The Cricket on the Hearth

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

Josef Swickard Caleb Plummer

Fritzi Ridgeway Bertha Plummer

Virginia Brown Faire Dot Marley

Lorimer Johnston Josiah Tackleton

Margaret Landis May Fielding