Arrange four aces facedown in one stack. Under them place four 2s facedown, and so on, finishing with four kings. Spell "o-n-e"
as you take three cards singly off the top of the deck. As you say "e," place the card faceup. It is an ace. Continuing, spell
"t-w-o" and again place a card faceup. It is a two. Then spell "t-h-r-e-e," and so on up to the jack and queen, and
finishing on "k-i-n-g." The last card is a king. The discards are three aces, three 2s, ..., and three kings.
The previous trick is spectacular if the cards are arranged beforehand by a simple game of Patience, which I will now describe.
- Arrange in a row, faceup, the 1 (ace), 2, 3, and 4. Under these, place the 2, 4, 6, and 8:
- Add each column: 1 + 2 = 3; 2 + 4 = 6; 3 = 6 = 9; 4 + 8 = 12 (queen).
- Every third card in the discard pack is turned up. If it is a 3, 5, 9, or queen, it is placed on top
of the card in the second row to which it corresponds (e.g., if it is a 3, place it on the 2; if
it is a 6, place it on the 4).
- As a new card is placed on the second row, a new sum is then formed for which you now look.
- If the sum exceeds 13, a lower sum is calculated (e.g., 12 (queen) + 4 = 16, 16 - 13 = 3).
- The addition of any column is dicontinued when a king is obtained.
- If you use a third card from the discard pack, you can also use the one below it (as in solitare).
- If five or fewer cards remain to be dealt or if you become stuck, deal cards singly.
- When all kings are obtained, let us refer to the packs as follows:
- Pick up pack H facedown, followed on top by packs D, G, C, F, B, E, and A, also facedown.
- Deal thirteen cards:
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- Now deal singly on every second card, that is, on 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, and 13. Stop at 13.
- Then deal singly on every third pack, that is, on 3, 6, 9, 12, 2, 5, 8, 11, 1, 4, 7, 10, and 13. Stop at 13.
- Continue dealing on evry fourth pack, that is, on 4, 8, 12, 3, 7, 11, 2, 6, 10, 1, 5, 9, and 13. This is the last card.
- Now pick up pack 13 facedown and place on top of it packs 12, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 in that order. You
are now ready to spell out, "o-n-e," "t-w-o," "t-h-r-e-e," and so on.