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PREFACE
BEFORE
CORRECT
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AN ERRONEOUS

THE

SUBJECT

IMPRESSION

THE

"CUT

ETHICS

COURSE,

AND RESTORED

EMPLOYED

THAT

ON DR.

PREVIOUSLY

SONAL

VORK,

HAS REACHED

DR.

TARBELL

COURSE

SERIOUSLY
HIMSELF

IT

VORK FOR

IS

THE

'INTERESTED

SHOULD

LIKE

TO

ME FROM THE

IN

ATLAN-

CRITICIZED

'.

F.

ENMITY

INVOLVED.

AND'NEITHER

EFFECTS

OF HIS
AND AGAIN,

PERSONAL
FOR'AN

VIEi>S
APOLOGY

FACTS

THAT 'I
FROM

RESTORED
ABLY

CUTLASS

IN
T

SHALL

ARE
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TRAVEL

MY

TEETH.

ASSURE

YO-U I

HAVE TO DO'SO

ABOUT

APPEARED

BOOK 'Z DID

'IN

FOR

SAY

MY OPINION

OF THE

TARBELL

UORK ON MAGIC.

IT'IS

ANYONE

'IS

DEPRIVING

OF THE

FACT

THERE

HAS NO

PERSONAL

NOT LIKE

OTHER

DID

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SIMPLY

IS

AND SO

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ON.

APOLOGY.,

AN EXPLANATION

OF

UNDERSTOOD.
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CARD

A BLACK

MANIPULATION"

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PROB-

MASK AND A CANNON -

FOUND THAT

PERSONAL

ROPE

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TO THE

AND "JUMBO

NECESSARY

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PERHAPS

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PROTECTION.

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LINKING

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MUCH WHETHER 'I

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THE

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MATTER
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SOME

AS

MY OXN 'INVENTION

OF THE

THINGS

IN

THE

ANYTHING
JUMBO

CARD

CLAIM.

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DOESN'T

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CRITICS

HAVEN'T

YOU MAY RECALL

THAT

QUITE

IflTH

\IAS NO
HAVE

MEAN THAT

WERE WELL

MANIPULATION"

VIEVS,

METHODS,

NOT NECESSARY.
OF THE

PERSONAL

'INTENDED.

NOT AL\'<A YS CONCLUSIVE.

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'I

DID

MIGHT

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ROPE

THINK

it'HAT 'I

TARBELL

TOOLS.

ROPE

O'tiN ORIGINATION.

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THERE

NOT POSSESS

SAME CONNECTION
GRANT'S

CRITICIZE

FROM MY ORIGINAL

INDIVIDUAL

WHO DOES

TO

TO MEAN A
THAT

TIME.

GREATEST

THE

SAY

THAT

ASSURRED

SAW FIT

MARKETING

DEVIATING

A LONG

MAGIC,

IN

OR ENMITY

GREATEST

IN

THAT

MIGHT

BE

TARBELL,

OF ONE OF MAGIC'S
I

SYSTEM

WITHOUT
PLEASE

ON' DR.

THAT

TARBELL

TARBELL.

AND HIS

'IS

MANIPULATION"

HAVE MISUNDERSTOOD

EXPRESSED,

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BY- THE

MANY PEOPLE

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OF 'IT

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SLIGHTLY

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IS

THAT.

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NUMBERED

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THE

OF

CONDITION
THE

REASON

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WELL

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MANY

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THIS
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THE

SOME

IS

INSIDE

RIGHT

W I L L
FALL
JUST
BE
CONCEALED,,

KEY

AWARDED,

ON THE

VEST,,

KEY.,

THE

WHICH

RING

A TI D

WAS

THE

MANUSCRIPT,,

SOUNDS,

UNCOLLECTED,.,!

