The Nome nugget., 1928-01-07
A PACK OF CARDS HIS BIBLE

{ SSotiduu, COHCeTHlNg an EugllSn soldier named Richard Lee. and reprinted from an English news paper tells its own story thus:-
 A sergeant was in charge of a church detachment one Sunday and when the parson had read the pray CT he took the text. Those who had Bibles took them out but the soldier had neither Bible nor com mon prayer book, and pulling out pack of cards he spread them before him. He first looked at one PaEd and. then another. The ser Feant in charge of the detachment saw sssi ;kim ? aaaa aaasa. said:
 Richard, put up the cards This |is>no place for them" Meyer ml4d hat" said Richard. When rvice was over the constatie 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 I will punish you severely"
 "I have been" said the soldier, about six weeks on the march. I have neither Bible nor common prayer book. I have nothing but a pack of cards, and hope to satisfy your worship of the purity of my intentions
 Then spreading the cards before the Mayor he began with the ace:
 When see the ace it reminds me that there is but one God; when I see the deuce it reminds me of the Father and Son; when I see the trey, 1t reminds me of the Fa- ther, Son and Holy Ghost; When I see the four. 1t reminds me of the four evangelists that preached, Mat thew, Mark, Luke anl John.
 When I see the five, it reminds me of the wise virgins that trim med their lamps-there were ten but five of them were wise and five were foolish and were shut out: when see the six 1t 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 hal lowel it.
 When l see the eight it reminds me of the eight religious persons who were saved when God destroy ed the world-viz.. Noah and his wife, his three sons and their wives; when I see the nine, it re- minds me of the nine lepers that were cleansed by our Savior-there were nine out of ten that never returned thanks; when I see the ten. it reminds me of the Ten Com mandments which God handed Town to Moses on the tablets of stone.
 When see the king. it reminds me of the great King of Heaven that is. God Almighty; when I see the queen it reminds me of the Queen of Sheba who visited Solo mon, for she was as wise woman as he was man. She bought 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 and King Solomon told by that"
 We'll" said the Mayor. you have described every card in the pack ex- cept one.'
 What is that?"
 "The knaye." said the Mayor.
 q will give your honor descrip- tion of that, too. if he will not be angry"
 T will not" said the Mayor. eff you do not term me the knave."
 "The greatest knave I know of is the constable that brought me here" .--4
 T do not know" said the Mayor, eff he is the greatest knave, but