THE TIN SOLDIER
CONTENTS
BOOK ONE
ON THE SHELF
CHAPTER
I THE TOY SHOP
II CINDERELLA
III DRUSILLA
IV THE QUESTION
V THE SLACKER
VI THE PROMISE
VII HILDA
VIII THE SHADOWED ROOM
IX ROSE-COLOR!
X A MAN WITH MONEY
XI HILDA WEARS A CROWN
XII WHEN THE MORNING STARS SANG
XIII ARE MEN MADE ONLY FOR THIS?
XIV SHINING SOULS
XV HILDA BREAKS THE RULES
XVI JEAN-JOAN
XVII THE WHITE CAT
BOOK TWO
THROUGH THE CRACK
XVIII THE BROAD HIGHWAY
XIX HILDA SHAKES A TREE
XX THE VISION OF BRAVE WOMEN
XXI DERBY'S WIFE
XXII JEAN PLAYS PROXY
BOOK THREE
THE BUGLE CALLS
XXIII THE EMPTY HOUSE
XXIV THE SINGING WOMAN
XXV WHITE VIOLETS
XXVI THE HOPE OF THE WORLD
XXVII MARCHING FEET
XXVIII SIX DAYS
XXIX "HE CAME TO THE WARS!"
ILLUSTRATIONS
"I shall come back for more" . . . . . . _Frontispiece_
"I haven't anything left--for you"
"If anything should happen, you will remember?"
"These are my jewels"
BOOK ONE
ON THE SHELF
"I cannot bear it," the Tin Soldier said, standing on the shelf, "I
cannot bear it. It is so melancholy here. Let me rather go to the
wars and lose my arms and legs."
HANS ANDERSEN: The Old House.
THE TIN SOLDIER
CHAPTER I
THE TOY SHOP
The lights shining through the rain on the smooth street made of it a
golden river.
The shabby old gentleman navigated unsteadily until he came to a
corner. A lamp-post offered safe harbor. He steered for it and took
his bearings. On each side of the glimmering stream loomed dark
houses. A shadowy blot on the triangle he knew to be a church. Beyond
the church was the intersecting avenue. Down the avenue were the small
exclusive shops which were gradually encroaching on the residence
section.
The shabby old gentleman took out his watch. It was a fine old watch,
not at all in accord with the rest of him. It was almost six. The
darkness of the November afternoon had come at five. The shabby old
gentleman swung away from the lamppost and around the corner, then
bolted triumphantly into the Toy Shop.
"Here I am," he said, with an attempt at buoyancy, and sat down.
"Oh," said the girl behind the counter, "you are wet."
"Well, I said I'd come, didn't I? Rain or shine? In five minutes I
should have been too late--shop closed--" He lurched a little towards
her.
She backed away from him. "You--you are--wet--won't you take cold--?"
"Never take cold--glad to get here--" He smiled and shut his eyes,
opened them and smiled again, nodded and recovered, nodded and came to
rest with his head on the counter.
The girl made a sudden rush for the rear door of the shop. "Look here,
Emily. Poor old duck!"
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BOOK ONE
ON THE SHELF
CHAPTER
I THE TOY SHOP
II CINDERELLA
III DRUSILLA
IV THE QUESTION
V THE SLACKER
VI THE PROMISE
VII HILDA
VIII THE SHADOWED ROOM
IX ROSE-COLOR!
X A MAN WITH MONEY
XI HILDA WEARS A CROWN
XII WHEN THE MORNING STARS SANG
XIII ARE MEN MADE ONLY FOR THIS?
XIV SHINING SOULS
XV HILDA BREAKS THE RULES
XVI JEAN-JOAN
XVII THE WHITE CAT
BOOK TWO
THROUGH THE CRACK
XVIII THE BROAD HIGHWAY
XIX HILDA SHAKES A TREE
XX THE VISION OF BRAVE WOMEN
XXI DERBY'S WIFE
XXII JEAN PLAYS PROXY
BOOK THREE
THE BUGLE CALLS
XXIII THE EMPTY HOUSE
XXIV THE SINGING WOMAN
XXV WHITE VIOLETS
XXVI THE HOPE OF THE WORLD
XXVII MARCHING FEET
XXVIII SIX DAYS
XXIX "HE CAME TO THE WARS!"
