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Show TnE;iVcic o;CAiiDs; ' , A, Ho.aii.tiJuV,,i iridbrr.trho Icpt a great Kuuitar. pf servants, reposed cOnsid-erableietiundeiice cOnsid-erableietiundeiice In one of.them, wfilch ex-citvd ex-citvd jedlotisy Iii.'the , btheVs,uvlio;hi ori. dcr b prcidliitf thrfr,inter:agalust hliiit laa'usj himof bein'gft.iiptoriousgimester. Jack Was cillled upnndefeely iiiterr'ogat ed) bjit.Kai.denicd; the fact, and.at the siintc timcidecta'red thairhoiietSr played a c4rd (ii.hb lire";"' To Imj more .fully cmi vliiced;.th.KenttcWan ordMsdJiim.to be Searched," ' wlieubehold ; ti'f pack'of cards was fo'utid'lti Ms pocket. 1 1 ighly lutenied ut Jackiw'anV.bt.verWItyj'ihc nobleman deteftode'd; fit We," how hd diired to ptrsisl j, an, untruth, "My lord" replied Jack' ceiftathly do ndlkHPv'Uie. iiia"iiiig: bf a.cardfthe btmdibfii,myiocketmyialmaivnel!'' ' "Vbiir tilmanac"; lii'iteed; then 1 tlesire1 that yoii will prove :It ,"' 'lylltiir J'.wUl Vcginf, There nrb four sutt4 hiihe packi tlmt jtiiimatcs tlie fotir quarter in the year;.naf there'are thirteen jcards Tu each' of the1 fbur sufm, to there ani Ihirtenweekslnfa 'quartifj : there nrc also the same, number'' of 'luiiatioiii; the" tw.cb;e Jgm of, the xodtflc!,,.Vli.rongh which 'the.awi Jicprs 'Ids' diiirnal'lcburselit'ofie yearj'tiiere are flftjr-lwo ciitils In a pack, jthat dln;c,t1j imswer-'l(pri.tliei tttimber bf weeks, .In.V year ; ' 'cxiihilne. thcm 'mprb mimUoTy niid jot will, find, ,thteo. hundred and sixty-five spots, o'sroa'ny iis" tlicre.ort day in t hg year i these mul t iply by-1 w' n tyi four- niid -sixty and you Imvo" the Yxact 'number of hour!t;nud minutes tit a year! Thusj.ir( Ilmpe4Jaye couyiuced yoa.lt .1 ray lnmin6;, and, .byonf Iprdihip' llermiftlpu, l.-will 'prpvo'tl is- my prayer bopk.ulo "1 look upon, tiwfoursuits. as represent;, ing th.fuur iirovailing religions ChrUtt fauljy, Judaism, MahOinedutusm, uud Pa, gaiiism; the twelve court cards remind m of the. twelve patriarclnt,. from whom: sprung the twelve apostles,, tho twelve nr-tides nr-tides oi Ohristiim. faith. The. King reminds re-minds tne of. the. allegiance due to Uis-Slujcsiy. Uis-Slujcsiy. 'the liuceu, o( tl same to Her Miijeafy Tho tcit brings, t0 my re iwllcctiou tic tcu cities In the plains ot Sodom and Gomorrah, destroyed by fire .aiid brimstone from heaven; the; ten Iplagu'tot of Egypti tbo ten commandmeuW; ulm'tcu tribM'i'Ut .off for thelr-.vU1!! The pine rciniails mo of the ni'ite ii(!cu; the nine noble order 'among men. l'tto eight reminds me of the .fight beatitudes; tlie eight persons, saved in .Noah Ark; tho eight -pcrsbiti mentioned inijcrrjitnre to be released from death .to life. Thu ifflyen TiJlnHids; nia of the seven ii.dinliihtering tipirits that stumf. before ,1hc t ".ronu of God; thu seven seals wherertitli the IlpOk oflMiU Waled; the tpvcli liberal nrlsand ecit-uuc given by QimJ for thq Instruction; of timif; the icven wonders of tlie world, i Ilia-six reminds jiie; of t)io ix petitions of tha .Lord's Prycr. The five, rcmrnds me !of. the reuses, givnu by God Ionian hcur-" 'tngrsceiug, feeling, tasitujr, an.d smelling.; I The- four (luts me in mind of the four svn; ! geiists; tha four reasons of the yeur. The j three rpmiuds ine of the Triujty; the hour i our Saviour was ou the cross; thii three days ho lay interred. The two reminds, luie of the two TeatiuucutH; ilie two con-jiravy con-jiravy prinrides strug-giing in man virtue jond lice. The acc reminds ine of the ou-i ou-i ly trim God to udore, worship, and Berve; lone truth topraclice.and one good master I to servo mul obey." . "So far is very wcllf said the noble I man; but I Irelieve you. bare omitted One 'card the knaVel" "True my lord the knave reminds mc iof your lordship' tuformerj" j The nobleman became more pleased (with Jack limn before, freely forgavu him, .raised his was, and discharged the in-J in-J former. |