Show curds cd C d in 1 ills C coda CM M at the little village of comps au val 1 1 near amiens akiens a curious ceremony was lately seen at a funeral says the london daily news the dec deceased cased was a card playing enthusiast piquet having been his favorite game by the terms of lus his will a pack of cards had bad to be placed in the boffin with his body and certain of his card playing friends were to haac a I 1 legacy of about a hundred pounds apiece on condition that they bore him to the tae grave and stopped on the way to drink a glass of wine at a small email tavern where to quote his words he had spent so many agreeable evenings at cards card the instructions of the will were strictly carried out and a considerable crowd assembled to see the last of tl the e piquet player |