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OF

PRIZE

LOCATE

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ABOVE

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REACHING

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FIGURE

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OF

JUST

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INCHES

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TO

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IS

COAT.,

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THE

-.IS

WHICH

OF

THE

TO
R INGS

OTHER

BOTTOM

COUPLE

BOTTOM

OF

WITH

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AND

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PREFERENCE

ATTACHED
RING

DISCLOSED

COUNTS

COUNTS

EIGHT

THEM

ONE

RINGS,
BY

TURNING

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DROPPING

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THE

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HAND.,
BY

ONE

BUT
-

HANDS

HE
FOR

NO

TEARS

RINGS
ALL

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ONE

BY

THE

ATED

SPOT,
YET

CHAIN

THE

THE

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RINGS

THREE

THE

RINGS

ALL

THREE

RINGS

THE
THE

USUALLY

CHA.IN

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ANOTHER
ITSELF

IS

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YOU

THERE

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THROUGH

HAVE

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ONTO

IS

TWO

R IGHT
OF

AND

PASSES

HIS

HANDS

HAS

HIS

RING

IN

IS

ALL
ARE

TO

ARE

SPOT

TOLD
POINTED

AGAINST
AT

THIS

THE

THOSE
.INDIC-

MANNER,

SEPARATE

SPECTATOR

.IT

INTO

SPECTATORS

COLLECTED

AND

STRIKES

AND

PENETRATES

SEEM

ONE,

^INSPECTED.,

THE

STRIKES

HE
DOWN

THAT

PERFORMER

THEY

SEPARATE

ON

APART.,
THEM

THE

HAND.,-

THEMSELVES.,

RICKS

IMMEDIATELY

THE
HE

TWO
IS

OUT

ONE

REMOVED

AND

HUNG

UPPER

LINKS

UNABLE

AND. HANDS

ARM
THE

OF

AND

THEM
ON

RING

REMAINING

TO

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YET

BACK,

THE

SHOULDER.,

DROPS

AND

ATTACHES

HAND,,

STARTED
LINK,

AT

THE

AGAIMJ

WATCHING

TOP

OF

CHAIN

AND

DROPS

DOWN

SLOWLY,'.

THE

R I N G S ,

AND

COUNTING

THEM,

YOU

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STARTED

ATTACHING

RING

ALL
THEY

IS

IS

THEM

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TAKEN

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BY

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IN

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V I S I B L Y

ARE

GOING

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AND

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PLACED

LINK

R I N G S ,

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FOR

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RING

ANOTHER
OF

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EXAMINED

OR.IGINALLY

TAKEN

THEN

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HANDED

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SECTIONS

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ANOTHER.,

AND

AND

ONE

WORDS,

AND

HE

UNACCOUNTABLY,

SPECTATOR

ONE

HOLDS,

THE

CHA;INS

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UP

EIGHT.,

THROUGH

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WHEREUPON

AND

ONE

ONE

THEM

THEMSELVES

TO

GATHERED

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BY

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ARE

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RINGS

AND

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SUDDENLY,

OF

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THE

THEM

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THE

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STR:IKES

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up

OF

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THEM

ON

THEM

LINK

SUITING

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OUT,

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HELD

TO

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UP

HOLD

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THERE

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FROM

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AT

THE

OUT

WIDE

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AUDIENCE

TO

WAIT,!

EXPLAINS

ANOTHER

OF

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AT

ITSELF

AND

GOES

PLACED

HANDS,

ON
THE

THE

TO

TO

THE

THE

THE

AND

TOR,

ARM,

JUMPS

FROM

RUNS

THEN:|T

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R:|NG

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UP

THROUGH

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RIGHT

MAGIC?
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LINK

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OF

TO

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LINK

IS

AND

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HOPELESS

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ONE

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-

TWO

COUNTED.!.
-

THREE

FOUR

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s i x

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HE

AND

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THE

THEY

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OTHERS

MANIFEST,.

THE

R.INGS

ARE

ARE

HANDED

EXAMINED

WHILE

DOWN AND
TO

THEY

COUNTED

OUT.,

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LARGE

RING

IS

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JUST

BUT

LARGE

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WITH

USE
REASONS

ARE

HELD

EACH
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OF
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AT

