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Nellie L. McClung. The Second Chance
The Second Chance
Table of Contents
CHAPTER I. Martha II. The Rising Watsons III. "Knowledge Is Power" IV. Something More than Gestures V. At the Chicken Hill School VI. Pearl's Unruly Conscience VII. The Second Chance VIII. A Good Listener IX. Mrs. Perkins's Turn X. The New Pupils XI. The House of Trouble XII. Pearl Visits the Parsonage XIII. The Ladies' Aid Meeting XIV. "In Case——" XV. The Sowing XVI. Spiritual Advisors XVII. The Pioneers' Picnic XVIII. The Lacrosse Match XIX. The End of the Game XX. On the Quiet Hillside XXI. Frozen Wheat XXII. Autumn Days XXIII. Pearl's Philosophy XXIV. True Greatness XXV. The Coming of Thursa XXVI. In Honour's Ways XXVII. The Wedding XXVIII. A Sail! A Sail! XXIX. Martha's Strong Arguments XXX. Another Match-maker XXXI. Mrs. Cavers's Neighbours XXXII. Another Neighbour XXXIII. The Correction Line XXXIV. The Contrite Heart XXXV. The Lure of Love and the West. CHAPTER I
MARTHA
CHAPTER II
THE RISING WATSONS
CHAPTER III
"KNOWLEDGE IS POWER"
CHAPTER IV
SOMETHING MORE THAN GESTURES
Scene IV was the young son (Patsey) fleeing from the hands of justice. Pearlie hid him behind the flour-barrel until the two sleuths of the law, Danny and Tommy, passed by, and then he was supposed to do his great disappearing act through the cellar window. Scene V was the most important of all. It was the poorhouse, and required a good deal of stage-setting. All evidences of wealth had to be carefully eradicated. The cloth was taken from the table, and the one mat lifted off the floor. Newspapers were pinned over the windows, and the calendars were turned with their faces to the wall. The lamp with the cracked chimney was lighted instead of the "good lamp," and then Pearlie, with her mother's old black shawl around her shoulders, ceased to be Pearlie Watson and became poorhouse Nan, widowed, deserted, old as the world itself, with heartbreak and tears
CHAPTER V
AT THE CHICKEN HILL SCHOOL
CHAPTER VI
PEARL'S UNRULY CONSCIENCE
CHAPTER VII
THE SECOND CHANCE
CHAPTER VIII
A GOOD LISTENER
CHAPTER IX
MRS. PERKINS'S TURN
CHAPTER X
THE NEW PUPILS
CHAPTER XI
THE HOUSE OF TROUBLE
CHAPTER XII
PEARL VISITS THE PARSONAGE
CHAPTER XIII
THE LADIES' AID MEETING
CHAPTER XIV
"IN CASE——"
CHAPTER XV
THE SOWING
CHAPTER XVI
SPIRITUAL ADVISORS
CHAPTER XVII
THE PIONEERS' PICNIC
CHAPTER XVIII
THE LACROSSE MATCH
CHAPTER XIX
THE END OF THE GAME
CHAPTER XX
ON THE QUIET HILLSIDE
CHAPTER XXI
FROZEN WHEAT
CHAPTER XXII
AUTUMN DAYS
CHAPTER XXIII
PEARL'S PHILOSOPHY
CHAPTER XXIV
TRUE GREATNESS
CHAPTER XXV
THE COMING OF THURSA
CHAPTER XXVI
IN HONOUR'S WAYS
CHAPTER XXVII
THE WEDDING
CHAPTER XXVIII
A SAIL! A SAIL!
CHAPTER XXIX
MARTHA'S STRONG ARGUMENTS
CHAPTER XXX
ANOTHER MATCH-MAKER
CHAPTER XXXI
MRS. CAVERS'S NEIGHBOURS
CHAPTER XXXII
ANOTHER NEIGHBOUR
CHAPTER XXXIII
THE CORRECTION LINE
CHAPTER XXXIV
THE CONTRITE HEART
CHAPTER XXXV
THE LURE OF LOVE AND THE WEST
