The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1872-07-18

The Soldier and the Pack of


!. a private soldier by the name o
Richard Lee, was taken before fh,
magistrate Of GLASGOW. fer playing
cards during divine service The. sc
count of it is given in. an Englisl
Journal. a Sergeant COMMANDED
the soldiers at the church, aud wheI
/ the Parson read the prayers he tool
his text. Those who had a BibI
took It out; he had neither Bible no
/ common Prayer Book, but pulling
Eout pack Of cards he spread. then
i out before him. He first looked a
one and then at another. The ser
geant Of the command saw him ans
said :b 3dJ % aod W" -svES
4SRiehard pnt up the eardsg this i:
no place for. Them! 'zfeI Itqa .Hoig
Never mind them,n said Richard
i lbfW hen the service was over the
/ Constable took Riehaid a prisoner
and carried him before the Mayor
ioiSWhat have you brought1this sol
dier5 here fOrY a ilnoa snEtJ n,.
'FOr playing cards in churchill
swell, soldier what have-you got
to ssayg'5 ESQ Bad a1+T w
"Much, siE'I .hepe.pls,aq sllafsA
!''YerY good, if not, 1 will punish
you more than ever a man was pun
ished." 9ff17"fl~A t''f '7" @
81 have ,beeng'' said the soldier,
4about six weeks on the march.o I
have neither Bible nor common
Prayer Book, I have. nothing but a
pack of cards, and / hope to satisfy
your lordship of purity ofmy inten-
tions."
H1Then spreading the cards before
the May or, he began with the ace.
jd''When I see the ace, it reminds
me that there is shut one GOtI wTfi
r"When ! see the duce, itTeminds
me of the Father and Son. rrirq.
'IWhen I see the tray. it reminds
me Of the FatAern Son and Holy
Ghost.
aWhen I see the four, 1t reminds
me Of the four EVangelists that
preached 1Iathew,, Mark, Luke and
Ie,liD.s EJBl 5H1 h1uH FffF -'IJF1
"When I see the five, it reminds
me Of the five wise YiFginsl that
trimmed their lamps-there were
ten, five were shut out. 40 l31uE'
O. f'When see the six, itreminds me
that in six days God made heaven
and earth. .t.,-..
E ''When I see the. seven it reminds
me that on the seventh God rested
from the great work he had made
and hallowed it. % % -. ..,.....
"When I see the eight it reminds
me of the eight rigllteeusr persons
that we're saved, when God DESTROY
ed the World--Noahi and his wife,
his three sons and their wives. 9,,d
"Whenz zIsee the nine it reminds
me Of the nine lepers that were
cleansed by our Sayiour3 there were
nine out of ten who meyer returned
thanks .f,.,- = r-f. s-.-T s.-if --rrs
"When I see the ten, it reminds
me Of the commandments which
God handed down to Moses on the
tables of stone. 1i E. .f1i''aS i3'H
"When I see the king, it reminds
me Of the Great King of Heaven,
which is God almighty. d"t7
'tWhen / see the Queen it reminds
me of the Queeni Of Sheba, who
visited Solomon, for She was as
wise a woman as he was a mani
She brought with her fifty girls and
fifty boys, all dressed in boys appa-
rel, for King Solomon sent for wa
ter for them to wash; the boys
washed to the elbows and the girls
to the wrists, so King Solomon told
bv this. ''tlsfLs a'iils 915 yHls
SSa'cWeli, said the Mayor. a.you
have given a description Of all the
cards in a pack except one. " y '-''''I
''What is that?' --'sA
s'TAe Knave,p said the Mayor. 4
II viii giveyeur honor deserip-
tion of that toe, if you will not be
angry - qaiie5l hoce bda 21iIirH1 /
81 will ot21said the Mayor, ''ifi
You do not term me to be the
Knave. S7-sg yarau sol aesd Ehf 11h|
"Well, said the soldier, "the
greatest knaYe that 1 know Of is the
Constable that brought me here"
/ IL do not knew" said the Mayer 4
''if he is the greatest knaves but I
believe he is the greatest fool 81 ga
s'When i Count how many spots
in q pack of cards, I find three hun
dred and sixty iive-as many as
there are days in a gear
when l count. the number Of
cards in a pack j find there are IF !
ty-two-the number Of Weeks in a
year; and / find four suits-the
humber OF. weeks in a month,-sgHfsi
II find there are twelve picture
cards in a pack, representing the
number of months in a year.
'And on counting the tricks 1
find thirteen-the .nnmber of weeks
in quarter. So. you see, sir}fa
pack of cards serves fOraa Bible,
Almanac and a Prayer Book This
tells you all abeut pack els cards.
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