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[Illustration: "CRICKET WENT TO THE WINDOW AND PEEPED OUT"]




CRICKET AT THE SEASHORE


BY
ELIZABETH WESTYN TIMLOW

AUTHOR OF "CRICKET: A STORY FOR LITTLE GIRLS"


ILLUSTRATED BY
HARRIET ROOSEVELT RICHARDS


BOSTON

ESTES AND LAURIAT

PUBLISHERS


_Copyright, 1896_

BY ESTES & LAURIAT


Colonial Press:

C. H. Simonds & Co., Boston, Mass., U. S. A.




TO

My Mother




  CONTENTS.


  CHAPTER                             PAGE

      I. OLD BILLY                      11

     II. A BROKEN WHEEL                 21

    III. CRICKET'S DISCOVERY            33

     IV. KEEPING STORE                  45

      V. A BATH IN CURDS AND WHEY       61

     VI. BEAR ISLAND                    79

    VII. THE EXILES                    101

   VIII. A NEW PLASTER                 117

     IX. GEORGE W. AND MARTHA          132

      X. THE ECHO CLUB                 147

     XI. THE "ECHO"                    165

    XII. THE HAIRS OF HIS HEAD         180

   XIII. A WRESTLING MATCH             192

    XIV. PLAYING NURSE                 204

     XV. A KNITTING-BEE                213

    XVI. TWO LITTLE RUNAWAYS           223

   XVII. HILDA ARRIVES                 237

  XVIII. A