Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-01-28
A PACK OF CARDS.
How Soldier Msd,, Them Take tho Pisc.
of - Prayer IIuok.


of Glasgow for playing
cards during divine service. The 40.
count of it is thus given in an Eng
lish journal:
a sergeant commanded the sol
dlcrS at tho church, and when the
parson had read tho prayers he took
the toXt. Those who had Bibles took
them out, but this soldier had moi
ther Bible nor common prayer book.
and pulling out pack of cards he
spread th"m before him. He first
looked at ono card and then at an
other. The sergeant of the company
saw him and said: Richard, put
up tho cards. This is no place for
them" Never mind that" said
Richard. Whom tho services we're
over, the constable took Richard pris-
oner and brought him before the
mayor. "Well,' said the mayor,
what have you brought tho soldier
hero for?" For playing cards in
church. " "Wcll, soldier, what have
you to say for yourself?" Much,
sir, l hope. " Very good; if not,
will punish you severely" II have
bcen, said tho soldier, about six
weeks on the march. have neither
Biblo nor Common Prayer book. I
have nothing but pack of cards.
and hope to satisfy your worship
of tho purity of my intentions. "
Then spreading tho cards before tho
mayor, he began with the ace.
when l see tho acc, it reminds
mo that there is but one God; when
l SEQ tho deuce, it reminds me of tho
Father and Son; whom l see tho
tray, it reminds me of the Father,
Son and Holy Ghost; when l sec the
four, it reminds me of the four evan.
gelists that preached, Matthew,
Mark, Luke and John; when l see
the five, it reminds mo of the wise
virgins that trimmed their lamDs-
thore wore ten, but five of them were
wise and five of them were foolish
and were shut out; whom l see tho
six, 1t reminds me that in six days
the Lord made heaven and Garth:
when l see the seven, it reminds mo
that on the seventh day God rested
from the great work he had made
and hallowcd it; whom l SEQ tho
eight, 1t reminds mo of the eight re-
ligious persons who were saved when
God destroyed the world-viZ, Noah
and his wife, his three sons and
their wives; when l sec the nine. it
reminds me of the nino lepers that
wore oleansed by our Saviour-thore
were nine out of ten that never re-
turned thanks; when SEQ the ten.
1t reminds mo of tho Ten Command
mentS, which God handed down to
Moses on the tables of stone; when
SEQ the king, it reminds me of the
great King OF hoavcn-that is, God
Almighty; whom SEQ the queen, it
reminds mo of the queen Of Sheba.
who visited Solomon, for she was rs
wise woman as he was q man.
Sho brought with her 80 BOYS and
90 girls, all dressed in boys apparel
for King Solomon to tell which were
boys and which woro girls. Tho king
sent for water for them to wash.
Tho girls washed to the elbows and
tho boys to the wrists; so King Solo,
mon told by that"
"Wcll, said the mayor, you have
described every card in the pack ex.
cept ono. What is that?" 1.-THE
knavo,' said the mayor. II will
give your honor description of
that, too, if you will not be angry. :"
II will not said the mayor, IF
you do not term me to be tho knave. :"
The greatest knave ] know of is
the constable that brought mo here. +"
Il do not know" said the MAYOR.
III he Is the greatest knave, but l
know ho is tho greatest fool"
"Nhcn | count the number of
spots i'll pack of cards, find 1865,
as many days as there are in year.
When l count the number of cards
in tho pack, / find 81, the number
of weeks III year. ! find there are
II picture cards in pack, the num-
Der of months in n year, and on
counting tricks | find 10, the num-
Der Of weeks i'll n quarter. So you
sec pack OF cards serves as a Bible.
an almanac and common PRAYER
hook "
The Postman * acw What Was Wanted.
The man with letter to post saw
the pOstman already at the box down
the street and ran toward him. AS
he approached the postman the lat
ter held ont his hand without look
ing around.
How did YOU know had n letter
to postI' asked the man.
The postmun laughed.
Il have heard running feet be-
hind me too often not to know what
the sound means, he said. when
hear some one start to run sudden
ly who is running my way, 1 know
what is wanted and am ready when
the runner stops"
And with that he closed his letter
bag and hurried on to the next let
ter box, and the man who had post
ell the letter went home. - New
York Sun.
a Muasnltnan OnarraI