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Title: Guarding His Goal

Author: Ralph Henry Barbour

Illustrator: George Avison

Release date: July 9, 2020 [eBook #62590]
Most recently updated: October 18, 2024

Language: English

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GUARDING HIS GOAL

TOBY, A LITTLE PALE, CROUCHED AND WATCHED

GUARDING HIS GOAL

BY

RALPH HENRY BARBOUR

AUTHOR OF

“FOR THE FREEDOM OF THE SEAS,” “UNDER
THE YANKEE ENSIGN,” ETC.

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ILLUSTRATED BY

GEORGE AVISON

D. APPLETON AND COMPANY
NEW YORK LONDON
1919

COPYRIGHT, 1919, BY
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY

Copyright, 1917, by
The Commercial Advertiser Association

PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

CONTENTS

CHAPTER		PAGE
I.	Introducing Our Hero	1
II.	Off for Home	14
III.	The Man in the Brown Overcoat	31
IV.	The Capture	49
V.	Christmas Days	61
VI.	Friends Fall Out	73
VII.	First Practice	90
VIII.	The Scholarship Awards	107
IX.	T. Tucker Plays Goal	119
X.	With the First Team	135
XI.	Trade Falls Off	150
XII.	The Marked Coin	164
XIII.	Tommy Lingard Explains	187
XIV.	A Question of Color	199
XV.	Toby Entertains	212
XVI.	Absent from Chapel	223
XVII.	The Gray Card	238
XVIII.	In the Office	251
XIX.	A Pair of Gloves	264
XX.	Captain and Coach	280
XXI.	The Rescue	299
XXII.	Things Come Out All Right	316

ILLUSTRATIONS

	FACING PAGE
Toby, a little pale, crouched and watched Frontispiece
“That’s funny,” he murmured	168
“Let her come!” laughed Toby	242
“Coming! Hold on a little longer!”	314