THE

RING

SMALL

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THE

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IIS

ON THE

KEY

RING

THE

SHOULD

HANG

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THE

AND

ES.,

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ARM

LARGE
THREE:,

C L I P
AS

OTHER

A REGULAR

ENOUGH
;IT

KEY

TWELVE

ALTHOUGH

TO

THEM

AND

THE

SPOT.,

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THE
ONE

ARMi

IS

IDENTICAL

TO

S L I P

SilNGLE,

SMALL

CLIP.,

S L I P

FREELY
WITH

E A S I L Y

RINGS

MAY

BE

:INCH
THE

RINGS,
E:IGHTS

THROUGH
THE

OVER

F I G ,
PUT
IN

R.ING

TWO

THE
THE

WILL

SIDE,,

THE

OPENING
.INCHES

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VEST,

PULL

NOT

ON

SUSPICIOUS

THE

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RINGS

FOLLOWING

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OF

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BODY,

TWO,

SINGLE,

SMALL
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I/

ORDER:
OF

RING,

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V
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5)
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K

THE

CHAIN

l ) /

r ^ y i /

3)

THE

CHAIN

REGULAR

OF

USED,

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WILL

SLIGHT-

LEFT

ABOUT

TO

IT

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LEFT

AND

30TTCM

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COAT

AND

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OF

THE

OF

SPECTATORS,

THEY

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ENOUGH

OF

OR

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REGULAR.,
THE

BUT

PREFER

OPENING,

EIGHT

THE

ABOVE

ALL

A SELECTED

OTHER.,

TWO,

KEY

OTHERWISE

VARIOUS

EITHER

SECURE

IS

MUST

SINGLY.,

THEN

PREPARATION

;IT

SET

RINGS,'

ANY

TO

OLD

CHA IN 1S S E P A R A T E D

VISIBLY

THROUGH

LINK

OF T H R E E ,

SMALL

HAVE

LY

W IT H THE

APPARATUS

AND AN E X T R A

REGULAR

METHOD

TO- P E N E T R A T E

FROM L I N K

COLLECTED

THE

RINGS

METAL

UP AND

THE
THE

FROM THE

BACK!

THE

A CHAIN
RING,

SEPARATED

BECAUSE

BEFORE

R'IGHT

THE

THE

THE

A PREVIOUSLY

LINKS

CAUSES

OF

QUESTION

EXAMINED.,

RINGS

Si I NG L Y AND

APART.,

THE
BE

UP

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OBYIOUS
SERVE

ADMIRABLY.,

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IN

THE

RINGS

RIGHT

/ / / J ^ -

HAVE

AND

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SMALL

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COUNTED.,

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IS

EVER

RIGHT
THEM

LINKING

TRUE

THAT

DISCLOSED

THE

METHOD

OF

MY

HAS

aga

WRIST

IS

METHOD

INVENTED

PERFORMING

THE

AFTER

THE

FINGERS

THIS

IS

IN

.1

ONE

BY

HAND,

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WILL

THE

CIRCLE.,

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.IT

THAT
COUNT

ONE
BY

THE'CHINESE

WILL

THE
AND

(SEE

INCLINE

OTHERS.,

THE

PARTICULAR
RINGS

RINGS

NO

SO

THEM

HANG

CARE

.IN

PLACE,

THAT

THEY

ONE

FROM

TO

CHINESE

TRICK
THE

WAS

BY

THE

THE

ONE

HAND

CHINESE.,

MAG.IC.MN

DEV.ISED

MYSTERY

TIME
WAS

THE

TRUE

TAUGHT

LET
HAND,
LEFT

AT

THE

THE
AND
HAND

F I G U R E ] ? )

THERE

IS

THEM

R. I N G S

HANG

PLACE
INSIDE

LET

EIGHT

MEANS

EXPLAIN-

BOTTOM

USE

FROM

COUNT

TIME

RIGHT

RINGS

RING

AMERICA,

OCCIDENTALS,

PREVIOUSLY

DROP

OF

THE

CREDITED

BUT

WITNESSING

IN:"

FROM

IT,

ALSO

OPERATION,"

CHINESE,

THE

MAKE

THIS

THE

THEM

COMMONLY

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COUNT

COUNT

LETTING

OF

OUT

IN

BY
THE

HANDS

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ME

MAGICIAN,"-

OVER

MISTAKE,

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OF

OVER,

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PERFORMED

THEM

THE

THE

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COUNT

THE

AND

WILL

PRESENTATION

FIGURE

PER

CHINESE

KNOWLEDGE,

THE

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AS

GET

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" L I K E

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NO

NOT

CHINESE

THE

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"TO

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OF

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LARGE

THESE

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THROW
THE

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IN

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THING

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REST

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THE

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RING

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HAND

SEPARATE,

BEGINNING

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START

THE

AND

ON

THE

OR

LIKE

THE

EIGHT

HEAVENS

OF

END.,"

F:INEST

RING

SINGLE

HELD

AND

COUNT

ADVANCED

" O N E , "
R IGHT

WAS

SINGLE

HERE

THE

HAND.,

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LEFT

UP

MOVES

KNOW

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CONNECTION

PRESENTATION".

