Children's own library . e, Tilly, whatever you do! It may be noted of Miss Slowboy, in spite of her re-jecting the caution with some vivacity, that she had arare and surprising talent for getting this Baby intodifficulties, and had several times imperilled its short life, in a quiet way pecul-iarly her own. She wasof a spare and straightshape, this young lady,insomuch that her gar-ments appeared to be inconstant danger of slid-ing off those sharp pegs,her shoulders, on whichthey were loosely always in a state ofgaping admiration at everything, and absorbed, besides, inthe perpetual
Children's own library . e, Tilly, whatever you do! It may be noted of Miss Slowboy, in spite of her re-jecting the caution with some vivacity, that she had arare and surprising talent for getting this Baby intodifficulties, and had several times imperilled its short life, in a quiet way pecul-iarly her own. She wasof a spare and straightshape, this young lady,insomuch that her gar-ments appeared to be inconstant danger of slid-ing off those sharp pegs,her shoulders, on whichthey were loosely always in a state ofgaping admiration at everything, and absorbed, besides, inthe perpetual contemplation of her mistress perfectionsand the Babys, Miss Slowboy, in her little errors ofjudgment, may be said to have done equal honor to herhead and to her heart; and though these did less honorto the Babys head, which they were the occasional meansof bringing into contact with deal doors, dressers, stair-rails, bedposts, and other foreign substances, still theywere the honest results of Tilly Slowboys constant as. 12 THE CRICKET ON THE HEARTH. tonishment at finding herself so kindly treated, and in-stalled in such a comfortable home. For the maternaland paternal Slowboy were alike unknown to Fame,and Tilly had been bred by public charity, a Found-ling. To have seen little Mrs. Peerybingle come back withher husband; tugging at the clothes-basket, and makingthe most strenuous exertions to do nothing at all (for hecarried it) ; would have amused you, almost as much asit amused him. It may have entertained the Cricket too,for anything I know; but, certainly, it now began tochirp again, vehemently. Heyday! said John, in his slow way. Its merrierthan ever, to-night, I think. And its sure to bring us good fortune, John! Italways has done so. To have a Cricket on the Hearth isthe luckiest thing in all the world! John looked at her as if he had very nearly got thethought into his head, that she was his Cricket-in-chief,and he quite agreed with her. But it was probably oneof his
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