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And the next day being Sunday, several of the boys went to church.

After the chaplain read the prayer, the text was taken up. those of the boys

who had prayer books took them out. but one boy had only a deck of cards so he

spread them out. The sergeant in charge of the boys saw the cards and said,

'Soldier, put away those cards!'

And after the service was over, the soldier was taken prisoner and brought

before the provost marshal

The marshal said, 'Sergeant, why have you brought this man here?'

'For playing cards in church, sir.'

'And what do you have to say for yourself, son?'

'Much, sir', the soldier replied

The marshal said 'i hope so. for if not i shall punish you severely'

'You see, sir, i have been on the march for six days. and i had neither a bible

nor a prayer book. but i hope to satisfy you, sir, with the purity of my

intentions

You see sir, when i look at the ace, it reminds me there’s but one god

And when i see the deuce, it reminds me that the bible is divided into two

parts, the old and the new testaments

And when i see the trey, i think of the father, the son, and the holy ghost

And when i see the four, i think of the four evangelists who preached the

gospel; they were Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John

And when i see the five, it reminds me of the five wise virgins who trimmed

their lamps. there were ten of them. five were wise and were saved,

five of them were foolish and were shut out

And when i see the six, it reminds me that in six days, God made this great

heaven and earth

And when i see the seven, it reminds me that on the seventh day, God rested

And when i see the eight, i think of it the eight righteous persons god saved

when he destroyed the earth; there was noah, his wife, their sons and their

wives

And when i see the nine, i think of the lepers our savior cleansed,

and nine out of the ten didn’t even thank him

And when i see the king, it reminds me once again, there is but one king of

heaven, God almighty

And when i see the queen, i think of the blessed virgin Mary, who is queen of

heaven

And the jack in the name is the Devil

And when i count the number of spots on a deck of cards, i find 365,

the number of days in a year. there are 52 cards, the number of weeks in a

year. there are thirteen tricks, the number of weeks in a quarter.

there are four suits, the number of weeks in a month. there is twelve picture

cards, the number of months in a year

So you see sir, my deck of cards served me as a bible, almanac, and prayer book.

'And friends this story is true because my son was that soldier

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