Show HER BREAD UPON THE WATERS little edna did as sunday school teacher directed it was summertime and mr and sirs garvan had established themselves as summer boarders on a large farm so that their only child edna might have a long cherished wish realized little old edna had heard people talk of farms and farm life and she had teased her parents to take her to the real country where they have horses chickens and where the men dig potatoes they arrived there saturday and the following day edna was placed in tha village sunday school she said nothing about it on her return home and her parents bad no reason for thinking that their little girl bad learned a practical lesson but on the following day when she was given some bread crumbs to teed the chickens her face simply beamed with delight and a few moments later her mother glancing out of the window saw her throw the bread crumbs into a little pool of water and the chickens bad to stretch their necks far out into the water to get the feed she meant to ask edna why she didat but the incident passed out of her mind A few days later ednas father had occasion to go to the city and when he returned be brought home a band some locket and chain for his little girl it being intended as a surprise from her father and mother but edna while plainly showing she was de lighted at receiving the gift showed no surprise whatever but accepted it in a cool matter ot fact manner both her father and mother noticed this with surprise and were keenly disappointed finally her mother said to edna dut isn t my little girl sur to receive go beautiful a gift from lapa and mamma no little edna replied the golden text ot the sunday school lesson on sunday was cast thy bread upon the waters tor thou shall find it after many days and when you sent me to teed the lithe chickens every flay I 1 did the bread on the water and so I 1 s pecked something my teacher it that way |