The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-02-16
PICKS BAD BOY AND HIS PA.
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 No. aint go, nothing in u, mouth, said the boy, in A vo,ce sha, sounded as though he was trying to talk w.lh A hot potato in his mouth. This Is my sun day school lesson, was smo,e on one cheek and turned the other. and nearly had my neck broke. No, any more ,urn- ing the other cheek for Hennery
 .. go way" said the gro,cryman. "Aoa wasn't such blamed fool as ,o turn the other cheek. when you %, h,,. ~as you." And then. examining the boys cheeks and hnding them s~clled ] up he added. by JnEo. l believe you did Hos was II. anyway"
 Well. II WAS in the sunday school les son. >a,d Inc boy. and my teacher said !; ~as the s,eaiss, triumph ID ,he world for person to be able ,o ,utn the other cheek when smoie en ono cheek asked hlm II people ever did that. and he said oaI hes, ci,isens did. He sad i, required great deal ei patience. but person should always iutn the other check also l asked pa about Il. and pa ,a,d ihr ,ea,he ~as ught. and iha, Il VAS the dn;s oi every Cin4cn io tutn the oshci check when smeic on one cheek. and he i should always do Ao Well. ST lwantto be ecod. and last lenEed sor somebrd, to stnitc me ou ouc cheek Se could turn the other also. but |, seemed as though the sntlsots were no, an the Wal path. and f,t two days l had te ga sfoaad stthouI being smete Bu, M~dne>da, afternoon l Nss down by the the .ler where they we're hasing matinee and there ~ss ! loi oi boys >l'ding on smooth piece ei ,ee III ihe gutter. and rushed on ,o si'ie md ,un as.,insi boy, ana he hanled oi' anG lsmmed me en th,s cheek ! -. gosh. but itd Se~ s,ars tm Rul didn he sml'e ~as going io plek ul frose Y that ~as 's ,he >ttcei and hn hun. e hsn 'ppene 'othtnk ei iarntnf the other cheek, and | tdtned us lace towards I'm. and he gave me ano'het nght he'e- o b' but I,wa, len itmes h'gsef hsn thr other snotr and guess i '' mae ise si.fs. Al.s~as. shall piead ,nsansii 10 Eri ol, ci at
 pft ''ai el .b hat asked ,tr gto. ei, nan oa ,.on't have to Ke, oul ai aaY'h nsS. II he ht ,au couple oi nme>, snd yeu s,oed IL you don't have to ge, .'i't af anything
 "Nss but didn', stand !, :" sad thr
 
 When he ha me that las, rap.n knoo ked All the meeknrsS and pious out of me and l wru, al hun and we had anawlui hgh, He wouldnt turn hI> other cheek cause i guess he was A h~aihep. that never went ,o sunday 5, hooi. so turned his other cheek for hum. and 1 warmed hun sn he holiered enough But was sorry afterwards and felt A though would be ashamed io meet pa or my teacher so thought l would sec how those good men would stand hetng smot~. and found a teller who wanted ,o earn Two shilltnga, and hted him To Auote pa anu the teacher, 1nst to see ho~ they would tufn the other cheek The teae her keeps books tn 4 store and goes to lunch ] m Il restaurant. and when he eaine along the fellow had hrrrd wen, up ,o hun and slapped hun oh the heck no, very hard. but juai hard enough Ia make hun feel as though he was hlt 1 looked lo. the tctt hct to ,urn the other ,heek. but. gosh, he infned pale and IGn dosn the alley ha of the store. and his ,oa, tails s,nt k out so you could play marbles on l them. l yelled to han io turn the other . cheek, bui he nun faster, and the neat mofnng the papei loid abou, a das,ardly attempt n highway robbery and ass.s sination on inc street. in broad daylight. one oi our most respected ,i,ilen. being the sItum and only for htS pteseuee ot nind the attempt would have been sue eessiui. Well, though l should eile when l read that Then had ,n, hit~d man ny il on pa. kne~ pa ~ould turn his other cheek, because hc satd that was the ngh, ,hiog ro do. Bn, when the iei- lo~ hn Pa, pa turned and lamrned ,he fellow righ, in the ugh, m ,he ea,. and then yelled for policeman. but my hued man go out of the way. Ina, nigh, pa said h~ had 4 narrow escape ifoin beng sand-bagxed, and l asked h,m fl hr iurred the other cheek also, and he sad no' fl he knowed II. don, ,hnk ,h,s .s the righi and of climate for turning ,Ae other heck when you are smo,e, do you z
 Well sad the groeeryman. a he looked A the boy'a yelled oheeks, 1t is hard io make rule thai w,i apply ID all klnda of cases. The idea is A good one, ,o turn he other ,keekSs~ but we are apt to forget. especially fl on A casual IT, ] sp~otoE of fhe smi,rT we thihk we cAs whip htf of fl he is small that his smiiiaY as.eA no, huri. But when a man delite,a'ciy belis me in the s~ and d.s. lo' a,es ' ! immediately ihtnk ihA, ane AN IS en'.ygh 10 have fractured al once ! gus>s when tha; sfuiiing business be- ean.e lhs 'as'ofu, and people turned the other cheek ihey dida't ltfike from the sho0idcr 'he say ihsJ do nou days l ihfhs 'he b~s' ~AJ IS to put up your arms and ward of the bios and try to reason sih he tmi,er and [ he insisi. on smirias saai of aeoidsnially aH hin n The nose ha, brings A ani,eT to bis sense stspa' Is qaisk anything And VI pour p@ didn't prAciice what he preached, eh z
 sot mBeh. He got not ID minute, and acted ike pflxe tighter. asked him more about Il thss morning. and lac said ], was all righ, enough for boys to iukn ,Le r..her cheek ahfte thrx had