Stick a small piece of white wax on the nail of the middle finger of
your right hand, taking care that no one sees you do it. Then place a
dime in the palm of your hand and tell your audience that you can make
it vanish at the word of command.
You then close your hand so that the dime sticks to the waxed nail.
Blow on your hand and make magic passes, and cry "Dime, begone!" Open
your hand so quickly that no one will see the dime stuck to the back
of your nail, and show your empty hand. To make the dime reappear, you
merely close you hand again and rub the dime into your palm.
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