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Evening Star, Volume IX, Issue 2696, 7 October 1871, Page 3

The members of the M XJ.1.0.0.F. arc requested to attcud the funeral of the late Bro. M'llroy, wjiich leaves his late residence to-morrow afternoon, at 3.30. A Saw. Waukh.— Borrow a shilling, and then say to the [erson of whom you borrowed it, “ I will wager you sixpence that you cannot say ‘ That shilling ’ to three questions I will ask.” Probably he accepts the wager, when, taking the shilling between your fingeis, you say, ilf this coin He replies', “ Tliat sh tiling. 11 “ Ah, then,’ 1 you » y, throwing down the coin, “yop havp seen the tiick before, have yon not T’ If he says “No.” then he loses his wager. If he says, “That shilling," you smile, and pass on to the third question, “ What will you give me to show you the trick?” Forewarned, perhaps, he says. “ That shilling," when you thank him and put it in your pocket; but if be says anything else, he loses bis sixpence. This practical joke always causes a good deal of amusement, as it may be played for a penny as easily as a shilling.