The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-06-10
A Religious Card Player.

A private soldier, by the name OF
Richard Lee, was taken before the magis-
trates of Glasgow, Scotland, for playing
cards during divine services. The account
of it is thus given in the English journals:
A sergeant commanded the soldiers at
the church, and when the parson had read
the prayers he took the text. Those who
had Bibles took them out; but this
soldier had neither Bible nor Prayer
Book, and, pulling out pack of cards,
he spread them before him. He first
looked at one card and then at another.
The sergeant OF the company saw him,
and said:
Richard, put up the cards this is no
place for them"
"Never mind that" said Richard.
/ When the services were over, the
constable took Richard prisoner, an6
brought him before the Mayor.
"Well," said the Mayor, what have
you brought The soldier here for?'
4" For playing cards in the church."
"Well, soldier, what nave you to say
for yourselfY
Much, sir, / hope"
every good; if not, will punish yoa
severely"
~ h.: ye been," said the soldier,
"about six weeks on the march. have
neither Bible nor Common Prayer Book.
l have nothing but pack of cards, and
hope to satisfy your worship Of the
purity ofmy intention" Then, spread
ing the cards before the Mayor, he b.
gan with the ace "When / see the ace
it reminds me that there is but one God.
When / see the deuce, il reminds me of
the Father and Son. When / see 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-Mathew, Mark, Luke and
John. When see the i've. it reminds
me of the five wise virgins that trimmed
their lamps. There were ten, but five
were wise and five were foolish and wer +
shut out. When see the six, it re-
minds 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, il reminds me of the eight
righteous persons that were saved when
God destroyed the world, viz, Noah and
his wife. his three sons and their wives.
When / see the nine, it reminds me of
the nine lepers that were cleansed b.
our Savior. There were nine out of teis
that never returned thanks. When l
see the king il reminds one of tfe great
King of Heaven, which is God Almighty.
hen see the queen, Il rem .nds me of
Queen OF Sheba who visited Solo
= IN for she was as wise a woman as he
was mar. She brought with her fifty
bows and fifty girls, all dressed in boys
apparel, for King Solomon to tell which
were boys and which were girls. The
King sent for waiter 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, "you have
described every card in the pack except
one."
"What is that ?'
'The knave, said the Mayor"
81 will give your honor description
of that, too, if you will not be angry"
az will not" said the Mayor, If you
do not term me to be the knave."
"The greatest knave know of is the
constable that brought me here"
"I do not know" said the Mayor, elf
he is the greatest knave, but l know he
is the greatest fool"
"When count how many spots there
are in pack cards, find three hundred
and sixty-fve, as many days as there
are in yea -