CONTENTS CHAPTER I. Martha II. The Rising Watsons III.

CHAPTER II THE RISING WATSONS

CHAPTER III "KNOWLEDGE IS POWER"

CHAPTER IV SOMETHING MORE THAN GESTURES

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

Title: The Second Chance

Author: Nellie L. McClung

Language: English

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E-text prepared by Michelle LaPointe, Kincardine Ontario Canada 2007

THE SECOND CHANCE

by

NELLIE L. McCLUNG

Author of
"Sowing Seeds in Danny"

Frontispiece by Wladyslaw T. Benda

_"Then I went down to the potter's house and behold he wrought a work on the wheels.

"And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter; so he made it again another vessel as seemed good to the potter to make it."_

——Jeremiah xviii, 3-4.

TORONTO
WILLIAM BRIGGS
PUBLISHER
Copyright, Canada, 1910. by
WILLIAM BRIGGS

TO MY MOTHER
MRS. LETITIA McCURDY MOONEY