A TRIK TO TRY.
." Bo this trick at a .'party.': It is sure to amuse. Get an empty matchbox, and put a sixpence in it in front of the audience. 'Then ask a member of the audience to put another sixpence in •the box. . Address -the-member who did this so: "Will you give mo ninepence pence for all .that is iv this box." He's sure, to say. "Ygs,". knowing that there is a shilling in the box. Take his ninepence, then hand him the box, saying, "I have made three ponce," for you see he quite overlooked tho fact that ono of the sixpences in lhc.box was already, his. ■ .' ■■• . »c^r7^-i_«f--tyirzr^^«-7^n_^^n7ir_sr_»_^r-^^(_wn?ir;
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Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 112, 17 November 1928, Page 15
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110A TRIK TO TRY. Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 112, 17 November 1928, Page 15
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