Show I I I THE TIN GENERAL CAPTURED Private Buttons was very happy py He had always wanted to be a general gen gen- eral erl and now he was o one e. e He was a general in the wooden army in Bang BIng-Bang Ban Bing-Ban Land because the Twins had made a mistake when he ho was getting mended In the hospital af att a hettle They had painted panted General Gene Gold Brains Braids siar on private Buttons Button s shoulder and hadn't put ay anything on the generals general's generals shoulder x The wooden army ary never knew the difference because they theL both looked alike and saluted u Private Buttons and stood stood t around una and l waited for orders e as though he had been a general all aU his life Ue Now then smiled Private Buttons Buttons Buttons But But- tons o to himself weve been dillydallying dillydallying dilly dilly- dallying long enough and I I. I for tor one am tired of ol fighting I am going to todo todo todo do something big bis big So he called caled the officers around him and told them to get ready for tor bat bat- tie tle te I want the tho big guns gns here he said pointing to a map and the cavalry caY caY- cv- cv alry there And he ho pointed to another another an an- al other othes place place And Ad trenches dug here and ad there and yonder Be Ba ready to togO togo togo go over oer the top too at 6 The officers all al said Bald Yes Yea sir very good sir and went away to get ready At realy that very cry minute General Geneal Hobbledehoy of ot the tin Un army was pinnIng pinning pin pin- ning medals on Nancy and Nick and bc be bo 1 r that h he hI would cin In tho the war Suddenly bang bang bang Ban Ban- city bang bang went a hunared guns outside Everybody ve jumped m gedO ou The door was flung open n and in rushed a 8 dozen ozen wooden soldiers You Yo are ae our prisoner General Generl Hobbledehoy cried they tey Hurrah The war war is over and have won Hurrah Hurrah Hur Hur- Hurrah rah for tor Nancy and ad NickI Nick I Isn't that the way my dears When we are boasting the most Is usually the very ve time we should be most mat careful To be ba continued Copyright 1923 NEA Service Inc |