REGULAR

TO

V.IEW,

R I N G . I S
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TAKEN

HANDS

FROM

FAR

THE

APART.,

LEFT

(SEE

BY

THE

FIGURE

3)
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R; I N G

.' I N

THE

R!1NG

ilS

PICKED

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WITH

AND
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FIGURE

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F.IRST

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OF

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SMALL

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ING
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are

HELD

UP

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CLEAR
THE

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TO

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F: I N G E R S

I.s

V: I E W.,

NOW
(SEE

MEANTIME,

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CHAIN

RINGS,

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SHIFTED

ONLY.,.

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LEFT

CHAIN,

s o . I T

FIGURE

REGULAR

FIGURE

THE

TRIPLE

THE

,I s
1 3 )

'

T H I S

TIME

CHA:IN

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t-rs.l

OF
TO

AND

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BACK

AND

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THE

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SINGLE

IN

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n
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1%)
FINGERS
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NOW

HAVE
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DRAWN
CHA:IN

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THE
IN

SMALL

FRONT.,-

THIRD

AND

RING
ALSO,
L I T T L E

AN

EXCHANGE

"THE
THE

RINGS

RIGHT

MAINING

HAND
IN

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CARRIED
YOU

HAVE

LEFT

THOSE

:IN

AWAY.,
MADE

CAN

BE

DOWN

THE

R IGHT

SIDE

FROM

THE

CLASH

THE

THAT

IN

ARE

THE

DO
AN

THE

THIS

THREE
DO

RIGHT,

WITH

ABSOLUTELY

ARM,

FRONT.,.

THE

S T E E L , "

HAND.,

UTILIZED

RINGS

SOLID

THE

BUT

TWO

OR

HAND

THREE

IMMEDIATELY,

ALLOW

DURING

AND

SWITCH,
THE

R ING

IS

IMMEDIATELY

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IT

IS

MATTER

MUCH

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THOSE

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THE

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CHAIN
PUSHED

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,IS,

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LAST
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SMOOTHNESS

THIS

TR! I P L E

EITHER

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AGAINST
T I M E S ,

DECISION

.I NDETECTABLE

ADDED

MODERATELY

RIGHT

D E X T E R I T Y ,

SMALL

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THE

THIS

CONSTANTLY.,

NEWLY
.IT

IN

W:ITH

A
TO

THE

AND

SLEIGHT
SLIDE

FORWARD
SECOND

THEN

GO

AS

WHEN

COUNT,
THREE.,
AND

THUS

SUBTLY

SINGLE
SAME
TW 0

HAVE

SHOWN

EACH

YOU

THE

THE

SMALL

REMAINING
SMALL,

ALLOW
RING

TO

THOSE
OR

S L I P

IN

ON

THE

THE

RINGS

ERS

OF

AND

TAKE

BEHIND,

so

THAT

OUTS IDE
LARGE,
AND

THE
A

REGULAR

THE

ER

AND

LEFT
ONE
PULL

BE

NAMREH

FROM

ABOUT
HOLD

THEM

NOT, I C -

THEM

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UP

SINGLE.,

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HP

RING

FIRST
HOLD

R I N G S , "
COUNT.,

THINK

THIS

THEM

IN

R'INGS,

AS

PER

THEM

S E I Z E

ONE

THE

HOLD
OF

THE
ARE

BY

E X H I B I T
RIGHT

PARTICULAR

FINGERS

THEY

FOUR

THEN

D0U3LE

DOUBLES,

MOVE

COUNT

THE

THEM.

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CHA;IN

THIS

ON

EIGHT.,"'

THE

DOING

THE

AND

WHILE

OF

TWO

LARGE

Jihf

SOLID

S I N G L E ,

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THE

IN

DOUBLE

FIRST

OTHER,

THE

THE

THEM

REGULAR

TAKE

BUT

TAKE

SHOWING

" S E V E H ,

WORRY

AINGA,

AND

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THE

ORDER

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IN

TWO

RING

"FOUR.

