The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-09-25

Although the following sketch is old it
is worth repeating:
private soldier named Richard Lee
was taken before the magistrates of Gas-
gov, Scotland, for playing cards during
divine scrcicc The account of il is thus
given in the English urnas: Sergeant
commanded the soldiers at the church, and
when the parson had read the prayers he
took the text ThoSc who had bibles took
them oui hut this soldier had neither
bible nor common prayer book, and, pull
Ing out pack of cards, he spread them be-
fore him. He first looked at oac card and
then at another The sergeant of the com
pany saw him and said:
Richard, pat up the cards this is no
place for them"
''Nevcr mind TINT. said Richard.
When the services we're over the consta-
bic took Richard prisoner, and brought
him before the mayor.
"Well,' said the mayor, what have you
brought the soldier here for"
'For playing cards in church.
"Well soldier, what have you to say for
yourself?'
"Much, sir, hope.
Very good if not, will punish you
severely"
." haye been" said the soldier, 'about
six weeks on the march. have neither
bible nor prayer book. have nothing but
a pack of cards, and | hope to satisfy your
worship of the purity Of my intention.
Then, spreading the cards before the may
or, he began with the ace: "Whcn see
the ace it reminds me that there is but one
God When l see the deuce, it reminds
me of the Father and Son. When | sec
the tray, it reminds me of the Father, Son
and Holy Ghost"
when ] see the four, it reminds me of
the four Evangelists that preached Matth-
ew, Mark, Luke and John. When l see
the frye, it reminds me of the five wise vr-
gins that trimmed their lamps There
were ten, but five were wise and five were
foolish and were shut out. When see the
six, it reminds me that in six days the
Lord made heaven and earth. When ] see
the seven, it reminds me that on the seventh
day God rested from the great work he had
made, and hallowed it. When | see the
eight, it reminds me of the eight righteous
persons that were saved when God destroy
ed the world, viz. Noah and his wife, his
three sons and their wives. When | see the
nine, it reminds me of the nine lcpcrs that
were cleansed by our Saviour. There were
nine out of the ten that never returned
thanks. When see the ten. it reminds me
of the ten commandments which God hand
ed down to Moses on the tables of stone.
When ! see the king, it reminds me of the
Great King of Heay en-, which is God AL
mighty. When | see the queen it reminds
me of the Queen of Sheba, who visited Sol
ONION, for she was as wise q woman as he
was man. She brought with her fifty
boys and fifty girls, all dressed in boys APP
parel, for King Solomon to tell which were
boys and which were girls. The king sent
for water for them to wash The girls
washed to the elbows, the boys to the
wrists so King Solomon told by that"
'Wcll," said the mayor, ''you have de-
scribed every card in the pack except one. +"
"What is that 2"
''The knave," said the mayor.
II will give your honor description OF
that, too, if you will not be angry"
Il will not" said the mayor, ''if you do
not term me to be the knave"
1.-The greatest knave know of is the
constable that brought me here"
II do not know" said the mayor, '.if he
is the greatest knave, but know he is the
greatest fool"
"When | count how many spots there
are in pack of cards, | find three hundred
and siXty-fivc, as many days as there are in
n NIA.. I L.. 4
IN pack, find fifty-two-the number of
weeks a in year | find there are twelve
picture cards in a pack, representing the
number of months in year, and on count
ing the tricks, | find thirteen, the number
OF weeks in quarter. So, you see, pack
of cards serves for bible,an almanac, and
common prayer book"