A Magic Trick

"What I am remembered was an old beggar in Cadiz who did tricks with coins. His last trick always was to stack as many coins on his tongue as people would put there, then swallow them. Or seem to. I made some remark at the time about "pure theater" and the woman I was with said: "I know a trick but it is not so practical". The old fellow climaxed his act by belching loudly and producing a paper note in "change," and the truth about the woman was that she was mistaken." - pg. 35