The Cricket on the Hearth

Synopsis

Tells of Caleb Plummer, his son Edward and blind daughter Bertha, and rivalry over neighbor May Fielding. May's friend Dot weds John Peerybingle; they find a lucky cricket in their cottage. A mortgage and house on fire figure in the story.

Josef Swickard

Caleb Plummer

Fritzi Ridgeway

Bertha Plummer

Virginia Brown Faire

Dot Marley

Lorimer Johnston

Josiah Tackleton

Margaret Landis

May Fielding

Joan Standing

Tillie Slowboy

Paul Gerson

John Peerybingle

Paul Moore

Edward Plummer