NAPOLEON'S CARD METHODS
No.
I.
105
Dealing the Cards by Threes
pack of thirty-two selected cards (viz.
and Seven
of each suit), having before fixed upon the one you intend
to represent yourself, supposing always you are making
the essay on your own behalf. If not, it must represent
the person for whom you are acting. In doing this, it is
necessary to remember that the card chosen should be
according to the complexion of the chooser King or Queen
of Diamonds for a very fair person, the same of Hearts for
one rather darker, Clubs for one darker still, and Spades
only for one very dark indeed. The card chosen also loses
its signification, and simply becomes the representative of
a dark or fair man or woman, as the case may be.
Having settled this point, shuffle the cards, and either
cut them or have them cut for you (according to whether
you are acting for yourself or another person), taking care
to use the left hand. That done, turn them up by threes,
and every time you find in these triplets two of the same
suit
such as two Hearts, two Clubs, etc., withdraw the
highest card and place it on the table before you. If the
First take the
the Ace, King, Queen, Jack, Ten, Nine, Eight,
—
—
triplet
card
should chance to be
is still
all of
to be the only one
consist of three of the
the
same
suit,
withdrawn
same value but
;
the highest
but should
it
different suits,
such
as three Kings, etc., they are all to be appropriated.
We
suppose that, after having turned up the cards, three
by three, you have been able to withdraw six, leaving
will
twenty-six, which
by
you
shufile
threes, acting precisely as
have obtained either thirteen,
Recollect that the
and cut, and again turn up
you did before, until you
fifteen, or
that the card representing the person for
is
seventeen cards.
number must always be uneven, and
made must make one
of
it.
Even
if
whom
the essay
the requisite thirteen.