Pearl and Periwinkle

The Project Gutenberg EBook of Pearl and Periwinkle, by Anna Graetz This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Title: Pearl and Periwinkle Author: Anna Graetz Release Date: January 8, 2007 [EBook #20314] Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK PEARL AND PERIWINKLE *** Produced by Emmy, Fox in the Stars, Suzanne Lybarger and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net [1] Pearl and Periwinkle BY ANNA GRAETZ L. B. C. Col. O. 1917 [2] [3] CONTENTS Page Chapter I Myra's Dreadful Children 5 Chapter II Pigs, Cabbages and—Mr. Robert Grey 11 Chapter III At the Shrine of Joe Smith 19 Chapter IV The Clan 29 Chapter V The Wall that Parted 37 Chapter VI Joe Smith's Choice 41 Chapter VII Periwinkle Breaks the Ice 49 Chapter VIII "Even Unto Bethlehem" 55 [4] [5] 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.