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O. 1917 CONTENTS Page Chapter I Myra's Dreadful Children5 Chapter II Pigs, Cabbages and—Mr. Robert Grey 11 Chapter III At the Shrine of Joe Smith19 Chapter IV The Clan29 Chapter V The Wall that Parted37 Chapter VI Joe Smith's Choice41 Chapter VII Periwinkle Breaks the Ice49 Chapter VIII "Even Unto Bethlehem"55 CHAPTER I Myra's Dreadful Children Miss Hetty Maise, having spent the night in fitful spells of slumber, at last awakened by the beams of sunlight, sat up in bed with a start, quite unrefreshed and possessed of an uncomfortable feeling that something unpleasant was about to happen. A venturesome sunbeam, casting its light upon a picture on the heavy walnut dresser, seemed to recall the cause of her sleepless night and present uneasy state of mind. Drawing her lips tightly together she frowned severely at the inquisitive intruder. "Those children," she thought, "Myra's dreadful children! If the minister himself hadn't insisted that it was my plain duty to take them I shouldn't have done it. It seems almost a sin to take in two children who have been circus performers." Miss Hetty was up by this time, for she hated to be idle. In fact the minister's son had once remarked that she was accustomed to stir her cake batter while she was reading her Bible; but then the minister's son was inclined to be irreverent at times. But even he would have felt sorry for Miss Hetty this morning. To adopt two children when you know nothing whatever about their care was by no means a pleasant prospect. Besides, these children were the son and daughter of the outcast of the family, an only sister half-forgotten though only two months deceased. The thing itself was pathetic, yet it… [ Sign in to buy ](https://publica.now/access?redirect=%2Fcheckout%2Fpearl-and-periwinkle) The sample continues in the full work. 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