Bread Upon the Waters (1914) Online

Bread Upon the Waters (1914) Online

Jean, an artist, takes everybody's troubles upon himself. As often as he can sell a picture, he does so, and then squanders the money upon "dem good-for-nothin' artists," as Mammy says. Falconer, another artist, is a heavy drinker and dies, leaving Mary, Laura and Toodles, his children, in sore straits. The artists are very sorry, but know nothing they can do to help them, as they have little to give. Jean, though poor himself, takes the orphans into his home. Having just bought a new overcoat, Jean meets J. Gage Russell, an elderly and poorly-dressed man, on the street, without a top-coat, and Jean forces his own upon him, under the impression that the old gentleman needs it. Old Russell sees the humor of the situation and follows Jean, learns his address and determines to investigate the artist's conditions, so struck is he by his unusual generosity. Jean continues his life of self-sacrifice for his friend's children and finds it no small undertaking. Russell, who is a millionaire, ...