Whilst throwing one pellet on the ground, the cunning fellow had very cleverly introduced another under the plate.
The spectator who so eagerly offered to bet was his colleague.
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Again, here is another instance of the adroitness of these miscreants.
Some years since, on the road between the "Place de la Bastille" and the "Jardin des Plantes," or any other public thoroughfare where the Parisian cockneys were likely to be met with, a man was to be seen on his knees on the pavement, which he had appropriated to himself, to show off the following piece of deception.
He held in his hands three cards—say, the seven of hearts, the king of spades, and the ace of diamonds.
The two last of these cards were held in his right hand, the first-mentioned in his left, as is shown in the following engraving.
The rogue, raising his hands a little, requested them to remark the order in which the cards were placed. Then turning them over, he threw them, one after another, side by side on the pavement.
The seven of hearts is designated by the figure 1;