StNicholas [serial] . sy shedding tears, but the General wants to seeyou. Sorry to interrupt you, sir, when you areso busy shedding tears, but the General wants tosee you. Sorry to interrupt you, sir, when— 436 MARMADUKES RECOVERY 437 My gracious! said Marmaduke, his eyesstanding out of his head like a frogs. I heardyou! But I did nt know you could talk! Whois the General ? What does he want ? Come with me, sir, said the tin soldier, half-leading, half-dragging Marmaduke to one side ofthe room. I will conduct you to his presence,and he will explain for himself. Come with me,sir. I will conduct
StNicholas [serial] . sy shedding tears, but the General wants to seeyou. Sorry to interrupt you, sir, when you areso busy shedding tears, but the General wants tosee you. Sorry to interrupt you, sir, when— 436 MARMADUKES RECOVERY 437 My gracious! said Marmaduke, his eyesstanding out of his head like a frogs. I heardyou! But I did nt know you could talk! Whois the General ? What does he want ? Come with me, sir, said the tin soldier, half-leading, half-dragging Marmaduke to one side ofthe room. I will conduct you to his presence,and he will explain for himself. Come with me,sir. I will conduct you—oh, fiddlesticks ! WhenI get started it is so hard for me to stop. Mounted on a spirited tin horse in the corner,fully as high as Marmaduke himself, sat anothertin soldier, whom the first respectfully saluted. The shedder of tears, sir, said Marmadukesmilitary escort, shoving him forward. Shed atear for the General, my boy. The shedder oftears, sir. Shed a tear— But the General, leaning forward rigidly over. SORRY TO INTERRUPT YOU, SIR, SAID THE SOLDIER. the neck of his horse, drew his sword mechan-ically, and struck the private across the chestwith it. Instantly the soldier fell upon the flatof his back on the floor, and lay there in silence,without making the least effort to arise. Well, young man, said the General, whatdo you want? What are you standing there for? If you please, sir, said Marmaduke, I dontknow. This soldier here says you sent for me. Oh, you are the boy who annoyed me by thatvery disagreeable sniffling. Yes. After I haveheard your excuses I shall punish you. Cer-tainly. You may proceed. I want you to tell meexactly why you behaved so foolishly. Nowwhat is your excuse? Now, Marmaduke hardly liked the idea of tell-ing the General that he had caught give-it-to-me-itis, so he replied: Why, Edward has a railroad—with enginesand cars that run on tracks all around the floor—and I want one, too. Humph! snorted the General. Edwardcannot talk. He can on
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