THE CRICKET

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THE CRICKET

BY
MARJORIE BENTON COOKE

ILLUSTRATED BY
J. SCOTT WILLIAMS

Garden City       New York
DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY
1919

Copyright, 1919, by

Doubleday, Page & Company

All rights reserved, including that of
translations into foreign languages,
including the Scandinavian

Copyright, 1918, 1919, by
The International Magazine Company
(Harper’s Bazar)

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