The Second Chance
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1. Front matter2. CHAPTER I3. CHAPTER II4. CHAPTER III5. CHAPTER IV6. 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.7. CHAPTER V8. CHAPTER VI9. CHAPTER VII10. CHAPTER VIII11. CHAPTER IX12. CHAPTER X13. CHAPTER XI14. CHAPTER XII15. CHAPTER XIII16. CHAPTER XIV17. CHAPTER XV18. CHAPTER XVI19. CHAPTER XVII20. CHAPTER XVIII21. CHAPTER XIX22. CHAPTER XX23. CHAPTER XXI24. CHAPTER XXII25. CHAPTER XXIII26. CHAPTER XXIV27. CHAPTER XXV28. CHAPTER XXVI29. CHAPTER XXVII30. CHAPTER XXVIII31. CHAPTER XXIX32. CHAPTER XXX33. CHAPTER XXXI34. CHAPTER XXXII35. CHAPTER XXXIII36. CHAPTER XXXIV37. CHAPTER XXXV