Hanky Panky

by Wiljalba Frikell

TO DISCOVER A SELECTED CARD BY A THROW OF A DIE.

Prepare a pack of cards in which there are only six sorts of cards. Dispose these cards in such manner that each of the six different cards shall follow each other, and let the last of each suit be a long card. The cards being thus disposed, it follows that if you divide them into six parcels, by cutting at each of the long cards, those parcels will all consist of similar cards.

Let a person draw a card from the pack, and let him replace it in the parcel from whence it was drawn, by your only offering that part. Cut the cards several times, so that a long card may be always at bottom. Divide the cards in this manner into six heaps, and giving a die to the person who drew the card, tell him that the point he throws shall indicate the parcel and show him the card.

You should put the cards in your pocket immediately after performing this recreation, and have another pack, ready to show, if any one should ask to see the cards.