HAND

AS

WILL

PICK

THE

FIGURE

THE

THE

OF

FING-

IN

TAKE

(SEE

THE

S L I P

THE

THEM

FROM

THE

AT

BE

HAND,

RIGHT

BUT

SKETCH

LEFT

TO

LEFT.,

OF

TO

SMALL

ARM.

THE

IZE

AND

BENEATH

THE

THE

R. I NG

DISPOSED

S I N G L E S ,

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,|N

F I R S T

. I NDE T E CT A B L Y

COUNT.,

AND

COUNT,

13

D IFFERENCE

HAVE

THE

C HA I N S . ,

DOUBLE.,: " S I X "

THE

PREVIOUS

COUNTED

CONVINCINGLY,

TIME

S L I P

I NG

YOU

THE

YOU

F I N I S H

Fur.

THROUGH

RIGHT

THROWING
THEM

THE

IS

LARGE

OVER

(FIGURE

AND

THE

TWO

NAMREH'A,

TOGETHER

FINGERS

THEM

LIKE

HAND

Si I N G L E S

APPARENTLY

DOUBLE,

AND

THE

(FIGURE

MOVE

THEM

THE

THE

AND

AT

THE
THE

HAND,

AS

0 ) . ,
SINGLES
HIT

THEM

MOMENTARILY.,

TAKE

LINKED.,

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SAME

THE

TOGETH-

WITH

TIME

RELEASED

IN

THE

RELEASE
DOUBLE.

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"'AND

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RIGHT

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DOWN

RUNG

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FRONT

ON T H O S E 11 M THE

LINK

FIGURE

THE

OF THE

HANG

ANOTHER

S! I NG LE

YOU
LEFT

SPECTATORS

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RINGS

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OF

IN

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LEFT

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17)

SLIDE

OF

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THE

I I NT 0

CHAIN

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CHAilN,

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ALLOW

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STRIIKE

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ACTUALLY,

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IT.,

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REMAINING

DROP.,
THE

LINK

MEANTIME,

:IS

( R I G UR E

OF

THE

BE

OF

A R M ,*

IN

HAND.,

SINGLES

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DROP

FRONT

CLASH

THE

LINK

DOWN,

IN

THE

THE

OVER.,

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18B)

TO THE
OTHER

FIRST

CRASH

THE

OVER

CHAIN

THREE

OF

AND

TOP

THE

LEFT

LEFT

THE

RINGS

ABSENT-MINDEDLY,

THE

REVERSE

THROW

THE

APPARENTLY

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IN

THE

PREVIOUS

HAVE
THUMB

YOU

HAVE

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TURN

THE

LEFT

RIGHT

AND

AGAIN

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PRESSES

REPEAT

RUNG

HAND

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THIS

RING

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UPWARDS,

STRIKE

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THIS

MOVE

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THROUGH
TAKE

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,IT

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S t M

OF

STRIKING

THE

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R: I NG D U R I N G

FRONT
THE

BETWEEN
OF

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ACTION

OF

CHAIN,
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OVER

THE

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OUT

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FROM

FIGURE

ONE

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IT.,

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TO

DOWN

SLIDE
AND

SE:IZE

AT

THE

(SEE

HAND.,

THE

KEEP
APART.,

AND

SAME

ARE

HELD

AS

INTO

YOU

THE

STRUGGLING

U US T

T R I P L E

TIME
THE

THE

20)

WALK

THAT

OF

RUNGS

(FIGURE
TO

CHA. I N

SAME

IN

AS

S I N -

HAND,

.INTO

BOTTOM

CHAIN

START

THE

DOUBLE

THE

TRIIPLE

IN

OF

RIGHT

ALLOW, ING

AS

FALLS

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OTHER

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YOU

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WHERE
LARGE

SEPARATED
YOU

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RING,

SECTIONS

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LEFT

LARGE

LEAVE

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: IT

WITH

THE

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UP
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THE

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TRIPLE

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OR

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YOU
LET

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FINGERS

IATELY
AND

AND

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