"I'll thread it for you, let me. My eyes are bright and sharp," said Johnnie.

"Thank you," she said. "Now, Johnnie, don't you want to know Edith's secret. It is a word of four letters, love. Love to God, and love to everybody else. That makes Edie's good time."

"How can I get it too?" said Johnnie.

"I must tell you some of my verses, I think:

"'Ask, and ye shall receive.

"'Seek, and ye shall find.

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"'Knock, and it shall be opened to you.

"'For every one that asketh receiveth.

"'And he that seeketh findeth.