Front matter

“ROBERT GRABBED THE SAVAGE BY THE THROAT IN A VICE-LIKE GRIP.” See page 76.

THE MAKING OF A MAN

BY W. D. FLATT

TORONTO WILLIAM BRIGGS 1918

Copyright, Canada, 1918 by W. D. FLATT.

NOTE

THIS BOOK IS NOT SOLD FOR THE USUAL COMMERCIAL RETURNS. THE PROFITS WILL BE DEVOTED TO PATRIOTIC PURPOSES

TO The Twenty-eight Boys in My Sunday School Class at Port Nelson, Ontario, whose joys and sorrows I try somewhat to share—this story of real men and women is dedicated

Your battle of Life, boys, has just begun. If you have the courage to be fair, honest, strong and clean now, and if you follow along the paths your conscience indicates, you will have the strength of character which produces heroes, in your years of manhood