The McGrails are a motherless family. Seventeen year old Martha, the eldest of the family, does her best to keep the family together while Father is off in a plane somewhere in Dutch Guiana, or goodness knows where This is a difficult task for Martha as the town's leading citizen wants to adopt Dakin, the young genius violinist. Someone else wants Tommy who keeps toads in his pockets and goldfish in a sugar bowl. The doctor wants Chatty so that he...