A Brilliant Confederate

A prestidigitator, in the course of an exhibition in New York recently, had one of the audience select onecard f rom a pack and then he handed a sheet of paper to another spectator, a timid looking blond man. The professor, who did ijot see the card, announced that after it had been returned to the pack the description of it would be found written on the paper. The card was the eight of hearts. It was taken out by the professor. "Is tbat it - the eight of hearts?" asked the prof essor. "That'sall right, " answered the timid looking man. But he was a very conscientious man, and later he insisted on telling the audience that the professor had written on the paper, "Pleasesay, 'That's all right.' "