ILLUSTRATIONS
"I shall come back for more" . . . . . . _Frontispiece_
"I haven't anything left--for you"
"If anything should happen, you will remember?"
"These are my jewels"
BOOK ONE
ON THE SHELF
"I cannot bear it," the Tin Soldier said, standing on the shelf, "I
cannot bear it. It is so melancholy here. Let me rather go to the
wars and lose my arms and legs."
HANS ANDERSEN: The Old House.
THE TIN SOLDIER
CHAPTER I
THE TOY SHOP
The lights shining through the rain on the smooth street made of it a
golden river.
The shabby old gentleman navigated unsteadily until he came to a
corner. A lamp-post offered safe harbor. He steered for it and took
his bearings. On each side of the glimmering stream loomed dark
houses. A shadowy blot on the triangle he knew to be a church. Beyond
the church was the intersecting avenue. Down the avenue were the small
exclusive shops which were gradually encroaching on the residence
section.
The shabby old gentleman took out his watch. It was a fine old watch,
not at all in accord with the rest of him. It was almost six. The
darkness of the November afternoon had come at five. The shabby old
gentleman swung away from the lamppost and around the corner, then
bolted triumphantly into the Toy Shop.
"Here I am," he said, with an attempt at buoyancy, and sat down.
"Oh," said the girl behind the counter, "you are wet."
"Well, I said I'd come, didn't I? Rain or shine? In five minutes I
should have been too late--shop closed--" He lurched a little towards
her.
She backed away from him. "You--you are--wet--won't you take cold--?"
"Never take cold--glad to get here--" He smiled and shut his eyes,
opened them and smiled again, nodded and recovered, nodded and came to
rest with his head on the counter.
The girl made a sudden rush for the rear door of the shop. "Look here,
Emily. Poor old duck!"
THE TIN SOLDIER
CONTENTS
BOOK ONE
ON THE SHELF
CHAPTER
I THE TOY SHOP
II CINDERELLA
III DRUSILLA
IV THE QUESTION
V THE SLACKER
VI THE PROMISE
VII HILDA
VIII THE SHADOWED ROOM
IX ROSE-COLOR!
X A MAN WITH MONEY
XI HILDA WEARS A CROWN
XII WHEN THE MORNING STARS SANG
XIII ARE MEN MADE ONLY FOR THIS?
XIV SHINING SOULS
XV HILDA BREAKS THE RULES
XVI JEAN-JOAN
XVII THE WHITE CAT
BOOK TWO
THROUGH THE CRACK
XVIII THE BROAD HIGHWAY
XIX HILDA SHAKES A TREE
XX THE VISION OF BRAVE WOMEN
XXI DERBY'S WIFE
XXII JEAN PLAYS PROXY
BOOK THREE
THE BUGLE CALLS
XXIII THE EMPTY HOUSE
XXIV THE SINGING WOMAN
XXV WHITE VIOLETS
XXVI THE HOPE OF THE WORLD
XXVII MARCHING FEET
XXVIII SIX DAYS
XXIX "HE CAME TO THE WARS!"
ILLUSTRATIONS
"I shall come back for more" . . . . . . _Frontispiece_
"I haven't anything left--for you"
"If anything should happen, you will remember?"
"These are my jewels"
BOOK ONE
ON THE SHELF
"I cannot bear it," the Tin Soldier said, standing on the shelf, "I
cannot bear it. It is so melancholy here. Let me rather go to the
wars and lose my arms and legs."
HANS ANDERSEN: The Old House.
THE TIN SOLDIER
CHAPTER I
THE TOY SHOP
The lights shining through the rain on the smooth street made of it a
golden river.
The shabby old gentleman navigated unsteadily until he came to a
corner. A lamp-post offered safe harbor. He steered for it and took
his bearings. On each side of the glimmering stream loomed dark
houses. A shadowy blot on the triangle he knew to be a church. Beyond
the church was the intersecting avenue. Down the avenue were the small
exclusive shops which were gradually encroaching on the residence
section.
