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Title: Left Tackle Thayer

Author: Ralph Henry Barbour

Release Date: September 27, 2004 [EBook #13542]

Language: English

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[Illustration: Victory]

<b>Left Tackle Thayer</b>

BY

RALPH HENRY BARBOUR

AUTHOR OF

LEFT-END EDWARDS,
LEFT GUARD GILBERT, ETC.

ILLUSTRATED BY
CHARLES M. RELYEA

1915

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I A NEW BOY AND AN OLD ONE . . 3
II CAPTAIN INNES RECEIVES . . . 18
III AMY AIRS HIS VIEWS . . . 31
IV CLINT CUTS PRACTICE . . . 42
V ON THE SECOND . . . . 53
VI THE RUNAWAY WHEEL . . . . 65
VII LOST! . . . . . . 77
VIII THE MYSTERIOUS AUTO . . . 89
IX UNDER SUSPICION . . . . 104
X BURIED TREASURE . . . . 118
XI BRIMFIELD MEETS DEFEAT . . . 129
XII PENNY LOSES HIS TEMPER . . . 148
XIII AMY WINS A CUP . . . . 163
XIV THE TEAM TAKES REVENGE . . . 180
XV A BROKEN FIDDLE . . . . 196
XVI AMY TAKES A HAND . . . . 210
XVII A STRANGER INTERRUPTS . . . 223
XVIII A RAID ON THE SECOND . . . 233
XIX MR. DETWEILER INSTRUCTS. . . 244
XX 'VARSITY vs. SECOND TEAM . . 259
XXI THE LETTER THAT WASN'T WRITTEN . 270
XXII DREER LOOKS ON . . . . 288
XXIII CLINT HAS STAGE-FRIGHT . . . 297
XXIV IN THE ENEMY'S COUNTRY . . . 313
XXV VICTORY! . . . . . 327

ILLUSTRATIONS

VICTORY . . . . . _Frontispiece_

NOW AND THEN THEY SPOKE, BUT SO SOFTLY
THAT THE BOYS COULD NOT HEAR WHAT
WAS SAID . . . . . . . 90

"FUNNY YOU DIDN'T MAKE A SUCCESS OF
IT!" CHUCKLED CLINT . . . . . 170

"NO, HE WON'T!" EXCLAIMED CLINT, JUMPING
TO HIS FEET . . . .