THE STORY OF A BOLD TIN SOLDIER




CHAPTER I

A MAKE-BELIEVE FIGHT


"Attention!"

That was the word of command heard in the toy section of a large
department store one night, after all the customers and clerks had
gone home.

"Attention!"

"Dear me, what is going on?" asked a Calico Clown, as he looked
around the corner of a pile of gaily colored building blocks.

"Has the Sawdust Doll come back to see us?" inquired a Candy Rabbit.

"That would be good news, if it were true," said a Jumping Jack.

"But it isn't true," announced a Monkey on a Stick, as he climbed up
to the top of his perch and looked over the top of a Noah's Ark. "I