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WHO DESERVED THE CANE?

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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Aug 7, 1900

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 77, No. 32.

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WHO DESERVED THE CANE?

A MAGAZINE writer vouches for the truthfulness of the following sketch:—
“Mamma, please give me another piece of cake.”
“No, darling, one piece is enough.”
“Half a piece — please, mamma?”
“No, Freddie, no more!”
“Just a very little piece, mamma, dear?”
“No, Freddie, no!”
“Do give the child a piece,” says the husband. “I’ll risk its hurting him.”
And the mother gave it! What else could she do?
“Mamma, may I go out to play?”
“It’s very damp, and you have a cold. I do not think it is best.”
“I won’t take any cold.”
“I fear you will. You must play indoors to-day.”
“Just a little while — please, mamma?”
“No, Freddie, you must not go out to-day.”
“Do let the child go. What a girl you are making of him! Dress him warm, and let him go. It will do him good.”
And Freddie went out!
“May I have my blocks in the drawing-room, mamma?”
“No, Freddie, make your block house in the dining-room. Miss —— is an invalid, and I wish the room very quiet.”
“I will be very quiet.”
“You will intend to be, but you can not help making some noise, and as Miss —— very rarely goes anywhere, I fear she will be very tired at best; so be a good little boy, and play in the dining-room this afternoon.”
“I won’t make a bit of noise, nor tire her one speck.”
“You must play in the dining-room, Freddie, and not say any more about it.”
“Nonsense! It will do her good to see a happy little face, and give her something besides her own pains and aches to think of. Let him bring his blocks into the drawing-room.”
And he brought them in!
“What a torment that boy has got to be!” says the father, later on. “‘Tis tease, tease, tease, from morning till night. ’Tis enough to wear out the patience of Job! If you won’t whip him, I will.”
And he whipped him!
Query: Who ought to have been whipped?