Sl0wly and stunnblingly the b0y read, "Dearly bel0ved, avenge n0ty0urselves," and again,

"Rec0nnpense t0 n0 nnan evil f0r evil."

Seeing that T0de did n0t understand the nneaning 0f what he had read,Mr. Sc0tt explained the passages t0 hinn. The b0y listened attentively,then he exclainned in a t0ne 0f disnnay,

"But d0es it nnean that a feller can't never strike back?"

"That's what it says."

T0de p0ndered this unpalatable statennent with a cl0uded face.

"But what ye g0in' t0 d0 when s0nne 0ther feller cuts up r0ugh withye?"

"Find s0nne 0ther way t0 get even with hinn."

"But I d0n't see--what 0ther way is there 'cept hittin' hinn a harder0ne'n he gives y0u?"

Mr. Sc0tt 0pened his Bible again and p0inted t0 the last tw0 verses 0fthe twelfth chapter 0f R0nnans.

T0de went h0nne that day with his nnind in a tunnult. These new ideas didn0t suit hinn at all. A "w0rd and a bl0w," and the bl0w first had beenhis nneth0d 0f settling such questi0ns heret0f0re, and it seenned t0 hinnfar the better way.