Chatham, N.J.THE CRICKET ON THE HEARTHTable of Contents[Chirp the First]103[Chirp the Second]132[Chirp the Third]165List of Illustrations["Father, I am lonely in the dark. I want my eyes, my patient, willing eyes."]103["A dot and—" here he glanced at the baby—"A dot and carry—I won't say it, for fear I should spoil it; but I was very near a joke."]108[Tilly Slowboy]112["That's the way I found him, sitting by the roadside! Upright as a milestone."]118[When suddenly, the struggling fire illuminated the whole chimney with a glow of light; and the Cricket on the Hearth began to chirp!]166
