Show carda in III coffin at the little village of comps au val near akiens amiens a curious ceremony was lately seen at a funeral says the london daily news the deceased was a card playing enthusiast piquet having been his favorite game by the terms of his will a pack of cards had to be placed in the coffan with his body and certain of his card playing friends were to have a legacy of about a hundred pounds apiece on condition that they bore him to the grave and stopped on the w y to drink a glass of wine at a small tavern where to quote his words lie had spent so many agreeable evenings ut cards the instructions of the will were strictly carried out and a considerable crowd assembled to see the last of the piquet player |