A Stunt with a Finger Tip

A "finger tip" is made like a thumb tip, but as the name implies, fits on the finger instead of the thumb. It might be well to carry a finger tip in the pocket in case some skeptic insists on retaining his question slip instead of putting in the collection with others.

You have an envelope (size 6-3/4") in your pocket, ready for the occasion, unsealed but containing a folded blank billet. The skeptic is requested to fold his slip, and while this is being done, the performer gets his envelope out, and secretly gets the finger tip on the index finger. This finger dives into the envelope to open it up, leaving the tip behind, as with the thumb tip in a previous effect. You boldly take the skeptic's question, put it into the envelope (in tip, of course) finger comes out with tip on and billet inside, the envelope is sealed and handed to skeptic who can feel the slip inside. At the first opportunity the performer secures a glimpse of the question, he approaches the skeptic again and asks him to rise and hold up the envelope and after a little showmanship, the answer is given. Then without a word of warning, the performer reaches out quickly for the sealed envelope and tears it open, pretends to remove the question for verification but actually produces the original question which he had palmed between his fingers. This is read aloud to the audience and handed back to the writer.