The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-06-06
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Edna's Reward.
"Instead of one corner OF my brain
for geography and one for arithmetic,
both Of them must be for arithmetic.
Don't you think so, mammal"
Mamma looked at Edna's first sixth
grade report card and read, "Geog-
raphy, 81; arithmetic, o."
"This is worse than usual, Edna"
she said. ''Now ! believe myself that
you have corner for geography, but
that IL is, we might say, a vacant cor
ner lot We must build on IL. II you
can get 75 next week, we will go TO
see with our own eyes some fact OF
geography. think we will go TO see
how the men quarry building stone.
Lessons went about as usual the first
day. Edna tried TO remember how
Asia looked on the map page, but
there were so many scallops along the
coast she could not remember where
they all belonged. The next day each
member OF the class was TO bring five
original questions, the questions and
their answers to be written out to pass
in. Before she went to school Edna
read hers to her mother.
"What is the direction OF Java from
JAPAN" was the first.
Mamma was TO answer.
Southeast, she replied.
"No. southwest" said Edna, with
eyes fairly dancing.
IL hope you are right, dear" said
mammaS "But let us look ii up"
II was southwest, they found, both
looking carefully at the map; and
Edna went to school feeling sure her
paper was all right.
Strange how things happen! When
the books were closed and the geog-
raphy class was ready to iecite, Miss
Johnson said:
"Before we take up the advance
work, you may ask few of the re-
view questions you have prepared"
Edna was looking at her intently,
and wishing she herself had blue eyes
and wavy yellow hair. She had even
gone so far as to hope she would grow
up to look like Miss Johnson-which
was unlikely. as Edna had black eyes
and black ir-when she was sudden
ly called TO attention by hearing Mary
Milliken ask
"what is the direction of Java from
Japan?"
''Southeast," answered Willie May
nard.
"Rightr' said Miss Johnson, and q
second question was asked.
Edna could hardly believe her cara
She had never known Miss johnson
to make a mistake, but there was the
fact that mamma had looked it up with
| her only two hours before. Miss
johnson must be wrong for once; no,
she must be wrong herselfl oh, dear!
it was so perplexing.
The papers had not been passed in,
aud Edna could easily change her
answer to Southeast"
81 am. I'm going to change it, and
then / won't lose on my rank" de-
cided Edna
The pencil almost touched the
paper when Edna thought:
Mamma wouldn't change ii, and
Miss johnson wouldn't, either.
know I'm right, and I'd rather be
right"-Edna besitated q minute
ethan have a hundred"
The next day. when Miss johnson
returned the papers, Edna opened
hers slowly, with dismal feeling that
there would be blue pencil mark
against southwest" OF course, she
could show Miss Johnson her mis-
take; but Edna's devotion to hel
teacher was such that she had queei
idea that the mistake should be KEEP
from her. There was the mark
What? 1t wasn't cross! Instead,
in Miss Johnson's pretty handwriting
was an underlined Good" Ednt
feasted her ewes on the word.
Java is southwest Of Japan, chill
dren--not southeast, as recited yes
terday," said Miss Johnson. ~ an
glad to say one OF us knew the righ
answer yesterday" And she looked
straight at Edna.
Edna blushed and smiled. Every
thing was all right What if she hat
changed the word? II wasn't pleas
ant thought, and Edna peeped int,
her paper agsin to see the beautiful
Good" Proudly she carried thu
poper home at noon.
"Miss Johason's own writing
mamma!"-Sunday School Times.