Produced by Suzanne Shell, Emmy and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net 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 PUZZLED 260 XXIII CROSS-EXAMINATION 268 XXIV "ALL READY, BRIMFIELD?" 277 XXV TIM GOES OVER 289 XXVI LEFT GUARD GILBERT 300 ILLUSTRATIONS "WELL, COME ON! HOW DID IT HAPPEN?" (PAGE 14) _Frontispiece_ FACING PAGE FINALLY, DON WAS UNCEREMONIOUSLY YANKED UP AND THROUGH 90 "WILL YOU UNLOCK THAT DOOR?" DEMANDED DON ANGRILY 224 THE RUNNER SMASHED INTO SIGHT, WILD-FACED FOR AN INSTANT BEFORE HE PUT HIS HEAD DOWN AND CHARGED IN 306 LEFT GUARD GILBERT LEFT GUARD GILBERT CHAPTER I THE BOY FROM KANSAS "HOLD up!"