Three Card Monte Outdone

This is an improvement in my method I use three of the small flat tin boxes that hold one dozen aspirin tablets and one of them contains a penny and they can be examined at any time, before and after, as they are unprepared and there is no switching or funny business to be caught at.

Get four of these tins. Put a penny in one and fasten on Inside of left wrist about five inches up with two heavy rubber bands on the order of a wrist watch. Put your coat on and all is concealed and ready. Have a penny in one of the other three and hand for examination without fear. When you take them back shake them around in your hand so that no one ran keep track of the loaded one and then laying two on the table shake one of the empty ones in left hand, at the same time telling them to watch it closely, laying it down and then moving one or two of the other boxes around it, being careful not to shake penny in the loaded one. Ask them to pick out the penny and they can't do it because they get the empty one.

When they pick up the empty one they can grab the rest if they want to and the penny is in one of the others and they can't find a thing wrong. I usually do this. After they pick up an empty one and shake, I pick up the other empty one with left hand and shaking it say, "No, here it is. Now watch it this time," and do it over several times this way and then let them ex-' amine them all. In this way the real box with coin has never been shook, the one up your sleeve doing all the talking and making the mis-direction. Watch carefully and always have the designs on the boxes facing the same way and never use your left hand to shake your fist at someone because they guess right because if you do, the one up your sleeve is going to tell tales at the wrong time. Otherwise you have a dandy pocket trick. Selah.

Take three coin rattle boxes and place on table for good examination. Borrow a half dollar or quarter and have them put it in any one of the boxes and close. You pick up boxes and mix so that the spectator loses the one holding coin and laying down the other two keep one empty box, saying, "Watch the box with the coin," at the same time shaking it so it rattles. Immediately Jay it down -and slowly moving them around ask them to pick up the one with the coin. They pick it up, shake it and look in it but of course they find or hear nothing. You immediately say they were wrong, and, picking up the other empty box, shake that so it rattles, telling them coin is in that one and to watch it again. Repeat and when they pick this one up step away and let them find coin in other box and examine all.