The shabby old gentleman took out his watch. It was a fine old watch,
not at all in accord with the rest of him. It was almost six. The
darkness of the November afternoon had come at five. The shabby old
gentleman swung away from the lamppost and around the corner, then
bolted triumphantly into the Toy Shop.
"Here I am," he said, with an attempt at buoyancy, and sat down.
"Oh," said the girl behind the counter, "you are wet."
"Well, I said I'd come, didn't I? Rain or shine? In five minutes I
should have been too late--shop closed--" He lurched a little towards
her.
She backed away from him. "You--you are--wet--won't you take cold--?"
"Never take cold--glad to get here--" He smiled and shut his eyes,
opened them and smiled again, nodded and recovered, nodded and came to
rest with his head on the counter.
The girl made a sudden rush for the rear door of the shop. "Look here,
Emily. Poor old duck!"
BOOK ONE
ON THE SHELF
CHAPTER
I THE TOY SHOP
II CINDERELLA
III DRUSILLA
IV THE QUESTION
V THE SLACKER
VI THE PROMISE
VII HILDA
VIII THE SHADOWED ROOM
IX ROSE-COLOR!
X A MAN WITH MONEY
XI HILDA WEARS A CROWN
XII WHEN THE MORNING STARS SANG
XIII ARE MEN MADE ONLY FOR THIS?
XIV SHINING SOULS
XV HILDA BREAKS THE RULES
XVI JEAN-JOAN
XVII THE WHITE CAT
BOOK TWO
THROUGH THE CRACK
XVIII THE BROAD HIGHWAY
XIX HILDA SHAKES A TREE
XX THE VISION OF BRAVE WOMEN
XXI DERBY'S WIFE
XXII JEAN PLAYS PROXY
BOOK THREE
THE BUGLE CALLS
XXIII THE EMPTY HOUSE
XXIV THE SINGING WOMAN
XXV WHITE VIOLETS
XXVI THE HOPE OF THE WORLD
XXVII MARCHING FEET
XXVIII SIX DAYS
XXIX "HE CAME TO THE WARS!"
ILLUSTRATIONS
"I shall come back for more" . . . . . . _Frontispiece_
"I haven't anything left--for you"
"If anything should happen, you will remember?"
"These are my jewels"
BOOK ONE
ON THE SHELF
"I cannot bear it," the Tin Soldier said, standing on the shelf, "I
cannot bear it. It is so melancholy here. Let me rather go to the
wars and lose my arms and legs."
HANS ANDERSEN: The Old House.
THE TIN SOLDIER
CHAPTER I
THE TOY SHOP
The lights shining through the rain on the smooth street made of it a
golden river.
The shabby old gentleman navigated unsteadily until he came to a
corner. A lamp-post offered safe harbor. He steered for it and took
his bearings. On each side of the glimmering stream loomed dark
houses. A shadowy blot on the triangle he knew to be a church. Beyond
the church was the intersecting avenue. Down the avenue were the small
exclusive shops which were gradually encroaching on the residence
section.
The shabby old gentleman took out his watch. It was a fine old watch,
not at all in accord with the rest of him. It was almost six. The
darkness of the November afternoon had come at five. The shabby old
gentleman swung away from the lamppost and around the corner, then
bolted triumphantly into the Toy Shop.
"Here I am," he said, with an attempt at buoyancy, and sat down.
"Oh," said the girl behind the counter, "you are wet."
"Well, I said I'd come, didn't I? Rain or shine? In five minutes I
should have been too late--shop closed--" He lurched a little towards
her.
She backed away from him. "You--you are--wet--won't you take cold--?"
"Never take cold--glad to get here--" He smiled and shut his eyes,
opened them and smiled again, nodded and recovered, nodded and came to
rest with his head on the counter.
The girl made a sudden rush for the rear door of the shop. "Look here,
Emily. Poor old duck!"
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| BN ID: | 2940013336230 |
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| Publisher: | SAP |
| Publication date: | 09/27/2011 |
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