Delta chief., 1884-02-20
PECK'S BAD BOY AND HIS PA.
He Is smste ON one Cheek and turns the
Other Also.

He Is smste on one Cheek and turns the
Other Also.
Say. what YOU got in your mouth,
a base ball?" ash ed the groceryman OF
the bad boy, as he came in the store
with both checks sticking out. and
looking red. ..I'll bet you've got your
mouth full of benzine, or something,
and you are going to play some joke
on me. by squirting il on the stove"
"No. amt got nothing in my
mouth" said the boy. in a voice that
sounded rs though he was trying TO
talk with hot potatoe in his mouth.
This Is my Sunday school lesson. !
was smotc on one cheek and | turned
the other. and nearly had my neck
hroke. Not any more turning the other
cheek for Hcnnery."
"Oh, 90 way" said the groceryman.
.'You wasn't such blamed fool Ms to
turn the other cheek, when You got
hit. was you?" And then. examining
the boys checks and finding them
swellcd up he added. "by jingo. ! be-
licvc YOU did. How was it, any
way7"
well, IL was in the Sunday school
lesson" said the boy, land my teacher
said Il WAS the greatest triumph in the
world for n person to be able TO turn
the other cheek when smotc on one
cheek. asked him IL people ever did
that, and he said our best citizens did.
He said IL required great deal Of pa
ticncc, but n person should always turn
the other cheek also. ] asked pa about
abou, IL. and pa said the teacher was
right, and tba, il was the duty of every
citizen TO turn the other cheek when
smote on one check. and he should al
WAYS do so. Well, sir. l want 10 be
good. and Just longed for somebody
to smitc me on my check so l could
turn the other also. but 1t seemed as
though the smiters were not on the war
path, and for two days l had to go
around without being smotc. But We'd
uesday afternoon I WAS down by the
theater where they were having mat
inee. and there was lot of boys slid
ing on n smooth piece Of ice in the gut
ter, and rushed on to slide, and run
against boy, and he hauled Off and
damned me on this cheek. o. gosh.
but did see stars. Ughl But didn't
he smi,e. | was going to pick up a
frozc cat that was in the street. and hit
him. when happened 10 think of turn
ing the other cheek. and turned my
face towards him, and he gave me an
other, right here. OH OH But il was
ten times bigger than the other smote,
and guess II made me crazy. Anyway.
! shall plead insanity, to get out OF
it,"
Get ont of what?" asked the gro
ceryman. you don't have TO get out
of ANYTHING. II he hit you couple of
times. and you stood IL, you don't have
to get out of anything.
"Yes. but didn't stand it," said the
boy. as he felt of his swellcd cheek.
when he hit me that last rap, 1t knock
ed all the meckness and piousness
out of mo, and went at him and
we had nawful fight. He
wouldn't turn his other cheek,
cause l guess he was heather. that
never went to Sunday school, so / turn
ed his other cheek for him, and warm
cd him so he hollcrcd enough But
was sorry afterwards, and felt rs though
would be ashamed to meet pa or my
teacher. So ! thought would see how
those good men would stand being
smotc. and i found fellow who want
ed to earn two shillings. and hired him
TO smotc pm and the teacher. just TO see
how thcy would turn the other check.
ltsttHeI '''Ns ia " ''''' ''''
goes TO lunch in restaurant, and when
he come along the fellow ! had hired
went up TO him and slapped him on the
cheek, not very hard, but Just hard
enough to make him feel rs though he
was hit. looked for the teacher to turn
the other cheek, but, gosh, he turned
pale and run down the alley back OF
the store. and his coat-tails stuck out so
you could play marbles on them. l
yelled to him to turn the other cheek,
but he run faster. and the next morning
tho papers told about dastardly at
tempt at highway robbery and assassin
alton on the street. in broad daylight,
one of our most respected citizens being
the victim. and only for his presence OF
amnd the attempt would have been sue
s,cessful Well. thought ! should die
when read that. Then l had my hired
man try it on pm. l knew pa would
turn his other cheek. because he said
that WINS the right thing to do. But
when the fellow hit pa. pa turned and
damned the fellow right in the ear, and