The Second Chance

E-text prepared by Michelle LaPointe, Kincardine Ontario Canada 2007
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
In the long run all love is paid by love, Tho' undervalued by the hosts of earth. The great eternal government above Keeps strict account, and will redeem its worth. Give thy love freely; do not count the cost; So beautiful a thing was never lost In the long run.
——Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
THOMAS PERKINS was astonished beyond words. Martha had asked for money! The steady, reliable, early-to-bed, early-to-rise Martha—the only one of his family that was really like his own people. If he could believe his senses, Martha had asked for two dollars in cash, and had distinctly said that due bills on the store would not do!