An Unfortunate Accident. —A Highland laird was addicted to card-playing, and had been engaged in it till a late hour on Saturday evening. Nest morning, in church, he accidentally pulled out of his pocket with his handkerchief a pack of cards, which flew about in every direction. The attention of the minister was called to this untoward circumstance, and. looking straight at the offender, he exclaimed, “ Hoot, mon, but your psawm-book is unco ill-bound.”
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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 8, Issue 397, 26 July 1866, Page 3
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74Untitled Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 8, Issue 397, 26 July 1866, Page 3
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