, 1884-02-29
wHES PUT TO THE TEST.
n Teachers InJunetion Didn't
work So RelI---And Failed I'm Other
Cases. ~


Peers Sun.1
GMy teacher said tho bad boy, Ssaid Il
was the greatest triumph In the world for a
person to be able to turn the other cheek
when Emote on one cheek. / asked him II
people ever did that and he said our best
citizens did. He said It required a great deal
of patience, but a person should always turn
the other chook also. asked pa about it, and
pa said tao teacher was right and that it
was tho duty OF every citizen to turn the
other cheek when smote on one cheek, and
be should always do 50. Well, sir, / want to
be good, and I just longed for somebody to
smite mo on one cheek so 1 could turn the
other also, but It seemed as though the
smibsrs wers not on the war path, and for
two days had to go without being smote.
But Wednesday afternoon l was down by
the theatre, where they were having a matt
nee, and there was a lot Of boys sliding on q
smooth piece Of Ice in the gutter. and l
rushed on to slide. and I run against a boy,
and he hauled of and damned me on this
cheek. o, gosh, but l did zee stars. UNI
But didn't he smite. l was going to pick up
a froze cat that was In the street. and hit
him, when 1 happsned 70 think of turning
the other cheek, and l turned my face to-
ward him, and he gave me another right
here. OF OF But It was ten times bigger
than the other smote, and / guess 1t made me
crazy. Anyway, i shall plead insanity, to
get out of itI"
sect out of whatP' asked the groceryman-
SYou don't have to get out OF anything. II
be hit you a couple Of times, and you stood
1t, you don't have to get out Of anything
Eyes, but l didn't stand IT." said the boy,
as he felt of his swelled cheek. awhen he
bit me that last rap 1t knocked all the meek
ness and pious out of me, and l went at him
and we had n naVxful H1ht Ha vuntldptt
turn his other cheek, cause | guess ho was a
heathen that never went TO Sunday-school,
so / turned his other cheek for him, and I
warmed him SO he hollered enough. But /
was sorry Afterwards, and felt as though 1
would be ashamed tn meet my pa or teacher.
So | thought l would see how those good
men would stand being smote, and / found
a fellor who wanted to earn Q shillings, and
1 hired him to smote pa and the teacher, Just
to see how they would turn the other cheek.
That teacher keeps books In a store, and
goes to lunch In a restaurant, and when he
came along the fellow l had hired went up to
him and slapped him on the cheek, not very
hard, but Just hard enough to make him feel
as though he was hit. I looked for the
teacher TO turn the other cheek. bat, gosh, he
turned pale and nun down the alley back of
the store, and his coat tails stuck out 30 you
could play marbles on them. l yelled to him
TO turn the other cheek, but be run faster,
and the next morning the paper told about a
dastardly attempt at highway robbery and as
sassination on the street, in broad daylight
one of our most respected citizens being the
victim, md only for his presence OF mind the
attempt would have been successful. Vel,
1 thought 1 should die when l read thai.
Thon l had my hired man try It on pa l
knew pa would turn his other cheek, because
he said that was the right thing to do. But
when the fellow hit pa, pa turned and damned
the fellow right In the ear, and then yelled
for a policeman, but my hired man got out OF
the way. That night pa said he had a narrow
escape from being sand-bagged, and / asked
him IL he turned the other cheek also, and be
said not IL he knowed 1t, / don't think this
is the right kind OF q climate for turning the
other cheek when you are smote, do you'll"