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Show No Precedent. Mrs. Lewis had made it a practice every night just before bedtime to read some verses from the Bible to her little ones. Among those verse3 which she particularly endeavored to impress on their young minds was, "Whosoever smiteth thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also." The following morning Jack came into the house sobbing bitterly. "Why, what's the matter?" anxiously anxious-ly queried the mother. "Sister hit me." "Have you forgotten about turning the other cheek?" "N-n-n-no, boo-hoo!" wailed Jack, "but I couldn't; she bit me in the middle." mid-dle." Harper's Magazine. |