.

"When I see the six, it reminds me that in six days the Lord
made heaven and earth. When I see the seven, it reminds me
that on the seventh day He rested from the great work He had
created, and hallowed it.

"When I see the eight, it reminds me of the eight righteous
persons that were saved when God destroyed the
world--namely, Noah and his wife, with his three sons and
their wives. When I see the nine, it reminds me of the nine
lepers that were cleansed by our Saviour; there were nine
out of ten who never returned thanks.

"When I see the ten, it reminds me of the Ten Commandments
which God handed down to Moses on tables of stone. When I
see the king, it reminds me of the King of Heaven, which is
God Almighty.

"When I see the queen, it reminds me of the Queen of Sheba,
who visited Solomon, for she was as wise a woman as he was a
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. King Solomon 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 magistrate, "you have given a good
description of all the cards but one."

"What is that?"

"The knave," said the magistrate.

"I will give your honor a description of that, too, if you
will not be angry."

"I will not," said the magistrate, "if you do not term me to
be the knave."

"Well," said the soldier, "the greatest knave that I know of
is the constable that brought me here."

"I do not know," said the magistrate, "if he is the greatest
knave, but I begin to think that he must have been a fool to
arrest so devout a man."

"When I count the number of cards in a pack," continued the
soldier, "I find there are fifty-two, the number of weeks in
a year; and I find four suits, the number of weeks in a
month. I find there are twelve picture cards in a pack,
representing the number of months in a year; and on counting
the tricks, I find thirteen, the number of weeks in a
quarter. So, you see, a pack of cards serves for a Bible,
almanac, and prayer-book."

THE BATTLE OF THE "YATCHES."

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