Excerpt from The Double-Runner Club: Or the Lively Boys of Rivertown Tee names of those who appear in the story are. For the most part, those of early friends, still held in affectionate regard by the author, although no effort has been made to invest them with early characteristics, beyond those general attributes which distinguish the universal human boy. The scenes in which they are called to move have also, as far as practicable, been made to conform to those of early association; but the necessities of the story have, in many cases, destroyed or im paired their identity. Enough is presented, how ever, to show that the heart of the writer still delights in that past wherein, with his young friends, - whose friendship in later times has never deserted him, he enjoyed a boyhood of rare happiness. The aim of the story is to show that boys, governed by rules of their own imposing. Can do as well as those of older growth, and to illus trate the possibility of continued youth, as shown by the genial veteran, Captain Bob, in his kindly intercourse with the boys. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.