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So we step onto the stage and the magician ask us to select three cards from the deck and he then instructs us to place them one on top of the other in the order of our selection and then to put those three cards into our back pocket without letting him see them. This we do.
Once this is done the magician proceeds to tell us exactly which cards we chose and in what order we had selected them, and of course we are all stunned and amazed that he is correct. So how did he do it?
The answer is simple, it's a trick, and he already knew what cards we were going to select and in what order we would select them. We've all seen this type of card trick played out many-many times and we understand that it isn't magic at all, but rather it is simply the product of precisely controlled circumstances. It is a simple but fascinating card trick, nothing more.
So here we are, in 1822, and our magician has allegedly put three unmarked ciphers in an iron box and he has locked it. But amazingly, and some twenty-five years later he is able, in the clear text of C2, to tell us exactly how we have decided to identify and arrange those unmarked three ciphers. How did he do it? The answer, my friends, has to be the same as before, because under those same precisely controlled circumstances he already knew the answer.
And “POOF!” Just like that he has once again captivated and entertained the masses and left them in complete and utter awe. Many even still believing in his amazing magic and superhuman skills.
“I have deposited in the county of Bedford, about four miles from Buford's, in an excavation or vault, six feet below the surface of the ground, the following articles, belonging jointly to the parties whose names are given in number "3," herewith:
The first deposit consisted of one thousand and fourteen pounds of gold, and three thousand eight hundred and twelve pounds of silver, deposited November, 1819. The second was made December, 1821, and consisted of nineteen hundred and seven pounds of gold, and twelve hundred and eighty-eight pounds of silver; also jewels, obtained in St. Louis in exchange for silver to save transportation, and valued at $13,000.
The above is securely packed in iron pots, with iron covers. The vault is roughly lined with stone, and the vessels rest on solid stone, and are covered with others. Paper number "1" describes the exact locality of the vault so that no difficulty will be had in finding it.”
How did he do it? How did he know? Seriously, you don't know the obvious "magical" answer to this?
Once this is done the magician proceeds to tell us exactly which cards we chose and in what order we had selected them, and of course we are all stunned and amazed that he is correct. So how did he do it?
The answer is simple, it's a trick, and he already knew what cards we were going to select and in what order we would select them. We've all seen this type of card trick played out many-many times and we understand that it isn't magic at all, but rather it is simply the product of precisely controlled circumstances. It is a simple but fascinating card trick, nothing more.
So here we are, in 1822, and our magician has allegedly put three unmarked ciphers in an iron box and he has locked it. But amazingly, and some twenty-five years later he is able, in the clear text of C2, to tell us exactly how we have decided to identify and arrange those unmarked three ciphers. How did he do it? The answer, my friends, has to be the same as before, because under those same precisely controlled circumstances he already knew the answer.
And “POOF!” Just like that he has once again captivated and entertained the masses and left them in complete and utter awe. Many even still believing in his amazing magic and superhuman skills.
“I have deposited in the county of Bedford, about four miles from Buford's, in an excavation or vault, six feet below the surface of the ground, the following articles, belonging jointly to the parties whose names are given in number "3," herewith:
The first deposit consisted of one thousand and fourteen pounds of gold, and three thousand eight hundred and twelve pounds of silver, deposited November, 1819. The second was made December, 1821, and consisted of nineteen hundred and seven pounds of gold, and twelve hundred and eighty-eight pounds of silver; also jewels, obtained in St. Louis in exchange for silver to save transportation, and valued at $13,000.
The above is securely packed in iron pots, with iron covers. The vault is roughly lined with stone, and the vessels rest on solid stone, and are covered with others. Paper number "1" describes the exact locality of the vault so that no difficulty will be had in finding it.”
How did he do it? How did he know? Seriously, you don't know the obvious "magical" answer to this?

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