The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1864-05-25
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EEUEslOr Of Soldier Life.

A private soldier, by the name of Richard
Lee, who was taken before the Magistrates
OF Glasgow, for playing cards during divine
service The account ot lit IS thus given in
an English journal:
A sergeant commanded the soldiers at
the church, and when the parson had read
the prayers, he took the text. Those who
had Bible took it out, but this soldier had
neither Bible nor Common Prayer Book !;
but pulling out a pack Of cards, he spread
them out before him. lie first looked at one
card and then another. The sergeant Of the
company saw him, and said: Il 4 Ell
'Hichard, put up the cards; this is no
place for them.
Never mind that, said Bichard.
When the service was over, the constable
took Richard a-prisoncr and brought him
before the Mayor.
"Wen, says the Mayor, what have you
brought this soldier here tor?''
r'fEor playing card, in church. 's,rrFs.,
"Well, soldier, What have you to say for
yourself?'.
Much, sir, hope"
every good; if not | will punish you lore
than ever man'was punished. u
81 have been, said the soldier, about
six weeks on the march. | have neither
Bible nor Common Prayer Book. have
nothing but u pack of casds, and}l hope to
satisfy your worship of the purity of my in
tentions.
Then spreading the cards befor the May
or, he began with the ace:
| f'Whelr see'the ace it remindssm me that
there is but one God.3 II II +. I 4
when see the deuce it reminds me of
Father and Son.
when | sec the tray it reminds me of
Father, Sen and Holy Ghost, 70, s4 = .s,a
f. 'WhenI sce the tourjt reminds me of
1.-THE four Etangelists that preached y Mat
thew, Marx. Luke ond John.
"When / see the .tyeit reminds me of the
FIVE wise virgins that trimmed their lamps.
There were ten, but five were wise, and hive
were foolish, and were shut out.
4 aWh hen I see thes II reminds me that
in six DAYS The Lord made he;tvemaad earth,
when | see the seven it reminds me that
on the seventh day God rested from the
great work he had made and hailogedit
'Nhen sec the eightit reminds me OF
the eight righteous persons'tha were saved
when God destroyed the world, viz: Noah
and his wife, his three sons and their wives.
yrWIenI~ see the mine it' remipds me OF
the nine leperst thatwere cleanse Iby put Sa-
vior. There were nine out of the ten who
never returned thanks.
"When | see the ten in reminds me of the
Ten Commandments which God handed
down to Moses ON the tables Of stone.
| sWhenI SEE. the king it reminds me ofthe
Great King ef Heavelis. which is GpdAl-
mighty
"When 7 see the Queen it reminds me Of
the Queen Of Sheba, who visited Solomon,
| for she was as wise womansas he was q
man. She brought with her fifty boys and
fifty girls, al dressed in boys apparel, for
King Solomon to tell which were boys and
| which were girls. King solomon sent for
water for them to wash. The girls washed
to the elbows. and the boys to the wrists, SO
| King Solomon told by that
"Well, said the Mayor, y5tf have given
description of all gthevcaPeds in the PACK ex-
| cert one ,lTor1
-iai,W hat is tilat &saa syal 6elaq, 264tA (
/ "1'he knave, said. the Mayor ,s3d .
IL will give your honor description of
that, too, if you will not be angry.
| m 'sIwillYnptsf said the NaypFS fyou do
bit tt,iil me To be the knayespFl EskAk sf
HWcll, said the soldier, "the greatest
knave that know Of is the constable that
brought rpe,lwres < gg!HCn WA y.A.
II do not know, said the Mayor, ''if he
is the greatest knaye. but know heis the
NwRen | count, how many spots there are
! in pack Of cards, 7 find three hundred and