The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1888-12-14
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Richard Lee was taken h "rne Of
MAGISTRATE recently, lnr niar a
cards during divine laying
appears that The sargean" 1t
manded the soldiers At Il,e ch CON-
and when the parson had rs"S atTh'
prayers, he took the tex,. ne
who had a Bible took il o ihOse
this F"ldler neither had Bill, Out
common prayer book, but nrdl H"r
out q pack of cards, he INS
them before him. lie in,t Ippn,eea9
ut one card and then at ano,S,.
The sargent of The comnanv
him and said, "Richard, pmt ""w
cards, this is no place for tbs,ap r"e
Never mind that" sad Richa.a
When the service was over NV
constable took Richard before ,b0
mayor. '"e
SWELL" says The mayor. a,vk.,
have you brought the soldier I"rs
for 2" "efe
pa! caTdS IN church,
well, s"ldier, what have yor
10 say for yourself?" 'Ou
"Much, sir, l hope.h :,
"Very good. Ii nOl | will nm
ish you more than man was eys,
punished"
II have beeA," said the soldier
"about six weeks on The march
have neither Bible nor common
prayer book. l have nothing h",
a pack Of cards, and III salty your
worship Ot The purity of my in,sn.
Tons" Aud, spreading The card,
before the mayor, he began with
the ace "Whcn | see the nee. il
reminds me there is but one Cad
When l see The deuce. it reminds
me of the Father and Son. When
see the tray, il reminds me Of
the Father, Son and Holy Ghost.
When | see The fur spot, it re.
minds me OF the four Evangelisls
that preached, Matthew, Mark,
Luke and John. When ! meet the
five il reminds me OF the wise Viz.
gins that trimmed their lamps
there were Ten, but five were wise
and five were foolish and were shut
ont. 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
IN the seventh day he rested from
the great work he had created, and
hallOwed It. When | see the eight,
it reminds ME Of the eight right.
eous persons that were saved when
God destroyed the world, viz:
Noah and his wife, with three SONS
and their wives. When | see The
nine, it reminds me OF The nlne
lepers that were cleansed by our
Savior, there were nine out OF len
who never returned thanks. When
| sec the ten, IT reminds me Of the
ten commandments which God
handed down 10 Moses on tablets
of stone. When | see The King, it
reminds OF the King of heaven,
which is God Almighty. When |
see The Queen II reminds me OF The
Queen OF Sheba, who visited S1lo-
mon, Tor she was as wise a woman
rs he was a man. She brought with
her firIv bows and fifty girls, all
dressed in b0ys' apparel, for King
Solomon to tell which was boys
and which yer girls. King Solo
mon sent for wafer for them to
wash; The girls washed TO their Ell
bows and the boys to lhtir wrists,
so King Solomon told by that"
WELL" said The mayor, "yon
have given a good description Ut
all The cards but one"
"Whal's that 7"
''Ihe knave,," said the mayor.
III will give your honor a descrlp'
ton of that, Too, il you will nolO be
angry Y" 49,,
II Will NOT" said the mayor, VT
you do not term me TO be Inc
knave."
"WeIl," SAID the soldier, "ihe
greatest knave that l know is uhe
constable that brought me here
81 do not know" said the mayor,
"if he is The greatest knave. bnll
know he is the greatest fool
"When | count how many spols
in a pack of cards, | find three
hundred and sIxtv.nve, as many
DAYS as there are in a year. When
| count the number of cards IN a
pack, 1 find there are ffty'lwo, Ing
number OF weeks in a year, anu
find four suits, the number Ol
weeks In a month. / md lheIe
twelve picture cards in a pack req,
reseniing the number OF months
IN a year, and on counting .no
tricks. I find thirteen, the numOeo
Of weeks IN q quarter. 30 you sse
sir, a pack OF cards serves Tor a D..
BILE, almanac aad common prayer
9TH while