The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-03-05
Apack of Cards.

private soldier of the name of
Richard Lee was taken before the magis.
trate of Gla sgow for playing cards dur
ing divine service. The account of it is
thus given in an English Journal:
ga sergeant commanded the soldiers
at the church, and when the parson had
rad the prayers he took the text.
1aose who had bibles took them out,
/ Il this soldier had neither bible nor
Cannon 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 con.
stable took Richard prisoner and
brought him before the mayor. "Well,"
said the mayor, "what have you bro't
the soldier here for?" "For playing
cards in church." "Well, soldier, what
have you to say for YOURSELF" "Much,
sir, ! hope" "Very good; il not l will
punish you severely" 81 have been,"
said the soldier, "about six weeks on
the march. l have neither bible nor
common prayer book. have nothing
but pack of cards, and hope to salts.
fly your worship Of the purity of my in
tentions." Then spreading the cards
before the mayor he began with the ace.
"When l see the ace, it reminds me
that there is but one God; when | see
the duece, it 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 evangsists that preached
Matthew. Mark, Luke and John; when
see the five, it reminds me of the wise
Virgins that trimmed their lamps-there
were ten, but five Of them we're wise and
five of them 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 re-
minds me that on the seventh day God
rested from the great wor'. he had made
and hallowed it; when see the eight it
reminds me of the eight religious per-
sons who were saved when God destroy.
ed the world-viz: Noah and his wife,
his three sons and their wives; when l
| see the nine, it reminds me of the nine
| lepers that were nine out of ten that
never returned thanks; when | see the
lts4n, it reminds me Of the Ten Com.
mandments which God handed down to
Moses on the tables of stone; when l
see the king it reminds me of the queen
Of Sheba, who visited Solomon, for she
was as wise woman as he was man.
She brought with her fifty boys and fifty
girls, all dressed in boys apparel 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 and the boys to
the wrists; so King Solomon told by
that"
"Well," said the mayor you have de-
scribed every card in the pack except
one. "What is that?" 1.-THE knave,' .
said the mayor. 81 will give your hon
or description OF that, too, if you will
not be angry" 81 will not,' said the
mayor, "if you do not term me to be
the knave." 1.-THE greatest knave l
know Of is the constable that brought
me here" II do not know" said the
mayor, eff he is the greatest knaye, but
| know that he is the greatest fool"
"When l count the number of spots
in pack of cards, I find 365, as many
days as there are in year. When
count the number Of cards in the pack,
find 81, the number of weeks in the
year. | find there are twelve picture
cards in pack, the number of months
in year, and on counting tricks find
13, the number Of weeks in quarter.
So you see pack of cards serve as a
bible, an almanac, and common
PRAYER book" "You are discharged. -
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