserted joker. Show the face of the upper packet—say, the ace of diamonds.

3. Allow this card to drop off the right thumb at the inner end.

4. Move the inner end of the upper packet to the right, the cards pivoting on the right second finger. When this packet extends diagonally over the lower packet as. in Fig. 1, remove the right hand. All the cards of the upper packet have thus been moved to the right except the ace of diamonds.

5. Grasp the upper packet and the joker between the right second finger below and the thumb above, carrying them away and placing them to one side on the table. Retain the ace of diamonds at the top of the lower packet by curling the left little finger around the right side of the lower half of the pack.

6. The ace of diamonds, supposedly the face card of the tabled packet, now reposes at the top of the left hand packet, ready to be dealt with as the operator pleases.