The sun., 1909-05-02
I'm TURNING THE .
" OTHER CHEEK.
Tintsrbottom Gets a New Idea
Of the Meaning of the Scrip
.. tural Injunction.

men bein' disreligious il I they amt what
you'd call overly intelligent remarked
,,d man Greephut. "You take man
chats never been dedicated proper au'
..t him 10 readin' the Bible an more'n
bkeIv you'll start him goin' onto the road
o. ruin.
.I'he was to rely onto his plain common
sense he'd find heaps o. things into it
what he'd set down f'r plain, everyday,
o,dinarv lies, an the chances is that
nod pass an chuck the Good Book into
,be discard when II come his turn to play
shows how important the higher eddi-
cation is.
Take 4 man what knows enough for
~ read with onderstandin', an them diff
cult passages amt no trouble whatsom-
ever. Them things what an ignorant man
,ets dow f'r ordinary lies this here other
man reco'niaes rightaway f'r parallels
an them doctrines what pears to be
numb foolish he knows is wrote f'r TO
make him study out the reel meanin'. an
more'n likely that'll be somepin entirely
different
Some on 'em is 80 doggone deep what
II takes comsd able study f'r to get to
the bottom on EN-, but there hain't no
hodr never gave intelligent study to the
Scriptures thouten gettin' some bene-
IL. even II it don't come the way he was
,.lookin' f'r it. There's been some has
zone plumb to destruction count O. run
min up ag'in some tex what amt meant
n TO be took the way it's said, them not
hsvin' eddication enough f'r to see what's
RELY meant
Well, I don't reckon I've done went to
destruction long o no difficulties into
r.sdin' Scripter,- said Jake Winterbot-
tom. but I useter take consid able tn-
1 ,ereet into religious questions. an done
p read the Bible some steady fr a spell
hut come across a tex one day what
sure did put me out O. conceit with the
hull business.
I mean where it says what II man
rr to turn round an give him ohanst O.
snashin' t'other. Way it looks to me
sta man mought do that over in Yurrup,
where they started the Bible first OF
but no North American citizen amt
eon to act thataway. not 'thouten he "a
done give up bein' a man. Anyway, I
didn't 90 no further
Well, ! amt a-sayin' but what that
there is some difficult. o. course any
body with common sense knows 'tain't
10 be took literal said old man Green
hut after a little hesitation, .an' ekilly o
Y course 'tain't easy to say offhand just
what is meant.
I hain't never gave no deep study to
that ptio'lar passage, but I reckon tn
s;rt DO doubt but what it means somepin
different Mought be as how tho worc
'smite meant somepin' different them
DAYS 20 what it does now. an then. o
course, there wouldn't be no way O. maxim
snythin' reasonable outen that p'tio'lal
rsssage, not 'thouten We cd find out what
was RELY meant by 'smite.
There's lots o. places in Scripter where
you have to use different mesnin' tc
sone o the words in order to make sense
loren likely that's one on EN-"
Just what might have been the out.
tome Of this discussion is hard to say
for not only Winte-bottom but two OF
,aree of his friends as well seemed mors
tr las inclined TO treat the old mans
explanations with derision. but just q
that moment the door Of the saloon openec
md a tall weatherbeaten, loose jointec
tuanger came in.
'Ireckon likely things is dill rent rouno
ere when you done get acquainted.
he began in hesitating way. 'but ;,
fW's I've seen this town amt deservin
o no such reputation what il pear
to got. You uns amt passed no pro
hbition laws here recent, is your
'Tain't likely said Joe Rassett with
large and tolerant scorn. Mostly oul
citizens is grown men and amt lookin
f'r TO hide ahint no screen door wher
they needs drink. Similar II mar
don't want drink he don't take none
hut he amt a-hirin' no brass band to e
round tellin' everybody what a hel
roarin hero he is"
That's a good way" said the stranger
srprovingy. Il reckon man hac
ought f'r to be able to drink, or let i
alone, whichever he darn pleases.
Reason asst. though, was Z the hui
town pears to he consid able drier n
lime kiln. Them bottles up there look
like they mought have somepin' wuti
while into 'em.
II nobody hsiu't got no 'bjec
lions rnebbe we mought kind o. sampl,
EN-. o. course, it's onto me, bein' as
spoke fust'
No objection being expressed, old ma,
Hreenhut hustled out his glasses and
couple ri bottles and Immediately 20
busy behind the bar.
After an appropriate interval there wa
smother round called for. and soclabl
relations being established. the strange
sought further enlightenment
Amt no hand f'r city life" he said
Tod@stly. 'hein' as was brIng up il
Nc woods but al ays reckonsd IL | wa
! 10 ind myself into metropolis like thi
y here Id kind o jine in If there wa
81. hin d,ddin. We uns plays poke
cors!i able up in tn ozarks, but ] reokoI
'a'n'' no such Of game as you UNI
rlsy- ! reckon maybe it's wuth
moderate wad just f'r 10 set in an &c
'Ircr ence.7
" you've got that idee into your nut
ts!c Old lnan GroeHhut, IL reckon yo,
cone come to he RIGHT place. There
nc IN this town where you'd be tool
~ an did up regardless. but " you se
w. vl;h some ~ these here friends q
'''re ynn'l get u square deal an no favor
;"'p' pdy."
t''' eeemed to appeal to the stranger
-" i"r'hwith introduced himself a
'' rhineas rarbuckle and called 70
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