CHAPTER 15
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quot;s tter, mister? You touc;
quot;ould you give it to me on t glass move touc?quot;
quot; do you mean, move? ;
quot; o move for you to believe?quot;
quot;Not far.quot; I at all, and you ;
o s, and beneatarted sliding sloil it came to a about five inco . quot;A magician never reveals t to trick. tom McInnes.quot;
quot;; I said. quot;A lot of guys come in s of tricks but ts t I ever sa;
quot;Ill pay for t; McInnes said, putting a dollar on t;But you o;
and pulled t of several same trick. Yet ouc glass of ood up to go on the bar.
quot;; I called after him.
quot;Never toucuff,quot; o a raincoat. quot;And I to drink it, eit;
I lifted to my nose for a smell.
quot;Leaded.quot; ;But you kne, rig;
S ttom.
quot;Part of my study of mankind,quot; ;and our o believe in be seen.quot;
McInnes became a regular at Oscars, coming in four or five times a feent on fooling trons ricks or puzzles. Sometimes a riddle or complicated mat, adding seven, subtracting ones age and so fortil tim ed. Or a game involving matc of ed from ty of erious in ots t close to times bets o c