Mother was too busy taking care of you two, when I
was a little chicken, to teach me as she has you."
"Well, but what _can_ that mean--'If a man strikes you on one cheek,
let him strike the other too?'"
"Yes," said Alfred, chiming in, "and, 'If anybody takes your coat
away, give him your cloak too.'"
"I suppose it means just that," said Sadie. "If anybody steals your
mittens, as that Bush girl did yours last winter, Julia, you are to
take your hood right off, and give it to her."
"Oh, Sadie! you _don't_ ever mean that."
"And then," continued Sadie, gravely, "if that shouldn't satisfy her,
you had better take off your shoes and stockings, and give her them."
"Sadie," said Ester, "how _can_ you teach those children such
nonsense?"
"She isn't teaching _me_ any thing," interrupted Alfred. "I guess I
ain't such a dunce as to swallow all that stuff."
"Well," said Sadie, meekly, "I'm sure I'm doing the best I can;
and you are all finding fault. I've explained to the best of _my_
abilities Julia, I'll tell you the truth;" and for a moment her
laughing face grew sober. "I don't know the least thing about
it--don't pretend to. Why don't you ask Ester? She can tell you more
about the Bible in a minute, I presume, than I could in a year.
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