run over him, and he was getting used to the shiny "medal," as
Arnold called it, that one day when the boy was having a make-
believe battle with his Tin Soldiers Mirabell called from the
kitchen:

"Oh, Arnold, come on down! Susan has baked some lovely cookies!"

"I'm coming!" cried Arnold, and, as he happened to have the Bold Tin
Soldier in his hand just then, he took the Captain along when he ran
down to the kitchen.

"Where are the cookies?" asked Arnold, who was feeling hungry.

"Right here on the table," replied Susan. "Put your Soldier down,
Arnold, and sit up and eat."

Now, as it happened, there was an open barrel of sugar in the
kitchen. The cook had taken some sugar out to use in making the
cookies, and had forgotten to put the cover back on. And Arnold,
being in a hurry, put his Captain down on a little shelf just over
this barrel.

How it happened no one seemed to know, but perhaps in eating his
cookie Arnold struck the Captain with his elbow. Anyhow, down into
the sugar barrel fell the Bold Tin Soldier.

"Oh my! Now I am a bunch of sweetness!" thought the Captain, as he
felt the grains of sugar rolling all over him. "Oh this is certainly
a strange adventure! What a sweet time I shall have!"