Gilbert's Last Summer at Rainford, and What It Taught (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Gilbert's Last Summer at Rainford, and What It TaughtN ow, if you have, not a poor memory, you will remember that Gilbert Starr had been deprived of the captaincy of the Boat Club, and had been cut by all his friends and comrades, save Ray Hunter and Perry Kent, for doing what he thought to be his duty. You will remember, too, that though his old comrades and friends, who had been under his command, discovered he was not a sham like some of themselves, but honest and manly and true, yet they were too proud and stub born to acknowledge this, and passed Gilbert by in all their plans, and would have nothing to do with him. The winter had worn thus far away, and, so far as Gilbert and his men were concerned, matters had not mended a bit. They never spoke to him, nor took the slightest heed of his going or coming, and though they did secretly admire and respect12 the last summer AT rainford.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.