Excerpt from Crowning an Ideal: A Story of the World War A fond mother and a proud father thought their only boy the dearest little chap at the age of seven, and strange to say neighbors and friends agreed with them. Paul Gibson was such a slender little fellow and had sugh big, appealing brown eyes under long lashes that every one loved him at sight. He was no infant prodigy, by any means, - just an ordinary little fellow with a good disposition and lovable ways. He had a strong little will of his own to be sure, but it was in evidence only on rare occasions. If mother talked things over with him very quietly, he was pretty sure to see the reason and yield to her wishes. 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.