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Title: Left Guard Gilbert

Author: Ralph Henry Barbour

Illustrator: E. C. Caswell

Release Date: July 29, 2008 [EBook #26149]

Language: English

Character set encoding: ASCII

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LEFT GUARD GILBERT

_BY THE SAME AUTHOR_

LEFT END EDWARDS
LEFT TACKLE THAYER

[Illustration: "Well, come on! How did it happen?" (Page 14)]

Left Guard Gilbert

BY

RALPH HENRY BARBOUR

AUTHOR OF

LEFT END EDWARDS,
FULL-BACK FOSTER, Etc.

ILLUSTRATED BY

E. C. CASWELL

GROSSET & DUNLAP
PUBLISHERS NEW YORK

COPYRIGHT, 1916, BY
DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY, INC.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I THE BOY FROM KANSAS 1

II IN NUMBER SIX 11

III AMY HOLDS FORTH 21

IV THE FIRST GAME 35

V DON GOES TO THE SECOND 46

VI THE SEARCH OF ADVENTURE 58

VII FIGHTING FIRE 71

VIII COACHING THE TACKLES 85

IX THE WIDTH OF A FINGER 103

X TIM EXULTS AND EXPLAINS 118

XI MR. BRADY FORGETS 128

XII THE JOKE ON MR. MOLLER 139

XIII SOUTHBY YIELDS 155

XIV WALTON WRITES A NOTE 166

XV A PROPOSITION 177

XVI DON VISITS THE DOCTOR 186

XVII DROPPED FROM THE TEAM 195

XVIII "GOOD-BYE, TIMMY!" 206

XIX FRIENDS FALL OUT 216

XX AMY APPEARS FOR THE DEFENCE 231

XXI THE DOCTOR TELLS A STORY 247

XXII COACH ROBEY IS PUZ