News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-09-27

nre upon MS head. be not overcome @
evil, but overcome evil with good
81 don't wonder that it seems like
very hard thing to do, Tip" Miss Bald
win said when he paused.
81 don't feel like treating a fellow tha
way when he has made me mad" h,
answered. 'I never feel satisfied unit
l get even with them some way or an
other. If fellow treats me all right, II
do as much for him, but it isn't in hu
man nature to treat ones enemy well.
mo, it is not in human nature, Tip,
Miss Baldwin said, 'but these are divine
words, and that is the way Christ wants
us to treat our enemies. He set us the
example himself. Do you remember
what he said to the wicked men who
crucitied hima"
HE said, Father forgive them, for
they know not what they do" said a
little lame boy, softly.
WAS not that a glorious axample of
forgiveness" asked Miss Baldwin, earn
estly. Ought we not to be able to for
I give any little injuries that are done to
us, when our Saviour could not only
himself forgive, but plead for pardon for
his enemies. Won't you promise me,
boys, that the next time you are tempted
to revenge any injury, you will heap
Goals OF ire on your enemy's head. l
know it will be hard work You will not
be able to do it in your own strength;
but you know where o go for help, and
1t will never be denied you, Won't you
promise!"
"1es' M" answered the boys, earnest
ly. ''That is, we wi try it once, any
way, " one of them added, fearful lest he
had pledged himself to continual forgive
ness. TIP alone was silent.
"After fix Dick off, maybe I'll
promise that" he thought.
Miss Baldwin noticed his silence,
though she made no remark about it at
the time, but when Sunday school was
dismissed, she said pleasantly, "Tip, |
will you wait few minutes, please. [ |
want TO speak to you about something"
81 suppose she is going to talk to me
because L wouldn't promise that" said |
lip to himself, doggedly, "but it's no
use. l amt going to forgive Dick till 1 |
pay him off for his meanness to me-"
Now, Tip, tell me all about it," said
Miss Baldwin, when the class had dis
persed.
Tip told her the whole story, and she
listened with q sympathy that was very
comforting. "Now, Miss Baldwin" he
"just sposon you was a boy.
and another fellow treated you that way,
what would you do9 Don't you think
he's mean?'
u don't wonder that the idee of for
giving him seems very hard to YOU,
lip, she answered. ''Suppose, we will
ust suppose, for 1 don't believe Won
would do such thing, that you had
5reated boy as badly as Dick has treat
cd you, how would you feel if instead of !
loing something ugly to you, that boy !
should treat you kindly and do you a :
avor2"
=. "Why. I'd rather take thrashing," +
lip exclaimed, earnestly. 'I couldn't :
lever do nothint ts'more that was mean to
lin, as long as 1 lived" :
Well, just try such q revenge upon /
)Ick, this once, pleaded Miss Baldwin. a
You will find an opportunity to do .
indness to him if you look for it. - l.
"Well, will, inst to please you," an 81
wered Tip, reluctantly. III
He had not long to wait for an oPpor- WI
unity. Dick was not at his post the he
ext morning, and toward noon a news dc
oy called out: 81 say, Tip, Dicks w
here he won't plague you no more for III
Il sick. l 'spose he'll get took to tie Ii
0spital before long" 81
Tins ewes flashed. He was so eager
, carry out his new plan of revenge that OF
. could not wait till evening. Shout 81
erine his box, he went TO fruit stand s,
ear by, and invested in some large, 81
licy oranges. Going into the miser-
BILE alley where Dick lived, he CROPPED b
is way up the dark, rickety stairs to 81
ne top story, and knocked at the door h
t the end of the hall. fl
His heart beat fast as he opened the Il
oor in response to the feeble "Come W
a." How would Dick receive him % g.
"Hellc, Dick 7" he said pleasantly, as il
10 walked across the room to the corner "
7here the poor boy lay on his bed of O
ags. 81 heard you was sick, and [ came Il
u to see if there was anything l could q
10 for you, and l thought maybe these
ranges would taste nice. |.
All day long Dick had tossed on his c
miserable bed, parched with fever, with e
10 one to give him the drink of wa er
or which he longed so fervently; now C
his boy, whom he had bullied and ill q
reated, who still ore the marks of his $
blow, came to care for him No wonder \
hat he could not understand his mo- l.
ives He seized the orange and glued
lis lips to its skin, while he drank its
uice with a sigh of relief.
"Tastes good, don't it 7" said Tip, his
ace radiant; ''here's some more for !
7ou."
"What did you bring me these for 2"
lsked Dick, suddenly; "what did you
Eant to treat me good for; haven't been
mean to you r
Eyes" answered Tip, frankly, "and i
hats why L am trying to treat you /
WE'LL" '
"What do you mean ?" asked Dick; a
md then Tip told him all about his talk t
With his teacher. S
81 don't believe people would ever v
stay mad if they tried this way" he con- O
,luded; az feel now just as if We were c
and I'd do anything to make you /
eel good. ] amt o bit mad now"
"I've been awful mean to you" said f
Dick, slowly, "and l amt much worth t
having for friend, but I'll never forget
.his in you as long as 1 live, and if can t
sver do anything for you, I'll be glad of /
he chance. [ never felt so mean and
small as l do now; 1 believe l could go
through knot hole and have plenty of t
.oom to spare. If we'd had fight, and !
7ou'd got the best of me, [ wouldn't
nave cared, but to treat me this way
Dicks voice faltered.
Lets don't say any more about it, |
aid Tip, seizing the hot hand in his t
,wn; "we'n be good friends now"
1t was very sweet revenge to lip, {
nd when he told Miss Baldwin about 1t '
he next Sunday he concluded:
"It's just as you said, Miss BALDWIN.
{ beats every other way of getting t
ouare lust hollow, and l always mean {
0 try it. "-NeU York O6serre'. {