Chapter I: Front Matter

EUNICE AND CRICKET

BY
ELIZABETH WESTYN TIMLOW

AUTHOR OF
“CRICKET: A STORY FOR LITTLE GIRLS,” “CRICKET AT THE SEASHORE”

=Illustrated by=
HARRIET R. RICHARDS

BOSTON
ESTES AND LAURIAT
PUBLISHERS

_Copyright, 1897_
BY ESTES & LAURIAT

=Colonial Press:=
Electrotyped and Printed by C. H. Simonds & Co.
Boston, Mass., U.S.A.

TO
ELMA AND SYLVIA
AND
THE GOAT

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER PAGE
I. TWO AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHERS 11
II. A DISCOVERY IN FILMS 25
III. A “MUMPFUL” PARTY 37
IV. IN QUARANTINE 59
V. AN UNEXPECTED VISITOR 68
VI. A PHILANTHROPIC SCHEME 83
VII. MOSINA 99
VIII. A BEDFELLOW 110
IX. CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS 120
X. THE BOY 139
XI. A VISIT TO MOSINA 152
XII. KEEPING HOUSE 165
XIII. THE DIAMOND RING 187
XIV. SCHOOL THEATRICALS 211
XV. A DAY IN THE NURSERY 234
XVI. A GOAT EPISODE 253
XVII. A SCRAPE 268
XVIII. AN EXPEDITION 279
XIX. THE RESULT 292
XX. OLD MR. CHESTER 299
XXI. BREAKING UP 307

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

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AT THE PARTY _Frontispiece_

GETTING READY FOR THE PARTY 49

AN UNEXPECTED VISITOR 79

THE LOST BABY 85

KEEPING HOUSE 173

THE DIAMOND RING 191

IN THE NURSERY 239

A SUDDEN DOWNFALL 259

EUNICE AND CRICKET